Old Mother West Wind — Page 6

Vocabulary

これ

kore — This; refers to something near the speaker.

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence topic.

全部

zenbu — All; everything; the whole amount.

私

watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

盗ま

nusuma — Stem form of 'to steal'; taken without permission.

れ

re — Passive auxiliary verb suffix indicating an action received.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action.

ドングリ

donguri — Acorn; the nut of an oak tree.

だ

da — Casual copula meaning 'is' or 'am'.

みんな

minna — Everyone; all people present in a group.

が

ga — Subject marker particle identifying the doer of action.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

見よう

miyō — Volitional form of 'to see'; let's look or try looking.

と

to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.

振り向い

furimuі — Turned around; looked back over one's shoulder.

彼

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

できる

dekiru — Can do; to be able to; possible.

限り

kagiri — Limit; as much as possible; to the extent of.

速く

hayaku — Quickly; fast; at high speed.

森

mori — Forest; woods; a large wooded area.

中

naka — Inside; middle; within a space or group.

飛び去っ

tobisatt — Flew away; darted off quickly out of sight.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.

い

i — Stem of 'iru'; auxiliary indicating ongoing state.

泥棒

dorobō — Thief; robber; someone who steals things.

捕まえろ

tsukamaero — Catch him! Imperative command to seize someone.

西風

nishikaze — West wind; breeze blowing from the western direction.

お母さん

okāsan — Mother; mom; polite term for one's mother.

叫ん

sakebn — Shouted; screamed; cried out loudly.

陽気な

yōki na — Cheerful; merry; in high spirits; jolly.

小さな

chīsana — Small; little; tiny in size.

風

kaze — Wind; breeze; moving air.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people or beings.

そして

soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting events in sequence.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; expressing contrast or contradiction.

止まら

tomara — Does not stop; negative stem of 'to stop'.

なかっ

nakatt — Did not; past negative auxiliary form.

それから

sorekara — After that; then; from that point onward.

隠し

kakushi — Hid; concealed; stored something out of sight.

古い

furui — Old; aged; not new; from long ago.

巣

su — Nest; den; dwelling place of an animal.

から

kara — From; since; because; indicating origin or reason.

落ち

ochi — Fell; dropped down; descended from a height.

拾い

hiroi — Picked up; gathered items from the ground.

始め

hajime — Beginning; start; commenced an action.

やがて

yagate — Soon; before long; eventually in due time.

先頭

sentō — Head of a line; front; leading position.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or indirect object.

クリ

kuri — Chestnut; the edible nut of a chestnut tree.

木

ki — Tree; wood; a tall woody plant.

へ

e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'.

行進

kōshin — March; parade; moving forward in procession.

し

shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting actions or listing reasons.

戻り

modori — Returned; came back; went back to original place.

すべて

subete — All; everything; every single thing completely.

再び

futatabi — Again; once more; a second time.

居心地

igokochi — Comfort; how comfortable one feels in a place.

よい

yoi — Good; fine; comfortable; satisfactory.

うろ

uro — Hollow of a tree; cavity inside a trunk.

しまっ

shimatt — Put away; completed; stored something safely.

あの日

ano hi — That day; referring to a specific past day.

以来

irai — Since then; ever since that time or event.

鳴こう

nakō — Volitional form of 'to cry/call'; let's call out.

する

suru — To do; to perform; general action verb.

たび

tabi — Each time; whenever; every occasion something happens.

ただ

tada — Just; only; merely; nothing more than.

こう

kō — Like this; in this way; thus.

叫ぶ

sakebu — To shout; to scream; to cry out loudly.

だけ

dake — Only; just; nothing but; limiting to one thing.