Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 3

Vocabulary

これら

korera — These; referring to multiple previously mentioned things.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese grammar.

航海

kōkai — Voyage or navigation across the sea.

うち

uchi — Among; within a group or period of time.

最後

saigo — Last; final; the end of a sequence.

もの

mono — Thing; person; nominalizer expressing a fact or reason.

が

ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese sentences.

あまり

amari — Not very; too much; excessively (often with negatives).

幸運

kōun — Good luck; fortune; fortunate circumstances.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence subject.

いえ

ie — Even so; although; concessive expression meaning 'that said'.

なかっ

nakatt(a) — Past negative stem of ない; was not.

ため

tame — Because of; for the sake of; due to a reason.

私

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

海

umi — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water.

飽き飽き

akiaki — Fed up; thoroughly tired of something repetitive.

妻

tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse (female).

家族

kazoku — Family; one's household members.

とも

tomo — Together with; along with someone.

家

ie — House; home; one's residence or family.

とどまろ

todomarō — Volitional form of とどまる; intend to stay or remain.

思っ

omott(a) — Thought; past conjunctive form of 思う (to think).

から

kara — From; because; starting point in space or reason.

へ

e — Toward; directional particle indicating movement destination.

そこ

soko — There; that place previously mentioned.

居

i — Residence; staying; being present at a place.

移し

utsushi — Moved; transferred (conjunctive form of 移す).

船乗り

funanori — Sailor; seaman; person who works on ships.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.

間

aida / ma — Among; between; during a period or interval.

仕事

shigoto — Work; job; occupation or task.

得よ

eyo — Imperative or volitional form of 得る; obtain work.

望ん

nozon(da) — Hoped; wished; desired (conjunctive of 望む).

うまく

umaku — Successfully; skillfully; going well.

いか

ika — Not go well; negative stem of いく in context.

状況

jōkyō — Situation; circumstances; current state of affairs.

好転

kōten — Turn for the better; improvement of a situation.

する

suru — To do; versatile verb making nouns into verbs.

だろ

daro — Probably; conjecture auxiliary (plain volitional of だ).

三年間

sannenkan — For three years; a span of three years.

待ち

machi — Waiting; conjunctive stem of 待つ (to wait).

続け

tsuzuke — Continued; kept doing (conjunctive of 続ける).

末

sue — End; after a long time; conclusion of a period.

船長

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

ある

aru — A certain; there is; to exist (inanimate things).

有利

yūri — Advantageous; favorable; beneficial conditions.

申し出

mōshide — Offer; proposal; formal suggestion made to someone.

受け入れ

ukoire — Accepted; received; agreed to an offer.

彼

kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.

南海

nankai — South Sea; southern ocean regions.

計画

keikaku — Plan; project; organized scheme for action.

5月

gogatsu — May; the fifth month of the year.

4日

yokka — Fourth day; the 4th of the month.

出航

shukkō — Departure by ship; setting sail from port.

最初

saisho — First; beginning; the very start of something.

非常

hijō — Extremely; very; extraordinary degree.

順調

junchō — Smooth; going well; progressing without problems.

いくつ

ikutsu — How many; several; a number of things.

理由

riyū — Reason; cause; grounds for something.

それら

sorera — Those; plural pronoun referring to mentioned things.

冒険

bōken — Adventure; risky or daring undertaking.

詳細

shōsai — Details; particulars; thorough description of something.

読者

dokusha — Reader; person who reads a text or book.

煩わせる

wazurawaseru — To trouble or bother someone with details.

適切

tekisetsu — Appropriate; suitable; fitting for the situation.

ない

nai — Not; negative adjective/auxiliary in Japanese.

ただ

tada — However; merely; only; that said.

東インド

Higashi Indo — East Indies; historical term for Southeast Asian regions.

航路

kōro — Sea route; shipping lane; course of navigation.

おい

oi — In; at; on (literary locative form of において).

激しい

hageshii — Intense; violent; fierce in degree or force.

嵐

arashi — Storm; tempest; violent weather conditions.

よっ

yott(e) — By means of; due to (conjunctive of よる).

北西

hokusei — Northwest; compass direction between north and west.

流さ

nagasa — Drifted; carried away (passive stem of 流す).

こと

koto — Fact; thing; nominalizer for verb phrases.

知らせれ

shirasere — If informed; conditional of 知らせる (to notify).

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.

十分

jūbun — Sufficient; enough; adequately satisfying a requirement.

観測

kansoku — Observation; measurement of natural phenomena scientifically.

南緯

nan'i — South latitude; degrees south of the equator.

30度

sanjū do — 30 degrees; unit of angular or temperature measurement.

2分

ni fun — Two minutes; small unit of time or arc measure.

緯度

ido — Latitude; angular distance north or south of equator.

わかっ

wakatt(a) — Understood; figured out (past conjunctive of わかる).

乗組員

norikumiin — Crew member; person serving aboard a ship.

12名

jūni mei — Twelve people; a count of twelve persons.

過酷

kakoku — Harsh; severe; extremely demanding conditions.

労働

rōdō — Labor; toil; physical or mental work effort.

粗末

somatsu — Poor quality; crude; meager and inadequate.

食事

shokuji — Meal; food eaten at a sitting.

死亡

shibō — Death; dying; fatality of a person.

残り

nokori — Remainder; the rest; what is left over.

者

mono / sha — Person; one who does or is something.

も

mo — Also; even; too; inclusive particle in Japanese.

衰弱

suijaku — Weakness; debilitation; deterioration of physical strength.

状態

jōtai — Condition; state; the way something currently is.

11月

jūichigatsu — November; the eleventh month of the year.

5日

itsuka — Fifth day; the 5th of the month.

その

sono — That; the (demonstrative determiner for nearby context).

地方

chihō — Region; area; local district or locality.

夏

natsu — Summer; the warmest season of the year.

始まり

hajimari — Beginning; start; the commencement of something.

あたる

ataru — Correspond to; fall on; be equivalent to something.

日

hi / nichi — Day; sun; a single calendar day.

天候

tenkō — Weather; atmospheric conditions over a period.

霞ん

kasunn(de) — Hazy; misty; obscured by haze (conjunctive of 霞む).

おり

ori — Being; conjunctive of おる (polite/literary form of いる).

船員

sen'in — Sailor; crew member of a ship.

船

fune — Ship; boat; vessel for water transportation.

ケーブル

kēburu — Cable; nautical unit of distance (approx. 200 meters).

半分

hanbun — Half; one of two equal portions.

ほど

hodo — About; approximately; to the extent of.

距離

kyori — Distance; the space between two points.

岩

iwa — Rock; boulder; large hard stone formation.

発見

hakken — Discovery; finding something previously unknown.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; conjunction introducing a contrasting idea.

風

kaze — Wind; moving air; breeze or gale.

強く

tsuyoku — Strongly; powerfully; adverbial form of 強い.

直接

chokusetsu — Directly; immediately; without intermediary.

打ち付け

uchitsuke — Struck against; slammed into (conjunctive of 打ち付ける).

たちまち

tachimachi — Instantly; immediately; in the blink of an eye.

砕け

kudake — Broke apart; shattered (conjunctive of 砕ける).

散っ

chitt(a) — Scattered; dispersed; flew apart into pieces.