村上春樹　海辺のカフカ　単語
Murakami Haruki, Kafka by the sea Vocabulary

Interesting places: in 世田谷区 カラスヤマ (烏山?) a graveyard?

Character names:
佐伯	さえき	The proprietor of the library
さくら	さくら	The girl that Tamura Kafka met on the bus, he stayed at her house for one night
田村カフカ	たむらカフカ	The assumed main character
田村浩一	たむらこういち	Kafka's father

p1-10
幾分	いくぶん	somewhat
のっそりとした	のっそりとした	slowly
素振り	そぶり	behavior, attitude, manner, bearing | a look, glance, stare, evil eye
隅	すみ	a corner
唇	くちびる	lips
曲がる	まがる	to turn, to bend
出所	でどころ	the source, origin
回り諄い	まわりくどい	roundabout
切実に	せつじつに	earnestly
拝借	はいしゃく	to borrow (humble)
重み	おもみ	weighty, important
雇う	やとう	to hire, employ
移す	うつす	to move
何はともあれ	なにはともあれ	at any rate
控え目	ひかえめ	modest, reserved, quiet
書斎	しょさい	study (the room)
革	かわ	leather
蜂	はち	bee
文鎮	ぶんちん	paperweight
差す	さす	to put in, pour in
瞼	まぶた	an eyelid
物事	ものごと	things
共有	きょうゆう	joint ownership, sharing
絶える	たえる	to die out, to end
局地	きょくち	local area

summary: We meet our protagonist, a seemingly young man, 15 years old, (not yet graduated high school) who wants to run away from where he is at.  His friend (?), "the boy called crow", gives him some advice, and it seems like our protagonist has paid back a large sum of money.  The money is clearly from him family somehow, possibly obtained by ill-gotten means.  

p10-17
真っ当	まっとう	right-minded, correct
竜巻	たつまき	tornado
風圧	ふうあつ	wind pressure
呑み込む	のみこむ	to swallow
濃い	こい	thick, deep, dark, strong
入れ墨	いれずみ	tattoo
墨	すみ	ink
潜り抜ける	くぐりぬける	to go through, pass through, escape, avoid (the law)
形而上	けいじじょう	metaphysical
剃刀	かみそり	razor
要点	ようてん	the point
お伽話し	おとぎはなし	fairy tale
書斎	しょさい	study (the room)
刃先	はさき	the edge of a blade
折り畳み	おりたたみ	folding
剥ぐ	はぐ	to tear off, to skin (an animal)
ずしりと	ずしりと	heavily
海岸	かいがん	seashore 
分断	ぶんだん	divided
仮面	かめん	mask
ぶかぶか	ぶかぶか	loose, baggy
担ぐ	かつぐ	to bear, to shoulder, to carry
辿り着く	たどりつく	to arrive at after great struggle

summary: He played the "usual game" with the boy called crow, where he imagines a fierce sandstorm that cuts him up.  This sandstorm, like fate, follows him and is unaviodable: it is a part of him.  He must enter it.  The only thing that is sure is that he is not the same person when he comes out as he was as when he went in.  He must become the strongest 15 year old ever.  He left when he turned 15.  He spent a lot of time deciding what to bring.  Took his dad's folding knife, a pic of him and his sister from when they were 3 and 9 at the seashore.  He didn't remember who took the picture, or even ever going to the shore (or anywhere) with his family.  He didn't want his dad to have that picture - his dad destroyed all pictures of his mother.  

p17
機械	きかい	machines (exercise, etc.)
幸運	こううん	good luck, luckily
工房	こうぼう	a studio
歯並び	はならび	teeth (row of), smile (e.g., nice, after braces)
清潔	せいけつ	clean
敬遠	けいえん	to keep at a distance
警戒	けいかい	caution, guard, look out, watch out
不愉快	ふゆかい	unpleasant
怯える	おびえる	to be frightened (at)
貪る	むさぼる	to devour, be greedy for
勧める	すすめる	to advise
吸収	きゅうしゅう	to absorb
海綿	かいめん	a sponge
金属	きんぞく	a metal
起伏	きふく	undulations
抑える	おさえる	to suppress, control
訓練	くんれん	training, drills
蜥蜴	とかげ	a lizard
p21

summary:  Our protagonist trained his body so he would look more like an adult, and paid attention in class, getting good grades.  He went to a school for rich boys.  He made sure not to let anyone get close to him.  The people at the gym even seemed a bit afraid of him.  There were times though that people broke through his wall of isolation.  

