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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 1601–1682
不ふ満まん
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
Noun
疑ぎ問もん
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
Noun
叩はたく
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
Godan verb
すぎる
to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; …
Ichidan verb
仕し打うち
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
Noun
路ろ上じょう
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
Noun
困こん難なん
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
Noun
大だい
large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; prominent; …
Prefix
多た数すう
large number (of); many; majority
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
苦く労ろう
trouble; hardship; difficulty; labour; labor; toil; pains; anxiety; worry; concern; …
Noun
時ときには
at times; occasionally
Expression
逮たい捕ほ
arrest; apprehension; capture
Noun
時ときに
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; on occasion; precisely (at that time); exactly; just (then); right (then)
Conjunction
物もの乞ごい
beggar; begging
Noun
リサイクル
recycling
Noun
可か能のう
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
Na-adjective
頼たよる
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
Godan verb
地ち区く
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
Noun
支し配はい
rule; domination; control; direction; management; guidance; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing; influence; sway; …
Noun
ライバル
rival; competitor; competition
Noun
グループ
group (usu. of people)
Noun
戦たたかい
battle; war; fight; conflict; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature); contest; competition; …
Noun
一いっ層そう
even more; still more; all the more; more than ever; one layer; lowest floor (of a building)
Adverb
漁すなどる
to fish
Archaic verb
ボロボロ
worn-out; ragged; tattered; battered; scruffy; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering; (physically or mentally) worn-out; …
No-adjective
汚よごれ
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
Noun
綺き麗れい
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; …
Na-adjective
絵え
picture; drawing; painting; sketch; image (TV, film, etc.); footage
Noun
文も字じ
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
Noun
読よみ方かた
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
Noun
描えがく
to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
Godan verb
空くう想そう
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
Noun
更ふける
to get late; to advance; to wear on
Ichidan verb
想そう像ぞう
imagination; supposition; guess
Noun
歩あゆみ寄よる
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
Godan verb
申もうす
to say; to be called; to do
Godan verb
もらえる
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept; could you (give me); would you; can you
Ichidan verb
黄き色いろい
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
I-adjective
指ゆびさす
to point at
Godan verb
あちら
that way; that direction; over there; yonder; that (one); that person; there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
Pronoun
なれる
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated; to get used to doing
Ichidan verb
とりわけ
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
Adverb
人じん生せい
(one's) life
Noun
真しん剣けん
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
Na-adjective
我が慢まん強づよい
(very) patient; persevering
I-adjective
無ぶ礼れい
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
Noun
態たい度ど
attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour; bearing; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance; stand
Noun
尊そん重ちょう
respect; esteem; regard
Noun
お昼ひる
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up; rising
Noun
もらい
tip; gratuity; alms
Noun
隣となり
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
No-adjective
舗ほ道どう
paved road; paved street
Noun
絵え本ほん
picture book
Noun
語かたる
to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
Godan verb
なぜ
why; how; for what reason
Adverb
多おおく
many; much; plenty; a lot; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly; chiefly; usually; …
Noun
食しょく事じ
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
Noun
誕たん生じょう
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; birth; origin; making; one's first birthday
Noun
頃ころ
(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Noun
そろそろ
soon; before long; any time now; momentarily; slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly; already; …
Adverb
習ならう
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
Godan verb
泊とまる
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
Godan verb
説せつ明めい
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
Noun
もし
if; in case; supposing
Adverb
正ただしい
right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
I-adjective
恐おそろしい
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing
I-adjective
打うち明あける
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
Ichidan verb
移うつり住すむ
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
Godan verb
ルーム
room
Noun
シェア
sharing; share (on social media); market share
Noun
旦だん那な
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; master; governor; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; alms; almsgiving; …
Noun
猫ねこ
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer
Noun
年とし老おいる
to grow old
Ichidan verb
山羊やぎ
goat
Noun
追おいつく
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
Godan verb
時とき折おり
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
Adverb
先せん生せい
teacher; instructor; master; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
Noun
笑え顔がお
smiling face; smile
Noun