firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
suffix for familiar person
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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 ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
1,000,000; one million; million; many
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
man who brings the rain with him wherever he goes; man who is constantly unlucky with the weather
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
second (unit of time); arc second
door (Western-style, car, etc.)