Piccolissima — Page 9

Vocabulary

ハエ

hae — A fly; small flying insect common indoors.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.

一匹

ippiki — Counter for one small animal or insect.

それ

sore — That; refers to something near the listener.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject discussed.

年長

nenchō — Being older; senior in age or experience.

方

kata — Polite word for person; also means direction.

だった

datta — Past tense of copula; means 'was' or 'were'.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; also means 'but'.

その

sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective.

茶色く

chairo ku — In a brown manner; adverbial form of brown.

輝く

kagayaku — To shine, gleam, or sparkle brightly.

目

me — Eye; organ of vision in animals and humans.

千

sen — One thousand; the number 1000.

も

mo — Also; even; as many as (emphatic particle).

面

men — Face; surface; facet of an object.

ひとつ

hitotsu — One; a single thing or unit.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.

小さな

chiisana — Small, little; attributive adjective for size.

神童

shindō — Child prodigy; remarkably gifted young child.

に

ni — Direction or target particle; at, to, toward.

向けて

mukete — Directed toward; turned in a certain direction.

定め

sadame — To fix, decide, or aim steadily at something.

黒い

kuroi — Black; dark-colored adjective in Japanese.

足

ashi — Leg or foot; limb used for walking.

一本

ippon — Counter for one long slender object or limb.

ずつ

zutsu — Each; apiece; one at a time distributively.

砂糖菓子

satōgashi — Sugar candy; sweet confection made from sugar.

棒

bō — Stick, rod, or bar-shaped object.

上

ue — Above, on top of; upper position or surface.

置き

oki — To place or put something down somewhere.

口吻

kōfun — Proboscis; snout or mouthpart of an insect.

伸ばし

nobashi — To extend or stretch out something.

熱心

nesshin — Enthusiastic, eager, zealous; with great devotion.

吸い

sui — To suck, inhale, or absorb liquid or air.

始め

hajime — To begin, start doing something for the first time.

いま

ima — Now; at the present moment in time.

器官

kikan — Organ; body part serving a specific biological function.

弱さ

yowasa — Weakness; the state of being frail or feeble.

自分

jibun — Oneself; refers reflexively to the speaker or subject.

自身

jishin — Oneself; emphatic reflexive pronoun meaning 'self'.

似ている

nite iru — To resemble; to look or be similar to something.

生き物

ikimono — Living creature; any organism that is alive.

じっくり

jikkuri — Carefully, thoroughly, taking sufficient time over something.

観察

kansatsu — Observation; careful watching and examining of something.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese.

十分な

jūbun na — Sufficient, enough, adequate amount or degree.

時間

jikan — Time; a period or duration of hours and minutes.

持っている

motte iru — To have, hold, or possess something currently.

彼女

kanojo — She, her; third-person feminine pronoun in Japanese.

ほぼ

hobo — Almost, nearly, approximately; close to a complete state.

円筒形

entōkei — Cylindrical shape; form resembling a cylinder or tube.

体

karada — Body; the physical form of a person or animal.

三つ

mittsu — Three; the number three for counting general things.

部分

bubun — Part, portion, section of a larger whole.

分かれ

wakare — To be divided or separated into distinct parts.

並外れた

namihazureta — Extraordinary, exceptional; beyond the ordinary standard.

形

katachi — Shape, form, or appearance of an object.

長さ

nagasa — Length; the measurement of something from end to end.

より

yori — Than; comparative particle used for comparisons.

幅

haba — Width, breadth; horizontal measurement of an object.

広い

hiroi — Wide, broad, spacious; having great extent or width.

頭部

tōbu — Head; the uppermost part of a body or structure.

そして

soshite — And then, and also; conjunction connecting statements.

二本

nihon — Counter for two long slender objects or appendages.

角

tsuno — Horn or antenna; protruding appendage on an animal.

すなわち

sunawachi — That is to say, namely; formal clarifying conjunction.

いわゆる

iwayuru — So-called; what is commonly known or referred to.

触角

shokkaku — Antenna; sensory appendage on insect's head.

戴いた

itadaita — To receive humbly; also to be topped with something.

不規則

fukisoku — Irregular, uneven; lacking regular pattern or order.

球体

kyūtai — Sphere; a perfectly or roughly round three-dimensional shape.

調べる

shiraberu — To examine, investigate, or look into something carefully.

こと

koto — Thing, fact, matter; nominalizer for verbal phrases.

喜び

yorokobi — Joy, delight, happiness; a feeling of great pleasure.

見出し

midashi — To find, discover; heading or title of a section.

最も

mottomo — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.

好奇心

kōkishin — Curiosity; strong desire to know or learn things.

刺激し

shigeki shi — To stimulate, excite, or provoke a response.

非常に

hijō ni — Extremely, very; indicating a very high degree.

規則正しく

kisoku tadashiku — Regularly, in an orderly systematic manner.

六角形

rokkakkei — Hexagon; six-sided geometric shape or pattern.

精緻

seichi — Elaborate, intricate, exquisitely detailed and precise.

刻まれ

kizamare — To be engraved, carved, or etched into a surface.

ダイヤモンド

daiyamondo — Diamond; precious gemstone or the shape thereof.

磨かれ

migakare — To be polished, refined, or made to shine.

きらめく

kirameku — To glitter, sparkle, or twinkle with bright light.

無数

musū — Countless, innumerable; too many to be counted.

数えよう

kazeyō — Let us count; volitional form of the verb count.

百

hyaku — One hundred; the number 100.

まで

made — Until, up to, as far as a limit.

数える

kazoeru — To count, enumerate items one by one.

家宝

kahō — Family treasure; heirloom passed down through generations.

である

de aru — Formal copula; is, am, are in written Japanese.

箱

hako — Box, case; container typically rectangular in shape.

極細

gokuboso — Extremely thin, ultra-fine; very slender in width.

ピン

pin — Pin; thin pointed object used for fastening.

取り出し

toridashi — To take out, remove something from a container.

座って

suwatte — Sitting down; in a seated position.

クッション

kusshon — Cushion; soft padded object for comfort or support.

刺し

sashi — To stick, stab, or pin something into a surface.

印をつけよ

shirushi wo tsukeyo — Mark it; imperative to place a mark on something.

しかし

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

五百

gohyaku — Five hundred; the number 500.

達し

tasshi — To reach, attain, or arrive at a goal or number.

ないうちに

nai uchi ni — Before reaching; while still not having done something.

息

iki — Breath; air inhaled and exhaled by a living being.

知識

chishiki — Knowledge; information and understanding acquired through learning.

尽き

tsuki — To run out, be exhausted; come to an end.

しまった

shimatta — Ended up; expresses regret or unintended completion.

実のところ

jitsu no tokoro — To tell the truth; actually, in reality.

ほど

hodo — To the extent that; about, approximately, as much as.

算数

sansū — Arithmetic, elementary mathematics; basic number calculations.

なかった

nakatta — Did not exist; past negative of the verb aru.

最初

saisho — The first, the beginning; earliest in order or time.

グループ

gurūpu — Group; a number of people or things together.

右側

migigawa — Right side; the side corresponding to the right.

十六分の一

jūroku bun no ichi — One sixteenth; a fraction equal to 1/16.

さえ

sae — Even; emphatic particle meaning 'not even' or 'if only'.

終える

oeru — To finish, complete, or bring something to an end.