潜む	ひそむ	to hide oneself
細胞	さいぼう	cells (biological)
残酷	ざんこく	cruel, cruelty
氾濫	はんらん	a flood
喘ぐ	あえぐ	to pant, gasp
通気口	つうきぐち	ventilation shaft; opening
齧り付く	かじるつく	to cling to
渇く	かわく	to be thirsty
要素	ようそ	an element, a part of
沈黙	ちんもく	silence
増水	ぞうすい	rising water
標識	しょうしき	a sign
洪水	こうずい	a flood
石鹸	せっけん	soap
清潔	せいけつ	clean; cleanness
薄める	うすめる	to make thin; water down
眉	まゆ	eyebrow
抹殺	まっさつ	erasure, denial, obliteration, ignoring (an opinion)
追い払う	おいはらう	to drive away
追放	ついほう	to banish
p23

装置	そうち	a device, a setting
湿る	しめる	to get damp
漂う	ただよう	to go here and there; to drift
息吹	いぶき	breath
よそよそしい	よそよそしい	distant; cold; formal
中立的	ちゅうりつてき	neutral
本土	ほんど	mainland
隔てる	へだてる	shut out; separate
温暖	おんだん	mild
車掌	しゃしょう	conductor
安物	やすもの	cheap
滲む	にじむ	to run (ink); blot
間隔	かんかく	an interval; space
Chapter 2

極秘	ごくひ	top secret
分類	ぶんるい	classification
保管	ほかん	charge; custody; safekeeping
閲覧	えつらん	to inspect; read
一連	いちれん	a series
陸軍	りくぐん	the army
指示	しじ	directions
実施	じっし	enforcement
少尉	しょうい	second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
曹長	そうちょう	master sergeant, sergeant major (JSDF)
従事	じゅうじ	engaging, pursuing, following
一等兵	いっとうへい	private (e-2), pfc
応接室	おうせつしつ	reception room; parlour
在住	ざいじゅう	resident
内務省	ないむしょう	prewar Ministry of Home Affairs
所感	しょかん	one's impressions
的確	てきかく	precise
誠実	せいじつ	sincere, faithful
余波	なごり	lingering waves
鮮やか	あざやか	vivid; bright
金属	きんぞく	metal
爆撃	ばくげき	bombing
警戒	けいかい	caution
奇妙	きみょう	strange; queer
航空基地	こうくうきち	aviation base
編隊	へんたい	formation
応召	おうしょう	to be called to join the military
火薬	かやく	gunpowder
警備	けいび	guard
砲撃	ほうげき	bombardment
引率	いんそつ	to lead
病欠	びょうけつ	sick leave
内訳	うちわけ	to itemize; break down
疎開	そかい	evacuate
水筒	すいとう	canteen
山菜	さんさい	edible wild plants
農村	のうそん	farm village
供出	きょうしゅつ	delivery
慢性	まんせい	chronic
奨励	しょうれい	encouragement
恵まれる	めぐまれる	to be blessed with
幸運	こううん	good luck
飢える	うえる	to starve; to be hungry
垣根	かきね	a fence, a hedge
遠足	えんそく	an excursion
椀	わん	a bowl
伏せる	ふせる	to turn down; get down
経過	けいか	to pass (time); progress
p33

斜面	しゃめん	a slope
険しい	けわしい	steep (hill); severe
穏やか	おだやか	calm; quiet
親密	しんみつ	friendship
徹底	てってい	thorough; complete
勘定	かんじょう	counting
猛毒	もうどく	deadly poison
紛らわしい	まぎらわしい	misleading
昏睡	こんすい	deep sleep
まばたき	まばたき	blink
翳す	かざす	to hold up over one's head
尋常	じんじょう	ordinary
頬	ほお	cheek
硬い	かたい	stiff
虚空	こくう	empty space; the sky
p38 Chapter 3

輪郭	りんかく	an outline
くっきり	くっきり	clearly
不吉	ふきち	unlucky
単調	たんちょう	monotony
滑らか	なめらか	smooth
かがめる	かがめる	to bend
効率	こうりつ	efficiency
渇く	かわく	to be thirsty
経過	けいか	to progress / pass
圧縮	あっしゅく	compression; compressed
休憩	きゅうけい	rest; break
身支度	みじたく	dressing or outfitting oneself
尖る	とがる	to be sharp
馴染む	なじむ	to become familiar
横縞	よこじま	horizontal stripes
嗄れる	しゃがれる	to become hoarse
咀嚼	そしゃく	bite
微笑	びしょう	a smile
ひょいひょい	ひょいひょい	from time to time
頬杖	ほおづえ	rest your cheek in your hand
顰める	しかめる	to frown
熟れる	うれる	to ripen; to mature
水門	すいもん	floodgate; sluice
襟	えり	collar
生地	せいち	birthplace
乳房	にゅうぼう	breast; nipple; udder
うねり	うねり	wave motion
p49 Chapter 4

