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Yotsuba&! — vocabulary companion
よつばと！
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p. 6
もうすぐsoon, nearly thereadverbもう (already) + すぐ (right away). Of time or distance about to run out.もうすぐだぞーwe're nearly there
〜ぞblunt assertive sentence-endergrammarMasculine and forceful, but warm from a parent to a child. Dad ends almost everything with it — 〜ぞー drawn out is his register throughout.もうすぐだぞーwe're nearly there
すげえamazing, wowi-adjectiveRough spoken すごい. The i→e shift is standard in casual male speech and children copying it.すげぇwow
とーちゃんdadnoun父ちゃん spelled as it sounds. What Yotsuba calls her father, every time.とーちゃんDad
家いえhousenounThe building. うち is the household or one's own home.家がいっぱいloads of houses
いっぱいlots of, fulladverbColloquial for たくさん. Also means 'full' of a container.いっぱいあるなthere are loads
あるto be, to exist (things)verbFor inanimate things. Its animate partner いる appears on the very next page — the pair is worth learning together.家がいっぱいあるthere are lots of houses
〜な~ isn't it (seeking agreement)grammarThe blunt counterpart of 〜ね. Not to be confused with 〜な after a plain verb, which forbids.あるなthere are, aren't there
そーだろーthat's right, isn't itexpressionそうだろう as spoken. Agreeing with a touch of pride.そーだろーthat's right
お店みせshopnounThe お is part of ordinary polite usage here, not honorific weight.お店もあるぞーthere are shops too
ここhere, this placepronounNear the speaker. Pairs with そこ (near you) and あそこ (over there).ここ家がいっぱいloads of houses here
p. 7
人ひとpersonnounRead ひと alone; にん as a counter (二人).人がいっぱいいるthere are loads of people
いるto be, to exist (people, animals)verbThe animate counterpart of ある on the previous page. Same sentence shape, different verb — that choice is the whole point.いっぱいいるthere are loads
きょうtodaynounWritten 今日. An irregular reading — neither kanji is read that way alone.きょうはまつりかis today a festival?
まつりfestivalnounWritten 祭り. Yotsuba's explanation for a crowd of people — she has only ever seen this many at a festival.まつりかa festival?
学校がっこうschoolnounFurigana on the page. Note the small っ from 学 (がく) + 校 (こう).学校だ学校it's a school, a school
そういやcome to think of itexpressionSquashed そういえば. Marks a thought arriving mid-conversation.そういや明日からcome to think of it, from tomorrow
明日あしたtomorrownounあした in speech; あす is the formal reading, みょうにち the very formal one.明日からfrom tomorrow
夏休みなつやすみthe summer holidaysnoun夏 (summer) + 休み (break). The season this whole volume sits in.夏休みだなぁit's the summer holidays
〜なぁ~ isn't it (musing aloud)grammarDrawn-out 〜な, said half to oneself rather than to the listener.夏休みだなぁsummer holidays, eh
p. 8
おねーちゃんbig sister; young womannounお姉ちゃん as heard. A child uses it for any young woman, not only a sibling — the girl here is a stranger.おねーちゃんがthe big girl
手てhandnounFurigana on the page.手えふったwaved her hand
手えてえone's hand (spoken 手を)expressionIn casual speech を after a vowel is dropped and the vowel stretched instead: 手を → 手え. Common in children's and rough male speech; it is not a separate word.手えふったwaved her hand
ふるto waveverbWritten 振る. Of a hand, a flag, or a tail.手をふるto wave a hand
ふれwave! (plain imperative)verbThe plain imperative of ふる. Blunt — between family, or from a child who has not learned to soften anything yet.とーちゃんもふれDad, you wave too
はなすto let go of, to releaseverbWritten 放す. 手がはなせない — 'my hands can't be freed', i.e. I'm busy. Dad is driving.手がはなせないmy hands are tied
俺おれI, me (blunt, male)pronounFurigana on the page. Casual and masculine — below ぼく in formality, well below わたし.俺の分もmy share as well
分ぶんshare, portion, one's partnoun俺の分 = the bit that would have been mine to do. Also 二人分 on p. 11.俺の分もmy share too
〜てくれdo ~ for me (blunt request)grammarThe imperative of 〜てくれる. A demand rather than a request, softened only by who is speaking to whom.ふってくれwave for me
あんまりtoo much, overlyadverbSpoken あまり. With a negative it means 'not much'; here, before a warning, it means 'too far'.あんまりのり出すとif you lean out too far
のり出すのりだすto lean outverbWritten 乗り出す. Literally 'ride out' — leaning your body out of a window. Also used figuratively for throwing yourself into something.のり出すと危ないit's dangerous to lean out
危ないあぶないdangerousi-adjectiveFurigana on the page. Said alone, 危ない! is 'look out!'.危ないぞーit's dangerous
〜とif / whenever ~ (natural consequence)grammarPlain form + と for a result that simply follows. Suits warnings: do this, and that happens.のり出すと危ないlean out and it's dangerous
p. 9
ほらlook!, there you goexpressionDirects attention. Stretched to ほーら it is gentler — presenting something to a child.ほーら着いたぞーlook, we're here
着くつくto arriveverbTakes に for the destination. Not to be confused with 付く (to be attached), same reading.着いたぞーwe've arrived
どこwherepronounYotsuba asks where they have arrived, having no idea a destination was involved.どこについたarrived where?
