Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 10

Vocabulary

自由

jiyū — Freedom; the state of being free from restraint.

へ

e — Particle indicating direction or destination toward something.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

渇望

katsubō — Intense longing or craving for something deeply desired.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.

いかに

ikani — How much; to what extent; in what manner.

彼

kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun referring to a male.

胸

mune — Chest; breast; also refers to one's heart or feelings.

を

o — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.

占領

senryō — Occupation; to seize and take control of something.

し

shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting clauses or listing actions.

思慮

shiryo — Prudence; careful and deliberate consideration of actions.

深く

fukaku — Deeply; to a great degree or depth.

聡明

sōmei — Wise and intelligent; having keen insight and understanding.

に

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

なる

naru — To become; to change into a new state or condition.

つれて

tsurete — As; along with; in proportion to a change occurring.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to something mentioned.

苦しみ

kurushimi — Suffering; pain; deep mental or physical anguish experienced.

増大

zōdai — Increase; growth; becoming larger or more intense.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating a completed action or state.

か

ka — Question particle placed at sentence end to ask something.

こうして

kōshite — In this way; thus; by doing so in this manner.

幸福

kōfuku — Happiness; bliss; a state of well-being and contentment.

な

na — Adjectival copula linking a na-adjective to a noun.

奴隷

dorei — Slave; a person owned and controlled by another.

と

to — Particle meaning 'and,' 'with,' or quoting content.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting the sentence's main topic.

死ん

shin — Conjugated form of 'to die'; having died or dying.

だ

da — Copula; informal form of 'is' or 'are.'

も

mo — Also; even; particle indicating addition or emphasis.

同然

dōzen — Virtually the same as; as good as; practically equivalent.

人間

ningen — Human being; a person; humankind as a general concept.

で

de — Particle indicating location of action, means, or cause.

ある

aru — To be; to exist; formal copula for inanimate subjects.

こと

koto — Fact; thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.

証明

shōmei — Proof; to demonstrate or verify the truth of something.

さ

sa — Passive or nominalizing suffix; also a filler particle.

れる

reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb attached to verb stems.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting actions sequentially or causally.

監督者

kantokusha — Overseer; supervisor; one who monitors and directs others.

鞭

muchi — Whip; a lash used to strike or punish someone.

下

shita — Below; under; beneath a physical or abstract position.

四肢

shishi — Four limbs; the arms and legs of a human body.

鎖

kusari — Chain; metal links used to bind or restrain someone.

つながれ

tsunagare — Being bound or chained; restrained by a physical connection.

ながら

nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions at once.

考え

kangae — Thought; idea; the act of thinking or contemplating something.

推論

suiron — Reasoning; inference; drawing logical conclusions from evidence.

感じ

kanji — Feeling; sense; the perception of an emotion or sensation.

恐ろしい

osoroshii — Terrible; frightening; causing great fear or dread.

運命

unmei — Fate; destiny; the predetermined course of one's life.

から

kara — From; because; particle indicating origin or cause.

逃れ

nogare — To escape; to flee; to get away from a threat.

よう

yō — Appearing to; trying to; indicates intent or resemblance.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose verb for performing an action.

努力

doryoku — Effort; endeavor; working hard to achieve a goal.

中

naka — Inside; middle; among; within a space or situation.

いかなる

ikanaru — Whatever; any kind of; no matter what type.

危険

kiken — Danger; risk; a situation involving potential harm or injury.

遭遇

sōgū — Encounter; coming across something unexpected or dangerous.

そして

soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting sequential events or ideas.

無慈悲

mujihī — Merciless; ruthless; showing no compassion or pity whatsoever.

敵

teki — Enemy; foe; an adversary in conflict or opposition.

国

kuni — Country; nation; land; one's homeland or a foreign state.

只中

tadanaka — Right in the middle of; in the very midst of.

あって

atte — Being in; existing within; conjunctive form of 'aru.'

著しい

ichijirushii — Remarkable; striking; conspicuously noticeable in degree or extent.

救済

kyūsai — Salvation; relief; rescue from suffering or difficult circumstances.

保護

hogo — Protection; safeguarding someone or something from harm.

なさ

nasa — Lack of; absence of a quality; nominalizing negative adjectives.

この

kono — This; demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby.

物語

monogatari — Story; tale; a narrative account of events or experiences.

心

kokoro — Heart; mind; the emotional and spiritual inner self.

打つ

utsu — To strike; to hit; to move someone emotionally.

出来事

dekigoto — Event; happening; an occurrence or incident that takes place.

数多く

kazuōku — Numerous; many; a large number of things or instances.

雄弁

yūben — Eloquence; the ability to speak powerfully and persuasively.

力強

chikarazuyo — Powerful; strong; full of energy, force, or conviction.

満ち

machi — Filled with; full of; brimming with a quality or substance.