開業	かいぎょう	to open/start a business
簡潔	かんけつ	concise, brief
率直	そっちょく	frankly
嘱託	しょくたく	part-time employee
神経	しんけい	a nerve
麻痺	まひ	paralysis
清浄	せいじょう	purify
陥れる	おとしいれる	to trap; entrap
脈拍	みゃくはく	a pulse
下痢	げり	diarrhea
伝染	でんせん	infection
清々しい	すがすがしい	refreshing, fresh
瞳孔	どうこう	the pupil
探照灯	たんしょうとう	searchlight
くねる	くねる	to be twisted, to twist
よろよろ	よろよろ	tottering, unsteady
訴える	うったえる	to sue, take action
懐中	かいちゅう	one's pocket
怯える	おびえる	to be afraid
疎開	そかい	evacuate
色白	いろじろ	to be fair-skinned
病状	びょうじょう	disease / sickness
遭遇	そうぐう	to meet with, to encounter
痕跡	こんせき	traces, marks
当局	とうきょく	the authorities
流言飛語	りゅうげんひご	baseless rumor
戦局	せんきょく	war situation
撤退	てったい	withdrawal, retreat
玉砕	ぎょくさい	honorable death
厭戦	えんせん	war-weariness
p64 ch5

反復	はんぷく	to repeat
因縁	いんねん	fate; destiny
香ばしい	こうばしい	fragrant
伝記	でんき	biography
司書	ししょ	librarian
書庫	しょこ	library
改築	かいちく	to rebuild; reconstruct
蔵書	ぞうしょ	one's library
優雅	ゆうが	elegant
閲覧	えつらん	inspection
運行	うんこう	(train) service
繁華	はんか	bustling, prosperous
倉庫	そうこ	warehouse
塀	へい	a wall
清楚	せいそ	clean, neat
書架	しょか	bookshelf
梁	はり	a beam
俳人	はいじん	haiku poet
郷土	きょうど	one's native birth place; one's old home
架空	かくう	fictional; fictitious
葡萄	ぶどう	a grape
拒否	きょひ	refusal
穏やか	おだやか	calm; quiet
素材	そざい	material
素封家	そほうか	a wealthy person
地方	ちほう	a district; province
輩出	はいしゅつ	appear one after another; turning out in great numbers
形成	けいせい	formation
変遷	へんせん	change; transition
随想	ずいそう	essays; occasional thoughts
回想	かいそう	reminiscence; look back on
文献	ぶんけん	literature; books (reference)
造詣	ぞうけい	deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
鑑識	かんしき	judgment, discernment, discrimination
血筋	ちすじ	descent; lineage
処遇	しょぐう	treatment, dealing with
眼鏡	めがね	glasses
廃棄	はいき	abolish; do away with
ほら吹き	ほらふき	a braggart
相槌	あいづち	alternate hammering; chiming in with; chatter
建造	けんぞう	construction; build
数寄屋	すきや	tea ceremony arbour
繊細	せんさい	a delicacy
枠組み	わくぐみ	framework
趣向	しゅこう	a plan; an idea
欄間	らんま	screen above room partitions
流麗	りゅうれい	pleasant flow
黒檀	こくたん	ebony
艶	つや	glass
磨き込む	みがきこむ	polishing powder
励ます	はげます	to cheer up; encourage
軋む	きしむ	to squeak
板張り	いたばり	boarding; wooden floor
短歌	たんか	tanka poem
自発的	じはつてき	self decided
詠む	よむ	to compose a tanka
耽る	ふける	to be absorbed in
姿勢	しせい	posture
金貸し	かねかし	moneylender
典型	てんけい	a model; type; pattern; typical
見え透く	みえすく	to be transparent
淡々	たんたん	disinterested; indifferent
狭い	せまい	narrow
愛想	あいそう	affability
馴染む	なじむ	make friends; become familiar
脅かす	おびやかす	to menace; threaten
戸惑う	とまどう	to be at a loss
愉快	ゆかい	pleasant; good
些か	いささか	a little; a bit
習慣性	しゅうかんせい	customary; habitual
警戒	けいかい	cautious
p103

