The Tale of Two Bad Mice — Page 1

Vocabulary

いたずら

itazura — Mischief, prank, or naughty behavior

ねずみ

nezumi — Mouse or rat

の

no — Possessive or linking particle

二ひき

nihiki — Two small animals (counter for animals)

おはなし

ohanashi — A story or tale (polite form)

お人形

oningyou — A doll (polite/honorific form)

家

ie — House, home, or dwelling

を

wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar

持って

motte — Holding or having something (te-form)

いた

ita — Past tense of 'to exist/be' (animate)

小さな

chiisana — Small, little, tiny

女の子

onnanoko — Girl, young female child

へ

he — Directional particle meaning 'to' or 'toward'

作

saku — Created by, authored by (attribution marker)

など

nado — Etc., and so on, among other things

著者

chosha — Author, writer of a book or work

社

sha — Company, publisher, or organization

年

nen — Year (counter or standalone word)

無断転載禁止

mudan tensai kinshi — Reproduction without permission is prohibited

著作権

chosakuken — Copyright, intellectual property rights

登録済み

touroku zumi — Already registered or officially recorded

むかしむかし

mukashi mukashi — Once upon a time, long long ago

とても

totemo — Very, extremely, quite

美しい

utsukushii — Beautiful, lovely, gorgeous

が

ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar

あり

ari — To exist, to be (inanimate, stem form)

まし

mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb stem form

た

ta — Past tense suffix in Japanese verbs

赤い

akai — Red, crimson in color

レンガ

renga — Brick, a building material

に

ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time

白い

shiroi — White in color

窓

mado — Window of a building or vehicle

本物

honmono — Real thing, genuine, authentic

カーテン

kaaten — Curtain, window drape

と

to — And (connecting nouns), with, particle

玄関

genkan — Entryway, front door area of a home

ドア

doa — Door (loanword from English)

煙突

entotsu — Chimney, smokestack

つい

tsui — Attached to, equipped with (te-form base)

て

te — Te-form connector linking verb phrases

い

i — Stem of 'iru,' to exist or be (animate)

その

sono — That (demonstrative adjective near listener)

は

wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar

いう

iu — Called, named, to say or be called

二体

nitai — Two bodies or figures (counter for dolls/statues)

人形

ningyou — Doll, puppet, figurine

もの

mono — Thing, object, or person (nominalizer)

でし

deshi — Polite copula past tense stem form

少なくとも

sukunakutomo — At least, at a minimum

彼女

kanojo — She, her, or girlfriend

食事

shokuji — Meal, dining, eating

注文

chuumon — Order, request for food or goods

一度

ichido — Once, one time

も

mo — Also, even, too (particle)

し

shi — Did (conjunctive verb form or stem)

ませ

mase — Polite negative auxiliary stem (mashosen)

ん

n — Negative ending (colloquial ない equivalent)

料理人

ryourinin — Cook, chef who prepares food

夕食

yuushoku — Dinner, evening meal

で

de — Particle indicating means, location of action

いっぱい

ippai — Full, filled up, a lot of

箱

hako — Box, container, case

入っ

hait(te) — Entered, contained in (te-form)

出来合い

dekiai — Ready-made, pre-prepared food or goods

買っ

kat(te) — Bought, purchased (te-form)

あっ

at(te) — There was/existed (te-form of aru)

料理

ryouri — Cooking, cuisine, a dish

二つ

futatsu — Two things (native Japanese counter)

ハム

hamu — Ham, cured pork product

魚

sakana — Fish (as food or animal)

それから

sorekara — After that, then, and also

いくつか

ikutsuka — Several, some, a few of something

洋梨

younashi — Pear (Western-style pear fruit)

オレンジ

orenji — Orange (the fruit, loanword)

それら

sorera — Those things, those items (plural demonstrative)

お皿

osara — Plate, dish (polite form)

から

kara — From, since, because (particle)

離れ

hanare — Separated from, apart, detached

ある

aru — To exist, to be (inanimate things)

朝

asa — Morning, the early part of the day

乳母車

ubaguruma — Baby carriage, pram, stroller

ドライブ

doraibu — A drive, ride in a vehicle

出かけ

dekake — Going out, setting off somewhere

子ども部屋

kodomo beya — Children's room, nursery in a home

誰

dare — Who, someone, anyone

ず

zu — Negative verb suffix, without doing something

静か

shizuka — Quiet, calm, peaceful

やがて

yagate — Soon, before long, eventually

下

shita — Below, under, beneath something

穴

ana — Hole, opening, gap

暖炉

danro — Fireplace, hearth, indoor fire

近く

chikaku — Near, nearby, close to something

隅

sumi — Corner, nook of a room

ガサガサ

gasagasa — Rustling, scratching sound (onomatopoeia)

ひっかく

hikkaku — To scratch, to claw at something

よう

you — Like, as if, seeming to (conjecture/comparison)

な

na — Adjectival linking particle or sentence-final particle

音

oto — Sound, noise, audio

親指

oyayubi — Thumb, big toe (lit. parent finger)

ちょっと

chotto — A little, briefly, just a moment

頭

atama — Head, the top part of the body

出し

dashi — Put out, extended (conjunctive verb form)

また

mata — Again, also, furthermore

すぐ

sugu — Immediately, right away, soon

引っ込め

hikkomе — Withdrew, pulled back inside