段落

danraku — Paragraph; a distinct section of written text.

多く

ōku — Many; much; a large quantity or number of things.

含まれ

fukumare — To be included; to be contained within something.

いる

iru — To be; to exist; auxiliary indicating ongoing action or state.

最も

mottomo — Most; the superlative degree of an adjective or adverb.

震わせる

furuwaseru — To cause to tremble; to shake or move someone deeply.

湾

wan — Bay; gulf; a body of water partly enclosed by land.

岸辺

kishibe — Shoreline; riverbank; the edge of a body of water.

立ち

tachi — Standing; the act of standing up or being upright.

自ら

mizukara — Oneself; personally; by one's own will or action.

いつ

itsu — When; at what time; an interrogative about time.

日

hi — Day; sun; a unit of time equal to twenty-four hours.

自由人

jiyūjin — Free person; one who is not enslaved or bound.

可能性

kanōsei — Possibility; potential; the chance that something may happen.

ついて

tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a particular topic or subject.

一人

hitori — One person; alone; by oneself without others present.

思い

omoi — Thought; feeling; an emotion or consideration held internally.

めぐらせ

megurashite — To ponder; to let thoughts circulate around a topic.

そよ風

soyokaze — Gentle breeze; a soft, light wind blowing pleasantly.

受け

uke — Receiving; accepting; to take in something offered or given.

白い

shiroi — White; the color white; pale in appearance or hue.

翼

tsubasa — Wings; the appendages used by birds or aircraft for flight.

飛ん

ton — Flying; conjugated form of 'to fly' in connected speech.

いく

iku — To go; to move away; auxiliary indicating action progressing.

遠ざかる

tōzakaru — To move away; to recede into the distance gradually.

船々

funabune — Ships; plural of ship; vessels sailing on the water.

眺め

nagame — View; gazing at; the act of looking at something distant.

それら

sorera — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun referring to multiple things.

生ける

ikeru — Living; alive; existing with life and vitality.

精神

seishin — Spirit; mind; the mental and spiritual essence of a being.

もの

mono — Thing; person; object; a nominalizer for abstract concepts.

して

shite — Doing; conjunctive te-form of 'suru,' connecting actions.

呼びかける

yobikakeru — To call out to; to address or appeal to someone.

時

toki — Time; moment; when a particular situation or event occurs.

自分

jibun — Oneself; one's own self; a reflexive first-person pronoun.

感情

kanjō — Emotion; feeling; an inner psychological or affective state.

描写

byōsha — Description; depiction; portraying something vividly in words or art.

箇所

kasho — Passage; section; a specific place or part in a text.

私

watashi — I; me; the first-person singular pronoun in Japanese.

思う

omou — To think; to feel; to hold an opinion or belief.

あの

ano — That; a demonstrative adjective for something distant or known.

読ん

yon — Reading; past conjunctive form of 'yomu,' to read.

哀愁

aishū — Melancholy; wistful sadness; a bittersweet feeling of longing.

崇高

sūkō — Sublime; noble; lofty and elevated in moral or aesthetic quality.

動かさ

ugokasa — To move; to stir emotionally; causative stem of 'ugoku.'

ない

nai — Not; negative auxiliary indicating the absence of something.

者

mono — Person; one who; referring to a person with a quality.

だろう

darō — Probably; I wonder; expressing conjecture or rhetorical question.

思想

shisō — Thought; ideology; a system of ideas or intellectual beliefs.

情感

jōkan — Emotion; sentiment; deep feeling expressed through words or art.

図書館

toshokan — Library; a place where books and resources are kept.

丸ごと

marugoto — Entirely; whole; all of something without leaving any part.

凝縮

gyōshuku — Condensation; compression; concentrating something into a smaller form.

あらゆる

arayuru — Every; all possible; covering each and every kind.

罪

tsumi — Sin; crime; guilt; a morally or legally wrong action.

すなわち

sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words; a clarifying conjunction.

同胞

dōhō — Fellow countrymen; brethren; people sharing the same origin.

財産

zaisan — Property; assets; material wealth owned by a person.

対して

taishite — Against; toward; in relation to a person or thing.

諫言

kangen — Remonstrance; frank counsel; advising against a wrong action.

懇願

kongan — Earnest entreaty; a sincere and heartfelt plea or petition.

叱責

shisseki — Rebuke; scolding; strongly criticizing someone for wrongdoing.

いう

iu — To say; to call; to express in words.

形

katachi — Form; shape; the manner or format of something expressed.

訴え

uttae — Appeal; plea; a call or argument directed to someone.

うる

uru — Can; able to; a literary potential auxiliary verb form.

すべて

subete — All; everything; the entirety of something without exception.

訴える

uttaeru — To appeal; to plead; to make an earnest argument.

必要

hitsuyō — Necessary; needed; something required or indispensable for a purpose.