Vocabulary list: Momotaro(Japanese folktale) 桃太郎 - Beginner Japanese 日本語初級

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おしまい
Top 2900
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
1
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
1
たち
Top 200
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
1
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
1
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
1
Top 1100
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
1
にも
Top 100
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
1
とり
Top 1800
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
1
キジ
Top 46500
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
4
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
1
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
1
あげ
Top 200
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
2
さる
Top 5100
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
5
つぎ
Top 7700
next; then; after that
1
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
5
I; me
3
くださ
Top 1000
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
3
その
Top 100
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
3
ですか
Top 200
indicates question
3
なん
Top 200
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
3
それ
Top 100
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
3
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
3
んだ
Top 100
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
6
どこ
Top 200
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
3
さん
Top 100
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
4
Top 100
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
3
Top 200
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
4
いぬ
Top 1500
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
5
to walk
3
departure
1
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
1
thank you; thanks
2
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
2
どうぞ
Top 800
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
1
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
10
ため
Top 100
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
2
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
2
Top 100
honorific/polite/humble prefix
2
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
1
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
4
たお
Top 1400
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
5
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
2
そして
Top 100
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
4
ぼく
Top 500
I; me; you; manservant
2
そうだ
Top 500
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
1
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
1
みんな
Top 200
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
3
Top 600
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
1
しま
Top 100
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
1
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
2