McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 16

Vocabulary

女の子

onna no ko — A young girl or female child.

が

ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.

彼

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

に

ni — Direction, location, or indirect object particle.

町

machi — Town; a small urban community or district.

へ

e — Direction particle indicating movement toward a place.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns.

道

michi — Road; path; way or route somewhere.

を

wo — Direct object marker particle in Japanese grammar.

教え

oshie — Teaching; instruction; to teach someone something.

て

te — Te-form connector linking verbs or requests.

くれる

kureru — To give; someone does a favor for speaker.

よう

you — Expressing a request, intention, or resemblance.

頼み

tanomi — Request; asking someone for a favor.

ます

masu — Polite verb ending used in formal speech.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence subject.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; also means girlfriend informally.

そして

soshite — And then; connecting two related sentences or ideas.

先

saki — Ahead; forward; future or previous point.

進み

susumi — Advancing; moving forward or making progress.

第

dai — Prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g., chapter number.

課

ka — Lesson; chapter in a textbook or curriculum.

猫ちゃん

neko-chan — Cute little cat; affectionate term for a cat.

ごろごろ

gorogoro — Purring sound; rolling or rumbling onomatopoeia.

なでる

naderu — To stroke; to gently pet or caress something.

毛皮

kegawa — Fur; animal skin covered with hair or fur.

害

gai — Harm; damage; injury caused to someone or something.

行い

okonai — Conduct; behavior; an action one carries out.

私

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

愛しい

itoshii — Dear; beloved; feeling deep affection toward someone.

大好き

daisuki — Really like; love very much; strong fondness.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing.

毛

ke — Hair; fur; fine strands on a body.

とても

totemo — Very; extremely; used to intensify an adjective.

温かい

atatakai — Warm; having a comfortable, pleasant warmth.

もし

moshi — If; conditional word introducing a hypothetical situation.

猫

neko — Cat; common domestic feline animal.

傷つけ

kizutsuke — Hurting; wounding; causing harm to someone.

なけれ

nakere — Negative conditional stem; part of ～なければ construction.

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when.

何

nani — What; interrogative pronoun asking about a thing.

も

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

なし

nashi — Nothing; without; absence of something.

ませ

mase — Polite imperative ending used in formal requests.

ん

n — Colloquial negative ending or explanatory particle.

なで

nade — Stroking; petting; stem form of なでる.

ましょう

mashou — Let's do; polite volitional verb ending.

そうする

sou suru — To do so; to act in that manner.

と

to — And; with; quotation or result-indicating particle.

鳴く

naku — To cry out; animals making characteristic sounds.

でしょう

deshou — Probably; expressing probability or seeking confirmation.

感謝

kansha — Gratitude; thankfulness; expressing appreciation to someone.

示し

shimeshi — Showing; indicating; demonstrating something to someone.

くれ

kure — Give me; informal request form of くれる.

優しい

yasashii — Gentle; kind; tender in manner or personality.

対し

taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something.

今

ima — Now; the present moment or current time.

花輪

hanawa — Garland; wreath made of flowers or leaves.

誰が

dare ga — Who; interrogative asking which person did something.

女王

joou — Queen; a female monarch or ruler.

森

mori — Forest; woods; a large area of trees.

〜すべき

〜subeki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation.

冠をかぶせる

kanmuri wo kabuseru — To crown; to place a crown on someone.

五月

gogatsu — May; the fifth month of the year.

一日

tsuitachi — First day of the month; also ichiniichi.

です

desu — Polite copula meaning is, are, or am.

男の子

otoko no ko — A young boy or male child.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.

楽しい

tanoshii — Fun; enjoyable; feeling pleasure and happiness.

時間

jikan — Time; hours; a period or duration of time.

過ごす

sugosu — To spend time; to pass time doing something.

ため

tame — For the sake of; in order to do.

行き

iki — Going; stem form of 行く, to go.

まし

mashi — Polite past tense stem used before た.

た

ta — Past tense verb ending in Japanese grammar.

彼ら

karera — They; them; third-person masculine plural pronoun.

遊ん

ason — Playing; stem of 遊ぶ before で particle.

で

de — At; by means of; location or method particle.

いる

iru — To be; to exist; used for animate beings.

見て

mite — Looking; te-form of 見る, to look or see.

ください

kudasai — Please; polite request for someone to do something.

手

te — Hand; the human hand or arm extremity.

持っ

mot(te) — Holding; carrying; stem of 持つ before て.

い

i — Stem of いる or adjective ending form.

誰か

dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person.

し

shi — Conjunction meaning and; also verb stem form.

冠

kanmuri — Crown; a decorative headpiece symbolizing royalty.

かぶせ

kabuse — Placing on top; covering someone's head with something.

誰

dare — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person.

なる

naru — To become; to turn into something new.

か

ka — Question marker particle at sentence end.

一番

ichiban — Number one; the best; most of all.

良い

yoi / ii — Good; fine; favorable quality or condition.

べき

beki — Should; ought to; expressing strong obligation.

それ

sore — That; demonstrative pronoun for something nearby listener.

神

kami — God; deity; divine spirit or supernatural being.

小さい

chiisai — Small; little; of limited size or stature.

〜から

〜kara — From; because; indicating origin or reason.

世界

sekai — World; the earth or a particular domain.

月

tsuki — Moon; also month in Japanese calendar terms.

輝く

kagayaku — To shine; to glitter; to gleam brilliantly.

木の実

ki no mi — Nut; fruit or seed growing on a tree.

長い

nagai — Long; lengthy in distance, time, or extent.

昔

mukashi — Long ago; ancient times; the old days.

あの

ano — That (over there); distal demonstrative adjective.

高い

takai — Tall; high; also expensive in some contexts.

木

ki — Tree; wood; a large perennial woody plant.

見え

miе — Visible; can be seen; stem of 見える.

ずっと

zutto — All along; continuously; for a long time.

小さな

chiisana — Small; little; attributive form of small adjective.

育ち

sodachi — Growing up; upbringing; stem of 育つ.

そう

sou — So; that way; in that manner or state.

させ

sase — Causative form stem; making or letting someone do.

知っ

shit(te) — Knowing; te-form stem of 知る, to know.

神様

kamisama — God; respectful honorific form of kami.

わが子

waga ko — My child; one's own beloved child.

よ

yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing a statement.

中

naka — Inside; middle; within a space or group.

すべて

subete — All; everything; every single thing or person.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something tangible or conceptual.

作り

tsukuri — Making; creating; stem of 作る, to make.

昼

hiru — Daytime; noon; the middle hours of day.

照らす

terasu — To illuminate; to shine light upon something.

太陽

taiyou — Sun; the star at the center of our solar system.

夜

yoru — Night; nighttime; the dark hours after sunset.

私たち

watashitachi — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into nouns.

よっ

yot(te) — By means of; due to; colloquial form of よって.

愛し

aishi — Loving; stem of 愛する, to love deeply.