Vocabulary list: The Ant and the Grasshopper アリとキリギリス - 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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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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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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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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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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には
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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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です
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be; is
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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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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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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ここ
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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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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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なに
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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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そして
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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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たち
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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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とき
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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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いえ
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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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よく
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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
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together (with); at the same time; in a lump
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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
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あげ
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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
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つぎ
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next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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to walk
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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
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to answer; to reply
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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
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なぜ
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why; how
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ために
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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
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a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
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ぼく
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I; me; you; manservant
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please (give me); please (do for me)
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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
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thank you; thanks
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