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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600
ウサギ
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Noun
川かわ
river; stream; River; the ... river
Noun
辺ほとり
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
Noun
散さん歩ぽ
walk; stroll
Noun
美味おいしい
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
I-adjective
知しる
to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize; …
Godan verb
謝あやまる
to apologize (apologise)
Godan verb
ふむ
to step on; to tread on; to trample on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); …
Godan verb
向むかう
to face; to go towards; to head towards
Godan verb
怒ど鳴なる
to shout (in anger); to yell
Godan verb
おい
hey!; say!; I say!; come on!; look!; oi!; I; me
Interjection
わかる
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); …
Godan verb
謝あやまる
to apologize (apologise)
Godan verb
本ほん当とう
truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; …
Noun
ごめん
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me; may I come in?; permission; leave; license; dismissal; discharge; …
Interjection
どうか
please; if you would; would you mind; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if; strange; (something is) wrong; (something is) off
Adverb
許ゆるす
to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to; to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; …
Godan verb
聞きき入いれる
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
Ichidan verb
わざと
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
Adverb
ろ
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
Noun
ただ
ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; …
No-adjective
じゃ
then; well; so; well then
Conjunction
住すむ
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Godan verb
燃もやす
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
Godan verb
やつ
fellow; guy; chap; he; she; him; her
Noun
やすい
cheap; inexpensive
I-adjective
御ご用よう
(your) business; (your) concern; (your) need; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture; subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government
Noun
望のぞみ
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
Noun
通どおり
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
Suffix
その後ご
after that; afterwards; thereafter
Expression
遠とおい
far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance; distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); …
I-adjective
離はなれる
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from
Ichidan verb
場ば所しょ
place; location; spot; position; area; room; space; sumo tournament
Noun
ビューン
swish; whoosh; whizz
Adverb taking と
炎えん
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
Suffix
上あがる
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; …
Godan verb
炎ほのお
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
Noun
なく
to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices; …
Godan verb
求もとめる
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to require; to ask for; to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); …
Ichidan verb
全ぜん部ぶ
all; entire; whole; altogether
Noun
なくなる
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
Godan verb
すっかり
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
Adverb
美うつくしい
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
I-adjective
機き
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
Noun
恐おそれる
to fear; to be afraid of
Ichidan verb
二に度どと
never again
Adverb
おばあさん
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Noun
暮くらす
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along; to get by; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to do daily; to do all day long; to continue doing
Godan verb
世せ話わ
care; looking after; help; assistance; aid; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation; introduction; …
Noun
兵へい士し
soldier
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
つれる
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
Ichidan verb
隠かくれる
to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight; to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world); to be unknown (e.g. of a talent); …
Ichidan verb
二に
two; 2
Numeric
夜よる
night; evening; dinner
Noun
やがて
before long; soon; shortly; almost; nearly; finally; in the end; eventually
Adverb
戻もどる
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back
Godan verb
木この葉は
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
Expression
隠かくす
to hide; to conceal
Godan verb
じっと
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically; firmly (e.g. hold); restrained
Adverb
立たてる
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to set up; to erect; to raise; to turn up; to plant; to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into; …
Ichidan verb
そっと
softly; gently; quietly; lightly; stealthily; secretly; in secret; to leave alone; to leave as it is
Adverb
サッカー
soccer; (association) football
Noun
男おとこの子こ
boy; son; baby boy; young man
Expression
見みつめる
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
Ichidan verb
チーム
team
Noun
参さん加か
participation; joining; entry
Noun
そこで
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
Conjunction
練れん習しゅう
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
Noun
コーチ
coach; coaching; training
Noun
腰こし
lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
Noun
当あてる
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer); …
Ichidan verb
ネット
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
Noun
ボール
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone)
Noun
がっかり
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to be discouraged; to be disheartened; to lose heart; to feel let down; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
Suru verb
次つぎ
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Noun
大たい会かい
mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering; tournament; competition; contest; meet; …
Noun
開ひらく
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; …
Godan verb
選せん手しゅ
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
Noun
病びょう気き
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness; bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
Noun
試し合あい
match; game; bout; contest
Noun
困こまる
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed; to be badly off; …
Godan verb
元もと
origin; source; beginning; basis; base; foundation; root; cause; (raw) material; ingredient; …
Noun
駆かけ寄よる
to run up to; to rush over
Godan verb
出だす
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); …
Godan verb
どう
how; in what way; how about
Adverb
悩なやむ
to be worried; to be troubled
Godan verb
結けっ局きょく
after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
Adverb
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
決けっ心しん
determination; resolution
Noun
厳きびしい
severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; hard (to do); difficult; tricky; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather); …
I-adjective
ハーフタイム
half time; halftime
Noun
ゴール
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; winning post; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race); goal; objective
Noun
決きめる
to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; …
Ichidan verb
後こう半はん
second half; latter half
Noun
独ひとり
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself; alone; just; only; simply
Noun
パス
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
Noun
ポスト
postbox; mailbox; mail box; pillar box; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
Noun
素す早ばやい
quick; swift; nimble; agile; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
I-adjective
運はこぶ
to carry; to transport; to move; to convey; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to carry out; to proceed with; to arrange; …
Godan verb