Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 2

Vocabulary

エジプト

Ejiputo — Egypt, ancient civilization in northeastern Africa

と

to — and; with; quotation particle

ペルー

Perū — Peru, country in South America

の

no — possessive or descriptive linking particle

神話

shinwa — myth, mythology, legendary story

は

wa — topic-marking particle indicating subject of sentence

太陽

taiyō — the sun, solar body

崇拝

sūhai — worship, veneration, adoration of deity

で

de — particle indicating means, location, or copula form

あった

atta — past tense of ある; was, existed

元来

ganrai — originally, fundamentally, by nature

宗教

shūkyō — religion, organized system of faith

を

wo — direct object particle marking what verb acts on

表し

arawashi — represent, express, show (stem form)

て

te — te-form connective particle linking verb phrases

いた

ita — past progressive auxiliary; was doing

という

to iu — called, known as, the fact that

こと

koto — thing, matter, abstract fact or event

人

hito / jin / nin — person, human being, people

に

ni — particle indicating direction, time, or agent

よって

yotte — by means of, due to, depending on

形成

keisei — formation, shaping, establishment of something

さ

sa — passive or nominalization suffix attached to verb

れた

reta — passive past auxiliary; was done to subject

最も

mottomo — most, extremely, the highest degree

古い

furui — old, ancient, not new

植民地

shokuminchi — colony, territory under foreign rule

おそらく

osoraku — probably, perhaps, most likely

あり

ari — exists, there is (stem/conjunctive form)

その

sono — that, the (demonstrative modifier preceding noun)

文明

bunmei — civilization, culture, advanced society

大西洋

Taiseiyō — the Atlantic Ocean

島

shima — island, land surrounded by water

再現

saigen — reproduction, recreation, reenactment of something

し

shi — conjunctive stem of する; and, doing

た

ta — past tense auxiliary verb marker

もの

mono — thing, object, something abstract or concrete

ヨーロッパ

Yōroppa — Europe, the European continent

青銅器

seidōki — bronze implement, tool made of bronze alloy

時代

jidai — era, age, historical period

道具

dōgu — tool, instrument, implement for work

由来

yurai — origin, derivation, source of something

する

suru — to do, to perform an action

また

mata — also, again, moreover, in addition

鉄

tetsu — iron, metallic element used in tools

最初

saisho — first, beginning, the very start

製造

seizō — manufacturing, production, fabrication of goods

者

sha / mono — person, one who does something

も

mo — also, too, even (inclusive particle)

すべて

subete — all, everything, entirely without exception

アルファベット

arufabetto — alphabet, set of written phonetic letters

親

oya — parent, origin, source of something

ある

aru — to exist, to be, to have

おり

ori — conjunctive form of いる; being, existing

それ

sore — that, it (mid-distance demonstrative pronoun)

から

kara — from, since, because (origin/cause particle)

中央

chūō — center, central area or region

アメリカ

Amerika — America, the United States or Americas

伝え

tsutae — convey, transmit, pass on information (stem)

られた

rareta — passive past; was transmitted or conveyed

または

mata wa — or, alternatively, either one option

インド

Indo — India, South Asian country and region

語族

gozoku — language family, group of related languages

諸

sho — various, many, all (prefix for plural nouns)

国民

kokumin — nation's people, citizens of a country

発祥

hasshō — origin, birthplace, the place something began

地

chi / ji — land, ground, place, location

系

kei — lineage, system, group of related origin

民族

minzoku — ethnic group, people sharing culture and ancestry

そして

soshite — and then, furthermore, connecting clauses

人種

jinshū — race, human racial classification or group

恐ろしい

osoroshii — terrible, frightening, dreadful, horrifying

自然

shizen — nature, the natural world, natural phenomenon

激変

gekihen — drastic change, sudden violent transformation

より

yori — from, due to, by reason of (comparative/cause)

滅び

horobi — ruin, destruction, perishing (stem form)

際

sai / kiwa — time of, occasion when, edge or brink

全体

zentai — whole, entirety, the complete body

が

ga — subject marker particle in a sentence

ほぼ

hobo — almost, nearly, approximately

住民

jūmin — residents, inhabitants of an area

とも

tomo — both, together with, including all

海中

kaichū — underwater, beneath the sea surface

沈ん

shizun — sank, submerged (conjunctive form of 沈む)

だ

da — plain form copula; is, was, it is

少数

shōsū — small number, minority, few people

人々

hitobito — people, various persons, folks

船

fune — ship, boat, vessel for water travel

や

ya — and (listing particle), or among others

筏

ikada — raft, flat floating platform of logs

脱出

dasshutsu — escape, breakout, fleeing from danger

東西

tōzai — east and west, all directions

恐る

osoru — to fear, to be afraid of something

べき

beki — should, ought to, must (obligation auxiliary)

大

dai / ō — great, large, major (prefix or adjective)

惨事

sanji — disaster, catastrophe, tragic terrible event

知らせ

shirase — news, notification, report of something

旧

kyū — old, former, previous (prefix)

世界

sekai — world, the entire earth or realm

新

shin / atara — new, fresh, modern (prefix or adjective)

さまざま

samazama — various, diverse, many different kinds

な

na — adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives

洪水

kōzui — flood, inundation, overwhelming rush of water

伝説

densetsu — legend, traditional story passed through generations

して

shite — te-form of する; doing, and then

現代

gendai — modern times, the present age

まで

made — until, up to, as far as

語り

katari — narration, telling, storytelling (stem form)

継が

tsuga — pass on, inherit, continue (stem form)

れて

rete — passive te-form; being passed on continuously

き

ki — past auxiliary (きた); has continued until now