Mother West Wind "Why" Stories — Page 1

Vocabulary

、

(tōten) — Japanese comma used to separate clauses or items.

および

oyobi — And; as well as; used to connect items formally.

オンライン

onrain — Online; connected to or available via the internet.

分散

bunsan — Distribution; dispersal; spreading out among many.

校正

kōsei — Proofreading; checking and correcting text for errors.

チーム

chīmu — Team; a group working together toward a common goal.

に

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

よって

yotte — By; by means of; due to; indicates cause or agent.

制作

seisaku — Production; creation of a work such as a book or film.

され

sare — Passive verb form of suru; was done or was made.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb form, part of mashita.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action or state.

。

(kuten) — Japanese period; marks the end of a sentence.

「

(kagikakko hiraki) — Opening quotation mark used in Japanese writing.

なぜ

naze — Why; asking for a reason or cause of something.

」

(kagikakko toji) — Closing quotation mark used in Japanese writing.

物語

monogatari — Story; tale; narrative, often fictional or legendary.

著

cho — Written by; authored by; indicates the author of a work.

の

no — Possessive particle; connects nouns showing belonging or relation.

著者

chosha — Author; writer; the person who wrote a book.

よる

yoru — By; based on; due to; indicates source or cause.

カラー

karā — Color; referring to illustrations or images in color.

挿絵

sashie — Illustration; picture inserted within a book or text.

年

nen — Year; used to count or specify a particular year.

【

(kakko hiraki) — Opening bracket used to enclose special notes or labels.

：

(koron) — Colon; punctuation mark introducing explanation or list.

彼

kare — He; him; third-person singular masculine pronoun.

は

wa — Topic marker particle; indicates the topic of a sentence.

そのまま

sono mama — As is; just like that; without any change or alteration.

自分

jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; reflexive pronoun for self.

仕事

shigoto — Work; job; one's occupation or task to be done.

を

wo — Object marker particle; indicates the direct object of a verb.

続け

tsuzuke — Continue; keep doing; stem form of verb tsuzukeru.

口絵

kuchie — Frontispiece; illustrated plate at the front of a book.

】

(kakko toji) — Closing bracket used to enclose special notes or labels.

著書

chosho — Written works; books authored by a particular person.

冒険

bōken — Adventure; exciting or risky journey or experience.

氏

shi — Mr.; a formal honorific title for a person's name.

おしゃべり屋

oshaberiya — Chatterbox; someone who talks too much or constantly.

赤

aka — Red; the color red; also used in compound words.

リス

risu — Squirrel; a small tree-climbing rodent with a bushy tail.

ビーバー

bībā — Beaver; a large semi-aquatic rodent known for dam-building.

かわいそう

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

な

na — Adjectival particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns.

夫人

fujin — Mrs.; Madame; a formal title for a married woman.

子供

kodomo — Child; children; young persons not yet fully grown.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings; indicates group.

動物

dōbutsu — Animal; living creature that is not a plant or human.

友達

tomodachi — Friend; friends; a person one has a bond with.

隣人

rinjin — Neighbor; a person who lives nearby or next door.

どのように

dono yō ni — How; in what way; asking about manner or method.

いつ

itsu — When; at what time; interrogative word for time.

どこ

doko — Where; what place; interrogative word asking about location.

ミセス

misesu — Mrs.; a title used for a married woman's name.