The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 14

Vocabulary

その

sono — That (thing near the listener).

筋書き

sujiGaki — Plot, storyline, or scenario of a story.

は

wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle.

さておき

sate oki — Setting aside, leaving that aside.

十九

jūku — The number nineteen.

世紀

seiki — Century, a period of one hundred years.

の

no — Possessive or linking grammatical particle.

探偵

tantei — Detective, investigator who solves mysteries.

小説

shōsetsu — Novel or work of prose fiction.

作家

sakka — Author, writer of literary works.

少なから

sukunakara — Stem form meaning 'not a few, considerable number.'

ぬ

nu — Classical negative auxiliary verb (archaic form of ない).

者

mono — Person, individual, one who does something.

が

ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle.

より

yori — Than; comparative particle indicating degree.

良く

yoku — Well, better; adverbial form of good.

書け

kake — Potential or imperative form of 'to write.'

た

ta — Past tense grammatical auxiliary.

かも

kamo — Perhaps, maybe; uncertainty marker.

しれ

shire — Potential stem of 'to know'; used in かもしれない.

ない

nai — Negation; does not exist or is not the case.

を

wo — Object-marking grammatical particle.

除け

noke — To set aside, exclude, or remove.

ば

ba — Conditional grammatical particle meaning 'if.'

カウント

kaunto — Count; European noble title (loanword).

冒険

bōken — Adventure, daring or risky undertaking.

筆

fude — Writing brush; by extension, one's pen or authorship.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or agent.

よる

yoru — To be due to, by means of, owing to.

他

hoka — Other, another, the rest.

いかなる

ikanaru — Any kind of, whatever, no matter what.

と

to — Quotation or conjunctive particle meaning 'and/with.'

比べ

kurabe — To compare, contrast with another thing.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases.

も

mo — Also, even, too; inclusive particle.

それ

sore — That (thing); mid-distance demonstrative pronoun.

自体

jitai — Itself, in itself, as such.

として

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

面白み

omoshiromi — Interest, appeal, sense of amusement or fun.

欠ける

kakeru — To lack, be missing, fall short of.

作品

sakuhin — Work of art, literary or artistic creation.

で

de — Copular particle indicating place or means.

ある

aru — To be, to exist (inanimate or formal).

しかし

shikashi — However, but; contrastive conjunction.

研究

kenkyū — Research, study, scholarly investigation.

する

suru — To do, perform, carry out an action.

とっ

totte — For, from the perspective of (colloquial form).

この

kono — This (near the speaker); demonstrative determiner.

作者

sakusha — Author, creator, originator of a work.

浪漫

roman — Romance, romanticism; idealistic or adventurous spirit.

的

teki — Suffix meaning '-tic, -like, -related to.'

メロドラマ

merodorама — Melodrama; sensational dramatic work with exaggerated emotion.

な

na — Adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives.

傾向

keikō — Tendency, inclination, trend toward something.

構成

kōsei — Structure, composition, how something is organized.

技法

gihō — Technique, method, artistic or literary craft.

発展

hatten — Development, growth, evolution of something.

示す

shimesu — To show, indicate, demonstrate clearly.

もの

mono — Thing, object; nominalizer expressing reason or expectation.

きわめて

kiwamete — Extremely, highly, to the utmost degree.

興味深い

kyōmifukai — Very interesting, deeply fascinating, highly intriguing.

博士

hakase / hakushi — Doctor; holder of a doctoral degree.

へ

he — Directional particle meaning 'to, toward.'

親愛

shin'ai — Dear, beloved; expressing warm affection and closeness.

なる

naru — To become; also attributive form meaning 'called.'

友

tomo — Friend, companion, close associate.

よ

yo — Sentence-final particle expressing assertion or address.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun (polite).

私

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

かねて

kanete — Previously, for a long time, beforehand.

著者

chosha — Author, writer of a published work.

世間

seken — Society, the world, public opinion.

嘲笑

chōshō — Mockery, ridicule, scornful laughter.

や

ya — And (among other things); listing particle.

非難

hinan — Criticism, blame, condemnation of someone.

さらす

sarasu — To expose, subject someone to something unpleasant.

こと

koto — Thing, fact, act; nominalizer for verbs.

なく

naku — Without, not having; conjunctive negative form.

庇護

higo — Protection, patronage, sheltering someone from harm.

自己

jiko — Self, oneself; one's own ego or identity.

満足

manzoku — Satisfaction, contentment, fulfillment of a desire.

満たす

mitasu — To satisfy, fill, fulfill a need or desire.

