Tazaki Tsukuru p.20-21. A Japanese-English vocabulary of Haruki Murakami's latest novel.

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差し出す [さしだす: SASHIDASU]  to present, to submit, to tender, to hold out.
掌 [てのひら: TENOHIRA]  palm (of one's hand).
[ほどける: HODOKERU]  to come untied, to come apart.
求心的 [きゅうしんてき: KYUUSHINTEKI]  (1) introverted, introspective, self-examining, (2) (physics) centripetal
乱れ [みだれ: MIDARE]  disorder, disturbance, unrest.
調和 [ちょうわ: CHOUWA]  harmony.
共同体 [きょうどうたい: KYOUDOUTAI]  cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community.
維持 [いじ: IJI]  maintenance, preservation, improvement.
純粋 [じゅんすい: JUNSUI]  pure, true, genuine, unmixed.
首を傾げる [くびをかしげる: KUBIWOKASHIGERU]  to incline one's head to the side (in doubt), to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion), to be puzzled


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[そもそも: SOMOSOMO]  (conj) (uk) in the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally
存続 [そんぞく: SONZOKU]  duration, continuance.
硬い [かたい: KATAI]  (1) hard, solid, tough, (2) stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), (3) strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), (4) safe, steady, honest, steadfast, (5) obstinate, stubborn, (6) bookish, formal, stuffy.
護る [まもる: MAMORU]  (1) to protect, to guard, to defend, (2) to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
[たまたま: TAMATAMA]  casually, unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance.
再現 [さいげん: SAIGEN]  reappearance, reproduction, return, revival.
点検 [てんけん: TENKEN]  inspection, examination, checking.
混合 [こんごう: KONGOU]  (1) mixing, mixture, meld, (2) miscegenation.

Tazaki Tsukuru p.18-19. A Japanese-English vocabulary of Haruki Murakami's latest novel.

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頬骨 [ほおぼね: HOOBONE]  cheekbones
突き出す [つきだす: TSUKIDASU]  (1) to push out, to project, to stick out
[いかにも: IKANIMO]  (uk) indeed, really, phrase indicating agreement.
強情 [ごうじょう: GOUJOU]  obstinacy, stubbornness.
尖る [とがる: TOGARU]  (1) to taper to a point, to become sharp
臆する [おくする: OKUSURU]  to be hesitant, to feel timid
一対 [いっつい: ITTSUI]  pair, couple
瞳 [ひとみ: HITOMI]  (1) pupil (of eye), (n) (2) eye.
繊細 [せんさい: SENSAI]  delicate, dainty, fine, slim, sensitive, subtle.
覆う [おおう: OOU]  to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise.
ふとした  impulsive, unexpected, accidental, casual, inadvertent, on a whim
加減 [かげん: KAGEN]  (1) addition and subtraction, (2) allowance for, (3) degree, extent, measure, (4) condition, state of health, (5) seasoning, flavor, flavour, moderation, adjustment, (6) influence (of the weather), (7) chance.
露出 [ろしゅつ: ROSHUTSU]  (1) exposure, disclosure
作動 [さどう: SADOU]  operation, functioning, running.
物質 [ぶっしつ: BUSSHITSU]  material, substance.
分泌 [ぶんぴ: BUNPI]  secretion.
延びる [のびる: NOBIRU]  (1) to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to spread, (2) to make progress, to grow (beard, body height), (3) to grow stale (soba), (4) to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed, (5) to be exhausted, (6) to be postponed, to be prolonged.
匿名 [とくめい: TOKUMEI]  anonymity, anonym, pseudonym, assumed name.
感触 [かんしょく: KANSHOKU]  feel (i.e. tactile sensation), touch, feeling, sensation, texture (e.g. food, cloth).
心身 [しんしん: SHINSHIN]  mind and body.
緩む [ゆるむ: YURUMU]  (1) to become loose, to slacken (e.g. rope), (2) to become less tense, to relax, to let one's guard down, (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision), to become lax, (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression), (of ice) to partially melt, (5) to decrease (e.g. speed), (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly.
締めつける [しめつける: SHIMETSUKERU]  to tighten, to press hard

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少なからぬ [すくなからぬ: SUKUNAKARANU]  (exp) not a little (few)
対価 [たいか: TAIKA]  compensation, equivalent value, a consideration.
容易 [ようい: YOUI]  easy, simple, plain.
控え目 [ひかえめ: HIKAEME]  moderate, reserved, conservative, humble, mild-mannered, self-effacing, unassuming, well-behaved, low-key, temperate, in small quantities
[こだわる: KODAWARU]  (1) (uk) to fuss over, to be particular about, (2) to be obsessive, to be fixated
着こなし [きこなし: KIKONASHI]  dressing well
鑑賞 [かんしょう: KANSHOU]  appreciation (e.g. of art), aesthetic sense.
脱ぐ [ぬぐ: NUGU]  to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.), to undress.
充実した [じゅうじつした: JUUJITSUSHITA]  full, complete, replete with, substantial (meal), solid (reading), productive (day)

Tazaki Tsukuru p.16-17. A Japanese-English vocabulary of Haruki Murakami's latest novel.

