Anne of Green Gables — Page 8

Vocabulary

と

to — Quotation particle; connects quoted speech to verb.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; also used to mean girlfriend.

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence topic.

声

koe — Voice; one's speaking or singing sound.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

取り戻した

torimodo shita — Regained; recovered something previously lost.

とき

toki — Time; moment; when something occurs.

に

ni — Particle indicating time, location, or direction.

詰め寄った

tsumeyotta — Pressed close; confronted someone aggressively or urgently.

ええ

ee — Yes; an informal affirmative response.

もちろん

mochiron — Of course; naturally; certainly without doubt.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting or emphasizing a statement.

言った

itta — Said; spoke; past tense of 言う.

まるで

marude — Just like; as if; exactly resembling something else.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

孤児院

kojiin — Orphanage; institution housing children without parents.

から

kara — From; indicating origin, cause, or starting point.

男の子

otoko no ko — Boy; a male child.

引き取る

hikitoru — To take in; adopt or assume custody of someone.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.

前代未聞

zendai mimon — Unprecedented; never heard of before in history.

革新

kakushin — Innovation; reform; bringing about new progressive change.

など

nado — Et cetera; and so on; such things as.

では

dewa — Is not; particle combination introducing negation or contrast.

なく

naku — Not being; negative connective form of ない.

きちんと

kichinto — Properly; neatly; in an orderly and correct manner.

管理

kanri — Management; administration; supervising or controlling something.

された

sareta — Was done; passive past form of する.

農家

nouka — Farmhouse; farming household; a family that farms.

おける

okeru — In; at; occurring within a particular context or place.

通常

tsuujou — Usual; normal; under ordinary or standard circumstances.

春

haru — Spring; the season between winter and summer.

仕事

shigoto — Work; job; task performed as labor or duty.

一部

ichibu — Part; a portion of a larger whole.

で

de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or scope.

ある

aru — To exist; to be (used for inanimate things).

か

ka — Question particle placed at the end of a sentence.

よう

you — Like; as if; resembling; appearing to be something.

な

na — Adjectival ending or sentence-final emphatic particle.

口ぶり

kuchiburi — Tone of voice; manner or way of speaking.

だった

datta — Was; past tense of the copula だ.

夫人

fujin — Mrs.; a title for a married woman; madam.

激しい

hageshii — Intense; fierce; violent; extremely strong in degree.

精神的

seishinteki — Mental; psychological; relating to the mind or spirit.

衝撃

shougeki — Shock; impact; a sudden powerful emotional blow.

受けた

uketa — Received; experienced; underwent something directed at oneself.

感じた

kanjita — Felt; perceived; experienced an emotion or sensation.

思考

shikou — Thought; thinking; the process of mental reasoning.

感嘆符

kantanfu — Exclamation mark; punctuation expressing strong emotion or surprise.

だらけ

darake — Full of; covered with; indicating an undesirable abundance.

です

desu — Polite copula; is; am; are in formal speech.

って

tte — Informal quotation or topic marker particle in speech.

よりによって

yoriniyotte — Of all things; why specifically this; expressing disbelief.

なんて

nante — Such a thing as; expressing surprise or disdain.

まあ

maa — Well; oh my; expression of mild surprise or resignation.

世の中

yo no naka — The world; society; how things are in life.

確かに

tashika ni — Certainly; indeed; without a doubt; surely.

逆さま

sakasama — Upside down; reversed; topsy-turvy; in the wrong order.

なって

natte — Having become; te-form of なる indicating change of state.

きた

kita — Has been; came; auxiliary indicating ongoing action or change.

これから

korekara — From now on; in the future; hereafter.

何

nani — What; something; anything; an indefinite or interrogative pronoun.

あって

atte — Happening; existing; te-form of ある linking clauses.

も

mo — Also; even; too; inclusive or emphatic particle.

驚か

odoroka — Surprise (stem form); base of 驚く meaning to be surprised.

ない

nai — Not; negation auxiliary indicating absence or non-action.

わ

wa — Sentence-final particle expressing soft assertion or feeling.

いったい

ittai — On earth; in the world; used for emphasis in questions.

全体

zentai — Whole; entire; overall; the complete total of something.

どうして

doushite — Why; how; for what reason did this happen.

そんな

sonna — Such; that kind of; referring to something just mentioned.

考え

kangae — Thought; idea; an opinion or plan in one's mind.

浮かん

ukan — Came to mind; floated up (stem of 浮かぶ).

