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The Glow of Fireflies -
ほたる
蛍
のひかり
光
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
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noun
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
noun
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
noun
Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush) (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
noun
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
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ホタルがたくさんいるときは
ろくがつ
6月
のさいごからしちがつ
7月
のさいごくらいまでです。
The time that many fireflies are about is between the end of June and the end of July.
また、きれいな
かわ
川
があるばしょ
場所
で、ホタルをみ
見
ることができます。
Also, you can see fireflies in places where there are clean rivers.
くら
暗
いなか
中
、ひか
光
りながら、とぶホタルはとてもきれいです。
Fireflies flying as they glow in the dark is a very beautiful thing.
「
にっぽんれっとう
日本列島
ホタルぜんせん
前線
のたび
旅
」
title of book, album etc.
A Trip to (See) the Firefly Front on the Japanese Islands
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