The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle — Page 2

Vocabulary

ハンカチ

hankachi — Handkerchief; small cloth for wiping hands or face.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; indicates grammatical subject.

三枚

sanmai — Three flat things; counter for sheets or thin objects.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle connecting nouns or clauses.

エプロン

epuron — Apron; protective garment worn over clothing while cooking.

一枚

ichimai — One flat thing; counter for sheets, cloth, or paper.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun in Japanese.

は

wa — Topic marker particle; indicates the topic of sentence.

見

mi — See; stem of the verb miru meaning to look.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary; part of the polite past form mashita.

た

ta — Past tense suffix; indicates completed action or state.

か

ka — Question particle; placed at sentence end to form questions.

子猫

koneko — Kitten; young or baby cat.

白い

shiroi — White; adjective describing something of white color.

前足

maeashi — Front paws or forelegs of an animal.

を

wo — Object marker particle; indicates the direct object.

洗い

arai — Washing; stem of the verb arau meaning to wash.

続け

tsuzuke — Continue; stem of tsuzukeru meaning to keep doing something.

て

te — Te-form connective particle; links verbs or indicates manner.

い

i — Stem of iru; indicates ongoing or continuous action.

そこで

sokode — So; therefore; at that point, consequently.

まだら

madara — Spotted; mottled; having irregular patches of color.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle; connects nouns attributively.

めんどり

mendori — Hen; adult female chicken.

に

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

聞き

kiki — Ask; listen; stem of the verb kiku.

見つけ

mitsuke — Find; discover; stem of the verb mitsukeru.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction.

鳴き

naki — Cry; chirp; make animal sound; stem of naku.

ながら

nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction.

納屋

naya — Barn; shed; outbuilding for storing farm equipment or animals.

へ

e — Direction particle; indicates movement toward a destination.

走り込ん

hashirikон — Run into; dash inside; enter by running quickly.

で

de — Particle indicating location of action or means or method.

しまい

shimai — End up doing; completion with undesirable nuance.

わたし

watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun in Japanese.

はだし

hadashi — Barefoot; without shoes or socks on feet.

それから

sorekara — After that; and then; indicates temporal sequence.

小枝

koeda — Small branch; twig; thin branch of a tree.

上

ue — Above; top; upper position or surface.

座っ

suwat(te) — Sit; be seated; stem of suwaru in te-form.

いる

iru — To be; to exist; used for animate beings.

コマドリ

komadori — Robin; small red-breasted bird common in Japan and Europe.

その

sono — That; demonstrative adjective indicating something nearby listener.

輝く

kagayaku — Shine; sparkle; gleam brilliantly.

黒い

kuroi — Black; adjective describing something of black color.

目

me — Eye; the organ used for seeing.

ちらり

chirari — Briefly; a quick glance; fleeting glimpse.

横目

yokome — Sidelong glance; looking sideways out of the corner.

見る

miru — To see; to look; to watch something.

踏み段

fumidan — Step; footstep board; a stair or stepping stone.

柵

saku — Fence; railing; barrier made of posts or stakes.

飛び越え

tobikoe — Jump over; leap across; stem of tobikoeru.

どこか

dokoka — Somewhere; some place; an unspecified location.

行っ

it(te) — Go; went; te-form of the verb iku.

登っ

nobот(te) — Climb; go up; te-form of the verb noboru.

後ろ

ushiro — Behind; back; rear side of something.

ある

aru — To exist; to be; used for inanimate things.

丘

oka — Hill; a small elevated landform or mound.

見上げ

miage — Look up; gaze upward at something above.

てっぺん

teppen — Top; summit; the very highest point of something.

ない

nai — Not; negative form; does not exist or happen.

よう

you — Seems like; appears to be; resembles something.

雲

kumo — Cloud; mass of water vapor floating in the sky.

中

naka — Inside; middle; within something.

続く

tsuzuku — Continue; go on; extend without interruption.