だ

da — Copula; is; am; plain-form equivalent of です.

不満げ

fumange — Looking dissatisfied; appearing displeased or discontented.

これ

kore — This; refers to something near the speaker.

相談

soudan — Consultation; discussion; talking something over with someone.

決め

kime — Decision (stem); to decide; to determine a course of action.

られた

rareta — Was done; passive or potential auxiliary past tense form.

あり

ari — Existing; being; connective form of ある.

当然

touzen — Naturally; of course; it goes without saying.

ながら

nagara — While; although; doing two things simultaneously.

反対

hantai — Opposition; objection; being against something.

し

shi — And; conjunctive form listing reasons or actions.

なけれ

nakere — Must; conditional base of ない in obligation expressions.

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when something occurs.

なら

nara — If; conditional indicating a supposition or premise.

なかった

nakatta — Was not; did not; past negative form of ない.

そう

sou — So; that way; indicating agreement or acknowledgment.

ね

ne — Seeking agreement; sentence-final particle meaning isn't it.

私たち

watashitachi — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

しばらく

shibaraku — For a while; for some time; briefly.

間

aida / ma — Duration; interval; the period of time between events.

実際

jissai — Actually; in reality; in fact; truly.

冬

fuyu — Winter; the coldest season of the year.

ずっと

zutto — All along; continuously; for a long time.

考えて

kangaete — Thinking; te-form of 考える indicating ongoing thought.

いた

ita — Was doing; past progressive auxiliary following te-form.

答えた

kotaeta — Answered; replied; gave a response to a question.

クリスマス

Kurisumasu — Christmas; the December 25th Christian holiday.

前

mae — Before; in front; prior to a time or place.

日

hi / nichi — Day; the sun; a unit of time equal to 24 hours.

ここ

koko — Here; this place; location near the speaker.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward a destination.

来て

kite — Coming; te-form of 来る indicating arrival or coming.

女の子

onna no ko — Girl; a female child.

もらう

morau — To receive; to get something from someone else.

つもり

tsumori — Intention; plan; expressing one's intent to do something.

言って

itte — Saying; te-form of 言う connecting to another action.

いとこ

itoko — Cousin; a child of one's aunt or uncle.

そこ

soko — There; that place; a location away from the speaker.

住んで

sunde — Living; residing; te-form of 住む indicating habitation.

いて

ite — Being; te-form of いる indicating ongoing state or existence.

訪ねた

tazuneta — Visited; paid a visit to someone or somewhere.

何もかも

nanimokamo — Everything; absolutely all things without exception.

知って

shitte — Knowing; te-form of 知る indicating awareness or knowledge.

いる

iru — To be; to exist; used for animate beings or ongoing states.

それ

sore — That; refers to something near the listener.

以来

irai — Since then; ever since a particular point in time.

私

watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.

折に触れて

ori ni furete — On various occasions; now and then when opportunity arises.

その

sono — That; the; demonstrative modifier for a nearby noun.

話し合って

hanashiatte — Discussing; talking it over together with someone.

もらおう

moraou — Let's receive; volitional form expressing intent to have done.

思った

omotta — Thought; past tense of 思う meaning to think or feel.

年

toshi / nen — Year; age; a unit of time spanning twelve months.

取って

totte — Taking; getting; te-form here meaning growing older.

きて

kite — Has become; te-form of 来る indicating gradual change.

ご存知

gozonji — Knowing (honorific); polite expression for someone's knowledge.

でしょう

deshou — Probably; I suppose; polite presumptive form of です.

六十歳

rokujussai — Sixty years old; the age of sixty.

なる

naru — To become; to turn into; indicates change of state.

昔

mukashi — Long ago; the old days; former times.

ほど

hodo — As much as; to the extent of; degree or limit.

元気

genki — Healthy; energetic; in good spirits and vitality.

じゃ

ja — Isn't; informal contraction of では in conversational speech.

心臓

shinzou — Heart; the organ that pumps blood through the body.

かなり

kanari — Quite; fairly; considerably; to a notable degree.

悪くて

warukute — Being bad; te-form of 悪い indicating a negative condition.

そして

soshite — And then; and also; used to continue or add information.

雇い人

yatoi nin — Hired hand; employee; a person employed to do work.

確保

kakuho — Securing; ensuring; obtaining and maintaining something reliably.

する

suru — To do; to perform; general-purpose action verb.

どれほど

dorehodo — How much; to what extent; expressing degree of difficulty.

大変

taihen — Very; difficult; serious; extremely hard or troublesome.