McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader — Page 3

Vocabulary

鳥

tori — Bird; a feathered flying animal.

が

ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.

教え

oshie — Teaching; lesson; instruction given to someone.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending in Japanese.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizing abstract concepts.

もし

moshi — If; supposing; used to introduce a conditional clause.

私

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

陽

hi / yō — Sun; sunlight; solar warmth and brightness.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

光

hikari — Light; radiance; brightness from a light source.

なら

nara — If; conditional particle meaning 'if it is the case'.

靴磨き

kutsumigaki — Shoe shining; the act of polishing shoes.

赤ちゃん

akachan — Baby; a very young infant child.

を

wo / o — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

起こさ

okosa — Wake (someone) up; causative stem of 'to wake'.

ない

nai — Negative auxiliary; not; do not.

で

de — Particle indicating means, location, or manner.

筆記体

hikkitai — Cursive writing; handwritten script style.

優しい

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

お

o — Honorific prefix adding politeness to nouns.

兄さん

niisan — Older brother; respectful term for an elder brother.

どうしようもない

dō shiyō mo nai — Hopeless; nothing can be done about it.

子

ko — Child; kid; young person or offspring.

夕べ

yūbe — Last evening; yesterday evening; the prior night.

讃美歌

sanbika — Hymn; a religious song of praise.

けんか

kenka — Fight; quarrel; argument between people.

ミツバチ

mitsubachi — Honeybee; a bee that produces honey.

歌

uta — Song; a piece of music with lyrics.

破れ

yabure — Torn; ripped; damaged by tearing apart.

人形

ningyō — Doll; a toy figure resembling a person.

羊

hitsuji — Sheep; a woolly domesticated farm animal.

毛刈り

kegari — Shearing; the act of cutting animal wool.

雲

kumo — Cloud; a mass of water vapor in the sky.

と

to — And; with; particle connecting nouns or quoting.

リス

risu — Squirrel; a small bushy-tailed tree-dwelling rodent.

スズメ

suzume — Sparrow; a small common brown bird.

小さな

chiisana — Small; little; tiny in size or amount.

小川

ogawa — Brook; small stream; a narrow flowing waterway.

ボート

bōto — Boat; a small watercraft for travel.

転覆

tenpuku — Capsizing; overturning of a boat on water.

手紙

tegami — Letter; a written message sent to someone.

トラ

tora — Tiger; a large striped wild cat.

炉端

robata — Fireside; the area beside a hearth or fireplace.

小鳥

kotori — Small bird; a little bird.

朝

asa — Morning; the early part of the day.

台所

daidokoro — Kitchen; a room used for cooking food.

時計

tokei — Clock; watch; a device showing the time.

新しい

atarashii — New; fresh; recently made or acquired.

はかり

hakari — Scale; balance; a weighing instrument.

クマ

kuma — Bear; a large omnivorous wild mammal.

子供

kodomo — Child; children; young people generally.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.

ミサゴ

misago — Osprey; a large fish-hunting bird of prey.

葉っぱ

happa — Leaf; a flat green part of a plant.

言っ

itte / it- — Said; spoke; stem form of 'to say'.

風

kaze — Wind; moving air; a breeze or gale.

ママ

mama — Mama; mom; an informal word for mother.

プレゼント

purezento — Present; gift; something given to another person.

お話

ohanashi — Story; tale; polite word for a narrative.

丘

oka — Hill; a small elevated landform or mound.

滑り降り

suberikudari — Sliding down; descending by gliding on a surface.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.

キツネ

kitsune — Fox; a cunning wild canine animal.

アヒル

ahiru — Duck; a domesticated waterfowl bird.

美しい

utsukushii — Beautiful; lovely; aesthetically pleasing and attractive.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic.

行い

okonai — Conduct; behavior; one's actions or deeds.

から

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

語り部

kataribe — Storyteller; narrator; one who tells traditional tales.

フクロウ

fukurō — Owl; a nocturnal bird of prey.

おじいさん

ojiisan — Grandfather; old man; elderly male person.

神

kami — God; deity; a divine or sacred being.

偉大

idai — Great; magnificent; of outstanding importance or power.

に

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

して

shite — Doing; and; conjunctive form of 'to do'.

善

zen — Good; goodness; virtue; moral righteousness.

なり

nari — Is; classical copula meaning 'to be'.

善良

zenryō — Good-natured; virtuous; honest and morally upright.

な

na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.

老人

rōjin — Old person; elderly man or aged individual.

欲張り

yokubari — Greed; greedy person; someone excessively covetous.

女

onna — Woman; female; an adult female person.

すべて

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

もの

mono — Thing; object; a physical or abstract entity.

定位置

teii chi — Fixed position; proper place; designated spot for something.

お母さん

okaasan — Mother; mom; a polite word for one's mother.

割れ

ware — Broken; cracked; shattered into pieces.

窓

mado — Window; an opening in a wall with glass.

砂時計

sunadokei — Hourglass; a sand-filled time-measuring instrument.

三月

sangatsu — March; the third month of the year.

呼びかけ

yobikake — Call; appeal; an address directed at someone.

かわいそうな

kawaisō na — Poor; pitiful; deserving of sympathy or compassion.

夕食

yūshoku — Dinner; supper; the evening meal.

吹雪

fubuki — Blizzard; snowstorm; a heavy storm with snow.

快活

kaikatsu — Cheerful; lively; bright and energetic in disposition.

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into abstract nouns.

子守唄

komoriuta — Lullaby; a soothing song sung to children.

発音

hatsuon — Pronunciation; the way words are spoken aloud.

練習

renshū — Practice; exercise; repeated training to improve skills.

教師

kyōshi — Teacher; instructor; a person who teaches students.

へ

e — Directional particle meaning 'to' or 'toward'.

アドバイス

adobaisu — Advice; a suggestion or recommendation given to someone.