Old Mother West Wind — Page 3

Vocabulary

なんと

nanto — How surprising; exclamation expressing wonder or disbelief.

あれ

are — That thing over there; also expresses mild surprise.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence's subject.

きっと

kitto — Surely, certainly; expressing strong confident expectation.

柔らかく

yawarakaku — Softly, gently; adverbial form of soft or tender.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting actions or listing reasons.

若い

wakai — Young; describing a person or animal of little age.

ニワトリ

niwatori — Chicken; common domesticated farm bird.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.

いっぱい

ippai — Full, lots of; indicating a large quantity or amount.

入っ

hait(te) — Entered, contained; stem of verb iru/hairu meaning to enter.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action.

囲い

kakoi — Enclosure, pen; fenced area for keeping animals inside.

に

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

違いない

chigainai — Must be, no doubt; expressing strong certainty or conviction.

ぜひ

zehi — By all means, definitely; expressing strong desire or urging.

手

te — Hand; body part, also used in compound expressions.

入れ

ire — Put in, insert; stem of verb ireru meaning to place inside.

なけれ

nakere — Must; conditional negative base used in obligation expressions.

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when something occurs.

こう

kou — Like this, in this way; referring to present manner or method.

し

shi — Conjunctive form listing reasons or connecting verbal clauses.

できる

dekiru — Can do, be able to; expressing capability or possibility.

限り

kagiri — As much as possible; limit or extent of something.

速く

hayaku — Quickly, fast; adverbial form of hayai meaning fast.

しまリス

shimarisu — Chipmunk; small striped rodent found in forests and gardens.

と

to — Particle meaning and, with, or quoting someone's speech.

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object of verb.

追っ

ot(te) — Chasing, following; stem of verb ou meaning to chase.

一本道

ippomichi — Single straight road; a path with no branches or forks.

駆け

kake — Running, dashing; stem of kakeru meaning to run fast.

下り

kudari — Going down, descent; moving downward along a slope or hill.

いき

iki — Going; stem of iku used in progressive or resultant expressions.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary; part of polite verb conjugation mashita.

やがて

yagate — Soon, before long; indicating something will happen shortly.

みんな

minna — Everyone, all; referring to an entire group of people.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle linking nouns or clauses.

家

ie / uchi — House, home; place where one lives or resides.

やっ

yat(te) — Did, arrived; colloquial stem of yaru or yatte kuru.

き

ki — Came; stem of kuru indicating arrival or coming somewhere.

そんな

sonna — Such, that kind of; referring to something just mentioned.

急い

isoi — Hurrying; stem of isogu meaning to rush or hurry quickly.

で

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

どこ

doko — Where; interrogative word asking about a location or place.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward a destination.

行く

iku — To go; verb indicating movement away from current location.

尋ね

tazune — Asked, inquired; stem of tazuneru meaning to ask someone.

世界一

sekai ichi — Best in the world; number one globally, surpassing everything else.

すばらしい

subarashii — Wonderful, magnificent; expressing something exceptionally impressive.

もの

mono — Thing, object; a tangible or abstract item or concept.

見つけ

mitsuke — Found, discovered; stem of mitsukeru meaning to find something.

ん

n — Explanatory or emphatic particle; colloquial form of no.

だ

da — Copula asserting a statement; plain form of desu.

叫び

sakebi — Shouted, cried out; stem of sakebu meaning to shout loudly.

言い

ii — Said, spoke; stem of iu meaning to say or tell.

そうだな

sou da na — Yeah, I suppose so; casual agreement with slight contemplation.

な

na — Sentence-final particle expressing reflection, agreement, or emphasis.

あ

a — Ah; interjection expressing realization, surprise, or acknowledgment.

自分

jibun — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the speaker themselves.

かわいい

kawaii — Cute, adorable; describing something endearing or charming.

暖かい

atatakai — Warm; describing a pleasant comfortable temperature or feeling.

