Vocabulary list: Umibe no Kafka - Volume 1

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beach; seashore; seaside; coast
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Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
6015
overload
41
うえ
Top 200
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
113
Murakami Haruki (1949-)
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カラス
Top 10300
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
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Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
1663
Top 200
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
56
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
60
それで
Top 1600
and; thereupon; because of that
15
かね
Top 1000
money
34
こと
Top 100
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
5013
to be able to manage somehow or another
8
んだ
Top 100
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
486
Top 100
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
293
Top 100
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
727
いくぶん
Top 22300
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
5
のっそり
Top 21200
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
2
する
Top 100
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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いつも
Top 200
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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しゃべ
Top 2300
to talk; to chat; to chatter
33
かた
Top 400
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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Top 100
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
671
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
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ねむ
Top 4900
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
10
から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
608
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
6
ばかり
Top 200
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
1291
くち
Top 300
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
35
muscle
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Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
2822
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
18
まだ
Top 100
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
107
うま
Top 800
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
57
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
26
とき
Top 200
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
103
ような
Top 100
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
166
でも
Top 100
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
297
それ
Top 100
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
702
そぶり
Top 11800
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
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みたい
Top 500
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
124
もの
Top 600
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
359
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
33
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
2
in the same way as; just like
28
ぼく
Top 500
I; me; you; manservant
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うなず
Top 3100
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
75
how long; how far; how much
10