Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 1

Vocabulary

船長

senchō — Ship's captain; commander of a vessel.

から

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

従兄弟

itoko — Male cousin; relative of the same generation.

へ

e — To; directional particle indicating destination or addressee.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

手紙

tegami — Letter; written correspondence sent to someone.

年

nen — Year; unit of time used in dates.

に

ni — In, at, to; versatile particle indicating time or location.

記す

shirusu — To write down; to record or note something.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun in Japanese.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing.

必要

hitsuyō — Necessity; need; something required or essential.

迫ら

semara — Pressed; compelled; forced into a situation (stem form).

れ

re — Passive auxiliary suffix indicating action done to subject.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action.

際

sai — Occasion; time when something happens; moment.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic.

強い

tsuyoi — Strong; powerful; intense in force or degree.

度重なる

tabikasanaru — Repeated; occurring many times over; frequent.

懇願

kongan — Earnest request; fervent plea or supplication.

よって

yotte — By means of; therefore; due to; because of.

私

watashi — I; first-person singular pronoun in Japanese.

旅行記

ryokōki — Travel journal; written account of one's travels.

非常

hijō — Extremely; very; extraordinary degree of something.

ずさん

zusan — Careless; sloppy; lacking attention to detail.

で

de — At, by, with; particle indicating means or location of action.

不正確

fuseikaku — Inaccurate; not precise; containing errors or mistakes.

な

na — Adjectival linking particle connecting na-adjective to noun.

記述

kijutsu — Description; written account or documentation of something.

を

o — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

出版

shuppan — Publication; publishing a book or written work.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose verb for performing actions.

よう

yō — So that; in order to; expressing purpose or manner.

説き伏せ

tokifuse — Persuade; talk someone into accepting an argument.

られ

rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix form.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verb phrases into nouns.

そして

soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting sequential statements.

助言

jogen — Advice; counsel; a suggestion offered to guide someone.

より

yori — From; than; by means of; comparative or source particle.

世界

sekai — World; the entire globe or existence of all things.

周航

shūkō — Circumnavigation; sailing around something, especially the world.

記

ki — Record; account; written chronicle of events.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle; connecting nouns or clauses.

題し

daishi — Titled; entitled; given a specific name or heading.

著書

chosho — Written work; a book authored by a specific person.

おい

oi — In; within; at (formal classical locative expression).

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or related actions.

そう

sō — So; that way; indicating agreement or confirmation.

し

shi — Do; conjunctive form of suru linking clauses together.

いずれか

izureka — Either one; whichever; some unspecified one from options.

大学

daigaku — University; institution of higher education and research.

若い

wakai — Young; youthful; of a low age.

紳士

shinshi — Gentleman; a man of refinement and good breeding.

雇っ

yatot(te) — Hired; employed someone to perform a task.

原稿

genkō — Manuscript; draft document or written text before publication.

整理

seiri — Organization; arrangement; putting things in order.

さ

sa — Causative/passive suffix element; nominalizing suffix.

せ

se — Causative verb suffix; making or letting someone do something.

文体

buntai — Writing style; literary style or manner of expression.

校正

kōsei — Proofreading; correcting errors in a written manuscript.

せる

seru — Causative auxiliary verb; to make or let someone do.

指示

shiji — Instruction; directive; an order given to someone.

公

kō — Public; lord; noble; official designation of rank.

認める

mitomeru — To acknowledge; to approve; to accept as true.

用意

yōi — Preparation; readiness; having something ready in advance.

ある

aru — To exist; to be; indicates existence of something.

願っ

negat(te) — Wished; hoped; requested earnestly (conjunctive form).

おり

ori — Humble form of 'いる'; to be, to exist (polite).

ます

masu — Polite verb ending making speech formal and respectful.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction.

何か

nanika — Something; anything; some unspecified thing or matter.

省略

shōryaku — Omission; abbreviation; leaving something out deliberately.

同意

dōi — Agreement; consent; approval of a proposal or action.

権限

kengen — Authority; power; right to take a specific action.

与え

atae — Give; grant; provide something to someone (conjunctive).

覚え

oboe — Memory; recollection; remembrance of something past.

なく

naku — Without; not having; negative conjunctive form of nai.

まして

mashite — Let alone; much less; even more so (emphatic).

挿入

sōnyū — Insertion; adding text or content into a document.

など

nado — Et cetera; such things as; listing particle for examples.

まったく

mattaku — Completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all (with negative).

あり

ari — Exist; be; conjunctive form of aru indicating existence.

ませ

mase — Polite imperative or negative auxiliary verb component.

ん

n — Negative contraction of ない; indicates negation politely.

ゆえ

yue — Therefore; consequently; because of; formal causal expression.

