Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

to shoulder; to bear, to carry (a responsibility, duty, etc.); to fill up (intransitive); to be choked up, to be stifled (with tears, emotions, etc.); to be blocked, to be clogged; contraction of 메우다 (me'uda, “to fit; to yoke, to put a yoke (on)”)

Verb

주머니

pouch, sack, bag; synonym of 호주머니 (hojumeoni, “pocket”); someone with an abundance of something; pouch (of a pouched animal, such as a kangaroo)

Noun

조심스럽다

to be chary, to be careful, to be cautious

Adjective

내려오다

to come down, to descend, to get off

Verb

지키다

to protect, to defend; to watch over; to keep to, to abide by

Verb

길잡이

guidepost; guide (man); guideline, manual

Noun

감사

gratitude; thanks; audit; inspection

Noun

조각

a piece, scrap, slice (of an object); shard, sliver; sculpture; forming a cabinet

Noun

옮기다

to move; to shift; to transfer, to change; to carry out, to execute; to infect (a disease), to transmit (germs); to translate

Verb

바위

rock; boulder

Noun

자리

space, place, site (occupied by something or someone); seat, position, role, job, post, -ship; mat, bed, bedding; constellation

Noun

보상

compensation; reward

Noun

끄다

to extinguish; to douse a fire or light; to turn off the electricity

Verb

화

anger; rage; disaster; misfortune; harmony; peace

Noun

잠시

a moment, short time

Noun

응시

applying for an examination; stare

Noun

하

sound of a sigh

Interjection

공유하다

to share

Verb

주

counter for weeks; counter for trees; counter for stocks

위치

location

Noun

알리다

to inform, to announce, to make known

Verb

맛있다

delicious, tasty, something that tastes good; attractive, appealing, desirable; physically and/or sexually attractive, hot.

Adjective

번

times

따라가다

to follow, to go after

Verb

가장자리

edge, verge, brink

Noun

우산

umbrella

Noun

가시

thorn; sting; fishbone; quill (of a hedgehog or a porcupine); worm, maggot; An acorn of the Chinese evergreen oak (Quercus myrsinifolia)

Noun

휴식

rest; relaxation; break

Noun

취하다

to get drunk, to become intoxicated; to be intoxicated, to be enchanted (by), to be immersed (in); to take up, to acquire

Verb

아

ah; oh

Interjection

신속

speediness; promptness

Noun

보통

averageness, normality, usuality, generality, commonness, ordinariness, regularness

Noun

거리

road, street; a component ceremony of a gut ritual; something suitable or fitting for a purpose (often written without a space, as if it were a suffix); something suitable for a stated duration or a stated number; distance, range

Noun

이유

reason; cause; weaning

Noun

아마도

maybe

Adverb

올라가다

to go up, to rise, to ascend; to go to the capital

Verb

대신

substitution, replacement (with 에 (e), it is often translated as "instead of", "in place of", etc.)

Noun

표범

leopard (Panthera pardus); specifically the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Noun

얼굴

face; visage

Noun

쳐다보다

To look at or glance.

Verb

무례하다

disrespectful, impolite, unmannerly, indecorous, rude, insolent

Adjective

날카롭다

to be sharp, pointed

Adjective

이빨

tooth

Noun

드러내다

to expose; to lay bare; to show; to disclose; to reveal

Verb

레오

Leo

Name

공격하다

to attack

Verb

서두르다

to hurry

Verb

놓치다

to let something slip, to let something go (intentionally); to miss, to lose, to waste (unintentionally)

Verb

무겁다

to be heavy

Adjective

쿵

thump! slam! wham! (the sound of a hard object hitting another)

Interjection

발목

ankle (literally, “the neck of the foot”)

Noun

다리

bridge; leg; arm; someone else; other person

Noun

절다

to be doused, to be drenched; to be salted, to be pickled; to limp, to hobble; to stutter, to get your tongue twisted

Verb

다행히

fortunately; luckily

Adverb

쫓다

to chase, pursue, follow; to drive out, expel

Verb

교훈

lesson, moral, lecture

Noun

존중

respect, esteem

Noun

수확

harvest, crop

Noun

함께하다

to be (with); to share (with); to have ... (with); to do together; to join

Verb

휴가

vacation, holiday

Noun

곱다

beautiful, pretty, lovely, nice; to be soft to the touch; to be innocently kind-hearted; to be sheltered (chiefly adverbial); to be crooked, be hunched, be curved

Adjective

피다

to bloom

Verb

기대하다

to expect; to look forward to

Verb

뵈다

to be seen; to be visible

Verb

호수

lake; number