McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 27

Vocabulary

そう

sou — Yes, that's right; expressing agreement or confirmation.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting information to listener.

馬

uma — Horse; a large domesticated animal used for riding.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle linking nouns or clauses.

毛

ke — Hair, fur, or fiber from an animal or plant.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle connecting nouns or clauses.

枯れ草

karekusa — Dead or dried grass; withered vegetation on the ground.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the doer of action.

見える

mieru — To be visible; can be seen without deliberate effort.

わ

wa — Feminine sentence-ending particle expressing soft assertion.

親鳥

oyatori — Parent bird; adult bird caring for its young chicks.

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence's main subject.

きっと

kitto — Surely, certainly; expressing strong confidence in something.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object of verb.

全部

zenbu — All, everything, the whole amount of something.

集め

atsume — Collecting, gathering things together into one place.

て

te — Conjunctive verb form connecting sequential or related actions.

こんな

konna — This kind of; like this; of this nature or degree.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, time, or purpose.

きれい

kirei — Beautiful, pretty, or clean; aesthetically pleasing appearance.

な

na — Adjectival particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns.

丸い

marui — Round, circular, or spherical in shape or form.

巣

su — Nest; a bird's or animal's home structure.

作る

tsukuru — To make, create, or build something from materials.

ため

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

一生懸命

isshoukenmei — With all one's effort; working as hard as possible.

働い

hatarai — Worked; past conjunctive form of to work or labor.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action or state.

違い

chigai — Difference; in 〜に違いない means must certainly be true.

ない

nai — Negative auxiliary; does not exist or is not done.

持っ

mott — Holding, carrying; conjunctive form of motsu, to hold.

帰ろう

kaerou — Let's go home; volitional form of kaeru, to return.

か

ka — Question particle placed at end of interrogative sentences.

まあ

maa — Well, oh my; exclamation expressing surprise or hesitation.

だめ

dame — No good, not allowed; something is forbidden or useless.

帰っ

kaett — Returned home; conjunctive form of kaeru, to go back.

いけない

ikenai — Must not; it is not acceptable or permissible to do.

でも

demo — But, however; conjunction expressing contrast or concession.

また

mata — Again, once more; also used to mean additionally or besides.

いつか

itsuka — Someday, sometime; at some unspecified point in the future.

見

mi — Looking, seeing; stem form of miru, to see or look.

来

ki — Coming; stem form of kuru, to come to a place.

ましょう

mashou — Let's do; polite volitional form suggesting a joint action.

石板

sekiban — Slate board; a flat stone tablet used for writing.

練習

renshuu — Practice, exercise, or drill to improve a skill.

神

kami — God, deity, or divine spirit in religious belief.

小さな

chiisana — Small, little, tiny; attributive form describing small size.

鳥

tori — Bird; a feathered winged animal that typically can fly.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people or animals.

歌わ

utawa — Singing; negative or causative stem form of utau, to sing.

せ

se — Causative auxiliary stem causing or letting someone do something.

木

ki — Tree or wood; a tall woody plant growing in nature.

から

kara — From; starting point in space, time, or reason.

へ

e — To, toward; directional particle indicating movement toward destination.

飛び回ら

tobimawara — Flying around; fluttering about from place to place freely.

春

haru — Spring; the warm season after winter when flowers bloom.

遣わし

tsukawashi — Sending, dispatching; causing someone or something to go somewhere.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun referring to the person addressed.

私

watashi — I, me; first-person pronoun referring to the speaker.

せる

seru — Causative auxiliary verb meaning to make or let someone act.

で

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

ある

aru — To exist, to be; existential verb for inanimate things.

第

dai — Ordinal prefix used before numbers meaning number or lesson.

五十七

gojuunana — Fifty-seven; the number 57 in Japanese counting system.

課

ka — Lesson or chapter in a textbook or study material.

さっき

sakki — A short while ago; just recently, a moment before now.

餌

esa — Food, feed, or bait given to animals or birds.

あげ

age — Giving; conjunctive form of ageru, to give upward or offer.

い

i — Stem of iru, to be or exist for animate beings.

たら

tara — Conditional form meaning when, if, or after doing something.

茶色い

chairo i — Brown in color; having a dark brownish hue or tint.

くちばし

kuchibashi — Beak or bill; the hard projecting mouth of a bird.

パン

pan — Bread; a baked food staple made from flour and water.

くず

kuzu — Scraps, crumbs, or waste pieces left over from something.

くわえ

kuwae — Holding in the mouth; carrying something gripped by beak.

飛ん

ton — Flying; conjunctive form of tobu, to fly or jump.

行っ

itt — Went; conjunctive past form of iku, to go somewhere.

どこ

doko — Where; interrogative pronoun asking about an unknown location.

わから

wakara — Not knowing; negative stem of wakaru, to understand or know.

遠く

tooku — Far away, in the distance; a distant place or location.

しまっ

shimatt — Ended up doing; conjunctive of shimau indicating completed regrettable action.

ぼく

boku — I, me; informal first-person pronoun used mainly by males.

見当

kentou — Guess, estimate; having an idea or clue about something.

つく

tsuku — To arrive at; to attach; to come to a conclusion.

数日前

suujitsumae — A few days ago; several days before the present time.

見た

mita — Saw, looked at; past tense of miru, to see.

覚え

oboe — Memory, recollection; remembering or having learned something previously.

いる

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

だろう

darou — Probably, I suppose; expressing conjecture or uncertain supposition.

今

ima — Now, currently, at this present moment in time.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to something near listener.

中

naka — Inside, within, among; the interior or middle of something.

何

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

思う

omou — To think, feel, or believe; expressing one's personal opinion.

わかっ

wakatt — Understood; conjunctive past form of wakaru, to understand.

ね

ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or sharing a feeling.

行き

iki — Going; stem form of iku, to go to a place.

いい

ii — Good, fine, okay; expressing approval or positive evaluation.

あまり

amari — Too much; not very; used with negatives meaning not particularly.

近づい

chikazui — Approached, got closer; conjunctive form of chikazuku, to approach.

ほら

hora — Look! Hey! Interjection drawing attention to something nearby.

茂み

shigemi — Thicket, bush, dense growth of shrubs or bushes.

飛び出し

tobidashi — Dashing out, flying out suddenly from a place or hiding.

見え

mie — Can be seen; appearing visible; stem form of mieru.

ここ

koko — Here, this place; the location near the speaker now.

立っ

tatt — Standing; conjunctive form of tatsu, to stand upright somewhere.

なんて

nante — What a…! Expressing surprise, contempt, or exclamation about something.

醜い

minikui — Ugly, hideous, unattractive; unpleasant to look at visually.

生き物

ikimono — Living creature, organism; any being that is alive.

でしょう

deshou — Probably, right?; polite conjecture or seeking listener's confirmation.

大きな

ookina — Large, big; attributive adjective describing something of great size.

口

kuchi — Mouth; the opening in the face used for eating and speaking.

し

shi — And; conjunctive form listing multiple reasons or characteristics.

羽根

hane — Feather or wing; the plumage of a bird's body.

一本

ippon — One long thin object; counter for sticks, hairs, feathers.

も

mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle adding or emphasizing items.

静か

shizuka — Quiet, calm, peaceful; free from noise or disturbance.

ミミズ

mimizu — Earthworm; a small segmented worm living in the soil.

やっ

yatt — Did it; conjunctive form of yaru, to do or perform.

くる

kuru — To come; movement toward the speaker or reference point.