McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 6

Vocabulary

人形

ningyou — Doll; a toy figure resembling a person.

ドレス

doresu — Dress; a woman's or girl's garment.

新しい

atarashii — New; recently made or not used before.

彼女の

kanojo no — Her; possessive form indicating belonging to her.

させる

saseru — To make/let someone do something; causative form.

挿絵

sashie — Illustration; a picture inserted in a book.

木の

ki no — Of a tree; possessive modifier relating to tree.

そばに

soba ni — Beside; near; close to something or someone.

座って

suwatte — Sitting; the te-form of suwaru (to sit).

遊ぶ

asobu — To play; to engage in recreational activity.

二人の

futari no — Two people's; relating to a pair of people.

女の子

onna no ko — Girl; a female child or young person.

持って

motte — Holding; te-form of motsu (to hold/have).

います

imasu — To be (animate); polite present existence verb.

それには

sore ni wa — As for it; regarding that thing specifically.

あります

arimasu — There is/are (inanimate); polite existence verb.

彼女は

kanojo wa — She (topic); she as the sentence topic.

手で

te de — With hands; using hands as the means.

持たせ

motase — Make hold; causative stem of motsu (to hold).

それに

sore ni — To it; directing action toward that thing.

うちわで

uchiwa de — With a fan; using a round handheld fan.

あおぐ

aogu — To fan; to wave a fan creating breeze.

でしょう

deshou — Probably; expresses supposition or polite conjecture.

親切

shinsetsu — Kindness; being considerate and helpful to others.

です

desu — Is/are; polite copula linking subject and predicate.

第

dai — Ordinal prefix; used before numbers to indicate order.

十七

juushichi — Seventeen; the number 17.

課

ka — Lesson/chapter; a unit in a textbook.

そこに

soko ni — There; at that place near the listener.

五

go — Five; the number 5.

鳥

tori — Bird; a feathered flying animal.

木

ki — Tree; a large woody perennial plant.

奪う

ubau — To take away; to seize something by force.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese.

頂上の

choujou no — Of the top; relating to the summit or peak.

巣に

su ni — In the nest; indicating location inside a nest.

いる

iru — To be (animate); existence verb for living things.

卵を

tamago o — Egg (object marker); egg as direct object.

見ている

mite iru — Is watching/looking at; ongoing observation action.

猫

neko — Cat; a common domesticated feline animal.

中に

naka ni — Inside; within the interior of something.

そこには

soko ni wa — There (topic); at that place, as for there.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective for nearby noun.

五つの

itsutsu no — Five (native counter); five of something.

入って

haitte — Entered; te-form of hairu (to enter/be inside).

荒らして

arashite — Disturbing/ransacking; te-form of arasu (to ravage).

は

wa — Topic marker particle; indicates the sentence topic.

いけません

ikemasen — Must not; prohibition, it is not acceptable.

自分の

jibun no — One's own; reflexive possessive pronoun.

取らせる

toraseru — To let/make take; causative form of toru (take).

でしょうか

deshou ka — I wonder if; polite questioning conjecture form.

十八

juuhachi — Eighteen; the number 18.

かご

kago — Cage/basket; an enclosure or woven container.

ペット

petto — Pet; a domesticated animal kept for companionship.

歌う

utau — To sing; to produce musical vocal sounds.

住んでいる

sunde iru — Is living; currently residing in a place.

そう

sou — So/that way; indicating agreement or such manner.

大好き

daisuki — Love very much; to like something a lot.

手に

te ni — On the hand; indicating location on hand.

止まって

tomatte — Perching/stopping; te-form of tomaru (to stop/perch).

これは

kore wa — This is; proximal demonstrative as sentence topic.

それは

sore wa — That is; distal demonstrative as sentence topic.

住んで

sunde — Living; te-form of sumu (to reside/live).

上に

ue ni — On top of; indicating position above something.

立って

tatte — Standing; te-form of tatsu (to stand).

私も

watashi mo — I also; first-person pronoun with also particle.

十九

juuku — Nineteen; the number 19.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun in Japanese.

はい

hai — Yes; affirmative response word.

速い

hayai — Fast; moving quickly, high speed.

～も

~mo — Also/too; particle indicating inclusion or addition.

好き

suki — Like; to be fond of something or someone.

男の子たち

otoko no ko tachi — Boys; plural group of male children.

～の

~no — Possessive/modifier particle; connecting nouns together.

遊び

asobi — Play/game; recreational activity or amusement.

運河の

unga no — Of the canal; relating to a waterway canal.

そばの

soba no — Beside; near the side of something.

雪の

yuki no — Of snow; relating to snow or snowy conditions.

中で

naka de — Inside; within, in the middle of something.

背景に

haikei ni — In the background; in the backdrop of scene.

町

machi — Town; a small city or urban settlement.

遊んでいる

asonde iru — Playing; currently engaged in play activity.

見えます

miemasu — Can be seen; something is visible to observer.

か

ka — Question marker; turns sentence into a question.

五人

gonin — Five people; a group of five persons.

太りすぎて

futorisugi te — Too fat; being excessively overweight, te-form.

速く

hayaku — Quickly; adverbial form of hayai (fast).

走れません

hashiremasen — Cannot run; negative potential form of hashiru.

彼を

kare o — Him (object marker); him as direct object.

捕まえる

tsukamaeru — To catch/capture; to grab hold of someone.

ことが

koto ga — Thing/fact (subject); nominalizer used as subject.

できます

dekimasu — Can do; polite form of dekiru (to be able).

私は

watashi wa — I (topic); first-person pronoun as sentence topic.

遊ぶのを

asobu no o — Playing (object); nominalized play as direct object.

見るのが

miru no ga — Watching (subject); nominalized seeing as subject.

二十

nijuu — Twenty; the number 20.

復習

fukushuu — Review; going over previously learned material again.

帽子が

boushi ga — Hat (subject marker); hat as grammatical subject.

大好きで

daisuki de — Loves very much (te-form); fond of, connecting clauses.

彼女に

kanojo ni — To her; indirect object indicating direction toward her.

持たせる

motaseru — To make hold; causative form of motsu (to hold).