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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 1001–1100
子こ供ども
child; children
Noun
しっかり
tightly (holding on); firmly; securely; strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily; properly; well; sufficiently; …
Adverb
赤あかちゃん
baby; infant
Noun
今いまにも
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
Adverb
生うまれる
to be born
Ichidan verb
毛もう布ふ
blanket
Noun
持もつ
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; …
Godan verb
おして
forcibly; by compulsion; importunately; despite; in spite of; in defiance of
Adverb
驚おどろき
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
Noun
飛とび跳はねる
to jump up and down; to hop
Ichidan verb
話はなし合あい
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
Noun
不ふ吉きつ
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
Na-adjective
もたらす
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
Godan verb
違ちがい
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
Noun
そうして
and; like that
Conjunction
一人ひとりぼっち
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
Noun
不ぶ格かっ好こう
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
Na-adjective
受うけ入いれる
to accept; to receive; to agree
Ichidan verb
違ちがう
to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with); to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken; to become abnormal; …
Godan verb
どんどん
drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping; rapidly; quickly; steadily; continuously; …
Adverb
おんぶ
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
Noun
どんなに
how; how much; to what extent; no matter how (much); however
Adverb
人にん間げん
human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
Noun
同おなじ
same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent; anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ...
Prenominal
疲つかれる
to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary; to become worn out (of a well-used object)
Ichidan verb
イライラ
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
Suru verb
混こん乱らん
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
Noun
怒いかり
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
Noun
たまる
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
Godan verb
これ
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); used to stress the subject of a sentence
Pronoun
あれ
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there)
Pronoun
飛とばす
to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot; to skip over; to leave out; …
Godan verb
精せい一いっ杯ぱい
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
Noun
場ば
place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); …
Noun
なるべく
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
Adverb
走はしり去さる
to run away; to run off
Godan verb
気き
spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; intention; will; motivation; mood; feelings; …
Noun
道みち
road; path; street; lane; passage; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory); …
Noun
暗くら闇やみ
darkness; the dark
Noun
中なか
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; centre; during; while; midst; …
Noun
こだま
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
Noun
ぼる
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
Godan verb
散ちる
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to break up; to spread; to run; to blur; to die a noble death
Godan verb
丸まるい
round; circular; spherical; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm; peaceful; amiable; amicable
I-adjective
深ふかい
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong; late
I-adjective
眠ねむる
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched
Godan verb
おじいさん
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
Noun
瞳ひとみ
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
Noun
希き望ぼう
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
Noun
一いっ緒しょ
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same category; the same; identical; (at) the same time
Noun
過すごす
to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess; to overdo; to do too much; …
Godan verb
生いき抜ぬく
to live through; to survive
Godan verb
よく
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...; (you have) quite the nerve to; …
Adverb
話はなし
talk; speech; chat; conversation; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; argument; rumor; …
Noun
助たすけ合あう
to help each other; to cooperate
Godan verb
載のせる
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board; to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive; …
Ichidan verb
てっぺん
top; summit; apex; peak; top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown
Noun
つれる
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
Ichidan verb
雲くもの上うえ
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
Expression
眠ねむり
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
Noun
落おちる
to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; …
Ichidan verb
夢ゆめ
dream; hope; wish; aspiration; ambition; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; pipe dream; delusion; illusion; …
Noun
見みる
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge; …
Ichidan verb
親しん愛あい
deep affection; dear; beloved
Noun
消きえる
to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen); to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); …
Ichidan verb
失うしなう
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
Godan verb
悲かなしみ
sadness; sorrow; grief
Noun
くれる
to give; to let (one) have; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Ichidan verb
成せい長ちょう
growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
Noun
一ひと
one
Prefix
徐じょ々じょに
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
Adverb
引ひっ越こす
to move (house); to change residence
Godan verb
裕ゆう福ふく
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
Na-adjective
土と地ち
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Noun
茅かや葺ぶき
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
Noun
屋や根ね
roof
Noun
並ならび
line; row; rank; list
Noun
かかる
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; …
Godan verb
視し力りょく
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
Noun
才さい能のう
talent; ability
Noun
溢あふれる
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
Ichidan verb
例たとえば
for example; for instance; e.g.
Adverb
年ねん長ちょう
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
No-adjective
顔かおぶれ
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); roster; cast (of a play); announcement of next day's match-ups
Noun
混まじる
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join
Godan verb
重じゅう要よう
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
Na-adjective
議ぎ論ろん
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
Noun
夕ゆう方がた
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
Noun
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
その間かん
in the meanwhile; during the time
Noun
幼おさない
very young; little; childish; immature
I-adjective
残のこす
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to reserve; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath; to stay (in the ring); to hold on
Godan verb
こういう
such; this sort of; like this
Pre-noun adjectival
浮うかぶ
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up); to come to mind; to have inspiration
Godan verb
聞きこえる
to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
Ichidan verb
特とくに
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
Adverb
すく
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
Godan verb
お気きに入いり
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
Noun
心地ここち
feeling; sensation; mood
Noun