The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 6

Vocabulary

挿絵

さしえ (sashie) — Illustration or picture inserted within a book.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence subject.

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.

家

いえ (ie) — House; a building where people live.

の

no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.

中

なか (naka) — Inside; the interior of something.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward a place.

連れ込み

つれこみ (tsurekomi) — Dragging or bringing someone inside against will.

皮

かわ (kawa) — Skin, hide, or peel of an animal or fruit.

剥ごう

はごう (hagō) — Volitional form of peel; intending to strip skin off.

と

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

し

shi — Conjunctive form of する; doing, as part of verb chain.

て

te — Te-form conjunction connecting sequential actions.

尻尾

しっぽ (shippo) — Tail of an animal.

つかん

tsukan — Colloquial negative/connective form of grasp, seize.

で

de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause.

吊り上げ

つりあげ (tsuriage) — Lifting or hoisting something up by pulling.

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary (part of ました form).

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.

しかし

shikashi — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle or conjunctive 'but'.

あまり

amari — Too much; excessively; used with negatives or extremes.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, time, location, or cause.

も

mo — Particle meaning 'also', 'even', or emphasis.

激しく

はげしく (hageshiku) — Violently; intensely; fiercely (adverbial form).

引っ張っ

ひっぱっ (hippat-) — Pulled; tugged hard on something (connective form).

ので

node — Conjunction expressing reason or cause; because.

二つ

ふたつ (futatsu) — Two; a pair of things counted with native numbers.

折れ

おれ (ore) — Break; snap; to be broken into pieces.

しまい

shimai — Ending up doing something (often regrettable result).

彼

かれ (kare) — He; him; third-person male pronoun.

階段

かいだん (kaidan) — Staircase; steps leading between floors.

駆け上がっ

かけあがっ (kakeagat-) — Ran up (stairs); rushed upward quickly (connective form).

屋根裏

やねうら (yaneura) — Attic; the space directly under a roof.

窓

まど (mado) — Window; an opening in a wall for light or air.

から

kara — Particle meaning 'from' or 'because'.

逃げ出し

にげだし (nigedashi) — Escaped; ran away; fled from a place.

そして

soshite — Conjunction meaning 'and then' or 'and so'.

今日

きょう (kyō) — Today; the current day.

至る

いたる (itaru) — To reach; to extend to; to arrive at a point.

まで

made — Particle meaning 'until', 'up to', or 'as far as'.

もし

moshi — If; supposing that (introduces a conditional clause).

木

き (ki) — Tree; wood; a large woody plant.

上

うえ (ue) — Above; on top of; upper position.

会っ

あっ (at-) — Met; encountered someone (connective te-form).

なぞなぞ

nazonazo — Riddle; puzzle posed as a question for fun.

出そう

だそう (dasō) — Volitional form of 'pose/present'; intending to offer a riddle.

もの

mono — Thing; used here as sentence-final softening particle.

なら

nara — Conditional 'if'; supposing a situation is the case.

棒

ぼう (bō) — Stick; rod; a long rigid object.

投げつけ

なげつけ (nagetsuke) — Hurls or flings something at a target aggressively.

足

あし (ashi) — Foot; leg; the lower limb used for walking.

踏み鳴らし

ふみならし (fuminarashi) — Stomps feet repeatedly making a loud noise.

怒鳴りつけ

どなりつけ (donaritsuke) — Shouts at someone angrily; yells furiously.

こう

kō — Like this; in this way; thus.

叫ぶ

さけぶ (sakebu) — To shout; to scream; to cry out loudly.

です

desu — Polite copula meaning 'is', 'am', or 'are'.