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I expect you've chanted "kuwabara kuwabara" after a lightning flash, or have seen somebody do so.
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Vocabulary list

kaminari
noun
  1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
  2. god of thunder; god of lightning
  3. anger; fit of anger
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hikaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hikatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to shine; to glitter; to be bright
sonogo
expression, noun, adverb
  1. after that; afterwards; thereafter (そのご is more formal)
kuwaba
noun
  1. mulberry leaf
raku
noun
  1. acidic drink made from fermented milk (cow, sheep, mare; one of the five flavors in Buddhism)
wa
particle
  1. indicates emotion or admiration (at sentence end)
  2. indicates emphasis (at sentence end)
pronoun
  1. I; me
interjection
  1. wah!
  2. boo!
bara
noun
  1. boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef); boned rib
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
tonaeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tonaeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to recite; to chant
  2. to cry; to yell; to shout
  3. to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist
moshikuha
conjunction
  1. or; otherwise
tonaeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to recite; to chant
  2. to cry; to yell; to shout
  3. to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
miru

Plain Past Indicative Form

mita
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  2. to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  3. to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  4. to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to see (that) ...; to find (that) ... (as 〜てみると, 〜てみたら, 〜てみれば, etc.)
Suffix after the past tense of a verb
kotogaaru
expression, godan verb (irregular)
  1. (for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) (after the past tense form of a verb)
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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