日差し

hizashi — Sunlight, sunshine; rays of light coming from the sun.

美しい

utsukushii — Beautiful; describing something visually stunning and pleasing.

青空

aozora — Blue sky; clear open sky without clouds overhead.

より

yori — Than, from; comparative particle used when contrasting two things.

良い

yoi / ii — Good, fine; describing something of positive quality or value.

なんて

nante — Such a thing as; expressing surprise or dismissal about something.

思いつか

omoituka — Cannot think of; stem of omoitsuku meaning to come up with.

ない

nai — Not, negative; plain negative form indicating something does not exist.

よ

yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information to listener.

それ

sore — That, it; pronoun referring to something near the listener.

い

i — Existence verb stem; base of iru meaning to be or exist.

西風

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

お母さん

okaasan — Mother, mom; polite term for one's own or another's mother.

いたずら

itazura — Mischief, prank; playful or naughty behavior causing minor trouble.

小さな

chiisana — Small, little; attributive adjective describing something of small size.

風たち

kazatachi — The winds; plural reference to multiple wind currents or breezes.

一緒

issho — Together; doing something jointly with another person or group.

一日中

ichinichijuu — All day long; throughout the entire duration of one day.

お花

ohana — Flowers; polite term for flowers, blossoms, or floral plants.

間

あいだ / ma — Between, among; space or interval between two things or times.

遊ん

ason(de) — Played; stem of asobu meaning to play or have fun.

この上なく

kono ue naku — Supremely, most of all; nothing could surpass this level.

幸せ

shiawase — Happiness, fortunate; feeling of joy and contentment in life.

でし

deshi — Polite copula stem; part of polite past form deshita.

しかし

shikashi — However, but; conjunction introducing a contrasting statement.

見つけよう

mitsukeyou — Let's find; volitional form of mitsukeru suggesting finding together.

う

u / you — Volitional suffix expressing intention or suggesting a joint action.

緑

midori — Green; the color green, also referring to green vegetation.

草原

sougen / kusahara — Meadow, grassland; wide open area covered with grass.

あちら

achira — Over there; polite word indicating a distant direction or place.

こちら

kochira — This way, here; polite word indicating speaker's direction or side.

走り回り

hashirimawari — Running around; moving rapidly in multiple directions repeatedly.

太陽

taiyou — Sun; the star at the center of our solar system.

とても

totemo — Very, extremely; intensifying adverb emphasizing degree of something.

暖かく

atatakaku — Warmly; adverbial form of atatakai meaning warm or mild.

彼ら

karera — They, them; third-person plural pronoun referring to a group.

遠く

tooku — Far away; adverbial form indicating a great distance from here.

まで

made — Until, as far as; particle indicating extent, limit, or destination.

走っ

hashat(te) — Ran; stem of hashiru meaning to run at speed.

暑く

atsuku — Hotly; adverbial form of atsui meaning hot in temperature.

疲れ

tsukare — Tired, fatigued; stem of tsukareru meaning to become tired.

しまい

shimai — Ended up; stem of shimau indicating an unintended completed action.

でも

demo — But, even so; conjunction introducing a contrasting or qualifying point.

見つかり

mitsukari — Was found; stem of mitsukaru meaning to be discovered or found.

ませ

mase — Polite negative stem; part of polite negative form masen.

長い

nagai — Long; describing something of great length or long duration.

一日

ichinichi / tsuitachi — One day; a period of twenty-four hours or a single day.

終わる

owaru — To end, finish; verb indicating the conclusion of something.

通り過ぎ

toorsugi — Passed by; stem of toorisugi meaning to pass or go by.

自分たち

jibuntachi — Ourselves, themselves; reflexive plural pronoun for a group.

歩き

aruki — Walking; stem of aruku meaning to walk on foot somewhere.

始め

hajime — Beginning, start; stem of hajimeru meaning to begin something.