The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 3

Vocabulary

彼

kare — He; that person (male third-person pronoun).

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.

偶然

guuzen — By chance; coincidence; accidentally.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or manner.

も

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

旧友

kyuuyuu — Old friend; a friend from the past.

出会い

deai — Encounter; meeting someone for the first time.

その

sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing).

友

tomo — Friend; companion; associate.

と

to — With; and; particle indicating accompaniment or quotation.

会談

kaidan — Talks; meeting; formal discussion between parties.

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.

持ち

mochi — Holding; having; carrying (stem form of 持つ).

条約

jouyaku — Treaty; formal agreement between parties or nations.

更新

koushin — Renewal; update; refreshing an agreement or record.

する

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

第

dai — Prefix indicating ordinal number (first, second, etc.).

三十二

sanjuuni — Thirty-two; the number 32.

章

shou — Chapter; section of a book or document.

大きな

ookina — Large; big; great (attributive adjective form).

社交界

shakoukai — High society; fashionable social world.

登場

toujou — Appearance; entrance; making one's debut on stage.

し

shi — And; doing (conjunctive verb form linking clauses).

普遍的

fuhennteki — Universal; applying broadly to all cases.

な

na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.

喝采

kassai — Applause; cheering; enthusiastic acclaim from crowd.

賞賛

shousan — Praise; admiration; commendation given to someone.

受ける

ukeru — To receive; to accept; to undergo something.

同じ

onaji — Same; identical; equal to another thing.

騎士団

kishidan — Order of knights; knightly brotherhood or organization.

の

no — Possessive particle linking nouns (of, 's).

下位

kai — Lower rank; inferior position in a hierarchy.

騎士

kishi — Knight; mounted warrior of noble rank.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.

嫉妬

shitto — Jealousy; envy directed toward another's success.

妨害

bougai — Obstruction; interference; hindering someone's actions.

招く

maneku — To invite; to bring about; to cause something.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; also used as conjunction (but).

彼ら

karera — They; them (third-person plural pronoun).

対して

taishite — Against; toward; in opposition or relation to.

完全

kanzen — Complete; perfect; total without any deficiency.

勝利

shouri — Victory; triumph; winning over an opponent.

収める

osameru — To achieve; to obtain; to secure a result.

へ

e — Directional particle meaning toward or to a place.

赴き

omumuki — Proceeding to; going toward; heading off somewhere.

シーズン

shiizun — Season; a particular time period of activity.

中

chuu / naka — During; inside; throughout a period or space.

ずっと

zutto — All along; continuously; the whole time.

そこ

soko — There; that place (mid-distance demonstrative pronoun).

で

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

最高

saikou — Highest; supreme; best possible level or rank.

支配者

shihaisha — Ruler; governor; one who dominates or controls.

として

toshite — As; in the capacity of a role or status.

君臨

kunrin — Reigning; ruling over; dominating a domain.

噛みつく

kamitsuku — To bite; to snap at; to attack with teeth.

者

mono / sha — Person; one who does something; individual.

噛みつかれる

kamitsuka reru — To be bitten; passive form of biting verb.

二部

nibu — Part two; second section of a work.

我ら

warera — We; us (somewhat formal or archaic first-person plural).

冒険者

Adventurer; one who seeks dangerous exciting experiences.

人生

jinsei — Life; one's life journey from birth to death.

新たな

aratana — New; fresh; novel (attributive adjective form).

場面

bamen — Scene; situation; moment in a story or life.

知り合い

shiriai — Acquaintance; someone one knows casually.

なる

naru — To become; to turn into a new state.

陛下

heika — Your Majesty; honorific title for a monarch.

取り巻き

torimaki — Entourage; hangers-on surrounding an important person.

没落

botsuraku — Downfall; ruin; decline from a prosperous position.

した

shita — Did; past tense form of する (to do).

様

sama / you — Appearance; manner; honorific suffix for names.

目

me — Eye; sight; perspective; witnessing something directly.

当たり

atari — Hitting; exposure to; per unit (context dependent).

一つ

hitotsu — One; a single item (native Japanese counting word).

争い

arasoi — Conflict; dispute; quarrel between opposing parties.

和解

wakai — Reconciliation; settlement; making peace after conflict.

もう

mou — Already; now; another; no longer (context dependent).

異例

irei — Exceptional; unprecedented; out of the ordinary.

手段

shudan — Means; method; way of achieving a goal.

よって

yotte — By means of; due to; therefore (conjunctive form).

決着

ketchaku — Settlement; conclusion; final resolution of matter.

つく

tsuku — To arrive at; to be settled; to attach.

思いがけない

omoigakenai — Unexpected; surprising; not anticipated at all.

そして

soshite — And then; and; connecting sequential or related events.

事情

jijou — Circumstances; situation; background reasons behind something.

おける

okeru — In; at; pertaining to (formal locative expression).

幸福

koufuku — Happiness; well-being; state of being content.

転換

tenkan — Transformation; shift; turning point in circumstances.

諺

kotowaza — Proverb; saying; traditional expression of wisdom.

骨

hone — Bone; skeleton; core essence of something.

宿る

yadoru — To dwell in; to lodge; to reside within something.

もの

mono — Thing; one who; that which (nominalizer or noun).

肉

niku — Meat; flesh; the bodily tissue of a creature.

から

kara — From; out of; starting point particle.

決して

kesshite — Never; absolutely not (used with negative verbs).

出て

dete — Coming out; exiting (te-form of 出る).

こない

konai — Does not come; negative form of 来る (to come).

証明

shoumei — Proof; demonstration; proving something is true.

苦境

kukyou — Difficult situation; predicament; hardship one faces.

深まり

fukamari — Deepening; growing more intense or profound.

陰謀

inbou — Conspiracy; plot; secret scheme against someone.

複雑

fukuzatsu — Complex; complicated; involving many intertwined elements.

友人

yuujin — Friend; a person with whom one has friendship.

感情

kanjou — Emotion; feeling; one's inner emotional state.

対する

taisuru — To face; to be directed toward; regarding something.

支配

shihai — Control; domination; governing over something or someone.

目的

mokuteki — Goal; objective; intended aim of an action.

半分

hanbun — Half; fifty percent; one of two equal parts.

達成

tassei — Achievement; accomplishment; successfully reaching a goal.