White nights, and other stories — Page 1

Vocabulary

および

oyobi — And; as well as; in addition to.

オンライン

onrain — Online; connected to the internet.

分散

bunsan — Distribution; dispersal; scattering across locations.

校正

kōsei — Proofreading; correcting errors in a text.

チーム

chīmu — Team; a group working together.

ファイル

fairu — File; a document or computer file.

インターネット

intānetto — The internet; global computer network.

アーカイブ

ākaibu — Archive; collection of stored records or files.

寛大

kandai — Generous; magnanimous; broad-minded and giving.

提供

teikyō — Provision; offering; supplying something to someone.

画像

gazō — Image; picture; visual graphic or photo.

白夜

byakuya — White night; midnight sun; nearly endless daylight.

その他

sonohoka — Other; the rest; miscellaneous remaining items.

物語

monogatari — Story; tale; narrative account of events.

小説

shōsetsu — Novel; work of fiction; literary prose narrative.

集

shū — Collection; anthology; gathered works or pieces.

第

dai — Ordinal prefix indicating number or rank order.

十

jū — Ten; the number 10.

巻

kan — Volume; scroll; one book in a series.

著

cho — Authored by; written by a specific person.

訳

yaku — Translation; translated by; rendering into another language.

ロシア語

roshiago — Russian language; the language spoken in Russia.

原文

genbun — Original text; source text before translation.

社

sha — Company; firm; organization or publisher.

年

nen — Year; counter for years in time.

英国

eikoku — England; the United Kingdom; Britain.

印刷

insatsu — Printing; the process of reproducing text or images.

目次

mokuji — Table of contents; list of chapters or sections.

地下室

chikashitsu — Basement; underground room beneath a building.

手記

shuki — Memoir; personal notes; written personal account.

一

ichi — One; the number 1; first.

部

bu — Part; section; division of a larger work.

二

ni — Two; the number 2; second.

湿っ

shimett(a) — Damp; moist; slightly wet in texture.

雪

yuki — Snow; frozen precipitation falling from the sky.

よせ

yose — Stop it; don't do that; cease an action.

弱い

yowai — Weak; feeble; lacking strength or power.

心

kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; inner feelings or emotions.

クリスマス

kurisumasu — Christmas; Christian holiday celebrated on December 25th.

ツリー

tsurī — Tree; often refers to a Christmas tree.

結婚式

kekkonshiki — Wedding ceremony; formal marriage celebration event.

小さな

chiisana — Small; little; tiny in size or scale.

英雄

eiyū — Hero; brave person; someone of great courage.

氏

shi — Mr.; Ms.; honorific suffix for a person's name.

夢想家

musōka — Dreamer; idealist; one who indulges in fantasies.

日記

nikki — Diary; journal; daily written personal record.

感傷

kanshō — Sentimentality; nostalgia; overly emotional feeling.

的

teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-ish', or '-type'.

夜

yoru — Night; nighttime; the hours after sunset.

それ

sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned.

素晴らしい

subarashii — Wonderful; splendid; magnificent; truly impressive or great.

親愛

shin'ai — Dear; beloved; term of warm affectionate address.

読者

dokusha — Reader; a person who reads books or texts.

若い

wakai — Young; youthful; being of a young age.

頃

koro — Around; about; approximately that time or period.

しか

shika — Only; nothing but; used with negative verbs.

訪れ

otozure — Visit; arrival; the coming of something or someone.

ない

nai — Not; there is not; negation of existence or action.

よう

yō — It seems; like; in the manner of something.

です

desu — Is; are; polite copula linking subject and predicate.

空

sora — Sky; the expanse of air above the earth.

あまり

amari — Too much; not very; excessively or hardly at all.

星

hoshi — Star; celestial body visible at night.

満ち

michi — Full of; filled with; brimming with something.

明るく

akaruku — Brightly; luminously; in a bright or cheerful manner.

輝い

kagayai — Shining; glittering; sparkling with bright light.

見上げれ

miagere — Look up at; raise one's gaze upward toward.

不機嫌

fukigen — Bad mood; irritable; in an ill-tempered state.

気まぐれ

kimagure — Whimsical; capricious; acting on sudden unpredictable impulse.

人々

hitobito — People; folks; various persons in a group.

下

shita — Below; under; beneath something or lower position.

生き

iki — Live; living; the act of being alive.

られる

rareru — Can; able to; potential or passive verb suffix.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something; used for nominalization.

だろう

darō — Probably; I wonder; expressing conjecture or uncertainty.

思わず

omowazu — Involuntarily; without thinking; instinctively or automatically.

自問

jimon — Self-questioning; asking oneself; inner self-reflection.

せず

sezu — Without doing; not doing; negative form of suru.

これ

kore — This; referring to something close to the speaker.

また

mata — Also; again; moreover; additionally in discourse.

若々しい

wakawakashii — Youthful; fresh; having a lively young quality.

問い

toi — Question; inquiry; something asked or pondered.

とても

totemo — Very; extremely; to a great degree.

しかし

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

神

kami — God; deity; divine spirit or supreme being.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun in polite speech.

もっと

motto — More; even more; to a greater degree.

頻繁

hinpan — Frequent; often; occurring many times repeatedly.

芽生え

mebare — Sprouting; budding; the first emergence of feelings.

話

hanashi — Story; talk; conversation; spoken or narrated account.

いる

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

日

hi — Day; sun; a single calendar day.

一日

ichinichi — One day; the whole day; an entire day.

自分

jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; one's own self.

状態

jōtai — State; condition; the current situation or status.

思い出さ

omoidasa — Recall; remember; bring a memory back to mind.

朝

asa — Morning; the early part of the day.

早く

hayaku — Early; quickly; at a fast pace or speed.

私

watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.

奇妙

kimyō — Strange; peculiar; odd or mysterious in nature.

憂鬱

yūutsu — Melancholy; depression; feeling gloomy and deeply sad.

押しつぶさ

oshitsubusa — Crushed; overwhelmed; pressed down or flattened forcefully.

突然

totsuzen — Suddenly; all at once; without warning or expectation.

孤独

kodoku — Loneliness; solitude; feeling isolated and alone.

皆

minna — Everyone; all people; everybody together.

見捨て

misute — Abandon; forsake; leaving someone behind without care.

離れ

hanare — Separate; move away; become distant from something.

いく

iku — Go; proceed; move away in a direction.

気

ki — Feeling; spirit; mood; energy or mental state.

もちろん

mochiron — Of course; naturally; it goes without saying.

誰

dare — Who; which person; interrogative pronoun for persons.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for actions or events.

問う

tou — Ask; question; inquire; to put a question forward.

権利

kenri — Right; entitlement; a legal or moral claim.