The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 9

Vocabulary

二人

futari — Two people; a pair of persons.

とも

tomo — Both; together; all of them.

熱く

atsuku — Hotly; passionately; with great intensity.

なって

natte — Becoming; having become (te-form of naru).

顔

kao — Face; one's facial appearance or expression.

赤らめる

akarameru — To blush; to make one's face turn red.

まで

made — Until; up to; as far as a point.

争った

arasotta — Quarreled; competed; argued with one another.

後

ato — After; later; behind in time or place.

それぞれ

sorezore — Each; respectively; individually one by one.

用心深く

yōjinbukaku — Cautiously; carefully; with great wariness.

力

chikara — Strength; power; force; physical ability.

緩め

yurume — To loosen; to relax one's grip or tension.

言っ

itte — Said; spoke (te-form stem of iu).

お前

omae — You; informal or rough second-person pronoun.

臆病者

okubyōmono — Coward; a person lacking courage or bravery.

小僧

kozō — Brat; young boy; little rascal or kid.

兄貴

aniki — Older brother; big brother (informal/rough).

こと

koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizing element.

告げ

tsuge — To tell; to inform; to report something.

やる

yaru — To do; to give; to carry out an action.

小指

koyubi — Little finger; pinky finger of the hand.

一本

ippon — One long/thin object; one finger or stick.

やっつけ

yattsuke — To beat; to defeat; to knock someone down.

られる

rareru — Potential or passive auxiliary verb ending.

し

shi — And; moreover; listing reasons or actions.

必ず

kanarazu — Certainly; without fail; definitely happening.

そう

sō — So; that way; thus; in that manner.

さ

sa — Casual sentence-ending particle for emphasis.

せ

se — Causative ending; make someone do something.

なんか

nanka — Something like; casual diminishing filler word.

知る

shiru — To know; to be aware of something.

俺

ore — I; me (masculine, rough first-person pronoun).

そいつ

soitsu — That guy; that fellow (informal, slightly rough).

より

yori — Than; compared to; more than something else.

大きい

ōkii — Big; large; great in size or stature.

いる

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

しかも

shikamo — Moreover; furthermore; in addition to that.

あの

ano — That (over there); referring to distant object.

塀

hei — Fence; wall; enclosing barrier around property.

向こう

mukō — Beyond; the other side; over there.

投げ飛ばす

nagetobasu — To hurl; to throw someone far away forcefully.

できる

dekiru — Can; to be able to; capable of doing.

ぞ

zo — Emphatic sentence-ending particle (masculine assertion).

両方

ryōhō — Both; both sides; the two parties involved.

架空

kakū — Fictional; imaginary; not real or existing.

存在

sonzai — Existence; being; presence of something or someone.

それ

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

嘘

uso — Lie; falsehood; an untrue statement made.

って

tte — Quoting or topic-marking colloquial particle.

なる

naru — To become; to turn into something different.

わけ

wake — Reason; meaning; it means that logically.

じゃ

ja — Well then; casual form of では (dewa).

ない

nai — Not; negation of a verb or adjective.

親指

oyayubi — Thumb; the large digit of the hand.

土

tsuchi — Soil; earth; dirt; ground beneath one's feet.

上

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

線

sen — Line; stripe; drawn mark on a surface.

引い

hiite — Drew (a line); pulled (te-form of hiku).

その

sono — That; the (demonstrative modifying a noun nearby).

越え

koe — Cross over; step beyond; surpass a boundary.

みろ

miro — Try it and see; imperative of miru (look).

立て

tate — Stand up; raise; imperative of tateru/tatsu.

なく

naku — Without; lacking; negative continuative adverb form.

ぶち

buchi — To smash; to hit hard; violent striking prefix.

のめし

nomeshi — To knock down; to beat flat; slam down.

挑戦

chōsen — Challenge; attempt; taking on a difficult task.

受ける

ukeru — To receive; to accept; to take on something.

よう

yō — Seems like; appears; in order to (auxiliary).

な

na — Sentence-ending particle expressing emotion or prohibition.

奴

yatsu — Guy; fellow; person (rough, informal term).

羊

hitsuji — Sheep; a woolly domesticated farm animal.

泥棒

dorobō — Thief; robber; someone who steals things.

新入り

shiniri — Newcomer; new member; recently joined person.

少年

shōnen — Boy; youth; young male person in childhood.

すぐ

sugu — Immediately; right away; very soon after.

さあ

sā — Come on; well now; interjection urging action.

ん

n — Casual contraction of の or ぬ negation.

から

kara — From; because; after; starting point particle.

やっ

yatte — Do it; go ahead (casual contracted te-form).

みせろ

misero — Show me; demonstrate it; prove it imperative.

よ

yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting or emphasizing information.

追い詰める

oitsumeru — To corner; to drive into a desperate situation.

気

ki — Spirit; feeling; mood; attention; mental energy.

つけ

tsuke — Watch out; be careful; imperative of tsukeru.

方

hō — Direction; side; way; alternative or method.

いい

ii — Good; fine; nice; acceptable or desirable.

でも

demo — But; however; even; or something (concession).

なんで

nande — Why; how come; for what reason (casual).

やら

yara — Or; whether; listing uncertain alternatives vaguely.

まったく

mattaku — Completely; utterly; really (often expressing exasperation).

もらえ

morae — If I could receive; get (conditional of morau).

れば

reba — Conditional form meaning if or when something occurs.

ポケット

poketto — Pocket; a small bag sewn into clothing.

大きな

ōkina — Large; big (attributive adjectival form of ōkii).

銅貨

dōka — Copper coin; bronze currency; small metal money.

二枚

nimai — Two flat things; two coins or sheets.

取り出し

toridashi — Took out; removed; extracted from a container.

嘲る

azakeru — To mock; to ridicule; to scoff at someone.

差し出し

sashidashi — Held out; extended; offered something toward someone.

地面

jimen — Ground; the surface of the earth underfoot.

叩き落とし

tatakiotosu — To knock down; to strike something off forcefully.