McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 17

Vocabulary

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject of sentence.

市場

ichiba — Market; a place where goods are bought and sold.

で

de — Particle indicating location of action or means.

見た

mita — Saw; past tense of 'to see or look at.'

もの

mono — Thing; an object or something perceived.

を

o — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

お母さん

okaasan — Mother; polite term for one's or another's mother.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, target, or indirect object.

話そう

hanasou — Let's talk; volitional form of 'to speak.'

と

to — Particle meaning 'and,' 'with,' or quotation marker.

し

shi — Do; conjunctive stem of する, used in て-form constructions.

て

te — Te-form conjunctive particle linking verbs or clauses.

い

i — Be; stem of いる, indicating ongoing or continuous state.

ます

masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense.

第

dai — Prefix meaning 'number' used before ordinal numbers.

三十九

sanjūkyū — Thirty-nine; the number 39.

課

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

安楽椅子

anraku isu — Armchair; a comfortable chair with side supports.

座っ

suwatte — Sitting; te-form of 座る, to sit down.

いる

iru — To be; indicates existence or ongoing action for living things.

愛しい

itoshii — Dear; beloved; evoking tender love and affection.

年老い

toshioi — Aged; grown old; advanced in years.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action or state.

おばあちゃん

obaachan — Grandma; informal affectionate term for grandmother.

見

mi — See; stem of 見る, to look or observe.

ください

kudasai — Please; polite request form asking someone to do something.

髪

kami — Hair; the hair growing on a person's head.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.

なん

nan — What; how; exclamatory or interrogative expression.

白い

shiroi — White; the color white; pure and light in color.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle linking nouns or clauses.

でしょう

deshō — Probably; right?; expressing conjecture or seeking agreement.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; also used to mean girlfriend.

読書

dokusho — Reading books; the act of reading as a hobby.

する

suru — To do; general verb for performing an action.

とき

toki — Time; when; the moment or occasion something happens.

眼鏡

megane — Eyeglasses; spectacles worn to correct or protect vision.

かけ

kake — Wear (on face); stem of かける, to put on glasses.

いつも

itsumo — Always; all the time; usually or habitually.

優しく

yasashiku — Kindly; gently; adverbial form of kind or gentle.

とても

totemo — Very; extremely; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs.

良く

yoku — Well; often; adverbial form of good.

お世話

osewa — Care; looking after someone; taking care of others.

くれる

kureru — To give (to me/us); someone does a favor for speaker.

私

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

言う

iu — To say; to tell; to speak or utter words.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.

喜ん

yorokon — Gladly; rejoice; stem of 喜ぶ, to be pleased.

聞き

kiki — Listen; hear; stem of 聞く, to listen or ask.

飲み物

nomimono — Drink; beverage; something liquid to consume.

持っ

motte — Hold; carry; te-form of 持つ, to hold or bring.

き

ki — Come; stem of くる, used in compound verb 持ってくる.

できる

dekiru — Can do; be able to; to be possible or capable.

限り

kagiri — Limit; as much as possible; extent or boundary.

速く

hayaku — Quickly; fast; adverbial form of 速い, fast.

走っ

hashitte — Run; te-form of 走る, to run or sprint.

そして

soshite — And then; and also; connecting two sequential statements.

ありがとう

arigatou — Thank you; expression of gratitude toward someone.

いい子

ii ko — Good child; well-behaved kid; term of endearment.

ね

ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or confirmation.

言い

ii — Say; stem of 言う, to say or express something.

こんな

konna — Such; this kind of; used for nearby or current things.

優しい

yasashii — Kind; gentle; tender in nature or manner.

良い

yoi — Good; fine; favorable or of high quality.

愛さ

aisa — Love; stem form of 愛する, to love someone.

ず

zu — Negative conjunctive form; without doing; not doing.

られ

rare — Passive or potential auxiliary indicating being acted upon.

か

ka — Question particle placed at end of interrogative sentences.

喜ば

yorokoba — Please; make happy; conditional stem of 喜ぶ.

せる

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

ため

tame — For; in order to; for the sake of something.

ない

nai — Not; negative form indicating absence or negation.

四十

yonjū — Forty; the number 40.

こっち

kocchi — Over here; this way; informal directional expression.

来

ki — Come; stem of くる, to come toward the speaker.

聞い

kiite — Listen; te-form of 聞く, to listen or hear.

ごらん

goran — Please look; gentle imperative form of 見る.

この

kono — This; determiner pointing to something nearby the speaker.

花

hana — Flower; blossom; a plant's colorful reproductive structure.

中

naka — Inside; within; the interior of something.

何

nani — What; interrogative pronoun asking about an unknown thing.

ある

aru — There is; to exist; used for inanimate things.

かしら

kashira — I wonder; feminine sentence-ending expressing uncertainty.

まあ

maa — Oh my; well; exclamation expressing surprise or mild wonder.

蜂

hachi — Bee; a stinging insect known for producing honey.

わ

wa — Sentence-ending particle expressing mild assertion or surprise.

どう

dō — How; in what way; asking about manner or condition.

閉じ込め

tojikome — Trap; shut in; stem of 閉じ込める, to confine.

蜜

mitsu — Nectar; honey; sweet liquid found in flowers or hives.

求め

motome — Seek; look for; stem of 求める, to seek or desire.

入っ

haitte — Enter; go inside; te-form of 入る.

眠っ

nemutte — Sleep; te-form of 眠る, to sleep or slumber.

しまっ

shimatte — End up; unfortunately done; te-form of しまう.

かも

kamo — Maybe; perhaps; expresses possibility or uncertainty.

しれ

shire — Know; stem used in かもしれない, meaning 'might be.'

閉じ

toji — Close; shut; stem of 閉じる, to close something.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting information to the listener.

私たち

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

同じ

onaji — Same; identical; not different from something else.

よう

yō — Seem; like; way; expresses resemblance or manner.

好き

suki — Like; fond of; expressing preference or affection for something.

だ

da — Is; plain copula indicating a state or identity.

けど

kedo — But; though; informal conjunction expressing contrast.

られる

rareru — Can; passive potential auxiliary verb for ability or passivity.

逃がし

nigashi — Let escape; release; stem of 逃がす, to free something.

あげ

age — Give; do for someone; stem of あげる, to give upward.

ましょう

mashō — Let's; polite volitional ending suggesting a joint action.

ええ

ee — Yes; yeah; informal affirmative response or expression.

そう

sō — That's right; so; expressing agreement or confirmation.

すれ

sure — Do; conditional stem of する, used in ば-conditionals.

ば

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

他

hoka — Other; elsewhere; a different place or thing.

行っ

itte — Go; te-form of 行く, to go to a place.

集め

atsume — Collect; gather; stem of 集める, to accumulate things.

四十一

yonjūichi — Forty-one; the number 41.