秀才	しゅうさい	smart person
逸れる	はぐれる	to go astray; go off topic
墓	はか	a grave
治まる	おさまる	to be at peace; to clamp down; to lessen (storm, terror, anger)
p109 ch7

交渉	こうしょう	negotiations
規定	きてい	regulation
途方に暮れる	とほうにくれる	to be at a loss
てきぱき	てきぱき	fast; quickly; one after another
控える	ひかえる	to make notes
出鱈目	でたらめ	nonsense; false
強張る	こわばる	to stiffen
透明人間	とうめいにんげん	invisible man
錯覚	さっかく	an illusion
解す	ほぐす	to unfasten; unbind
輪郭	りんかく	an outline
噴く	ふく	to spout
補給	ほきゅう	to supply; replenish
齧る	かじる	to gnaw; to bite
塵	ちり	dust
あくせく	あくせく	busily; hard
無稽	むけい	nonsensical
比喩	ひゆ	metaphor
寓話	ぐうわ	a fable
傾ける	かたむける	to tilt
負荷	ふか	burden; load
求心	きゅうしん	centripetal
簡素	かんそ	simplicity
峻別	しゅんべつ	discriminate strictly
流暢	りゅうちょう	fluency
急遽	きゅうきょ	in a hurry
従事	じゅうじ	engaging; pursuing; following
機密	きみつ	secret
保持	ほじ	to keep
要請	ようせい	a request
推測	すいそく	to guess
猶予	ゆうよ	postponement
汲々	きゅうきゅう	to be eager to do
排斥	はいせき	explosion; drive out
倦怠感	けんたいかん	washed-out feeling
p129

貯蔵	ちょぞう	to store; stockpile
断言	だんげん	to declare
辺鄙	へんぴ	remote place
及ぼす	およぼす	to exert; to cause; to exercise
拡散	かくさん	diffuse; diffusion
仮定	かてい	assume; suppose
粘膜	ねんまく	mucous membrane
催眠	さいみん	hypnotism 
眼球	がんきゅう	eyeball
心拍	しんぱく	heart rate
緊密	きんみつ	closeness; intamacy
昏倒	こんとう	a swoon; to swoon
仮説	かせつ	a hypothesis
示唆	しさ	a suggestion
賛意	さんい	approval
希有	けう	rare, uncommon
兆候	ちょうこう	a symptom; sign
裁量権	さいりょうけん	discretion
点滴	てんてき	an IV drip
排尿	はいにょう	urination
土着	どちゃく	aboriginal; native
p138

根付け	ねつけ	an ornamental button for suspending a pouch
立証	りっしょう	proof
催眠	さいみん	sleeping
覚醒	かくせい	awakening
採血	さいけつ	to draw blood
茂み	しげみ	a thicket; a bush
灌木	かんぼく	a shrub; a bush
覆う	おおう	to cover
破片	はへん	a broken piece
丹念	たんねん	carefully
鈍い	にぶい	dull
担ぐ	かつぐ	to shoulder
軋む	きしむ	to squeak
p155

牧場	ぼくじょう	a stock farm; a ranch
奇妙	きみょう	strange; queer
縛る	しばる	to bind; tie
皆目	かいもく	entirely, at all
不明瞭	ふめいりょう	not clear; obscure; indistinct
摩る	さする	to pat; to pet
不調法	ふちょうほう	impolite
旗竿	はだざお	flagstaff
詰問	きつもん	cross examination
容赦	ようしゃ	pardon
迅速	じんそく	quickness
沈思	ちんし	meditation; contemplation
黙考	もっこう	meditation
出没	しゅつぼつ	appear and disappear
巧妙	こうみょう	skillful; clever
惨い	むごい	cruel; brutal
除外	じょがい	exception
日向	ひなた	in the sun
牧歌的	ぼっかてき	pastoral
縦長い	たてながい	length (long)
領域	りょういき	sphere
深淵	しんえん	an abyss; a gulf
混沌	こんとん	chaos
p176 ch11 
Back at Sakura's apartment, Kafka finished telling the story about what happened to him.

