thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
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
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
last night; yesterday evening
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?