lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
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 use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
keep up your strength; chin up!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more