McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader — Page 51

Vocabulary

時には

toki ni wa — Sometimes; occasionally; at times.

非常に

hijō ni — Extremely; very; to a great degree.

暗くて

kurakute — Being dark; dark and (connecting to next clause).

彼らは

karera wa — They (plural); those people (topic marker attached).

何も

nani mo — Nothing; not anything (used with negative verb).

見えない

mienai — Cannot be seen; invisible; not visible.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verb phrases.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; but; however.

あります

arimasu — There is/are; exists (polite, inanimate objects).

迷子に

maigo ni — Lost (child or person); becoming lost.

なった

natta — Became; turned into (past tense of naru).

人々

hitobito — People; persons; various individuals.

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence topic.

しばしば

shibashiba — Often; frequently; repeatedly.

吹きだまり

fukidamari — Snowdrift; pile of snow blown by wind.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle; of; 's.

中に

naka ni — Inside; within; in the middle of.

隠れて

kakurete — Hiding; concealed; taking cover (te-form).

横たわって

yokotawatte — Lying down; stretched out horizontally (te-form).

います

imasu — Is/are (polite); ongoing state or action.

第

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

課

ka — Lesson; chapter; section of a textbook.

いた

ita — Was; existed; were present (past of iru).

弱い

yowai — Weak; feeble; lacking strength.

こわばった

kowabatta — Stiffened; became rigid; stiff with cold or tension.

甲高い

kandakai — High-pitched; shrill; piercing (of a sound or voice).

乗った

notta — Rode; got on; mounted (past tense of noru).

荒涼とした

kōryō to shita — Desolate; bleak; dreary and barren.

物語

monogatari — Story; tale; narrative account.

語り手

katarите — Narrator; storyteller; the one who tells.

完結

kanketsu — Completion; conclusion; final installment of story.

ある

aru — A certain; one; there is/exists.

寒く

samuku — Coldly; being cold (adverbial form of samui).

夜

yoru — Night; nighttime; the evening hours.

雪

yuki — Snow; fallen or falling snow.

激しく

hageshiku — Intensely; violently; fiercely; with great force.

降り

furi — Falling (of rain/snow); precipitation (stem form).

風

kaze — Wind; breeze; the blowing air.

大きく

ōkiku — Largely; loudly; in a big manner.

音

oto — Sound; noise; audio.

を

wo — Direct object marker particle.

立てて

tatete — Making (a sound); setting up; raising (te-form).

吹き

fuki — Blowing (of wind); stem form of fuku.

ました

mashita — Polite past tense verb ending.

辺り

atari — Around; the vicinity; the surrounding area.

すっかり

sukkari — Completely; entirely; totally; all the way.

暗く

kuraku — Darkly; being dark (adverbial form of kuroi).

なって

natte — Becoming; having become (te-form of naru).

いました

imashita — Was; were; existed (polite past progressive).

空

sora — Sky; the heavens above.

に

ni — Direction/location particle; at, in, to, for.

星

hoshi — Star; celestial body visible at night.

一つ

hitotsu — One (thing); a single item.

見え

mie — Can be seen; visible (stem of mieru).

ませんでした

masen deshita — Did not; polite negative past tense ending.

これら

korera — These (plural); these things or people nearby.

善良な

zenryō na — Good-natured; virtuous; kind and decent.

男たち

otoko-tachi — Men; a group of males.

助け

tasuke — Help; aid; assistance; rescue.

必要としている

hitsuyō to shite iru — Needing; requiring; in need of something.

かもしれない

kamoshirenai — Might; maybe; possibly; expresses uncertainty.

人

hito — Person; human being; individual.

探す

sagasu — To search for; to look for; to seek.

ため

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

犬

inu — Dog; domesticated canine.

送り出し

okuridashi — Sending out; dispatching; seeing off.

時間

jikan — Time; hour; a period of time.

後

go / ato — After; later; behind; following in time.

戻って

modotte — Returning; coming back (te-form of modoru).

くる

kuru — To come; to come back; to arrive.

聞こえ

kikoе — Can be heard; audible (stem of kikoeru).

外

soto — Outside; outdoors; exterior.

見る

miru — To see; to look at; to watch.

と

to — And; with; when; quotation/conditional particle.

背中

senaka — Back (of the body); one's upper rear torso.

男の子

otokonoko — Boy; young male child.

乗せて

nosete — Carrying on back; placing on top (te-form).

かわいそう

kawaisō — Pitiful; poor thing; deserving of sympathy.

子ども

kodomo — Child; children; young person.

寒さ

samusa — Cold; coldness; the chill of low temperature.

で

de — By means of; due to; at (location of action).

こわばって

kowabatte — Stiffened; numbed rigidly (te-form of kowabaru).

彼

kare — He; him; that male person.

かろうじて

karōjite — Barely; just barely; with great difficulty.

しがみついて

shigamitsuite — Clinging to; holding on tightly (te-form).

やっと

yatto — Finally; at last; barely; with great effort.

長い

nagai — Long; lengthy; extended in length or time.

間

aida / ma — While; during; between; interval of time.

中

naka — Inside; middle; among; within.

おり

ori — Being (humble/literary form of iru); staying.

歩く

aruku — To walk; to go on foot.

弱り

yowari — Weakening; becoming feeble (stem of yowaru).

すぎて

sugite — Too much; excessively (te-form of sugiru).

何か

nanika — Something; some thing; anything.

上着

uwagi — Jacket; outer garment; coat; top clothing.

引っ張る

hipparu — To pull; to tug; to drag toward oneself.

感じ

kanji — Feeling; sense; impression; sensation.

吠える

hoeru — To bark; to howl; to roar (animal sound).

声

koe — Voice; sound made by living creatures.

聞き

kiki — Hearing; listening (stem form of kiku).

手

te — Hand; arm; appendage used for grasping.

伸ばして

nobashite — Stretching out; extending; reaching out (te-form).

触れ

fure — Touching; making contact (stem of fureru).

もう

mō — Already; now; soon; another; more.

一度

ichido — Once; one time; one more time.

引っ張り

hippari — A pull; tugging; pulling (stem of hipparu).

これ

kore — This; this thing here close to speaker.

少年

shōnen — Boy; youth; young male person.

希望

kibō — Hope; wish; desire; aspiration.

与え

atae — Giving; providing (stem of ataeru).

しがみつき

shigamitsuki — Clinging; grasping tightly (stem form).

から

kara — From; since; because; out of.

這い出し

haidashi — Crawling out; emerging by crawling (stem form).

立つ

tatsu — To stand; to stand up; to rise.

も

mo — Also; too; even; as well.

でき

deki — Can do; able to; capability (stem of dekiru).

乗り

nori — Riding; getting on (stem form of noru).

首

kubi — Neck; the part connecting head to body.

両腕

ryōude — Both arms; one's two arms together.

回して

mawashite — Wrapping around; turning; rotating (te-form).

自分

jibun — Oneself; one's own self; myself/yourself/himself.

危害

kigai — Harm; injury; damage done to a person.

加える

kuwaeru — To add; to inflict; to do harm upon.

つもり

tsumori — Intention; plan; what one intends to do.

ない

nai — Not; there is not; negative ending.

確信

kakushin — Conviction; certainty; firm belief; confidence.