絵姿奥さん
絵姿 えすがた portrait
家来 けらい retainer, servant
暮らす くらす to live, to get along, to spend time
Simple short Edo era story.
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1
象のトンキー
芸 げい trick, technique, art
爆弾 ばくだん bomb
Simple short story about the death by starvation of an elephant in Ueno Zoo in WW2.
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1
一休さん
水飴 みずあめ corn syrup
将軍 しょうぐん shogun
縄 なわ straw rope,
棒 ぼう stick, rod, cane
にっこり sweetly (smiling), broadly (grinning)
3 short incidents from the life of the monk 一休さん.
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1
桃太郎
喜ぶ よろこぶ to be delighted, to congratulate
戦う たたかう to make war on
啄く つつく to peck
引っかく ひっかく to scratch
Japanese fable
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1
クリスマス・プレゼント
鎖 くさり chain
櫛 くし comb
短編小説 たんぺんしょうせつ short story
O Henry short story, “The Gift of the Magi”.
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1
富士山
札 さつ paper money
噴火 ふんか eruption
溶岩 ようがん lava
流れ ながれ flow
剣ヶ峰 けんがみね rim of volcano
Essay on Mt. Fuji
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.6
わらしべ長者
藁しべ わらしべ dried rice stalk
長者 ちょうじゃ millionaire
布 ぬの linen, cloth
Fable
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.7
一寸法師
法師 ぼうし Buddhist priest
打出の小槌 うちでのこづち magic mallet
振る ふる to swing, to wave
Fable. Retelling of Tom Thumb?
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.8
トルストイ民話集
民話 みんわ folktale
暮らす くらす to live, to spend time
自殺 じさつ suicide
とうとう finally, in the end
Tolstoy folk story collection. 3 stories from Tolstoy
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.9
日本のお風呂
混浴 こんよく mixed bathing
蒸気 じょうき steam
桶 おけ tub, bucket
Essay on Japanese bathing history and practices
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.11
コン狐
いたずら mischief, prank
井戸 いど well
栗 くり chestnut
茸 きのこ mushroom
鉄砲 てっぽう gun
撃つ うつ to shoot
煙 けむり smoke
A story about a fox
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.13
ソーピーの冬の家
短編 たんぺん short (story, film)
刑務師 けいむしょ prison
O Henry short story. “The Cop and the Anthem”
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.14
一休さん
仏様 ほとけさま a Buddha
経 きょう sutra
端 はし edge, verge
Further tales of the monk Ikkyu
Tadoku reader Level 2 Volume 1.15
This ends the 3 volumes of Level 2 Tadoku readers I have. Overall fairly easy. The couple of unknown words were guessable or defined within the text. The length was short enough to easily
read one a night.
むじな
むじな badger, tanuki
両手 りょうて both hands
隠す かくす to conceal
幽霊滝
麻 あさ flax
幽霊 ゆうれい ghost
驚く おどろく to be surprised
賽銭箱 さいせんばこ offertory box
おんぶ carry on your back (eg baby)
怒る おこる to get angry
小泉 八雲 (Lafcadio Hearne) ghost story.
Tadoku reader Level 3 Volume 1.1
このひとだれ?
Essay about people depicted on Japanese banknotes.
Tadoku reader Level 3 Volume 1.2
Not sure what happened here. Meant to read it over 3 nights, but didn’t really finish it. Grammar and construction stepped up. Subject matter not very compelling. Let’s try again.
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