The Tale of Tom Kitten — Page 4
And I think that some day I shall have to make another, larger, book, to tell you more about Tom Kitten!
そしていつか、トム・キトゥンについてもっとお話しするために、もっと大きな別の本を作らなければならないと思っています！
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【挿絵】
As for the Puddle-Ducks--they went into a pond.
パドル・ダックたちはといえば――池の中に入っていきました。
The clothes all came off directly, because there were no buttons.
ボタンがついていなかったので、服はすぐに全部脱げてしまいました。
[Illustration]
【挿絵】
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【挿絵】
And Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, and Jemima and Rebeccah, have been looking for them ever since.
そしてドレイク・パドル・ダック氏と、ジェミマとレベッカは、それからずっとそれらを探し続けています。
Vocabulary
- そして
- soshite — And then; connecting two related sentences or ideas.
- いつか
- itsuka — Someday; at some point in the future.
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning a particular topic or subject.
- もっと
- motto — More; to a greater degree or extent.
- お話し
- ohanashi — Story or talk; polite form of hanashi.
- する
- suru — To do; general verb for performing an action.
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; in order to do something.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, purpose, or location.
- 大きな
- ookina — Big; large in size or scale.
- 別
- betsu — Separate; different; another distinct thing or category.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 本
- hon — Book; a printed or written literary work.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.
- 作ら
- tsukura — Make; stem form of tsukuru, to create or produce.
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; conditional stem of the negative obligation form.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when something occurs.
- なら
- nara — If; conditional form expressing a hypothetical situation.
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary indicating absence or negation.
- と
- to — Quotation particle or conjunction meaning and or that.
- 思っ
- omot(te) — Think; conjunctive form of omou, to think or feel.
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking verb actions together.
- い
- i — Stem of iru; indicates ongoing state or action.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating formal or respectful speech.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people or animals.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence's main topic.
- いえ
- ie — House; a home or residential building.
- 池
- ike — Pond; a small body of standing water.
- 中
- naka — Inside; the middle or interior of something.
- 入っ
- hait(te) — Enter; conjunctive form of hairu, to go inside.
- いき
- iki — Go; stem of iku indicating movement toward a place.
- まし
- mashi — Polite past auxiliary stem used before ta.
- た
- ta — Past tense ending indicating a completed action.
- ボタン
- botan — Button; a small fastener on clothing or a device.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; accidentally doing something without meaning to.
- なかっ
- nakkat(te) — Was not; past negative conjunctive form of nai.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means used.
- 服
- fuku — Clothes; garments or items of clothing worn on body.
- すぐ
- sugu — Immediately; right away without delay.
- 全部
- zenbu — All; the entirety or every part of something.
- 脱げ
- nuge — Come off; clothes slip or fall off unintentionally.
- しまい
- shimai — End up; indicates an unintended or regrettable completion.
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; honorific title used after a person's name.
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something near the listener.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; indicates starting point or reason.
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously over a period of time.
- それら
- sorera — Those; plural pronoun referring to previously mentioned things.
- 探し
- sagashi — Search; looking for something that is lost or missing.
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue; keep doing an action without stopping.
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