よう

yō — So that, in order to; manner or appearance.

献辞

kenji — Dedication, dedicatory inscription in a book.

書く

kaku — To write, compose text.

難し

muzukashi — Difficult, hard; classical attributive form.

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives; degree of a quality.

つい

tsui — Unintentionally, inadvertently, just recently.

たびたび

tabitabi — Repeatedly, again and again, frequently.

論じ

ronji — To discuss, argue, debate a topic.

合っ

atte — To do together, mutually; conjunctive form of 合う.

き

ki — Classical past auxiliary verb (archaic narrative past).

そして

soshite — And then, and so; connective conjunction.

課題

kadai — Task, problem, issue to be addressed.

まったく

mattaku — Completely, entirely, absolutely, totally.

不可能

fukanō — Impossible, not able to be done.

という

to iu — Called, known as; quoting or defining something.

結論

ketsuron — Conclusion, final judgment reached after reasoning.

概ね

ōmune — Generally, for the most part, broadly speaking.

達し

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

い

i — Continuative auxiliary; conjunctive form of いる.

思う

omou — To think, feel, believe something.

実際

jissai — Actually, in reality, in practice.

これ

kore — This (near speaker); proximal demonstrative pronoun.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or groups.

常に

tsuneni — Always, constantly, at all times.

同じ

onaji — Same, identical, equal.

意見

iken — Opinion, view, one's stated position.

持っ

motte — To hold, have, possess; conjunctive form of 持つ.

数少ない

kazusukunai — Few in number, scarce, rare.

主題

shudai — Theme, subject, main topic of discussion.

ひとつ

hitotsu — One; one of something.

あっ

atte — To be, exist; conjunctive form of ある.

なぜ

naze — Why, for what reason.

なら

nara — If, given that; conditional conjunctive.

互い

tagai — Each other, mutual, reciprocal.

敬意

keii — Respect, deference, reverence toward someone.

尊重

sonchō — Esteem, high regard, treating with respect.

払い

harai — To pay, show (respect); stem form of 払う.

いる

iru — To exist, be (animate beings); progressive auxiliary.

かかわらず

kakawarazu — Regardless of, despite, notwithstanding.

しばしば

shibashiba — Often, frequently, repeatedly.

異に

koto ni — Differently, in a divergent manner.

し

shi — Conjunctive form of する; also listing conjunction.

確か

tashika — Certain, sure, reliable, definite.

あり

ari — Classical form of ある; to be, exist.

最も

mottomo — Most, extremely; superlative adverb.

賢明

kenmei — Wise, prudent, showing good judgment.

判断

handan — Judgment, decision, assessment of a situation.

歪め

yugame — To distort, warp, twist out of shape.

理解

rikai — Understanding, comprehension, grasp of meaning.

惑わす

madowasu — To mislead, confuse, lead someone astray.

様々

samazama — Various, diverse, of many different kinds.

情念

jōnen — Passion, deep emotion, strong feeling or desire.

優劣

yūretsu — Superiority and inferiority, relative merit.

おい

oi — In, at (classical/literary locative particle use).

詩

shi — Poetry, poem, verse.

同様

dōyō — Similarly, in the same way, likewise.

中庸

chūyō — The golden mean, moderation, middle way.

存在

sonzai — Existence, being, presence of something.

美点

biten — Virtue, merit, admirable quality or strong point.

列挙

rekkyo — Enumeration, listing items one by one.

際

sai — Occasion, time when something occurs.

人間

ningen — Human being, person, humanity.

徳目

tokumoku — Virtue, moral quality, ethical attribute.

省か

habuka — To omit, leave out, spare effort.

全体

zentai — Whole, entirety, overall, all together.

侮辱

bujoku — Insult, humiliation, contemptuous treatment.

解釈

kaishaku — Interpretation, explanation of meaning.

れ

re — Passive or potential grammatical suffix.

書き

kaki — Writing; stem form of to write.

手

te — Hand; by extension, person who does an action.

自ら

mizukara — Oneself, personally, by one's own hand.

賛辞

sanji — Compliment, praise, words of admiration.

ほとんど

hotondo — Almost, nearly, for the most part.

無駄

muda — Wasteful, useless, in vain.

費やさ

tsuiyasa — To spend, expend, use up (time or resources).

屈辱

kutsujoku — Humiliation, disgrace, degrading experience.

味わう

ajiwau — To taste, savor, experience deeply.

から

kara — Because, from; causal or starting-point particle.

だ

da — Copula; informal equivalent of です (to be).