The Great Gatsby — Page 2

Vocabulary

打ち明け話

uchiaке banashi — Confession or candid personal disclosure shared privately

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle

ほとんど

hotondo — Almost, mostly, nearly all of something

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject

求め

motome — Request, demand, or seeking something

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb suffix

もの

mono — Thing, object, or nominalizing expression

で

de — Particle indicating means, location, or reason

なかった

nakatta — Past negative form of the copula 'ない'

親密

shinmitsu — Intimate, close, familiar relationship between people

な

na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns

告白

kokuhaku — Confession, declaration of feelings or secrets

が

ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar

地平線

chiheisen — The horizon, line where earth meets sky

上

ue — Above, on top, upper position or surface

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time

揺らめい

yuramei — Flickering, wavering, shimmering (stem form)

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases

いる

iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)

と

to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation

何らか

naniraka — Some kind of, some sort of something

明確

meikaku — Clear, definite, explicit, unambiguous statement or sign

しるし

shirushi — Sign, mark, symbol indicating something

気づい

kidzu i — Noticed, became aware of (stem form)

とき

toki — Time, moment, occasion when something occurs

私

watashi — I, me, first-person singular pronoun

しばしば

shibashiba — Often, frequently, repeatedly occurring action

眠っ

nemut(te) — Sleeping (conjunctive stem of 眠る)

ふり

furi — Pretense, act of feigning something

を

wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar

し

shi — Conjunctive form of する, to do

たり

tari — Particle listing representative actions alternately

物思い

monomoi — Deep thought, melancholy contemplation or reverie

ふけっ

fuket(te) — Engrossed, absorbed deeply in thought (stem)

あるいは

aruiwa — Or, alternatively, otherwise between two options

敵意

tekii — Hostility, animosity, antagonism toward someone

ある

aru — To exist, to have (for inanimate things)

軽薄

keihaku — Frivolous, flippant, shallow in character

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into abstract nouns

装っ

yosoot(te) — Pretended, disguised, feigned an appearance

なぜ

naze — Why, for what reason or cause

なら

nara — Conditional 'if' or 'because' conjunctive particle

若者

wakamono — Young person, youth, young people

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings

少なくとも

sukunakutomo — At least, at the very minimum amount

それ

sore — That, it, referring to something nearby

表現

hyougen — Expression, representation, articulation of ideas

する

suru — To do, to perform an action

言葉

kotoba — Words, language, speech, vocabulary

おい

oi — Hey (interjection), or in/among (particle form)

たいてい

taitei — Usually, generally, in most cases

他人

tanin — Other people, strangers, someone else

あり

ari — Existing, being (literary conjunctive of ある)

あからさま

akarasama — Obvious, blatant, undisguised, openly apparent

隠蔽

inpei — Concealment, cover-up, hiding the truth

によって

ni yotte — By means of, due to, depending on

損なわれ

sokonaware — Being damaged, impaired, or harmed (passive)

から

kara — Because, from, particle indicating reason/origin

だ

da — Copula, plain form of 'to be'

判断

handan — Judgment, decision, assessment of a situation

保留

horyuu — Reservation, withholding, deferring a decision

こと

koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract nominalizer)

無限

mugen — Infinite, limitless, boundless without end

希望

kibou — Hope, wish, desire for something future

問題

mondai — Problem, question, issue to be addressed

父

chichi — Father, one's own father (humble form)

俗物

zokubutsu — Snob, philistine, materialistic shallow person

らしく

rashiku — In a manner befitting, seeming like something

示唆

shisa — Suggestion, hint, implication of something

も

mo — Also, too, even, inclusive particle

繰り返す

kurikaesu — To repeat, to do something over again

よう

you — Like, as if, in order to (auxiliary)

根本

konpon — Fundamental, root, basic foundation of something

的

teki — Suffix meaning '-ic', '-al', '-like'

良識

ryoushiki — Good sense, sound judgment, common sense

感覚

kankaku — Sense, feeling, sensation, perception

生まれ

umare — Birth, born with (stem form)

ながら

nagara — While doing, although, even though (conjunction)

不平等

fubyoudou — Inequality, unfairness, unequal distribution

分け与え

wakeatae — Sharing out, distributing among people (stem)

られ

rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix

という

to iu — Called, known as, the idea that

忘れる

wasureru — To forget, to fail to remember

何か

nanika — Something, some unspecified thing or matter

見逃し

minogashi — Overlooking, missing, failing to notice something

しまう

shimau — To end up doing, completion (auxiliary verb)

ない

nai — Not, negative form of existence or adjective

か

ka — Question particle or expressing uncertainty

まだ

mada — Still, yet, not yet occurring

少し

sukoshi — A little, a small amount of something

恐れ

osore — Fear, apprehension, dread of something

この

kono — This (demonstrative adjective for nearby things)

自分

jibun — Oneself, one's own self or identity

寛容

kanyou — Tolerance, generosity, broad-mindedness toward others

誇っ

hokot(te) — Priding oneself on, boasting (stem form)

後

nochi / ato — After, later, behind in time or place

限界

genkai — Limit, boundary, the end of capacity

認め

mitome — Acknowledging, recognizing, admitting something (stem)

ざる

zaru — Negative attributive form, must (literary auxiliary)

得

e(ru) — To get, to obtain; potential auxiliary verb

行動

koudou — Action, behavior, conduct, deed performed

堅い

katai — Hard, firm, solid, rigid in nature

岩

iwa — Rock, boulder, solid stone

築か

kizuka — Built upon, constructed (passive stem form)

れる

reru — Passive, spontaneous, or potential verb suffix

あれ

are — Conditional form of ある; that over there

ば

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

湿っ

shimet(te) — Damp, moist, wet (conjunctive stem)

沼地

numachi — Swamp, marsh, boggy wet ground

一定

ittei — Fixed, constant, a certain set amount

点

ten — Point, dot, spot, specific location

超える

koeru — To exceed, to go beyond a limit

何

nani / nan — What, which, an interrogative pronoun

れ

re — Passive or spontaneous verb suffix form

気

ki — Spirit, mind, feeling, attention, mood

なく

naku — Adverbial negative form of ない, without being

なる

naru — To become, to come to be something

去年

kyonen — Last year, the previous calendar year

秋

aki — Autumn, fall season of the year

東部

toubu — Eastern part, the east side of region

戻っ

modot(te) — Returned, went back (conjunctive stem form)

き

ki — Came (literary past form of 来る)

世界

sekai — World, the earth, society at large

いつまで

itsumade — Until when, how long, indefinitely continuing

制服

seifuku — Uniform, standardized outfit worn by members

着

ki(ru) — To wear, to put on clothing (stem)

一種

isshu — A kind of, one type of something

道徳

doutoku — Morality, ethics, moral principles of conduct

不動

fudou — Immovable, steadfast, motionless, fixed in place

姿勢

shisei — Posture, attitude, stance, bearing of body

い

i — Conjunctive form of いる or adjective suffix

ほしい

hoshii — Wanting, desiring that someone does something

感じ

kanji — Feeling, sense, impression of something

人間

ningen — Human being, person, humanity in general

心

kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, inner feelings

へ

e — Directional particle meaning toward or to

特権

tokken — Privilege, special right granted to someone

垣間見

kaimami — A glimpse, peek at something hidden (stem)

伴う

tomonau — To accompany, to be accompanied by something

これ

kore — This, referring to something nearby the speaker

以上

ijou — More than, beyond, above a certain point

もう

mou — Already, anymore, soon, no more

たくさん

takusan — Many, a lot, plenty, enough already

思っ

omot(te) — Thought, felt, considered (conjunctive stem form)

ただ

tada — Only, just, merely, simply one thing

だけ

dake — Only, just, solely, limited to that

本

hon — Book; also counter for long cylindrical objects

その

sono — That (demonstrative adjective for nearby things)

名

na — Name, title given to a person or thing

与え

atae — Giving, granting, providing to someone (stem)

男

otoko — Man, male person, fellow

反応

hannou — Reaction, response to a stimulus or event

免れ

manukaré — Escaping from, being exempt from something

純粋

junsui — Pure, genuine, unadulterated, sincere in nature

軽蔑

keibetsu — Contempt, scorn, disdain toward someone

抱く

idaku — To hold, to embrace, to harbor feelings

すべて

subete — All, everything, the whole of something

体現

taigen — Embodiment, personification of an idea or quality

もし

moshi — If, supposing, hypothetical conditional opener

個性

kosei — Individuality, personality, unique personal character

途切れる

togireru — To break off, to be interrupted, to cease

成功

seikou — Success, achievement of a goal or aim

身振り

miburi — Gesture, bodily movement expressing something

連続

renzoku — Continuation, series, consecutive sequence of events

彼

kare — He, him, third-person masculine pronoun

華やか

hanayaka — Gorgeous, brilliant, showy, glamorous in appearance

あっ

at(te) — Being, existing (literary conjunctive of ある)

生

sei / nama — Life, living; raw, unprocessed (depending on context)

約束

yakusoku — Promise, appointment, commitment to something

対する

taisuru — To face, to respond to, regarding something

高め

takame — Heightening, enhancing, raising up (stem form)

感受性

kanjusei — Sensitivity, receptiveness, emotional responsiveness

まるで

marude — Just like, as if, exactly as though

一万

ichiman — Ten thousand, the number 10,000

マイル

mairu — Mile, unit of distance measurement

離れ

hanare — Separated, distant, apart from (stem form)

地震

jishin — Earthquake, seismic tremor of the ground

記録

kiroku — Record, documentation, noting down information

あの

ano — That (over there), referring to distant thing

精巧

seikou — Elaborate, intricate, finely crafted with precision

機械

kikai — Machine, mechanical device, apparatus

ひとつ

hitotsu — One, a single item or unit

だっ

dat(te) — Conjunctive form of copula だ, 'being'