The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 1

Vocabulary

作

saku — Work, composition, or creation by an author

原文

genbun — Original text in its source language

を

wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar

読む

yomu — To read a text or document

こと

koto — Thing, fact, or nominalizer for verb phrases

が

ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar

できない

dekinai — Cannot do, unable to perform an action

人々

hitobito — People, persons, various individuals

の

no — Possessive or linking particle in Japanese

ため

tame — For the sake of, for the purpose of

に

ni — Direction, purpose, or location particle

英語

eigo — English language

散文

sanbun — Prose writing as opposed to poetry

翻訳

hon'yaku — Translation from one language to another

された

sareta — Was done, passive past form of suru

もの

mono — Thing, object, or something tangible

目次

mokuji — Table of contents of a book

初版

shohan — First edition of a published work

序文

jobun — Preface or foreword of a book

第二版

dainihan — Second edition of a published work

第

dai — Ordinal prefix indicating order or number

一

ichi — Number one, the first

巻

kan — Volume or book within a series

二

ni — Number two, the second

三

san — Number three, the third

四

shi/yon — Number four, the fourth

五

go — Number five, the fifth

六

roku — Number six, the sixth

七

shichi/nana — Number seven, the seventh

八

hachi — Number eight, the eighth

九

ku/kyuu — Number nine, the ninth

十

juu — Number ten, the tenth

十一

juuichi — Number eleven, the eleventh

十二

juuni — Number twelve, the twelfth

十三

juusan — Number thirteen, the thirteenth

十四

juushi — Number fourteen, the fourteenth

十五

juugo — Number fifteen, the fifteenth

十六

juuroku — Number sixteen, the sixteenth

十七

juushichi — Number seventeen, the seventeenth

十八

juuhachi — Number eighteen, the eighteenth

十九

juuku — Number nineteen, the nineteenth

二十

nijuu — Number twenty, the twentieth

二十一

nijuuichi — Number twenty-one, the twenty-first

二十二

nijuuni — Number twenty-two, the twenty-second

二十三

nijuusan — Number twenty-three, the twenty-third

二十四

nijuushi — Number twenty-four, the twenty-fourth

脚注

kyakuchuu — Footnote at the bottom of a page

教授

kyouju — Professor, university academic teacher

閣下

kakka — Honorific title meaning Your Excellency

へ

e — Direction particle meaning to or toward

かけがえ

kakegae — Irreplaceable, something that cannot be substituted

なき

naki — Without, lacking; literary negative attributive form

同盟者

domeisha — Ally, a person united in agreement

感謝

kansha — Gratitude, thankfulness toward someone

込めて

komete — With feelings put into, filled with emotion

著者

chosha — Author, writer of a book or work

より

yori — From, by; indicates source or comparison

この

kono — This, referring to something nearby

は

wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar

私

watashi — I, me, first-person singular pronoun

出版

shuppan — Publishing, releasing a book or print work

した

shita — Did, past tense of the verb suru

女性

josei — Woman, female gender or sex

作者

sakusha — Author, creator of a literary or artistic work

と

to — And, with, or quotation particle

題する

daisuru — To title, to give a name to a work

著作

chosaku — Written work, literary or scholarly composition

補完

hokan — Complementing or supplementing something incomplete

する

suru — To do, to perform an action

目的

mokuteki — Purpose, aim, or goal of an action

して

shite — Doing, te-form of suru connecting actions

いる

iru — To be, to exist; indicates ongoing state

あの

ano — That over there, referring to distant thing

書物

shomotsu — Book, written publication or literary volume

全文

zenbun — Full text, entire written content of something

収めれ

oshimere — To include, contain within; conditional form

ば

ba — If, conditional particle indicating hypothetical situation

扱い

atsukai — Handling, treatment, or management of something

にくい

nikui — Difficult to do, hard to handle

なって

natte — Becoming, te-form of naru indicating change

しまう

shimau — To end up doing, completion with regret

すでに

sudeni — Already, by this time, previously completed

完成

kansei — Completion, finishing of a work or project

いた

ita — Was, past progressive form of iru

要約

yoyaku — Summary, condensed version of a longer text

掲載

keisai — Publication, posting content in a medium

今回

konkai — This time, on this occasion

それ

sore — That, referring to something previously mentioned

で

de — At, by, with; instrumental or location particle

ある

aru — To exist, to be; plain form of existence

ここ

koko — Here, this place nearby the speaker

先

saki — Before, ahead, earlier in time or place

述べた

nobeta — Stated, described; past tense of noberu

扱った

atsukatta — Dealt with, handled; past tense of atsukau

二つ

futatsu — Two things, a pair of items

主要

shuyou — Main, principal, most important

な

na — Adjective-linking particle for na-adjectives

論点

ronten — Point of argument, key issue in debate

ついて

tsuite — About, concerning, regarding a topic

論じ

ronji — Arguing, discussing; stem form of ronzuru

ない

nai — Not, negative form ending for verbs

そこ

soko — There, that place slightly distant from speaker

書いた

kaita — Wrote, past tense of kaku

対して

taishite — Toward, in contrast to, with respect to

付け加える

tsukekuwaeru — To add to, to append additional information

も

mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle

撤回

tekkai — Withdrawal, retraction of a statement or claim

何

nani/nan — What, which thing; interrogative pronoun