Spoon River Anthology — Page 15

Vocabulary

あなた

anata — You; second-person singular pronoun in Japanese.

は

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

私

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

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.

ただ

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

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.

落ちぶれた

ochibure ta — Fallen into poverty; reduced to a wretched state.

男

otoko — Man; male person.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese grammar.

しか

shika — Only; nothing but; used with negative verb.

見なかった

minakatta — Did not see; failed to perceive or regard.

もつれた

motsureta — Tangled; knotted; matted together in disorder.

髪

kami — Hair on the head; one's hair.

髭

hige — Beard; mustache; facial hair on a man.

持つ

motsu — To hold; to have; to carry something.

そして

soshite — And then; and; furthermore; connecting clauses.

ぼろぼろ

boroboro — Ragged; tattered; worn out and falling apart.

服

fuku — Clothing; clothes; garments worn on the body.

着た

kita — Wore; put on; dressed in clothing.

として

to shite — As; in the capacity of; regarded as.

時として

toki to shite — Sometimes; occasionally; at times unexpectedly.

人

hito — Person; human being; people in general.

人生

jinsei — Life; one's life journey or experience.

癌

gan — Cancer; malignant tumor; serious harmful thing.

よう

you — Like; similar to; appears to be something.

な

na — Adjectival ending; modifying particle for na-adjectives.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract.

に

ni — Direction, time, or location particle in Japanese.

変わる

kawaru — To change; to transform; to become different.

傷つき

kizutsuki — Being wounded; getting hurt; sustaining an injury.

また

mata — Again; also; and; once more.

続ける

tsuzukeru — To continue; to keep doing; to persist.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; act; nominalizing abstract concepts.

よって

yotte — By means of; due to; therefore; because of.

紫がかった

murasakigakatta — Purplish; tinged with purple; having a purple hue.

塊

katamari — Lump; mass; clump; solid cluster of matter.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.

膨れ上がる

fukureagaru — To swell up; to inflate; to bulge outward.

トウモロコシ

tomorokoshi — Corn; maize; a cereal grain crop plant.

茎

kuki — Stem; stalk of a plant or crop.

生える

haeru — To grow; to sprout; to come out naturally.

腫瘤

shuryu — Tumor; growth; abnormal lump on the body.

ここ

koko — Here; this place; this location nearby.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.

いた

ita — Was; existed; there was (animate being).

大工

daiku — Carpenter; woodworker; craftsman who builds with wood.

沼

numa — Swamp; marsh; bog; murky wetland area.

嵌まり込んで

hamarikonde — Sunk into; trapped in; stuck deeply within.

草原

sogen — Grassland; meadow; open field covered with grass.

だ

da — Copula; is; plain form of the verb to be.

思って

omotte — Thinking; believing; having the thought that.

歩み入った

ayumiitta — Stepped into; walked into; entered on foot.

だらしない

darashinai — Slovenly; sloppy; lacking discipline or tidiness.

妻

tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse (female).

かわいそうな

kawaisou na — Pitiful; poor; deserving of sympathy and pity.

娘

musume — Daughter; young woman; one's own girl child.

抱えて

kakaete — Holding; carrying; bearing a burden or problem.

苦しめ

kurushime — Torment; cause suffering; make someone experience pain.

死

shi — Death; dying; the end of life.

追いやった

oiyatta — Drove away; pushed someone toward death or ruin.

だから

dakara — Therefore; so; that is why; as a result.

這い

hai — Crawling; creeping along on hands and knees.

這い続けた

hai tsuzuketa — Kept crawling; continued to creep forward persistently.

カタツムリ

katatsumuri — Snail; slow-moving mollusk carrying a spiral shell.

日々

hibi — Days; day by day; everyday life continuously.

生き

iki — Living; being alive; continuing to exist.

ながら

nagara — While doing; simultaneously; even though; concurrent action.

もう

mou — Already; no longer; not anymore; soon.

朝

asa — Morning; early part of the day before noon.

足音

ashioto — Footsteps; the sound of someone walking nearby.

聞こえない

kikoenai — Cannot hear; inaudible; no sound reaching one's ears.

空洞

kudou — Hollow; cavity; empty space inside something.

歩道

hodo — Sidewalk; footpath; pavement for pedestrian walking.

響く

hibiku — To resound; to echo; to reverberate through space.

少し

sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly; not much.

トウモロコシ粉

tomorokoshi ko — Cornmeal; ground corn flour used in cooking.

