counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to roll up; to be rolled up
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
while; during; while; although; all; both
discharging (electrically; e.g. of a battery); electrical discharge; discharge
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to run up to; to rush over
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed