Umibe no Kafka – Vocabulary list

入いり混まじる

to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

1

警けい告こく

warning; advice

1

装そう備び

equipment

1

なしで

without

1

引ひきかえす

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

5

軍ぐん隊たい

armed forces; military; troops

1

戦せん

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

たちはだかる

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

隅すみっこ

corner; nook; recess

1

視し界かい

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

4

さわさわ

rustling; refreshing; clearly

1

不ふ穏おん

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

1

もさっと

absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined

1

身みを隠かくす

to hide oneself

3

円えん形けい

round shape; circle; circular form

1

区く切ぎる

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

フイルム

film

1

溶とける

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

3

不ふ規き則そく

irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

1

念ねんじる

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

2

願ねがい

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

却きゃっ下か

rejection; dismissal

1

悩なやます

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

4

手てつかず

untouched; unused; intact

1

分ぶん岐き点てん

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

1

渇かわき

thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

2

膜まく

membrane; film

1

街がい灯とう

street light

1

背せ中なかを向むける

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

2

足あしの裏うら

sole of foot

1

うなじ

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

声こえにならない

soundless; mute

2

ダイアル

dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)

1

引ひき寄よせる

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

2

画が用よう紙し

drawing paper

1

平ひらたい

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

1

木も綿めん

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

4

露ろ出しゅつ

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

2

誘さそいかける

to invite

1

後あと押おし

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

ゼリー

jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly

1

状じょう

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

胎たい動どう

quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)

1

むきだす

to show; to bare (the teeth)

4

突とつ然ぜん目め

somewhat sudden

1

諭さとす

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

2

好すき勝かっ手て

doing whatever one pleases

2

振ふりまわす

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

重おも荷に

load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

2

思おも惑わく

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

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Vocabulary list: Umibe no Kafka