Mother West Wind "Why" Stories — Page 83

Vocabulary

そこで

sokode — And so, thereupon; connecting result to previous context.

彼

kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun.

は

wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle.

羽

hane — Feather or wing of a bird.

を

wo — Object-marking grammatical particle.

振るわせ

furuwase — Caused to shake or flutter (feathers/wings).

翼

tsubasa — Wing; the limb used for flight in birds.

半分

hanbun — Half; one of two equal parts.

広げ

hiroge — Spread out or opened (wings, arms, etc.).

て

te — Conjunctive particle linking sequential actions.

空気

kuuki — Air; the atmosphere surrounding us.

の

no — Possessive or linking grammatical particle.

下

shita — Below, underneath; a position lower than something.

に

ni — Directional or locative grammatical particle.

通し

tooshi — Let pass through; allow something to go under.

が

ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle.

ねぐら

negura — Roost; a bird's resting or sleeping place.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.

好む

konomu — To prefer or be fond of something.

高い

takai — High, tall, or expensive in degree.

枯れ木

kareki — Dead tree; a dried-out, leafless tree.

根元

nemoto — Base or root of a tree or object.

集まっ

atsumatte — Gathered together (stem of 集まる, atsumaru).

た

ta — Past-tense grammatical suffix.

草原

sougen — Grassland, meadow; open grassy terrain.

や

ya — And/or; lists items non-exhaustively.

森

mori — Forest; a dense area of trees.

小さな

chiisana — Small, little; attributive adjective form.

仲間

nakama — Companions, comrades, fellow group members.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animals.

見下ろし

miорoshi — Looking down upon from a higher position.

何とも

nantomo — Somehow, quite; expresses indescribable degree.

おかしな

okashina — Strange, funny, peculiar in appearance or manner.

顔

kao — Face; the front part of the head.

で

de — With, by means of; instrumental particle.

にやり

niyari — Grinning slyly; a smug or knowing smile.

と

to — Quotation or manner particle; 'and' connector.

笑い

warai — Laughter, smile; act of laughing.

それから

sorekara — After that, and then; temporal connector.

この

kono — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby referent.

話

hanashi — Story, talk, conversation; spoken narrative.

始め

hajime — Beginning; started (something).

ずっと

zutto — All along, continuously, the whole time.

昔

mukashi — Long ago, the old days, ancient times.

じいさん

jiisan — Old man; grandfather; elderly male person.

王様

oosama — King; a male monarch or ruler.

ちょっと

chotto — A little, slightly; informal softening expression.

もめ

mome — Had a dispute or quarrel with someone.

あんまり

anmari — Too much, excessively; colloquial form of あまり.

高く

takaku — High, highly; adverbial form of 高い.

飛び

tobi — Flying; stem of 飛ぶ (tobu), to fly.

すぎ

sugi — Too much; suffix indicating excess of action.

頭

atama — Head; the uppermost part of the body.

焦がし

kogashi — Scorched, burned; caused to char or singe.

ちまっ

chimatte — Colloquial contraction of てしまって; ended up doing.

ころ

koro — Time, period, around a certain point in time.

いとこ

itoko — Cousin; child of one's aunt or uncle.

い

i — Existential verb stem (いる); to exist, be present.

ん

n — Contracted explanatory particle (の); softens statement.

だ

da — Copula; plain form of です, meaning 'is/am/are'.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective for mid-distance referent.

って

tte — Colloquial quotation or topic particle.

生まれつき

umaretsuki — By nature, innate; a characteristic from birth.

なまけもの

namakemono — Lazy person; a sloth or idler by nature.

役立たず

yakutatazu — Good-for-nothing; a useless or unhelpful person.

だっ

datte — Was; past tense colloquial copula form.

たいてい

taitei — Usually, generally, most of the time.

同じ

onaji — Same, identical; sharing the same quality.

そいつ

soitsu — That guy; informal/rude third-person pronoun.

いつも

itsumo — Always, all the time, habitually.

自分

jibun — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.

厄介者

yakkaимоno — Troublemaker; someone who causes problems for others.

なっ

natte — Became; colloquial form of なって (stem of なる).

みんな

minna — Everyone, all; referring to a whole group.

こと

koto — Thing, matter, fact; nominalizer for actions/states.

首

kubi — Neck; the part connecting head to body.

突っ込ん

tsukkon — Stuck (one's neck) into; meddled or interfered.

一切

issai — Not at all (with negative); everything or nothing.

かまわ

kamawa — Did not care or mind (negative stem of かまう).

なかっ

nakatta — Did not; negative past auxiliary stem.

一族

ichizoku — Clan, family; all members of one lineage.

ろくでなし

rokudenashi — Good-for-nothing scoundrel; a worthless person.

知ら

shira — Doesn't know (negative stem of 知る, shiru).

ない

nai — Negative ending; does not, is not.

口

kuchi — Mouth; also used figuratively for speaking/opinions.

出さ

dasa — Did not speak up (negative stem of 出す).

など

nado — Et cetera, and so on; listing particle.

何

nani — What; interrogative pronoun for unknown things.

ひとつ

hitotsu — One thing; also used for 'not even one'.

より

yori — Than; comparative particle showing a standard.

も

mo — Also, even, too; inclusive or emphatic particle.

多く

ooku — Many, much; adverbial form of 多い (ooi).

質問

shitsumon — Question; an inquiry posed to someone.

でき

deki — Can do, is able to (stem of できる).

それ

sore — That; demonstrative pronoun for mid-distance object.

できる

dekiru — To be able to; can do something.

者

mono — Person, one who does; referring to an individual.

なら

nara — If, in that case; conditional particle.

よっぽど

yoppodo — Considerably, much more; to a great extent.

たくさん

takusan — Many, a lot, plenty; large quantity.

し

shi — And; listing reasons or actions conjunctively.

なきゃ

nakya — Must do; colloquial contraction of なければならない.

見

mi — Looked, saw; stem of 見る (miru).

笑っ

waratte — Laughed; conjunctive form of 笑う (warau).

ただ

tada — Just, merely, simply; limiting adverb.

朝

asa — Morning; the early part of the day.

から

kara — From; starting point in time or place.

晩

ban — Evening, night; the latter part of the day.

まで

made — Until, up to; endpoint in time or place.

あちこち

achikochi — Here and there; various places randomly.

歩き回っ

arukimawatte — Walked around; wandered about from place to place.

ばかり

bakari — Only, just, nothing but; limiting particle.

いる

iru — To be, to exist; for animate beings.

よう

you — It seems, appears; conjecture or likeness expression.

旦那

danna — Master, mister, husband; respectful address for a man.

続け

tsuzuke — Continued; stem/imperative of 続ける (tsuzukeru).

あの

ano — That (over there); demonstrative for distant referent.

来る

kuru — To come; motion verb toward the speaker.

嫌がる

iyagaru — To dislike, to show reluctance or aversion.

なぜって

nazeって — Because, the reason is; colloquial causal expression.

関係

kankei — Relationship, connection, relevance between things.

事柄

kotogara — Matter, affair, subject; a thing or topic discussed.

ついて

tsuite — Regarding, about; used with に to mean concerning.

しつこく

shitsukoku — Persistently, insistently; in an annoying tenacious manner.

くる

kuru — To come; here implies persistent approaching action.