The Great Chokochoko Library

Subject: Tales & Folklore

Reading Level: JLPT N5

Article No.: 0027

Source: The Brothers Grimm

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Hansel

Gretel

confections, sweets, candy

softly, gently, quietly

roof

magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch

A long time ago...

sugar

to approach, to get near, to get closer

woodcutter, lumberjack

wall

cooking stove, hearth, (kitchen) furnace

poor

great joy

to look into, to peer in

malicious, ill-tempered, unkind

daze, within a (deep) dream

secretly

munch, crunch

bang, sound when slamming something down

slowly, at ease, restful

to thrust away

to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon

to burn

starvation, starving to death

to get tired, to tire, to be worn out

way, method, means

suddenly

to hurry, to rush, to hasten

desertion, leaving behind

to awaken

to run away, to escape from

rmly, tightly

monologue, speaking to oneself

to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up

to connect

to boil, to cook

to cry, to weep, to sob

to search, to look for

to bake, to grill

to be surprised, to be amazed, to be astonished

to live

to request, to beg, to ask

soft (and uffy)

back (of body)

to fall down, to drop

end, verge, outskirts

Source: The Brothers Grimm

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to die