History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1

Vocabulary

数年前

sūnen mae — Several years ago, a few years prior.

に

ni — Particle indicating time, place, or direction.

起き

oki — Occurred, happened; stem form of okiru.

た

ta — Past tense grammatical marker in Japanese.

ある

aru — A certain, one particular; attributive form.

出来事

dekigoto — An event, incident, or occurrence that happened.

について

ni tsuite — Regarding, about, concerning a topic or subject.

である

de aru — Formal copula meaning 'is' or 'to be'.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; also means 'but'.

それ

sore — That; a pronoun referring to something previously mentioned.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence subject.

ささい

sasai — Trivial, minor, insignificant, or of little importance.

な

na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.

こと

koto — Thing, matter, or fact; nominalizer for verbs.

で

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

あった

atta — Past tense of aru; 'was' or 'there was'.

も

mo — Also, even; additive or emphatic particle in Japanese.

かかわら

kakawara — Stem of kakawarazu; regardless of, despite, notwithstanding.

ず

zu — Classical negative suffix meaning 'without doing' something.

後

nochi / go — After, later, subsequent time following an event.

いくらか

ikuraka — Somewhat, to some extent, a certain amount.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns together.

影響

eikyō — Influence, effect, or impact on something or someone.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

もたらす

motarasu — To bring about, cause, or produce a result.

と

to — Quotation or result particle; 'and', 'with', 'that'.

なった

natta — Became; past tense of naru, indicating a change.