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滋養 [じよう: JIYOU]  nourishment.
糧 [かて: KATE]  food, provisions
取り置き [とりおき: TORIOKI]  reserving, storing, setting aside, laying away
非常用 [ひじょうよう: HIJOUYOU]  for emergency use
熱源 [ねつげん: NETSUGEN]  heat source
蓄える [たくわえる: TAKUWAERU]  (1) to store, to lay in stock
こぼれ落ちる [こぼれおちる: KOBOREOCHIRU]  to spill over and fall, to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
弾き出す [はじきだす: HAJIKIDASU]  to shoot (marbles), to calculate, to spring out, to force out
取り残す [とりのこす: TORINOKOSU]  to leave behind.
怯え [おびえ: OBIE]  (uk) being startled, surprised or afraid, panic, trepidation
不吉 [ふきつ: FUKITSU]  ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen, inauspiciousness.
引き潮 [ひきしお: HIKISHIO]  ebb tide
海面 [かいめん: KAIMEN]  sea level, (surface of) sea.
頭を擡げる [あたまをもたげる: ATAMAWOMOTAGERU]  to raise one's head, to come to the fore, to rise into importance, to gain strength, to rear its head
[いくぶん: IKUBUN]  (1) somewhat, to some extent, to some degree
用心深い [ようじんぶかい: YOUJINBUKAI]  wary, watchful.
工科 [こうか: KOUKA]  engineering course.
一貫 [いっかん: IKKAN]  (1) consistency, coherence, integration
面白がる [おもしろがる: OMOSHIROGARU]  to amuse oneself, to be amused, to enjoy, to think fun
ものの  (prt) but, although.
否定的 [ひていてき: HITEITEKI]  negative, contradictory
響き [ひびき: HIBIKI]  (1) echo, reverberation, (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise, (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell), feeling of a sound.
天職 [てんしょく: TENSHOKU]  (1) vocation, lifework, calling, (2) sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)


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恵比寿 [えびす: EBISU]  Ebisu
外れ [はずれ: HAZURE]  (1) end, verge, extremity, tip, outskirts
空腹 [くうふく: KUUFUKU]  hunger.
異議 [いぎ: IGI]  objection, dissent, protest.
大手 [おおて: OOTE]  (1) major company, big company
駅舎 [えきしゃ: EKISHA]  station building
部署 [ぶしょ: BUSHO]  one's duty post, one's duty station.
微妙 [びみょう: BIMYOU]  (1) delicate, subtle, sensitive, (2) difficult, delicate (situation), complicated, (3) doubtful, questionable, dicey.
段階 [だんかい: DANKAI]  grade, level, stage, class, phase
更に [さらに: SARANI]  (uk) furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more.
標準的 [ひょうじゅんてき: HYOUJUNTEKI]  (comp) standard, standardized

Tazaki Tsukuru p.15. A Japanese-English vocabulary of Haruki Murakami's latest novel.

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戸惑い [とまどい: TOMADOI]  being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment.
微妙 [びみょう: BIMYOU]  (1) delicate, subtle, sensitive
加える [くわえる: KUWAERU]  to append, to sum up, to add (up), to include, to increase, to inflict.
心置きなく [こころおきなく: KOKOROOKINAKU]  freely, frankly, without reserve
[たまたま: TAMATAMA]  casually, unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance.
思い至る [おもいいたる: OMOIITARU]  to realize, to realise, to hit upon something
追求 [ついきゅう: TSUIKYUU]  (1) pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search, (vs) (2) to pursue (e.g. goal), to seek.
単位 [たんい: TAN'I]  (1) unit, denomination, (2) credit (in school).
物質 [ぶっしつ: BUSSHITSU]  material, substance.
計量 [けいりょう: KEIRYOU]  (1) measurement, computation, (2) (math) metric, measure.
針 [はり: HARI]  (1) needle, pin, (2) hook, (3) stinger, thorn, (4) hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, (5) staple (for a stapler), (6) needlework, sewing, (7) malice, (ctr,n-suf) (8) counter for stitches.
正五角形 [せいごかくけい: SEIGOKAKUKEI]  regular pentagon, equilateral pentagon
等しい [ひとしい: HITOSHII]  equal, similar, like, equivalent.
五辺形 [ごへんけい: GOHENKEI]  pentagon
成立 [せいりつ: SEIRITSU]  (1) coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion, (vs) (2) to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true).
組み込む [くみこむ: KUMIKOMU]  to insert, to include, to cut in (printing).
誇らしい [ほこらしい: HOKORASHII]  proud, haughty, arrogant, splendid, magnificent
思春期 [ししゅんき: SHISHUNKI]  puberty.

