The Adventures of Reddy Fox — Page 32

Vocabulary

その

sono — That (modifies a noun, demonstrative adjective).

時

toki — Time; moment; occasion.

老

rou — Old; aged; prefix indicating elderly person.

に

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

出会う

deau — To encounter; to come across someone unexpectedly.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject of discussion.

決して

kesshite — Never; by no means (used with negative).

気分

kibun — Feeling; mood; one's emotional state.

よい

yoi — Good; fine; pleasant (adjective form).

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer for verbs).

で

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

なかっ

nakatt(a) — Was not; past negative form of ない.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; girlfriend.

が

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

やっ

yatt(e) — Doing; coming (contracted form of やって).

て

te — Te-form conjunction connecting sequential actions.

くる

kuru — To come; to arrive at this location.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.

見

mi — Seeing; looking (stem of verb 見る).

道

michi — Road; path; way; route.

あける

akeru — To open; to make space; to clear a way.

最善

saizen — Best; the optimal course of action.

だ

da — Copula; plain form of 'to be'.

と

to — Quotation particle; also conjunctive 'and/with'.

思い

omoi — Thought; feeling; thinking (noun/verb stem).

木

ki — Tree; wood; timber.

登っ

nobott(e) — Climbed; climbing (te-form of 登る).

恐れ

osore — Fear; dread; apprehension.

い

i — Being; existing (stem of いる, auxiliary).

わけ

wake — Reason; meaning; conclusion; it's not that...

ない

nai — Not; negation; does not exist.

とんでもない

tondemonai — Absurd; outrageous; absolutely not; no way.

など

nado — Et cetera; such things as; and so on.

少し

sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly.

も

mo — Also; too; even; not even (with negative).

怖く

kowaku — Frightening; scary (adverbial form of 怖い).

それ

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

お腹

onaka — Stomach; belly; abdomen.

いっぱい

ippai — Full; a lot; completely filled up.

よく

yoku — Often; well; frequently (adverbial form of よい).

争う

arasou — To quarrel; to compete; to dispute with someone.

気

ki — Spirit; mood; feeling; inclination; energy.

優し

yasashi — Kind; gentle; tender (adjective stem).

すぎ

sugi — Too much; excessively (suffix indicating excess).

面倒くさかっ

mendoukusakatt(a) — Was too troublesome; was too much bother.

から

kara — Because; from; since; after (conjunction/particle).

おはよう

ohayou — Good morning (casual greeting used in the morning).

ございます

gozaimasu — Polite copula; formal honorific form of 'to be'.

今朝

kesa — This morning; earlier today in the morning.

お元気

ogenki — Good health; well-being (polite prefix form).

いらっしゃる

irassharu — Honorific verb for being, going, or coming.

いい

ii — Good; fine; nice; all right.

です

desu — Polite copula meaning 'to be' or 'it is'.

ね

ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or confirmation.

言っ

itt(e) — Said; spoke (te-form of 言う, to say).

彼

kare — He; him; boyfriend.

座っ

suwatt(e) — Sitting; seated (te-form of 座る).

いる

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

下

shita — Below; under; beneath; lower position.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.

トコトコ

tokotoko — Sound/manner of toddling or trotting along.

き

ki — Came (stem of くる in literary usage).

見上げ

miage — Looking up; gazing upward at something.

黄色い

kiiroi — Yellow (adjective describing color yellow).

目

me — Eye; eyes; sight; vision.

にらみつけ

niramitsuke — Glaring intensely; staring down with hostility.

朝

asa — Morning; the early part of the day.

でも

demo — But; even so; however; or something like that.

なけれ

nakere(ba) — If not; unless (conditional negative form).

ば

ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.

わ

wa — Sentence-final particle expressing feminine assertion.

きつく

kitsuku — Sharply; strictly; harshly (adverb from きつい).

言い返し

iikaeashi — Talking back; retorting; replying sharply to someone.

まあ

maa — Well; my goodness; an exclamation of surprise.

なんて

nante — What a...!; such a thing as; how (exclamatory).

スカート

sukaato — Skirt; a garment worn around the waist.

ボロボロ

boroboro — Tattered; ragged; worn-out; falling to pieces.

し

shi — And; conjunction listing reasons or conditions.

しまっ

shimatt(e) — Ended up; completed (indicating unintended result).

ん

n — Explanatory or softening sentence-ending particle.

か

ka — Question marker particle; or; uncertainty marker.

叫ん

sakend(e) — Shouted; screamed; cried out loudly.

何

nani/nan — What; which; how many (interrogative pronoun).

不愉快

fuyukai — Unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable feeling.

な

na — Adjectival copula; sentence-ending exclamatory particle.

言いかけ

iikake — About to say; started speaking but stopped.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; nevertheless (formal conjunction).

変わり

kawari — Change; difference; substitute; instead of.

代わり

kawari — Substitute; replacement; in place of something.

腰

koshi — Waist; lower back; hips.

下ろし

oroshi — Lowering; settling down; dropping something.

自分

jibun — Oneself; one's own self; yourself.

悩み

nayami — Worry; trouble; concern; personal problem.

すべて

subete — All; everything; entirely; without exception.

話し

hanashi — Talk; story; conversation (noun/verb stem).

話す

hanasu — To speak; to talk; to tell a story.

間

あいだ aida / ま ma — Between; interval; while; during a period.

笑み

emi — Smile; a gentle pleased facial expression.

隠す

kakusu — To hide; to conceal something from someone.

ため

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

枝

eda — Branch; twig; bough of a tree.

後ろ

ushiro — Behind; back; rear of something or someone.

頭

atama — Head; mind; top of the body.

引っ込め

hikkosome — Withdrew; pulled back; retracted inside something.

続け

tsuzuke — Continued; kept doing (stem of 続ける).

とうとう

toutou — Finally; at last; in the end; eventually.

気づい

kizui(ta) — Noticed; realized; became aware of something.

疑わしそう

utagawashisou — Looking doubtful; appearing suspicious or skeptical.

尋ね

tazune — Asked; inquired; questioned someone about something.

あの

ano — That (over there); um; hesitation word.

ニワトリ

niwatori — Chicken; domestic fowl; hen or rooster.

羽根

hane — Feather; wing; plume of a bird.

見え

mie — Visible; can be seen; appears (stem of 見える).

確かめ

tashikame — Confirmed; verified; checked to make certain.

だけ

dake — Only; just; merely; to the extent of.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting or informing listener.

真面目

majime — Serious; earnest; honest; straightforward in manner.

顔

kao — Face; facial expression; countenance.

答え

kotae — Answer; reply; response to a question.

いたずらっぽく

itazurappoku — Mischievously; in a playful or naughty manner.

きらきら

kirakira — Sparkling; glittering; twinkling brightly.

輝い

kagayai(te) — Shining; gleaming; radiant (te-form of 輝く).

見える

mieru — To be visible; to appear; to seem.

迫っ

sematt(e) — Pressing close; approaching; bearing down on someone.

そして

soshite — And then; and; after that (conjunction).

ちょうど

choudo — Exactly; just; precisely at that moment.

地面

jimen — Ground; surface of the earth; floor outside.

上

ue — Above; top; upper part; on top of.

なく

naku — Without; not having; negating (adverbial negative form).

空中

kuuchuu — Midair; in the air; aerial space above ground.

漂っ

tadayott(e) — Floating; drifting; hovering in the air.