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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 1201–1300
売うれる
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
Ichidan verb
苗なえ木ぎ
seedling; sapling; young tree
Noun
覚おぼえる
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; …
Ichidan verb
途と中ちゅう
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
Noun
おじさん
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Noun
ボソボソ
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur; dry and tasteless; stale
Adverb
バンバン
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
Adverb
伝つたえる
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
Ichidan verb
呼よびかける
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise
Ichidan verb
カバン
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
Noun
掴つかむ
to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to obtain; …
Godan verb
飛とび降おりる
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
Ichidan verb
あっという間まに
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
Expression
今いま
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; another; more
Noun
大だい事じ
important; serious; crucial; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; great undertaking; …
Na-adjective
ミツオシエ
honeyguide (any bird of family Indicatoridae)
Noun
仕し返かえし
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; revenge; doing over again; redoing
Noun
名な
name; given name; title; fame; renown; reputation; pretext; pretense; justification; appearance
Noun
欲よく
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice; wants
Noun
若わか者もの
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
Noun
狩かり
hunting; hunt; shooting; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); viewing (e.g. autumn leaves); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists); witch-hunt
Noun
鳴なき声ごえ
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar; bark; yelp; meow
Noun
ハチミツ
honey
Noun
口くち
mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; …
Noun
注ちゅう意い
attention; notice; heed; care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for); advice; warning; …
Noun
済すます
to finish; to get it over with; to conclude; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
Godan verb
姿すがた
figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise; state; condition; picture; image; …
Noun
頭ず上じょう
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
Noun
移うつる
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to be transferred; to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to be infected; to be contagious; to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest); to be permeated (by a color or scent); …
Godan verb
確たしかめる
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
Ichidan verb
時とき々どき
sometimes; occasionally; at times; from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at intervals; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
Adverb
なく
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
Godan verb
分ふん
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Noun
立たつ
to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); …
Godan verb
とてつもない
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; preposterous; unreasonable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary; monumental
Expression
野や生せい
wild; growing wild; living in the wild
No-adjective
イチジク
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
Noun
たどり着つく
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
Godan verb
勢いきおい
force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life; influence; authority; power; might; …
Noun
ピョンピョン
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
Adverb
飛とび回まわる
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
Godan verb
止とまる
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on
Godan verb
まるで
as if; as though; just like; much as; exactly like; as it were; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; (not) a bit; really; …
Adverb
グズグズ
slowly; tardily; dawdling; lingering; hesitantly; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose; slackened
Adverb
麓ふもと
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
Noun
ミツバチ
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
Noun
用よう
business; task; errand; engagement; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; call of nature; …
Noun
小しょう
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; pee; urination; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; …
Noun
十じゅう分ぶん
enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly; …
Na-adjective
中ちゅう心しん
center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; -centered; …
Noun
切ぎれ
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
Suffix
差さし込こむ
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
Godan verb
煙けむり
smoke; fumes
Noun
冷つめたい
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly; distant
I-adjective
端はじ
end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; beginning; start; first; odds and ends; scrap; …
Noun
加くわえる
to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up; to include; to count in; …
Ichidan verb
上のぼり
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream; uphill
Noun
まもなく
soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
Adverb
ブンブン
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
Adverb
穴あな
hole; opening; orifice; perforation; pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground); burrow; den; …
Noun
つまり
that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; …
Adverb
巣す
nest; rookery; breeding place; hive; den; haunt; (spider's) web
Noun
届とどく
to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound); to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough; to be realized (of a desire); …
Godan verb
押おし込こむ
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
Godan verb
起おこる
to occur; to happen
Godan verb
不ふ愉ゆ快かい
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
Na-adjective
慌あわただしい
busy; hectic; hurried; rushed; rapid; quick; sudden
I-adjective
イヤ
disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; …
Na-adjective
合あわせる
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate); …
Ichidan verb
後あと
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes); left; also; in addition; …
Noun
両りょう手て
both hands; both arms; ten
Noun
太ふとる
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
Godan verb
白しろい
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate; innocent; not guilty; pure
I-adjective
蜂はち
bee; wasp; hornet
Noun
詰つまる
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule); to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up; to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow; to be at a loss (for); …
Godan verb
たっぷり
plentifully; amply; abundantly; copiously; generously; fully; a lot; loosely; with room to spare; with enough space; …
Adverb
滴したたる
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
Godan verb
杯はい
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup; championship
Noun
重おもい
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; …
I-adjective
ハチ
bee; wasp; hornet
Noun
取とり出だす
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
Godan verb
肩かた
shoulder
Noun
かける
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread; …
Ichidan verb
小こ袋ぶくろ
small bag
Noun
熱ねっ心しん
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
Na-adjective
感かん謝しゃ
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
Noun
お供そなえ
offering
Noun
切きれ
piece; slice; strip; scrap; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
Noun
ヒラヒラ
fluttering; flapping; waving; frill; piece of thin material
Adverb
だんだん
gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly; steps; stairs; staircase; terrace
Adverb
やっと
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth
Adverb
降おりる
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; …
Ichidan verb
いわ
rock; boulder; crag
Noun
褒ほう美び
reward; prize
Noun
消けす
to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); …
Godan verb
取とり上あげる
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to; to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism); to report (news); to cover; …
Ichidan verb
無む視し
disregarding; ignoring
Noun
勝しょう者しゃ
winner; victor
Noun
指さす
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person; to identify; to indicate; to point out; to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece); to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
Godan verb
なんで
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
Adverb