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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
雨あめ
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
Noun
降ふる
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive
Godan verb
雷かみなり
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
Noun
鳴なる
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Godan verb
虹にじ
rainbow
Noun
見みえる
to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear; to come
Ichidan verb
二ふたつ
two
Numeric
握にぎる
to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to be the key; to be the reason; to seize (power); to hold (the reins); …
Godan verb
ため
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; …
Noun
小ちいさな
small; little; tiny
Pre-noun adjectival
足あし
foot; paw; arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.); leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation; (one's) ride
Noun
耳みみ
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle
Noun
愛あい情じょう
love; affection
Noun
みちる
to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in; to expire (of a period of time); to mature; …
Ichidan verb
ほら
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
Interjection
燃もえる
to burn; to get fired up
Ichidan verb
さ
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; come along; here; er; um; well; now; …
Suffix
与あたえる
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; …
Ichidan verb
あかり
(a) light; lights; lamp
Noun
とても
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
Adverb
素す晴ばらしい
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; amazing; superb; exceeding; incredible; remarkable; striking; immense
I-adjective
者もの
person
Noun
強つよい
strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged; good (at); …
I-adjective
力ちから
force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy; capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; …
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
数かぞえる
to count; to enumerate
Ichidan verb
頭とう
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
Counter
ゾウ
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
Noun
水みず
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
Noun
飲のむ
to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); …
Godan verb
キリン
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
Noun
バッファ
buffer
Noun
ロー
low; low gear
Prenominal
羽わ
counter for birds or rabbits
Counter
鳥とり
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
Noun
インパラ
impala
Noun
イボイノシシ
warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
Noun
やってくる
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Expression
シマウマ
zebra
Noun
水みず飲のみ
(act of) drinking water; (water) drinking container; glass; tumbler; peasant
Noun
場じょう
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range; course
Suffix
めがける
to aim at
Ichidan verb
走はしる
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail; to rush (to); to dash; to race; to retreat; …
Godan verb
匹ひき
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); roll of cloth
Counter
カエル
frog
Noun
魚さかな
fish
Noun
泳およぐ
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
Godan verb
ライオン
lion (Panthera leo)
Noun
吠ほえる
to bark; to howl; to bay; to roar; to yelp; to yap; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout; …
Ichidan verb
怖こわがる
to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of); to worry (about)
Godan verb
どれ
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
Pronoun
並ならぶ
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
Godan verb
せ
back; reverse; rear side; back (e.g. of a chair); spine (of a book); height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
Noun
高たかい
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched; shrill
I-adjective
男おとこ
man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; manliness; manly honor; …
Noun
かれる
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Ichidan verb
退のく
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede
Godan verb
戸と口ぐち
door; doorway
Noun
低ひくい
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
I-adjective
自じ転てん車しゃ
bicycle; bike
Noun
とにかく
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case; at least; just; setting aside ...; regardless of ...
Adverb
だから
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason; like I said; I told you already
Conjunction
とる
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
Godan verb
和わ
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Noun
作つくる
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; …
Godan verb
ドア
door
Noun
フレーム
frame
Noun
買かう
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); …
Godan verb
椅い子す
chair; seat; stool; bench; post; position; office
Noun
座すわる
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor); to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
Godan verb
フォーク
fork; forkball
Noun
食たべる
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Ichidan verb
でる
to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; …
Ichidan verb
広ひろい
spacious; vast; wide
I-adjective
森もり
forest; shrine grove
Noun
住すむ
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Godan verb
そこ
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
Pronoun
何なん
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few; some
Pronoun
年ねん
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Noun
ヤギ
goat
Noun
犬いぬ
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
Noun
牛うし
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; beef
Noun
仲なか良よし
close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal
Noun
ある
a certain ...; some ...
Pre-noun adjectival
タクシー
taxi
Noun
乗のる
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; …
Godan verb
旅りょ行こう
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Noun
出でかける
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out
Ichidan verb
終おわる
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over; to complete; to conclude; to finish doing
Godan verb
運うん転てん
operation (of a machine); running; working; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management; investment
Noun
さん
Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms; -san; politeness marker
Suffix
代だい
charge; cost; price; generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; era; a representative of; …
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
分ぶん
part; portion; share; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for); one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position; …
Noun
ピッタリ
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited); ideally
Adverb
少すこし
a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat; a little while; a short time; a moment; …
Adverb
多おおめ
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
No-adjective
釣つり
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting
Noun
渡わたす
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer
Godan verb
逃にげ出だす
to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape; to start to run away
Godan verb