McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader — Page 5

Vocabulary

代替

daigai / daitai — Substitution or replacement of one thing with another.

用例

yōrei — Usage example illustrating how a word is used.

何

nani / naN — Japanese word meaning 'what' or 'how many'.

神話

shinwa — Myth or legendary story of gods and heroes.

そこ

soko — Japanese pronoun meaning 'there' or 'that place'.

できる

dekiru — To be able to do something; to be possible.

フェイント

feinto — Feint; deceptive move used in sports or combat.

引用

in'yō — Quotation or citation from a source or text.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose Japanese action verb.

警察

keisatsu — Police; the law enforcement organization.

馬車

basha — Horse-drawn carriage used for transportation.

混沌

konton — Chaos; state of complete disorder and confusion.

息子

musuko — One's own son; male child of a family.

宝石

hōseki — Gemstone; precious jewel valued for its beauty.

へ

e / he — Japanese direction particle meaning 'to' or 'toward'.

インク

inku — Ink; liquid used in pens and printers.

狼

ōkami — Wolf; wild predatory canine found in forests.

として

to shite — Japanese particle phrase meaning 'as' or 'in the capacity of'.

フォーク

fōku — Fork; eating utensil with multiple prongs.

確か

tashika — Certain, sure, or indeed; expressing confidence or certainty.

に

ni — Japanese particle indicating location, time, or direction.

仕事

shigoto — Work, job, or occupation one performs regularly.

正確

seikaku — Accurate, precise, and correct without mistakes.

な

na — Japanese adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.

いっぱい

ippai — Full, a lot of, or as much as possible.

笑う

warau — To laugh or smile with amusement or happiness.

無礼

burei — Rudeness; disrespectful or impolite behavior toward others.

飛ぶ

tobu — To fly or jump through the air.

立腹

rippuku — Anger or irritation; state of being offended.

やめる

yameru — To stop, quit, or discontinue an action or habit.

句読点

kutōten — Punctuation marks used in Japanese writing.

。

maru — Japanese period; full stop ending a sentence.

は

wa — Japanese topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic.

、

ten — Japanese comma used to separate clauses or items.

意味

imi — Meaning or significance of a word or phrase.

を

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

より

yori — Than; from; indicating comparison or starting point.

明確

meikaku — Clear, explicit, and unambiguous in meaning or expression.

ため

tame — For the purpose of; because of; sake of.

使わ

tsukawa — Stem form of 'to use'; used in conjugated phrases.

れ

re — Passive or potential verb ending in Japanese grammar.

ます

masu — Polite verb ending indicating formal or polite speech.

ピリオド

piriodo — Period; full stop punctuation mark ending a sentence.

文

bun / fumi — Sentence or written text passage in Japanese.

の

no — Japanese possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.

終わり

owari — The end or conclusion of something.

や

ya — Japanese particle meaning 'and' listing representative examples.

略語

ryakugo — Abbreviation or shortened form of a word.

後

ato / go / nochi — After; later; behind in time or position.

例えば

tatoeba — For example; used to introduce illustrative examples.

ひどく

hidoku — Terribly, severely, or extremely; adverb of intensity.

病気

byōki — Illness or sickness; being unwell or diseased.

でし

deshi — Polite past auxiliary verb stem (from 'desu').

た

ta — Past tense verb ending in Japanese grammar.

先生

sensei — Teacher or doctor; respected professional title.

が

ga — Japanese subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.

診察

shinsatsu — Medical examination or consultation by a doctor.

呼ば

yoba — Stem form of 'to call or summon someone'.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb form used in formal speech.

疑問符

gimonfu — Question mark punctuation symbol used in writing.

質問

shitsumon — A question posed to obtain information or clarification.

どこ

doko — Where; interrogative word asking about a location.

行く

iku — To go; to move toward a destination.

です

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

か

ka — Japanese sentence-ending question particle.

感嘆符

kantanfu — Exclamation mark expressing strong emotion or emphasis.

強い

tsuyoi — Strong, powerful, or intense in force or feeling.

感情

kanjō — Emotion or feeling; inner psychological state experienced.

表す

arawasu — To express, represent, or show something clearly.

言葉

kotoba — Word, language, or expression used in communication.

ああ

ā — Exclamation expressing surprise, sorrow, or admiration.

わが

waga — My or our; literary possessive pronoun in Japanese.

気高き

kedakaki — Noble, lofty, or dignified in character or spirit.

少年

shōnen — Boy; a young male child or youth.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle adding emphasis or assertion.

死な

shina — Negative stem of 'to die'; used in verb conjugation.

ねば

neba — Must; conditional expressing obligation or necessity.

なら

nara — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'in that case'.

と

to — Japanese particle meaning 'and', 'with', or 'that'.

コンマ

konma — Comma punctuation mark separating items or clauses.

セミコロン

semikoron — Semicolon punctuation connecting related independent clauses.

コロン

koron — Colon punctuation mark introducing a list or explanation.

各

kaku — Each; every individual item or part in a group.

部分

bubun — Part, section, or portion of a larger whole.

区切る

kukiru — To divide, segment, or punctuate into distinct parts.

ハイフン

haifun — Hyphen punctuation mark connecting words or syllables.

複合語

fukugōgo — Compound word formed by combining two or more words.

つなぐ

tsunagu — To connect, link, or join things together.

教科書

kyōkasho — Textbook used for studying a school subject.

よう

yō — Appears like; seems; used to express appearance or manner.

また

mata — Also, again, or furthermore; additive conjunction in Japanese.

印刷

insatsu — Printing; the process of producing text on paper.

手書き

tegaki — Handwriting; text written by hand rather than typed.

で

de — Japanese particle indicating means, location of action, or context.

単語

tango — Word; individual vocabulary unit in a language.

分割

bunkatsu — Division or splitting into separate parts or sections.

際

sai — On the occasion of; at the time of something.

も

mo — Also or too; Japanese inclusive or additive particle.

ページ

pēji — Page; a single side of a leaf in a book.

下部

kabu — Lower section or bottom part of something.

近く

chikaku — Near, close to, or nearby a place or point.

「

kagikakko hiraki — Opening Japanese quotation mark used in Japanese text.

」

kagikakko toji — Closing Japanese quotation mark used in Japanese text.

いう

iu — To say, call, or refer to something as.

挿絵

sashie — Illustration or picture inserted within a text.

木

ki — Tree or wood; a tall woody plant.

枝

eda — Branch of a tree or other plant.

とまっ

tomatt- — Stem form of 'to perch or stop'; bird landing.

鳥

tori — Bird; a feathered winged animal.

第二

daini — Second; the ordinal number two in a series.

読本

tokuhon — Reader or reading textbook used for language education.

第

dai — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'the Nth'.

一

ichi / hito — One; the number one or first in order.

課

ka — Lesson or chapter in a textbook or curriculum.