後者

kōsha — The latter; the second of two previously mentioned items.

関し

kanshi — Regarding; concerning; in relation to something.

ここ

koko — Here; this place; referring to current location.

そのような

sono yōna — Such; that kind of; of that nature or type.

一切

issai — All; everything; entirely; not at all (with negative).

否認

hinin — Denial; repudiation; refusal to acknowledge something.

とりわけ

toriwake — Especially; particularly; above all other things.

最も

mottomo — Most; the highest degree; superlative expression.

敬虔

keiken — Pious; devout; showing deep religious reverence.

して

shite — And; doing; conjunctive te-form of suru.

栄光

eikō — Glory; honor; splendor bestowed upon someone esteemed.

記憶

kioku — Memory; recollection; the ability to remember things.

持つ

motsu — To hold; to have; to possess something.

女王

joō — Queen; female monarch ruling a kingdom or empire.

陛下

heika — Your Majesty; honorific title for a reigning monarch.

関する

kansuru — To relate to; concerning; about a particular subject.

一節

hitofushi / issetsu — A passage; a section or excerpt from a text.

つい

tsui — Unintentionally; inadvertently; ending up doing something.

人間

ningen — Human being; humankind; the human species overall.

という

to iu — Called; known as; a phrase defining or naming something.

種

shu — Species; kind; type; category of living beings.

誰

dare — Who; asking about or referring to a person's identity.

も

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

彼女

kanojo — She; her; third-person feminine pronoun in Japanese.

崇敬

sūkei — Deep reverence; veneration; profound respect for someone.

尊重

sonchō — Respect; esteem; treating someone with high regard.

い

i — Continuative stem of iru; being or existing (auxiliary).

いえ

ie — No; nay; on the contrary; formal contradiction particle.

いたし

itashi — Humble form of suru; doing (polite self-deprecating speech).

あるいは

aruiwa — Or; alternatively; perhaps; expressing another possibility.

改竄

kaizan — Falsification; tampering; altering a document dishonestly.

者

mono / sha — Person; one who does something; agent suffix.

主人

shujin — Master; employer; husband; one's own superior.

たる

taru — Being; serving as; classical attributive form of 'to be.'

殿

dono / tono — Lord; honorific suffix for a respected or noble person.

前

mae — Before; in front of; prior to in time or space.

我々

wareware — We; us; first-person plural pronoun, formal usage.

同じ

onaji — Same; identical; of the same kind or nature.

動物

dōbutsu — Animal; a living creature other than a human.

誉め

home — Praise; to commend; expression of admiration for someone.

称える

tataeru — To extol; to praise highly; to glorify someone.

意

i — Intention; will; meaning; one's purpose or desire.

沿わ

sowa — Conform to; be in line with; follow along something.

ない

nai — Not; negative adjective indicating absence or negation.

ばかり

bakari — Only; just; approximately; nothing but a certain thing.

か

ka — Question particle; or; expressing uncertainty or inquiry.

礼儀

reigi — Etiquette; manners; proper social conduct and courtesy.

反する

hansuru — To go against; to violate; to contradict a principle.

考慮

kōryo — Consideration; deliberation; taking something into account.

べき

beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation or duty.

でし

deshi — Polite copula stem; past polite form component of desu.

そのうえ

sono ue — Moreover; furthermore; in addition to what was said.

内容

naiyō — Content; substance; what is contained within something.

虚偽

kyogi — Falsehood; lie; something deliberately untrue or false.

知る

shiru — To know; to be aware of; to have knowledge.

限り

kagiri — As far as; to the extent of; limit or boundary.

治世

chisei — Reign; the period during which a ruler governs.

一時期

ichijiki — A certain period; a particular time in history.

首席

shuseki — Chief; head; top-ranked position in an organization.

大臣

daijin — Minister; high-ranking government official or cabinet member.

よっ

yot(te) — By; through; due to (contracted form of yotte).

統治

tōchi — Governance; rule; administration of a country or region.

です

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

それ

sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned.

どころか

dokoro ka — Far from; on the contrary; not at all, actually worse.

相次い

aitsui(de) — Successively; one after another; in rapid succession.

二人

futari — Two people; a pair of individuals.

治め

osame — Govern; rule; administer a territory or country.

最初

saisho — First; the beginning; the earliest in a sequence.

卿

kyō / kei — Lord; Sir; honorific title for British or noble rank.

次

tsugi — Next; following; the one that comes after.

まし

mashi — Better; preferable; comparative auxiliary in formal speech.

つまり

tsumari — In other words; that is to say; summarizing a point.

事実

jijitsu — Fact; truth; something that actually occurred or exists.

言わ

iwa — Say; speak; stem form of iu before negative or passive.