〜ってas for ~ (echoing what was just said)grammarPicks up the other person's word to question it: どこって — 'where, you say?'.どこってwhere, you ask?
そりゃwell, that's...expressionSquashed それは. Opens a reply to something the speaker thinks obvious.そりゃおまえwell, obviously
おまえyou (blunt)pronounWritten お前. Rude to a stranger, ordinary within a family. Here it is filler as much as address.そりゃおまえwell, you know
ジャンボJumbo (a nickname)nounDad's friend, named for his size. Recurs constantly from here on.ジャンボだit's Jumbo
p. 10
ようhey (casual greeting)expressionBetween men who know each other. Not used to a superior.ようhey
うすhey, yo (clipped greeting)expressionWorn down from おっす, itself from おはようございます. About as short as a greeting gets.うすyo
ひさしぶりit's been a whileexpressionWritten 久しぶり. The standard greeting after a long gap; お久しぶりです is the polite form.ひさしぶりだなーlong time no see
p. 11
元気げんきwell, in good spiritsna-adjectiveFurigana on the page. 元気にしてた? = 'have you been keeping well?'.元気にしてたかhave you been well?
やめろstop it!, cut it out!verbPlain imperative of やめる. Yotsuba's protest at having her head rubbed.うあーやめろーaargh, cut it out
まだnot yet, stilladverbAlone with a rising tone it is a whole question: まだ? — 'not yet?'.ヤンダは？まだ？and Yanda? not yet?
あいつthat guy, himpronounBlunt あの人. Dismissive or familiar depending entirely on tone.あいつだめだわhe's hopeless
用ようbusiness, something to attend tonounFurigana on the page. 用が入った = something came up.用が入ったsomething came up
入るはいるto enter; to come up (of plans)verbOf a commitment, 入る means it has landed in your schedule.用が入ったからbecause something came up
こねぇisn't coming (casual 来ない)verbThe ai→ee squash again, as in すげえ: 来ない → こねえ. Rough male speech.こねぇってsays he's not coming
〜って~ he says (reported speech)grammarA second job for 〜って, distinct from the echoing use on p. 9: here it reports what someone else said, replacing と言っていた.こねぇってhe says he's not coming
だめno good, hopelessna-adjectiveWritten 駄目. Of a person, useless; of an action, not allowed.あいつだめだわhe's hopeless
しばらくfor a whileadverbAn unspecified stretch — minutes or years, depending.しばらく見ないうちにwhile I hadn't seen you
〜うちにwhile ~, before ~ endsgrammarWith a negative: 見ないうちに = during the time I wasn't seeing you. The change is noticed only afterwards.見ないうちにwhile I wasn't looking
大きいおおきいbigi-adjectiveFurigana on the page. 大きくなった = has got bigger — what adults say to children, which is why Yotsuba saying it to an adult is the joke.また大きくなったyou've grown again
またagainadverbWritten 又. Also 'also' in written registers.また大きくなったbigger again
おぼえるto learn, to pick upverbWritten 覚える. Covers both memorising and picking something up by ear — which is what Jumbo is asking about.どこでおぼえたwhere did you pick that up?
セリフa line, a turn of phrasenounWritten 台詞. An actor's line, or a phrase someone is clearly repeating from elsewhere.そのセリフthat line
二人分ふたりぶんtwo people's worthnounFurigana on the page. 〜分 attaches to a count to mean 'that much of it' — 一日分, 三人分.ジャンボが二人分Jumbo does two people's worth
働くはたらくto workverbFurigana on the page. 働く is doing labour; 仕事をする is having a job to do.俺は働かないI'm not working
〜しand besides, what's moregrammarStacks reasons, and implies there are others left unsaid.働くしなand he'll work, after all
そんな事はないそんなことはないthat's not soexpressionA flat denial of what was just claimed. Also the modest reply to a compliment.そんな事はないthat's not true
えらいadmirable, good of youi-adjectiveWritten 偉い. Standard praise to a child who has done something right.えらいぞよつばgood girl, Yotsuba
まぁいいかoh well, never mindexpressionLetting a small objection go. まぁ softens, いいか accepts.まぁいいかah well
p. 12
おくto put, to set downverbWritten 置く. Also the auxiliary in 〜ておく, doing something in advance.そこおいといてleave it there
〜といてgo ahead and ~ / leave it ~grammarSquashed 〜ておいて. Doing something now and leaving it done — おいといて is 置いておいて, which is why it looks like a stutter.おいといていいぞーyou can leave it there
そこthere (near you)pronounThe middle term between ここ (p. 6) and あそこ.そこおいといてput it there
本ほんbooknounWritten on the side of a packing box — 本 marks what's inside.本books
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