father; dad; husband; you; he
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
failure; mistake; blunder
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
regret; repentance; remorse
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name