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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 701–800
鉄てつ
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway
Noun
道どう具ぐ
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; means; furniture
Noun
方ほう法ほう
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure
Noun
神かみ
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
Noun
世せ界かい
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; world-renowned; world-famous; realm governed by one Buddha; space
Noun
全すべて
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
Noun
安あん全ぜん
safety; security
Noun
壺つぼ
pot; jar; vase; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants; the mark; key point (of a conversation, etc.); …
Noun
しまう
to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up; to put away; …
Godan verb
度たび
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
Noun
学まなぶ
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
Godan verb
楽たのしむ
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to have fun; to amuse oneself
Godan verb
強ごう欲よく
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
Na-adjective
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
そうしたら
then; and (then); in that case; if so
Conjunction
独ひとり占じめ
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
Noun
紐ひも
string; cord; leash; restrictions; conditions; mantle (shellfish, etc.); small intestine (beef, pork); oviduct meat (chicken)
Noun
お腹なか
belly; abdomen; stomach
Noun
巻まく
to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf); to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt; to link (verse); to move ahead (three hours, etc.); …
Godan verb
登のぼる
to ascend; to go up; to climb
Godan verb
膝ひざ
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
Noun
跳はねる
to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to splash up; to burst; …
Ichidan verb
難むずかしい
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; …
I-adjective
若わかい
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
I-adjective
立たつ
to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); …
Godan verb
代かわり
substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; …
Noun
背せ中なか
back (of the body)
Noun
結むすぶ
to tie; to bind; to link; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips); …
Godan verb
方ほう
direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.); indicates one side of a comparison; …
Noun
噛かむ
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to masticate; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to stutter; to stammer; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore); …
Godan verb
結むすびつける
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to join; to bind; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together; to combine; to associate
Ichidan verb
本ほん当とうに
really; truly
Adverb
簡かん単たん
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
Na-adjective
着つく
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
Godan verb
止とまる
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on
Godan verb
考かんがえる
to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on); to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration; …
Ichidan verb
はず
purging croton (Croton tiglium)
Noun
賢かしこい
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
I-adjective
放ほうる
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished
Godan verb
投なげる
to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast; to give up; to abandon; to throw away; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
Ichidan verb
壊こわれる
to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be damaged; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.); …
Ichidan verb
地じ面めん
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
Noun
バラバラ
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling
Na-adjective
割われる
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light; to become clear; …
Ichidan verb
自じ由ゆう
freedom; liberty
Noun
共きょう有ゆう
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
Noun
そう
in that way; thus; such; so; the same; that's the case; so?
Adverb
農のう業ぎょう
agriculture; farming
Noun
作つくり方かた
style of building; construction; workmanship; way of making; recipe; how to grow (something)
Noun
鉄てつ製せい
made of iron
No-adjective
その他た
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; other than that; and other ...; and so forth; and the like; and what have you; et cetera
Expression
三さん
three; 3
Numeric
髪かみの毛け
hair (on the head); (a) hair
Expression
集あつめ
collecting; assembling
Noun
暑あつい
hot; warm; sultry; heated; passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.); on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; …
I-adjective
泳およぎ
swimming
Noun
水みず遊あそび
playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water
Noun
突とつ然ぜん
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
No-adjective
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
時じ間かん
time; hour; period; class; lesson
Noun
気きがつく
to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense; to suspect; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be observant; …
Expression
急いそぐ
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
Godan verb
首くび
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking
Noun
元もと
origin; source; beginning; basis; base; foundation; root; cause; (raw) material; ingredient; …
Noun
ネックレス
necklace
Noun
見みつける
to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
Ichidan verb
夜よ道みち
street at night; making a night journey
Noun
迷まよう
to lose one's way; to get lost; to go astray; to waver; to hesitate; to vacillate; to be of two minds (about); to be unable to make up one's mind; to not know what to do; to be at a loss; …
Godan verb
遠とおく
far away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar; long ago; far back; far (into the future); by far
Noun
小こ屋や
hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth
Noun
扉とびら
door; gate; opening; title page
Noun
叩たたく
to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; …
Godan verb
驚おどろく
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
Godan verb
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
欲ほしい
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
I-adjective
大だい
large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; prominent; …
Prefix
噛かみ付つく
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
Godan verb
ご飯はん
cooked rice; meal
Noun
答こたえる
to answer; to reply
Ichidan verb
すると
(and) then; and; thereupon; whereupon; in that case; then; so
Conjunction
俺おれ
I; me
Pronoun
整ととのえる
to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to fix; to straighten; to get ready; to prepare; to supply; to assemble; to buy; …
Ichidan verb
千せん
thousand; 1,000
Numeric
今日きょう
today; this day
Noun
前まえ
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front; frontal part; …
Noun
抜ぬく
to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed; to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip; to do to the end; …
Godan verb
囲かこい
enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle; strong defensive position
Noun
できるだけ
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
Expression
早はやい
fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt; early; soon; earlier than usual; …
I-adjective
騙だます
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to swindle; to dupe; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe; to calm
Godan verb
棒ぼう
pole; rod; stick; baton; line; dash
Noun
振ふり
swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag; appearance; behaviour; behavior; pretence; pretense; …
Noun
返かえる
to return; to come back; to go back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
Godan verb
走はしり
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start
Noun
去さる
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off; to divorce; to (do) completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")
Godan verb
以い来らい
since; henceforth; ever since
Suffix
現あらわれる
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
Ichidan verb
種たね
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach); progeny; offspring; issue; breed; paternal blood; lineage; …
Noun