and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
the first bonito of the season
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
another species; other species
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend