The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 10

Vocabulary

たちまち

tachimachi — Immediately, in an instant, very quickly.

二人

futari — Two people, a pair of persons.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

少年

shōnen — Boy, young male youth.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence subject.

猫

neko — Cat, domestic feline animal.

よう

yō — Like, similar to, in the manner of.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or manner.

組み合っ

kumiat(te) — Grappling together, locking onto each other physically.

まま

mama — Remaining as is, in that same state.

土

tsuchi — Dirt, soil, earth, ground.

上

ue — Above, on top of, upper surface.

転げ

koroge — Rolling, tumbling along a surface.

回っ

mawat(te) — Going around, rolling about repeatedly.

そして

soshite — And then, after that, furthermore.

しばらく

shibaraku — For a while, for some time.

間

aida / ma — Interval, period of time, space between.

互い

tagai — Each other, mutually, one another.

髪

kami — Hair, especially hair on one's head.

服

fuku — Clothes, clothing, garment.

引っ張り

hippari — Pulling, tugging, yanking something forcefully.

合い

ai — Doing mutually together, reciprocal action suffix.

鼻

hana — Nose, the facial organ of smell.

殴り

naguri — Punching, striking, hitting with fist.

引っかき

hikkaki — Scratching, clawing with fingernails or claws.

ほこり

hokori — Dust, fine particles of dirt.

名誉

meiyo — Honor, glory, prestige, good reputation.

まみれ

mamire — Covered in, smeared with, soaked in something.

やがて

yagate — Before long, soon, eventually, in due course.

混乱

konran — Confusion, disorder, chaos, turmoil.

形

katachi — Shape, form, figure, appearance.

生まれ

umare — Born, arising, coming into existence.

戦い

tatakai — Battle, fight, struggle, conflict.

霧

kiri — Fog, mist, haze obscuring visibility.

中

naka — Inside, within, middle, center.

から

kara — From, out of; particle indicating origin.

姿

sugata — Figure, appearance, form of a person.

現し

arawa(shi) — Revealing, showing, making something appear.

彼

kare — He, him, that male person.

新しい

atarashii — New, fresh, novel, recently acquired.

またがり

matagari — Straddling, sitting astride something.

こぶし

kobushi — Fist, clenched hand used for hitting.

打ち

uchi — Striking, hitting, punching repeatedly.

続け

tsuzuke — Continuing, keeping on doing something.

参った

まいった / maitta — I give up; I'm beaten; I surrender.

言え

ie — Say it! Imperative form of 'to say'.

言っ

it(te) — Said, spoke; te-form of 'to say'.

ただ

tada — Only, merely, just; nothing but.

身

mi — Body, oneself, one's person.

振りほどこう

furihodokou — Trying to shake free, wriggle loose.

もがく

mogaku — To struggle, writhe, thrash about desperately.

ばかり

bakari — Only, just, nothing but, merely.

泣い

nai(te) — Crying, weeping; te-form of 'to cry'.

主

nushi / omo — Master, lord, owner, principal person.

怒り

ikari — Anger, rage, wrath, fury.

せい

sei — Fault, cause, blame attributed to something.

打撃

dageki — Blow, strike, hitting impact, hard punch.

続い

tsuzui(te) — Continued, followed; te-form of 'to continue'.

ついに

tsuini — Finally, at last, in the end.

よそ者

yosomono — Outsider, stranger, person from elsewhere.

くぐもっ

kugumot(te) — Muffled, subdued sound coming from throat.

声

koe — Voice, sound produced by speaking or crying.

参っ

maitta / mait(te) — Gave up, surrendered; te-form of 参る.

言い

ii — Saying, speaking; stem form of 'to say'.

解放

kaihō — Release, liberation, setting free from restraint.

これ

kore — This, this thing here nearby.

懲り

kori — Learning a lesson, being deterred by experience.

だろう

darō — Probably, I suppose, right?; conjecture form.

次

tsugi — Next, following, subsequent time or instance.

ちゃんと

chanto — Properly, correctly, neatly, in order.

相手

aite — Opponent, partner, the other party involved.

見

mi — Looking, seeing; stem of 見る (to see).

かう

kau — To pick a fight, provoke, confront.

払い

harai — Brushing off, wiping away, sweeping clean.

ながら

nagara — While doing, simultaneously, at the same time.

立ち去り

tachisari — Walking away, departing, leaving the scene.

すすり泣き

susurinaki — Sobbing, sniffling while crying softly.

すすり

susuri — Sniffling, sniveling, softly crying with sniffles.

時折

tokiori — Occasionally, from time to time, now and then.

振り返っ

furikaet(te) — Turned around, looked back over shoulder.

頭

atama — Head, the top part of the body.

振り

furi — Shaking, waving; motion of moving back and forth.

捕まえ

tsukamaete / tsukamae — Catching, grabbing, seizing hold of someone.

時

toki — Time, moment, occasion, when something happens.

どう

dō — How, in what way, by what method.

やる

yaru — To do, to carry out, to perform.

脅し

odoshi — Threat, intimidation, menacing warning to someone.

それ

sore — That, that thing there (middle distance).

対し

taishi — Against, toward, in response to something.

やじ

yaji — Jeering, heckling, taunting shout at someone.

飛ばし

tobashi — Hurling, throwing out, firing off (words).

意気揚々

ikiyōyō — Triumphantly, in high spirits, with great pride.

歩き

aruki — Walking, strolling; stem of 歩く (to walk).

出し

dashi — Starting to do, beginning; suffix meaning 'begin'.

背中

senaka — Back, the rear side of one's body.

向ける

mukeru — To turn toward, to direct, to face.

やいなや

ya ina ya — No sooner than, the moment that, instantly.

石

ishi — Stone, rock, pebble from the ground.

拾い上げ

hiroi age — Picking up, lifting something off the ground.

投げ

nage — Throwing, hurling, tossing an object.

肩

kata — Shoulder, the joint between arm and torso.

当て

ate — Hitting, striking a target, landing a blow.

逃げ出し

nigedashi — Starting to run away, fleeing, escaping quickly.

カモシカ

kamoshika — Serow, Japanese antelope; used to mean swift.

走り

hashiri — Running, dashing; stem of 走る (to run).

去っ

sart(te) — Left, went away, departed from the place.

その

sono — That (attributive), the aforementioned thing/person.

裏切り者

uragirimono — Traitor, betrayer, one who betrays others.

家

ie / uchi — House, home, dwelling place.

まで

made — Until, up to, as far as.

追いかけ

oikake — Chasing, pursuing, running after someone.

こうして

kōshite — In this way, thus, doing it like this.

住む

sumu — To live, to reside, to dwell somewhere.

場所

basho — Place, location, spot, area.

突き止め

tsukitome — Tracking down, pinpointing, finding exact location.

門

mon — Gate, entrance gate to a property.

ところ

tokoro — Place, spot; point in time or situation.

陣取り

jindori — Taking position, stationing oneself, occupying a spot.

敵

teki — Enemy, foe, opponent, adversary.

外

soto — Outside, exterior, outdoors.

出

de — Coming out, going out, emerging.

来い

koi — Come! Imperative command form of 来る.

挑ん

idon(de) — Challenged, provoked, dared to fight.

窓

mado — Window, opening in wall for light/air.

顔

kao — Face, facial expression, countenance.

しかめ

shikame — Scowling, grimacing, contorting the face.

見せる

miseru — To show, to display, to let someone see.

だけ

dake — Only, just, merely, no more than.

来よう

koyō — Will come; volitional form of 来る (to come).

なかっ

nakat(ta) — Did not exist; past negative of ある/ない.