Yotsubato!

Volume One Sentence List

Below are thirty-one sentences from the manga. They're designed to be loaded into Anki for
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Now that you mention it, summer vacation

starts tomorrow.
Now that you
mention it
Tomorrow
From
Summer vacation

[You] can wave for me too, Yotsuba.

I (masculine, casual)
Portion, share
Yotsuba
To wave

11

Jumbo, you've gotten even bigger since I

last saw you!
Jumbo (name)
Little while
To see
Inside, within
* During the time that I did
not see you
Again
Big, large
To become

13

Don't bring something weird.

Weird, strange
Thing
To possess, to have
To come
To bring

14

Well, if [she] gets hungry, [she]'ll probably

come back
Stomach
To diminish
Empty stomach,
hungry
To return, to come home
To come

21

I haven't see that kid around here [before].

This
Vicinity, area
To see
Child

25

Now that I say that, isn't someone new

moving into the empty house next door to

our house?
Now that you
mention it, now that I say that, etc
We, (one's) house
Next door, neighbor
Vacant house
New
Person, people
To come

36

Don't follow (go with) someone you don't

know.
To know
Person, people
To accompany,
to follow
Bad, no good

36

That person may be a bad person.

That
Person, people
Bad, evil
Possibly,
may be, might

37

I remembered an errand.
Errand, task
To remember

48

This is the new house that you'll live in

starting today, Yotsuba.

This
Today
From
Yotsuba
To reside in, to live in
New
House
58

If you meet any of the neighbors, be sure

to properly greet them.
Neighborhood
Person, people
To meet
Properly
Greeting
To do

75

It's bad if you push that when you don't

have a reason (business, task).
That
Business, task
Without
To press, to push
Bad, no good

76

I'd better change this out right away.

This
Quickly
Exchange, switch
To do
Direction, one side of a
comparison
Good

78

Then how about I (big sister) stay and

watch the house with you

Then
Older sister,
an older girl
Together
House-sit, house-watch
To do
To give, to do for someone else

92

Then you'd better go tell her (big sister)

thanks.
Older sister,
an older girl
Expression of gratitude
To say

102

Trying to use the air conditioner as little as

possible
To be able to do
only, just
Air conditioner
To use
To do

112

Isn't this room cool and refreshing?

It's not hot, is it?
This
Room
Very
Cool, refreshing
Don't you agree?
Hot (weather)
Not

120

That child ate my ice cream yesterday.

That
Child
Yesterday
I (gender-neutral, polite)
Ice cream
To eat

121

With this we can measure the width of the

curtain to hang here.

With this
Here
To affix, to fasten
Curtain
Width
To measure

124

It's best if I put on some clothes, right?

I (masculine, casual)
Clothes

To wear
Direction, one side of a
comparison
or Good
138

Being that large, it seems like it must be

hard to find clothes.
So much, so, like that
Big, large
Clothes
To search, to find
Awful, difficult
Seeming that, appearing that

151

That's the first time I've ever seen

someone really hit their head.
Really, truthfully
Head
To hit, to strike
Fellow, guy
First time
To see

169

This time it's a race to the bottom.

This time
Down, below
Until
Race

174

It's damn hot again today.

Today
Again
Damn, shit, etc
Hot (weather)
Note: Putting at the end of a
sentence is a feminine speech pattern.

174

But there's a breeze today, so it's nice.

But
Today
Wind, breeze
To be, to exist (non-living)
So, because
Good

175

But if the window is open, you can hear

the cicadas, and the wind chime ringing,

it's so summer-like and nice.
Window
To open
Cicada
Voice
To be audible
Wind chime, wind bell
To sound
Summer
appropriate for [noun], [noun]-ish
Good

208

Your laundry is out, tell your dad to bring

it inside.
Laundry
To exit, to go out
Father, dad
To put in, to take in
In order to, so that, take care (so as)
To say

210

What work is your father doing?

Father, dad
What
Work
To do

214

It looked like rain, so I brought it in for

you!
Rain
To fall (rain)
Appearing
So, because
To take/bring in
To give, to do for someone else

217

Half of what that guy says is a joke.

That guy
What one says
Half
Joke