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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 1501–1600
立たち止どまる
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
Godan verb
にっこり
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
Adverb
微笑ほほえむ
to smile
Godan verb
はじめまして
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
Expression
にこり
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
Adverb
ウキウキ
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
Adverb
これから
from now on; after this; in the future; in future; from here; from this point
Expression
暮くらし
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
Noun
ねぇ
right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?; hey; say; listen; look; come on; …
Particle
お手伝てつだい
maid; helper; help; assistance
Noun
事ごと
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
Suffix
言いいつける
to tell (to do); to order; to direct; to instruct; to tell (on someone); to report; to snitch; to often say; to be used to saying
Ichidan verb
まっすぐ
straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect; straightforward; honest; frank
Na-adjective
カラフル
colorful; colourful
Na-adjective
慰なぐさめる
to comfort; to console; to amuse
Ichidan verb
そんな
such; that sort of; that kind of; like that
Pre-noun adjectival
ヶか月げつ
counter for months
Counter
たって
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
Adverb
開あける
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; …
Ichidan verb
出しゅっ張ちょう
business trip; official trip
Noun
曇くもる
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast; to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast; …
Godan verb
黙だまる
to be silent; to say nothing
Godan verb
辛つらい
painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally); tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations); cruel; harsh; cold
I-adjective
弱よわ音ね
feeble complaint; whine
Noun
吐はく
to vomit; to throw up; to spit up; to emit; to send forth; to breathe out; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell; …
Godan verb
しかも
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
Conjunction
ほんの
mere; only; just; slight
Pre-noun adjectival
回まわる
to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to go around; to circle; to revolve around; to orbit; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); …
Godan verb
毎まい晩ばん
every night
Noun
なんて
how ...!; what ...!; what?; what's that?
Prenominal
怠なまけ者もの
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
Noun
布ふ団とん
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
Noun
引ひきずり出だす
to drag out
Godan verb
くぎ
ward assemblyman
Noun
引ひっかかる
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with; to fall for (a trick); …
Godan verb
ちぎれる
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
Ichidan verb
びっくり
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
Suru verb
たどる
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over; to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); …
Godan verb
登のぼる
to ascend; to go up; to climb
Godan verb
寝ね床どこ
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
Noun
こんな
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
Pre-noun adjectival
歌うたう
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
Godan verb
置おく
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.); …
Godan verb
浅あさい
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge); short (time); early; young
I-adjective
変かえる
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend
Ichidan verb
お父とうさん
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he; …
Noun
愛あいす
to love
Godan verb
お母かあさん
mother; mom; mum; ma; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
Noun
いつか
5th day of the month; five days
Noun
得える
to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win; to understand; …
Ichidan verb
翌よく朝あさ
next morning
Noun
洗せん濯たく
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
Noun
続つづける
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
Ichidan verb
聞きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; …
Godan verb
見み上あげる
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
Ichidan verb
思おもわず
unconsciously; involuntarily; instinctively; reflexively; spontaneously; unintentionally; in spite of oneself
Adverb
あげる
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest); to give; to enrol (one's child in school); …
Ichidan verb
他ほか
another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; …
Noun
下おろす
to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat); to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; …
Godan verb
おばさん
aunt
Noun
暖あたたかい
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
I-adjective
寝ねかせる
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused; to let (stock) lie unsold; to (let) ferment; to (let) age; to let (dough) rise; …
Ichidan verb
安あん心しん
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
Noun
面めん倒どう
trouble; bother; difficulty; care; attention
Noun
認みとめる
to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem; to judge; to assess; to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow; …
Ichidan verb
きつい
tough; hard; severe; demanding; harsh; determined; strong-minded; forceful; formidable; fierce; …
I-adjective
当あたる
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.); to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); …
Godan verb
いとこ
cousin (male)
Noun
怖こわい
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
I-adjective
探さがし出だす
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up; to discover
Godan verb
紋もん
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
Noun
父とうさん
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
Noun
なす
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
Godan verb
差さし出だす
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to tender; to sacrifice; to give (up); to send; to forward
Godan verb
ごめんなさい
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Expression
やり直なおす
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
Godan verb
歩ほ
step; stride; counter for steps
Noun
踏ふみ出だす
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on; to take steps toward
Godan verb
抱だきつく
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
Godan verb
週しゅう
week
Noun
振ふる舞まう
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
Godan verb
ご馳ち走そう
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); taking someone to dinner; gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food; special dish; delicacy
Noun
大人おとな
adult; grown-up
Noun
間あいだ
space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between); …
Noun
湧わく
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge; to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; …
Godan verb
ナイロビ
Nairobi (Kenya)
Noun
喧けん騒そう
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
Noun
家か庭てい
home; household; family; hearth
Noun
程ほど遠とおい
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
I-adjective
ホームレス
homeless; homeless person
No-adjective
とある
a certain ...
Pre-noun adjectival
舗ほ装そう
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
Noun
片かた付づける
to put in order; to tidy up; to clean up; to put away; to clear away; to settle (a matter); to solve; to deal with; to dispose of; to finish; …
Ichidan verb
追おい払はらう
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
Godan verb
ごみ
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
Noun
くず
waste; scrap; garbage; dregs; scum; piece of trash; loser
Noun
最さい年ねん少しょう
youngest
No-adjective
たった
only; merely; but; no more than
Prenominal
お世せ話わ
help; aid; assistance
Noun
辛つらい
painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally); tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations); cruel; harsh; cold
I-adjective