でし

deshi — Polite copula stem; part of the polite form deshita.

そして

soshite — And then; and so; conjunction connecting sequential events.

ずっと

zutto — All along; continuously; far more; the whole time.

高い

takai — High; tall; expensive; elevated in position or price.

ところ

tokoro — Place; location; point in time or situation.

草

kusa — Grass; plant; vegetation growing on the ground.

広げ

hiroge — Spread out; extend; stem of hirogeru.

られ

rare — Passive or potential auxiliary; indicates passive voice.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract.

見える

mieru — Can be seen; is visible; appears to the eye.

な

na — Sentence-ending particle expressing emotion or mild assertion.

気

ki — Feeling; spirit; mind; sensation or mood.

し

shi — Do; and; listing conjunction or verb stem form.

がっしり

gasshiri — Sturdy; solidly built; firmly and strongly constructed.

足

ashi — Foot; leg; lower limb used for walking.

できる

dekiru — Can do; be able to; be possible.

だけ

dake — Only; just; as much as; limiting particle.

速く

hayaku — Quickly; fast; adverbial form of the adjective hayai.

よじ登り

yojinobori — Clamber; climb using hands and feet with effort.

急な

kyuuna — Steep; sudden; sharp incline or abrupt change.

道

michi — Road; path; way; route to a destination.

走り

hashiri — Run; running; stem of the verb hashiru.

ついに

tsuini — Finally; at last; after a long time or effort.

はるか

haruka — Far; distant; far away in space or time.

下

shita — Below; under; lower position or direction.

なり

nari — Become; form of naru indicating a change of state.

煙突

entotsu — Chimney; smokestack; vertical pipe for smoke ventilation.

石

ishi — Stone; rock; a hard mineral solid material.

落とせ

otose — Drop; let fall; imperative form of otosu.

そう

sou — So; that way; seems so; expressing agreement or likelihood.

ほど

hodo — To the extent that; about; as much as.

やがて

yagate — Before long; soon; eventually; after a short while.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; girlfriend; third-person female pronoun.

斜面

shamen — Slope; hillside; inclined surface of a hill or mountain.

から

kara — From; because; since; indicates origin or cause.

湧き出る

wakideru — Well up; spring out; gush forth from underground source.

泉

izumi — Spring; fountain; natural source of fresh flowing water.

来

ki — Come; stem of the verb kuru meaning to come.

誰か

dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person.

水

mizu — Water; liquid essential for life and drinking.

受ける

ukeru — Receive; accept; catch something given or thrown.

ため

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

ブリキ缶

buriki kan — Tin can; metal container made of tinplate.

置い

oи(te) — Place; put; te-form of the verb oku.

もう

mou — Already; anymore; soon; indicates change or completion.

溢れ

afure — Overflow; spill over; be full to excess.

缶

kan — Can; tin; metal cylindrical container.

卵立て

tamagodate — Egg cup; small stand for holding a boiled egg.

大き

ooki — Big; large; stem of the adjective ookii.

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives; indicates degree or quality.

しか

shika — Only; nothing but; used with negative for restriction.

なかっ

nakаt(ta) — Was not; negative past auxiliary stem of nai.

です

desu — Is; am; are; polite copula verb in Japanese.

砂

suna — Sand; fine granular material found on beaches or deserts.

濡れ

nure — Wet; damp; stem of nureru meaning to become wet.

とても

totemo — Very; extremely; quite; intensifying adverb.

小さな

chiisana — Tiny; small; little; attributive adjective form.

人

hito — Person; human being; individual.

足跡

ashiato — Footprint; trace left by a foot on a surface.

あり

ari — There is; exist; stem of aru in formal or literary use.

どんどん

dondon — Rapidly; one after another; progressing steadily forward.

大きな

ookina — Large; big; attributive form used before nouns.

岩

iwa — Rock; boulder; large hard mass of stone.

終わっ

owat(te) — End; finish; te-form of the verb owaru.