McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader — Page 21

Vocabulary

寂しい

sabishii — Feeling lonely, lonesome, or emotionally isolated

暗闇

kurayami — Darkness, the dark, pitch-black surroundings

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns

中

naka — Inside, within, the middle of something

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object

天使

tenshi — Angel, a heavenly or divine winged being

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people

が

ga — Subject marker particle highlighting the grammatical subject

広げ

hiroge — Spread out, extend, unfurl (verb stem form)

ます

masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense

よう

you — As if, like, in the manner of something

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose

私

watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

上

ue — Above, on top of, upper position

白い

shiroi — White in color, pure white

翼

tsubasa — Wings, feathered appendages used for flying

ベッド

beddo — Bed, a piece of furniture for sleeping

周り

mawari — Surroundings, around, the area encircling something

見守り

mimamori — Watch over, keep an eye on protectively

ながら

nagara — While doing, simultaneously performing two actions

第

dai — Prefix for ordinal numbers, meaning 'number' or 'lesson'

二十

nijuu — Twenty, the number 20

課

ka — Lesson, chapter, or section in a textbook

けんか

kenka — Fight, quarrel, argument between people

森

mori — Forest, woods, a dense area of trees

大きな

ooki na — Large, big, great in size or scale

木

ki — Tree, wood, a large woody plant

下

shita — Below, under, beneath something

で

de — Particle indicating location of action or means

二人

futari — Two people, a pair of individuals

少年

shounen — Boy, young male, a juvenile male person

立派な

rippa na — Splendid, fine, impressive, magnificent in quality

な

na — Adjectival linking particle used with na-adjectives

木の実

ki no mi — Nut, berry, or fruit from a tree

見つけ

mitsuke — Find, discover, spot something (verb stem)

とも

tomo — Both, together; indicates mutuality between two parties

取り

tori — Take, grab, pick up (verb stem form)

走り

hashiri — Run, dash away (verb stem form)

まし

mashi — Past polite verb auxiliary (part of mashita)

た

ta — Past tense verb ending indicating completed action

先

saki — Ahead, first, before others in sequence

そこ

soko — There, that place, a location near the listener

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward a place

着き

tsuki — Arrive, reach a destination (verb stem form)

それ

sore — That, that thing near the listener

拾い上げ

hiroi age — Pick up, lift something from the ground

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic

僕

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

もの

mono — Thing, object, possession belonging to someone

だ

da — Informal copula meaning 'is' or 'am'

と

to — Quotation particle or conjunctive meaning 'and'

言い

ii — Say, state, express in words (verb stem)

最初

saisho — First, the very beginning, initial stage

から

kara — From, since, because; indicates origin or cause

いや

iya — No, disagreement; expressing refusal or contradiction

拾っ

hirott- — Picked up (verb stem of 拾う in past form)

こう

kou — This way, like this, in this manner

し

shi — Do; conjunction linking clauses or verb stem

て

te — Conjunctive particle linking sequential or causal actions

すぐ

sugu — Soon, immediately, right away without delay

その

sono — That (noun modifier), referring to something nearby

めぐっ

megutt- — Revolve around, dispute over (verb stem form)

始め

hajime — Begin, start; beginning of something (verb stem)

どちら

dochira — Which one of two, either side, polite 'which'

か

ka — Question particle or 'or' between alternatives

意見

iken — Opinion, view, one's expressed thoughts on something

合わ

awa — Match, agree, fit together (verb stem form)

なかっ

nakatt- — Did not; negative past auxiliary (stem form)

年上

toshiue — Older person, one who is senior in age

呼ん

yon- — Call, summon someone (verb stem before de)

聞い

kii — Ask, listen, inquire (verb stem form)

み

mi — Try doing; suffix indicating attempting an action

この

kono — This (noun modifier), referring to something nearby speaker

解決

kaiketsu — Resolution, solution, settling a problem or dispute

あげ

age — Give upward; do for someone (verb stem)

彼

kare — He, him; third-person masculine pronoun

殻

kara — Shell, husk, outer casing of a nut or egg

割り

wari — Split, crack, divide (verb stem form)

中身

nakami — Contents, the inside part of something

取り出し

toridashi — Take out, extract something from inside

できる

dekiru — Can do, be able to, be possible

だけ

dake — Only, just, as much as possible

同じ

onaji — Same, identical, equal in nature or size

大き

ooki — Large, big (adjective stem before さ)

さ

sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjective into a noun

なる

naru — Become, turn into, come to be something

二つ

futatsu — Two things, a pair of objects (native counter)

分け

wake — Divide, share, distribute among people (verb stem)

半分

hanbun — Half, one of two equal portions

そし

soshi — And then, thereupon (truncated form of そして)

報酬

houshuu — Reward, compensation, payment for services rendered

もらっ

moratt- — Receive, get something from someone (verb stem)

おこう

okou — Do in advance and leave done (volitional form)

これ

kore — This, this thing close to the speaker

行き着く

iki tsuku — Reach, arrive at a final destination or conclusion

ところ

tokoro — Place, point, situation, the state of affairs

という

to iu — Called, known as, that which is said

笑い

warai — Laughter, a laugh, smiling or laughing (noun)

二十一

nijuuichi — Twenty-one, the number 21