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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 1301–1400
分わけ前まえ
share; portion; quota; cut
Noun
受うける
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); …
Ichidan verb
扱あつかい
treatment; service; dealing (with); handling; management; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; use; treating as; treating like
Noun
あの
that; those; the
Pre-noun adjectival
再ふたたび
again; once more; a second time
Adverb
後のち
later; afterwards; future; after one's death
Noun
外はずれ
end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
Noun
アカシア
acacia
Noun
休やすむ
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
Godan verb
はあ
yes; indeed; well; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Interjection
煙けむる
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to be hazy; to look dim
Godan verb
立たち込こめる
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
Ichidan verb
眺ながめる
to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at; to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery); to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe
Ichidan verb
どうして
how; in what way; by what means; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for; cannot possibly; no way
Adverb
密ひそか
secret; private; surreptitious
Na-adjective
別べつ
distinction; difference; discrimination; separate; different; another; extra; exception; exclusion; classified by; …
Noun
移うつす
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move (something); to swap; to substitute; to relocate; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); …
Godan verb
ヒョウ
leopard (Panthera pardus)
Noun
顔かお
face; visage; looks; (facial) features; look; (facial) expression; countenance; honor (honour); dignity; influence; …
Noun
睨にらみ合あう
to glare at each other; to confront each other
Godan verb
乱らん暴ぼう
violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness; running riot; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; …
Noun
邪じゃ魔ま
hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
Noun
細ほそめる
to make narrow
Ichidan verb
鋭するどい
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; stabbing; cutting (remark, criticism, etc.); stinging; biting; fierce (attack); pointed (question, look, etc.); …
I-adjective
がぶり
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
Adverb
大おお急いそぎ
great hurry; great haste; rush
Noun
あまり
remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers; (not) very; (not) much; too much; …
Noun
ひねる
to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.); to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily; to beat; …
Godan verb
限かぎり
limit; limits; bounds; degree; extent; scope; the end; the last; as long as ...; as far as ...; …
Noun
引ひきずる
to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out; to influence; to persuade; …
Godan verb
幸こう運うん
good luck; fortune
Noun
あんまり
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly; extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
Adverb
眠ねむい
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
I-adjective
追おいかける
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
Ichidan verb
そういう
such; like that; that sort of
Pre-noun adjectival
敬けい意い
respect; honour; honor
Noun
払はらう
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); …
Godan verb
収しゅう穫かく
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns; catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul
Noun
必かならず
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
Adverb
休きゅう日じつ
holiday; day off
Noun
都と会かい
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Noun
楽たのしみ
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy; fun; diversion; hobby; anticipation; looking forward to; …
Noun
休やすめる
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
Ichidan verb
漁ぎょ村そん
fishing village
Noun
わくわく
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
Suru verb
前ぜん日じつ
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
Noun
鞄かばん
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
Noun
詰つめる
to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); …
Ichidan verb
準じゅん備び
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
Noun
眠ねむれる
sleeping; asleep; resting; slumbering; to be able to sleep
Pre-noun adjectival
山やま々やま
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; really; so many; a lot of
Noun
茶ちゃ畑ばたけ
tea plantation; tea field
Noun
通とおり過すぎる
to go past; to pass; to pass by
Ichidan verb
しばらく
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now; it's been a long time; long time no see
Adverb
起おこす
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to stand (something) up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; …
Godan verb
マット
mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
Noun
民みん
citizen; resident; person
Suffix
娘むすめ
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Noun
迎むかえ入いれる
to show in; to usher in
Ichidan verb
踊おどる
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
Godan verb
孫まご
grandchild
Noun
プレゼント
present; gift
Noun
まず
first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else; probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; …
Adverb
ダメ
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; …
Na-adjective
伝つたわる
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; …
Godan verb
やり方かた
way (of doing); manner; method; means
Noun
ご飯はん
cooked rice; meal
Noun
家か事じ
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
Noun
手伝てつだう
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
Godan verb
卵たまご
eggs; egg; spawn; roe; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...; beginning; origin; …
Noun
採とる
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude); to take on (workers, students); …
Godan verb
シチュー
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
Noun
焼やき魚ざかな
grilled fish
Noun
ココナッツ
coconut
Noun
ライス
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
Noun
近きん所じょ
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
Noun
農のう家か
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
Noun
作さく物もつ
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
Noun
脅おどす
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
Godan verb
屋や台たい
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building); foundation
Noun
値ね段だん
price; cost
Noun
かかり
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; connection; linking
Noun
あまりに
too (much); overly; excessively
Adverb
セーター
sweater; jumper
Noun
迎むかえる
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to call for; to summon; to invite; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); …
Ichidan verb
年とし
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Noun
さよなら
goodbye; so long; farewell; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; parting with; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final; last; game-winning (e.g. hit)
Interjection
友とも達だち
friend; companion
Noun
何なにより
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent; wonderful; most important
Expression
素す敵てき
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great; splendid; marvellous (marvelous); fantastic; superb
Na-adjective
一いっ致ち
agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match; union; unity; cooperation
Noun
使つかい
errand; mission; going on an errand; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; use; usage; …
Noun
届とどける
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register
Ichidan verb
姉ねえちゃん
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
Noun
ケーキ
cake
Noun
出で会あう
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
Godan verb