Tazaki Tsukuru p.13-14. A Japanese-English vocabulary of Haruki Murakami's latest novel.

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欠かす [かかす: KAKASU]  to miss (doing), to fail (to do).
ものの  (prt) but, although.
及第点 [きゅうだいてん: KYUUDAITEN]  passing mark
塾 [じゅく: JUKU]  coaching school, cramming school, juku.
整った [ととのった: TOTONOTTA]  well-ordered, in good order, well-featured, well-regulated.
[とりたてて: TORITATETE]  (exp) in particular, worth mentioning
破綻 [はたん: HATAN]  failure, bankruptcy.
救う [すくう: SUKUU]  to rescue from, to help out of, to save.
[がたい: GATAI]  (aux-adj) difficult, hard
特技 [とくぎ: TOKUGI]  special skill.
口が重い [くちがおもい: KUCHIGAOMOI]  incommunicative, taciturn
社交 [しゃこう: SHAKOU]  social life, social intercourse.
[あえて: AETE]  (uk) dare (to do something), venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure), take upon oneself, challenge, presume, (there is no) need to, (don't) go as far as, definitely (not).
裕福 [ゆうふく: YUUFUKU]  affluence, prosperity.
叔母 [おば: OBA]  aunt.
地味 [じみ: JIMI]  plain, simple, subdued, sober.
先ず先ず [まずまず: MAZUMAZU]  tolerable, passable, adequate, so-so
誇る [ほこる: HOKORU]  to boast of, to be proud of.
中庸 [ちゅうよう: CHUUYOU]  (1) middle way, (golden) mean, moderation, middle path, (2) the Doctrine of the Mean - one of the Four Books.
希薄 [きはく: KIHAKU]  (1) thin (e.g. air), diluted, sparse, lean, weak, rarified, rarefied, (2) lacking (e.g. empathy), deficient, insufficient (e.g. zeal).


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物心ついて以来 [ものごころついていらい: MONOGOKOROTSUITEIRAI]  (exp) for as long as one can remember
一貫して [いっかんして: IKKANSHITE]  (exp) consistently
実用 [じつよう: JITSUYOU]  practical use, utility.
一筋 [ひとすじ: HITOSUJI]  (1) one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light), (2) a single bloodline, (adj-na) (3) earnest, resolute, intent, devoted, (4) ordinary, common.
貨物 [かもつ: KAMOTSU]  (1) cargo, freight
集積 [しゅうせき: SHUUSEKI]  accumulation.
惹きつける [ひきつける: HIKITSUKERU]  (1) to fascinate, to attract, to charm
模型 [もけい: MOKEI]  model, dummy, maquette.
夢中 [むちゅう: MUCHUU]  daze, (in a) trance, ecstasy, delirium, engrossment, within a (deep) dream.
精巧 [せいこう: SEIKOU]  elaborate, delicate, exquisite.
趣向を凝らす [しゅこうをこらす: SHUKOUWOKORASU]  to elaborate a plan, to think up something clever for variety's sake
ジオラマ  [ JIORAMA] diorama
添え物 [そえもの: SOEMONO]  addition, supplement
通過 [つうか: TSUUKA]  (1) passage through (e.g. train skipping a station), transit,
きびきび  (on-mim) brisk, lively, energetic
興奮 [こうふん: KOUFUN]  excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal.
震え出す [ふるえだす: FURUEDASU]  to begin to tremble
筋道 [すじみち: SUJIMICHI]  reason, logic, thread, method, system.
[おち: OCHI]  (1) slip, omission, (2) outcome, final result, the end, (3) (uk) punch line (of a joke).
ひょっとして  (exp) by any chance, (should) it happen (that).
[まとも: MATOMO]  (1) (uk) the front, (2) honesty, uprightness, directness, (3) decency, normality
志向 [しこう: SHIKOU]  intention, aim, preference (for).
矛盾 [むじゅん: MUJUN]  contradiction, inconsistency.