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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1682 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900
物もの語がたり
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Noun
東ひがし
east
Noun
アフリカ
Africa
Noun
ケニヤ
Kenya
Noun
山さん
Mt.; Mount; temple
Suffix
斜しゃ面めん
slope; slanting surface; bevel
Noun
仕し事ごと
work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
Noun
大だい好すき
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
Na-adjective
野や菜さい
vegetable
Noun
マチェテ
machete
Noun
山やま刀がたな
woodman's hatchet
Noun
土ど
Saturday; earth; dirt; soil; land; lands; ground; earth (third of the five elements)
Noun
柔やわらかい
soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp; gentle; mild; mellow; light (topic, book, etc.); …
I-adjective
土ど壌じょう
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
Noun
植うえる
to plant; to grow; to raise; to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type); to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.); to inculcate
Ichidan verb
夕ゆう焼やけ
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
Noun
後ご
after
Noun
暗くらい
dark; gloomy; murky; depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood); dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding; …
I-adjective
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
狭せまい
narrow; confined; small; cramped; limited; narrow-minded; confining
I-adjective
小こ路みち
path; lane
Noun
沿そう
to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line); to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to align with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to
Godan verb
いくつ
how many; how old
Adverb
横よこ切ぎる
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
Godan verb
家いえ路じ
the road home
Noun
賢かしこい
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
I-adjective
仕し方かた
way; method; means; resource; course
Noun
それでも
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
Conjunction
頃ころ
(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Noun
兄にいさん
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy; fella; laddie
Noun
ついに
finally; in the end; at last; after all; never (happened)
Adverb
勉べん強きょう
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future); discount; price reduction
Noun
成せい績せき
results; record; grades; marks
Noun
収おさめる
to put (into); to put away (in); to put back (in); to keep (in); to store (in); to restore (to its place); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to publish (in); to capture (on film); …
Ichidan verb
アメリカ
(United States of) America; United States; US; USA; America (land mass); the Americas
Noun
大だい学がく
university; college; the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
Noun
喜よろこぶ
to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do)
Godan verb
植しょく物ぶつ
plant; vegetation
Noun
思おもい出だす
to recall; to remember; to recollect
Godan verb
ケニア
Kenya
Noun
綺き麗れい
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; …
Na-adjective
陰かげ
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; back; the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back; gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness
Noun
いかに
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
Adverb
実じっ感かん
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
Noun
故こ郷きょう
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
Noun
環かん境きょう
environment; surroundings; circumstances
Noun
変かわる
to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
Godan verb
巨きょ大だい
huge; gigantic; enormous
Na-adjective
あたり
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation; touch; bruise (on fruit); atari; …
Noun
面めん
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; …
Noun
広ひろがる
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
Godan verb
できる
to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do); to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable; to come into existence; to form; to appear; …
Ichidan verb
貧まずしい
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
I-adjective
すく
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
Godan verb
良よい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared; …
I-adjective
養やしなう
to support; to maintain; to provide for; to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; …
Godan verb
稼かせぐ
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
Godan verb
自じ信しん
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
Noun
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
手て助だすけ
a help; assistance
Noun
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
再ふたたび
again; once more; a second time
Adverb
流ながれる
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); …
Ichidan verb
教おしえ
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
Noun
中ちゅう
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among; during; while; in (the course of); …
Noun
広ひろまる
to spread; to be propagated
Godan verb
百ひゃく
hundred; 100
Numeric
万まん
10,000; ten thousand; myriad
Numeric
世せ界かい中じゅう
around the world; throughout the world
No-adjective
注ちゅう目もく
notice; attention; observation
Noun
有ゆう名めい
famous; well-known
Na-adjective
賞しょう
prize; award
Noun
授さずける
to grant; to give; to confer; to award; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
Ichidan verb
平へい和わ
peace; harmony
Noun
初はじめて
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
Adverb
もらう
to receive; to take; to accept; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
Godan verb
亡なくなる
to die; to pass away
Godan verb
鶏にわとり
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
Noun
ヤスデ
millipede
Noun
いつも
always; all the time; at all times; never; usual; regular; habitual; customary
Adverb
お互たがい
each other; one another
Noun
競きそい合あう
to compete with; to vie for
Godan verb
どちら
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Pronoun
始はじめる
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish; to start ...; to begin to ...
Ichidan verb
より
than; rather than; instead of; over; above; from; out of; since; at; on (and after); …
Particle
不ふ
un-; non-
Prefix
機き嫌げん
humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits; safety; health; well-being; one's situation; in a good mood; …
Noun
キック
kick
Noun
始はじめ
beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Noun
ゴールキーパー
goalkeeper
Noun
わずか
a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin); only; just; …
Na-adjective
点てん
dot; spot; point; speck; mark; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points; point (in a game); …
Noun
守まもる
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
Godan verb
番ばん
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; rank; standing; position; bout; match; …
Noun
代かわる
to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone); to be exchanged; to change (places with); …
Godan verb
ドリブル
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
Noun
ヘディング
heading (of a document, article, etc.); header (in soccer); heading (the ball); headbutt
Noun
負まける
to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten; to give in (to); to yield; to succumb; to give way; to surrender; to be overcome (with); to be inferior (to); …
Ichidan verb
怒いかり狂くるう
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
Godan verb