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

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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から
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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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する
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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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それ
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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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には
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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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でも
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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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です
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be; is
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その
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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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んだ
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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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I; me
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これ
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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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さん
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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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という
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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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しま
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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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honorific/polite/humble prefix
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する
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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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いま
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now; the present time; just now; another; more
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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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にも
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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
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そして
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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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ため
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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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ので
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that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
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たち
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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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なん
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what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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ですか
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indicates question
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ほう
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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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いえ
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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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うえ
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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
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どこ
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where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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