swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
although there are many of them
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
fireworks display; display of fireworks
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
epidemic; plague; pestilence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
consoling the spirits of the dead
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bad disease; malignant disease
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
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 desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made