McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 30

Vocabulary

ある日

aru hi — One day; refers to a particular day in a story.

この

kono — This; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing.

年老い

toshioi — To grow old; aged, elderly in appearance or status.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action.

雌鶏

mendori — Hen; an adult female chicken kept for eggs.

は

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

ひよこ

hiyoko — Baby chick; a newly hatched young chicken.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animals in a group.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

小さな

chiisana — Small, little; adjective describing something of small size.

小川

ogawa — Small stream or brook; a narrow flowing waterway.

へ

e — Direction particle indicating movement toward a destination.

連れ

tsure — To bring along; to accompany or lead someone somewhere.

て

te — Te-form conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.

行き

iki — Going; stem form of the verb 'to go'.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb stem used before た.

水辺

mizube — Waterside; the area along the edge of water.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns together.

空気

kuuki — Air; atmosphere surrounding us, often referring to fresh air.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.

ため

tame — For the sake of; for the benefit or purpose of.

に

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

なる

naru — To become; to change into a different state.

と

to — Quotation or conjunctive particle meaning 'and' or 'that'.

思っ

omot(te) — Thought; te-form of 思う meaning to think or feel.

です

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

着く

tsuku — To arrive; to reach a destination after traveling.

しばらく

shibaraku — For a while; a short but unspecified period of time.

間

aida / ma — Interval; the time or space between two points.

岸辺

kishibe — Shoreline; the area along the edge of a river or lake.

歩き

aruki — Walking; the act of moving on foot step by step.

向こう側

mukou gawa — The other side; the far side across from here.

とても

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

美しく

utsukushiku — Beautifully; adverbial form of beautiful, lovely, attractive.

そちら

sochira — That direction; that place over there, polite form.

行こう

ikou — Let's go; volitional form of the verb to go.

思い

omoi — Thought, feeling; noun form of 思う meaning to think.

中

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

大きな

ooki na — Large, big; adjective describing something of great size.

石

ishi — Stone, rock; a hard solid mineral found in nature.

あり

ari — There is/was; classical existential verb for inanimate objects.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby.

飛び乗り

tobinori — Jumping onto something; leaping aboard a surface or object.

そこ

soko — There; that place slightly removed from the speaker.

から

kara — From; starting point particle for time, place, or reason.

向こう岸

mukou gishi — Opposite bank; the far shore across the river.

渡る

wataru — To cross over; to go across water or a road.

簡単

kantan — Simple, easy; requiring little effort or difficulty.

だろう

darou — Probably; expressing conjecture or probability about something.

で

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

上

ue — Above, on top; indicating a higher position or surface.

後

ato / nochi — After; following in time or sequence behind something.

続く

tsuzuku — To continue; to follow on without stopping or interruption.

よう

you — Appears like; volitional or instructional auxiliary expression.

言い

ii — Saying; conjunctive stem form of the verb to say.

初めて

hajimete — For the first time; experiencing something never done before.

言う

iu — To say, to speak; expressing words aloud to others.

こと

koto — Thing, fact; nominalizer turning a verb into a noun.

聞か

kika — Listen, hear; negative stem form of the verb to listen.

ない

nai — Negative auxiliary; expresses negation of an action or state.

気づき

kizuki — Noticing, realization; becoming aware of something around you.

羽

hane / wa — Wing or feather; a bird's limb used for flight.

ばたつか

batatsuka — Flapping; stem of verb meaning to flap or flutter wings.

せ

se — Causative auxiliary stem causing another to perform an action.

叫び

sakebi — Cry out, shout; the act of yelling loudly to others.

みんな

minna — Everyone, everybody; referring to all people in a group.

こちら

kochira — This way, over here; polite directional expression toward speaker.

いらっしゃい

irasshai — Welcome, come here; honorific imperative inviting someone to approach.

私

watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun used by the speaker.

し

shi — Conjunctive form listing reasons or connecting related clauses.

飛び乗る

tobinoru — To jump onto; to leap aboard something with a spring.

よ

yo — Sentence-final particle asserting information or seeking confirmation.

そう

sou — That way, so; indicating agreement or a described manner.

すれ

sure — Conditional stem of する meaning to do in this way.

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when a condition holds.

飛び渡れる

tobiwatareru — Can fly across; potential form of fly-and-cross compound verb.

わ

wa — Feminine sentence-final particle adding soft assertion or emphasis.

さあ

saa — Come on, well now; exclamation urging action or beginning.

来

ki — Come; imperative or stem form of the verb to come.

なさい

nasai — Please do; polite imperative form instructing someone to act.

お母さん

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

でき

deki — Can do, able; stem of できる meaning to be able.

皆

mina — Everyone, all; referring to the whole group of people.

やっ

yat(te) — Doing, trying; contracted te-form of やる meaning to do.

みれ

mire — Conditional stem of みる meaning to try seeing or doing.

る

ru — Plain form verb ending for present or future tense actions.

飛び越え

tobikoe — Jumping over; leaping across or above an obstacle.

られる

rareru — Potential or passive auxiliary; able to do or being done.

いる

iru — To be, to exist; existential verb for animate beings.

一人

hitori — One person, alone; a single individual by themselves.

立っ

tat(te) — Standing; te-form of 立つ meaning to stand upright.

い

i — Conjunctive stem of いる indicating a continuing state.

でも

demo — But, even so; conjunctive expressing contrast or concession.

さっき

sakki — A moment ago; referring to a short time just before now.

より

yori — Than, more than; comparative particle for comparing two things.

上手く

umaku — Skillfully, well; adverbial form meaning done with good skill.

飛べ

tobe — Fly; potential or imperative form of 飛ぶ to fly.

こんな

konna — This kind of; demonstrative adjective describing nearby type.

子

ko — Child, young one; referring to a young animal or person.

見

mi — Look, see; stem form of 見る meaning to look or watch.

全然

zenzen — Not at all, completely; intensifier used with negative expressions.

みよう

miyou — Let's try looking; volitional form of みる to try.

じゃ

ja — Well then, casual form of では indicating a conclusion.

そんな

sonna — That kind of, such; demonstrative adjective for things over there.

遠く

tooku — Far away, distant; adverbial or noun form of far distance.

まで

made — Until, up to; particle indicating a limit of time or space.