求めて

motomete — Seeking; looking for; in search of something.

食料品店

shokuryouhinten — Grocery store; shop selling food and provisions.

向かう

mukau — To head toward; to go in a direction.

分

bun — Worth; portion; share; amount of something.

ベーコン

bekon — Bacon; cured smoked pork meat strips.

信仰

shinkou — Faith; religious belief; spiritual devotion to something.

得て

ete — Having obtained; having gained; after acquiring something.

落ち着いた

ochitsuita — Calmed down; settled; became stable and composed.

後

nochi / ato — After; later; following a previous event or time.

缶詰工場

kanzume koujou — Cannery; factory where food is canned and preserved.

で

de — At; in; by means of; location or means particle.

仕事

shigoto — Work; job; occupation; one's daily labor.

もらった

moratta — Received; got; was given something by someone.

毎朝

maiasa — Every morning; each morning without exception.

満たさ

mitasa — Filling; satisfying; making full (stem form).

なければ

nakereba — If not done; must do; conditional obligation form.

なら

nara — If; in the case that; conditional conjunction.

なかった

nakatta — Did not exist; was not; negative past tense.

庭

niwa — Garden; yard; outdoor space around a building.

ある

aru — There is; exists; to have (inanimate objects).

タンク

tanku — Tank; container for storing liquid or gas.

ガソリン

gasorin — Gasoline; petrol; fuel for combustion engines.

それ

sore — That; it; that thing near the listener.

小屋

koya — Shed; hut; small simple outbuilding or shelter.

中

naka — Inside; within; the interior of something.

火

hi — Fire; flame; heat from combustion.

燃料

nenryou — Fuel; material burned to produce energy or heat.

供給し

kyoukyuu shi — Supplying; providing; delivering fuel or resources.

はんだごて

handagote — Soldering iron; heated tool used to melt solder.

熱する

nessuru — To heat; to warm up; to raise temperature.

ため

tame — For the purpose of; in order to; for sake.

だった

datta — Was; it was; plain past tense of the copula.

する

suru — To do; to make; to perform an action.

ぐらぐら

guragura — Wobbly; shaky; unstable and rocking back and forth.

梯子

hashigo — Ladder; runged structure used for climbing up.

登り

nobori — Climbing; ascending; going up a ladder or hill.

その

sono — That; the; modifier referring to previously mentioned thing.

液体

ekitai — Liquid; fluid; substance that flows and pours.

満たされた

mitasareta — Was filled; became full; satisfied completely.

バケツ

baketsu — Bucket; pail; container used to carry liquid.

運び

hakobi — Carrying; transporting; bringing something from place to place.

そこ

soko — There; that place; a location slightly removed.

注いで

sosoide — Pouring; pouring liquid into a container or place.

いる

iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings); ongoing action.

空気

kuuki — Air; atmosphere; the gaseous environment around us.

しん

shin — Core; wick; deep stillness; center of something.

静まり返り

shizumarikaeri — Fell completely silent; became utterly still and quiet.

うねる

uneru — To undulate; to swell; to ripple or wave.

感じられた

kanjinakareta — Could be felt; was perceived; sensed by someone.

爆発

bakuhatsu — Explosion; blast; sudden violent release of energy.

とともに

to tomo ni — Together with; along with; at the same time as.

吹き飛ばされ

fukittobasare — Blown away; blasted off; sent flying by explosion.

両脚

ryouashi — Both legs; a person's two legs together.

折って

otte — Breaking; fracturing; snapping something by force.

落ちて

ochite — Falling; dropping down; descending from a height.

きた

kita — Came; arrived; indicates an action directed toward speaker.

目

me — Eye; eyes; sense of sight; vision.

二つ

futatsu — Two; a pair; two things counted together.

卵

tamago — Egg; oval object laid by birds or reptiles.

こんがり

kongari — Nicely browned; toasted golden; evenly and lightly burned.

焼けた

yaketa — Was burned; got toasted; became charred by heat.

誰か

dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person.

つけた

tsuketa — Attached; turned on; lit; applied something to another.

まま

mama — As is; remaining in that state; without changing.

して

shite — Doing; and; connecting actions or states together.

何か

nanika — Something; some thing; an unspecified or unknown object.

炎

honoo — Flame; blaze; fire burning with visible light.

吸い込んだ

suikonda — Inhaled; breathed in; sucked into lungs or space.