| Term | Definition |
|---|
| びっくりする | to be surprised |
| よろこぶ | to be delighted |
| 切る | to cut |
| かわいい | cute |
| 生まれる | to be born |
| なる | to become |
| むら | village |
| しま | island |
| おに | demon |
| と言う | to say (someone says) |
| と思う | to think (someone thinks) |
| とうじょうじんぶつ | characters who appear in the story |
| はいけい | background |
| ないよう | content |
| 大切 | precious |
| ぬすむ | to steal |
| こまる | to be in trouble |
| たたかう | to fight |
| かえしてもらう | to ask to return |
| あぶない | dangerous |
| やめる | to stop |
| だいじょうぶ | it's okay |
| はしって行く | to run there |
| あるいて行く | to walk there |
| はしって帰る | to run back |
| あるいて帰る | to walk back |
| はしって来る | to run here |
| と聞く | to hear, to ask |
| とこたえる | to answer |
| つかれる | to be tired |
| 着く | to arrive |
| わたる | to cross |
| 乗る | to ride |
| 見て来る | to come see |
| とんで行く | to fly there |
| 帰って来る | to come back |
| 入って行く | to go into |
| こえ | voice |
| かたな | sword |
| かえす | to return |
| じこしょうかい | self introduction |
| けいけん | experience |
| 日本文化 | Japanese culture |
| でんとう文化 | traditional culture |
| まち | town |
| まつり | festival |
| 留学生 | exchange student |
| 留学する | study abroad |
| ユニーク | unique |
| かんがえる | to think, to consider |
| 意見 | opinion |
| そつぎょうする | to graduate |
| かんけい | related to |
| やめる | to quit |
| きょうみ | interest |
| 特に | especially |
| しょうらい | future |
| しょうかいする | to introduce |
| について | about (a topic) |
| 漫画 | manga |
| 描く | to draw |
| さいきん | recently |
| 手に入る | to obtain |
| ちがう | to differ |
| ねんれい | age |
| こどもむき | for children |
| 少年 | young boy |
| 少女 | young girl |
| 大人 | adult |
| れんあい | romance |
| すらすらと | smoothly |
| じゅうよう | important |
| なく | to cry |
| わらう | to laugh |
| けんかする | to fight |
| おこる | to be angry |
| うれしい | happy |
| 江戸時代 | Edo period |
| 画家 | artist |
| うきよえ | woodblock print |
| しぜん | nature |
| よぶ | to be called |
| ことば | words |
| はじまり | beginning |
| あらわす | to express |
| にこにこ | grinning |
| ぺらぺら | excessively talkative |
| ワッハッハ | laughing loudly |
| シクシク | crying quietly |
| げらげら | laughing loudly |
| 昔々 | a long time ago |
| いじわる | mean |
| しあわせ | happiness |
| しあわせになる | to become happy |
| おむすび | rice ball |
| いっしょうけんめい | very hard |
| がんばる | do one's best |
| つかまえる | to catch |
| あやまる | to apologize |
| ゆるす | to forgive |
| おどろく | to be surprised |
| 聞こえて来る | can hear, be audible |
| がっかりする | to be disappointed |
| おどる | to dance |
| たすける | to help |
| さがす | to search |
| たずねる | to ask |
| うそをつく | to tell a lie |
| 着物 | traditional clothing |
| ちょんまげ | male Edo hairstyle |
| まるまげ | female Edo hairstyle |
| げた | wooden sandal |
| ぞうり | sandal |
| かたな | sword |
| さむらい | samurai |
| ぶし | warrior |
| ひゃくしょう | farmer |
| しょくにん | craftsman |
| しょうにん | merchant |
| はかま | male's formal divided skirt |
| はおり | Japanese formal coat |
| くし | comb |
| かんざし | hairpin |
| たび | journey |
| 士農工商 | hierarchy in Edo society |
| 読み書き | reading and writing |
| はいく | haiku |
| かぶき | Japanese classical drama |
| うきよえ | woodblock print |
| あつめる | to collect |
| あらそい | dispute, conflict |
| ゆたか | abundant, wealthy |
| へいわ | peace |
| あんぜん | safety |
| えらい | great, powerful |
| まずしい | poor |
| びんぼう | poor |
| やくしゃ | actor |
| はで | showy, flashy |
| ごうか | extravagant |
| いしょう | clothing |
| けしょう | make up |
| えんじる | to perform |
| はんが | woodblock print |
| ほくさい | Hokusai |
| ひろしげ | Hiroshige |
| かざる | to decorate |
| はなび | fireworks |
| し | poem |
| せいかつ | lifestyle |
| まつおばしょう | Matsuo Basho (haiku writer) |
| ぶしどう | Bushido, "way of the samurai" |
| しんじる | to believe |
| しゅうきょう | religion |
| ぶっきょう | Buddhism |
| しんとう | Shinto |
| キリストきょう | Christianity |
| とくがわいえやす | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| しょうぐん | general |
| 大名 | lord |
| くらす | to live |
| しろ | castle |
| つま | wife |
| とうかいどう | Edo-Osaka highway |
| ちほう | region |
| 長屋 | tenement, row house |
| 寺子屋 | temple elementary school |
| お寺まいり | temple visit |
| しゅくば | inn town |
| ねんぐ | tax |
| おさめる | to pay (due, fee) |
| さんきんこうたい | a lord's alternating residence in Edo |
| さこく | national isolation |
| おわる | to end |
| はじまる | to begin |
| やって来る | to come around, to turn up |
| くろぶね | black ship |
| ぼうえき | foreign trade |
| 港 | port |
| せいようぶんか | Western civilization |
| てんのう | emperor |
| 十代 | 10's |
| 二十代 | 20's |
| けしき | scenery |
| カップル | couples |
| 外国人 | foreigner |
| てんぼうだい | observatory |
| おみやげ | gift |
| 乗りかえる | to transfer |
| おりる | to get off |
| 行き方 | how to get there |
| 食べ方 | how to eat |
| はじめる | to begin |
| はじまる | to begin (intransitive) |
| あける | to open |
| あく | to open (intransitive) |
| しめる | to close |
| しまる | to close (intransitive) |
| けす | to turn off |
| きえる | to turn off (intransitive) |
| つける | to turn on |
| つく | to turn on (intransitive) |
| いれる | to put in |
| はいる | to go inside (intransitive) |
| こわす | to break |
| こわれる | to break (intransitive) |
| えいぎょう時間 | business hour |
| ていきゅうび | a regular day off (for business) |
| きゅうぎょうび | a regular day off (operation) |
| りょうきん | fee |
| うんちん | fare |
| いただく | to give (to me) - polite |
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