頬杖	ほおづえ	to rest one's cheeks in one's hands
傾ける	かたむける	to tilt
呻く	うめく	to grow
重宝	ちょうほう	to be convenient; useful
養女	ようじょ	adopted daughter
脇	わき	side of (mouth, etc.)
淡い	あわい	light; pale
古風	こふう	old fashioned
頬	ほお	cheek
睾丸	こうがん	testicles
p193

高ぶる	たかぶる	to get excited
沸かす	わかす	to boil
鉛筆	えんぴつ	a pencil
根拠	こんきょ	grounds; a basis; foundation
拝察	はいさつ	a guess
敬服	けいふく	admiration
著作	ちょさく	a literary work
拝読	はいどく	to read (humble)
洞察	どうさつ	insight
見識	けんしき	discernment; opinion
感服	かんぷく	admiration
依願	いがん	request
主宰	しゅさい	to preside over
光陰	こういん	time
p201

The teacher who was with the kids when the plane went by up in the mounts and knocked the kids out continues her story in her letter.  After the incident she continued teaching, but never got married or had kids herself.

顧みる	かえりみる	look back on the past
頼り	たより	a letter or news
昏睡	こんすい	a lethargic sleep
遭遇	そうぐう	to meet; come across
覆い	おおい	to cover; a shade
修得	しゅうとく	a lesson learned
忘却	ぼうきゃく	oblivion
忌憚	きたん	reserve (忌憚のない：frank)
経緯	けいい	details
体裁	たいさい	appearance
究明	きゅうめい	inquiry; study
困難	こんなん	difficulty; trouble
斟酌	しんしゃく	consideration
出征	しゅっせい	go to the (war) front
自慰	じい	self-consolation (masturbation)
鎮める	しずめる	to suppress
余韻	よいん	echoes; aftertaste
月経	げっけい	period (female)
筋道	すじみち	logic; reason
青銅	せいどう	bronze
色彩	しきさい	color
p210

The teacher actually had an erotic dream of her husband who was sent to the war front from the mountain.  She took the kids there and felt his sexual presence.  Her period unexpectedly started - Nakata found the handkerchief with her blood on it and slapped him silly with it (from shame of being found.)  

唐突	とうとつ	suddenness 
露な	あらわな	open; unconcealed; public
建前	たてまえ	procedures in a tea ceremony
省く	はぶく	to omit
支障	ししょう	a hinderance
懸念	けねん	fear; anxiety
経緯	けいい	details
推察	すいさつ	guess
疎開	そかい	evacuation
穏やか	おだやか	calm; gentle
諦観	ていかん	resignation; to be resigned to
挑む	いどむ	to challenge; to defy
試行錯誤	しこうさくご	trial and error
手際	てぎわ	skill; skillfully
起因	きいん	cause; due to
絶え間なく	たえまなく	all the time; constantly
発露	はつろ	a manifestation; an expression
覆う	おおう	to cover
再三	さいさん	repeatedly; over and over
農民	のうみん	farmer
損なう	そこなう	to miss; fail
p218 ch13
Nakata as a kid was very smart, but closed off.  Also, the teacher knew her husband would die after her dream and violent incident at the mountain.  

勧める	すすめる	to offer (but usually suggest)
読破	どくは	read through
朧げ	おぼろげ	vagueness; dimness 
粗い	あらい	coarse
漠然	ばくぜん	vague; not clear
坑夫	こうふ	a minor
教訓	きょうくん	a lesson
教養	きょうよう	culture; education
枷	かせ	shackles
文章	ぶんしょう	a sentence (duh!)
幌	ほろ	a hood (car); convertible rooftop
血友病	けつゆうびょう	hemophilia
凝固	ぎょうこ	solidify; congeal
骨董	こっとう	an antique
凝る	こる	to get stiff (shoulders)
稠密	ちゅうみつ	density
喚起	かんき	arouse; rouse
紡ぎ	つむぎ	spinning?  (紡ぎ歌 a spinning song)

Kafka goes back to the library and tells Ooshima that he does not have a place to stay.  Ooshima says that he might be able to get him a job as his assistant, and then he can stay at the library.  It will take about 2-4 days so first he drives him out to a place that is secluded where he can stay.  The listen to Shubert's long Piano Sonata because it is so incomplete / imperfect.  Ooshima has hemophilia.  

標識	ひょうしき	a sign
崖	がけ	a cliff
渓流	けいりゅう	a mountain torrent
舗装	ほそう	pavement
金網	かなあみ	wire screen
金属	きんぞく	metal; metallic
静寂	せいじゃく	silence
擦る	こする	to rub
桶	おけ	tub; pail
薪	まき	firewood
疾患	しっかん	a disease
汲む	くむ	to scoop up
p255
Ooshima took him to a place, a small cabin in the forest up in the mountains.  There isn't any electricity there.  Ooshima drives a sports car, fast, almost dangerously.  He also pretty much skipped high school because of his disease.  He stayed at the cabin to face his hemophilia and find himself.  

唐突	とうとつ	suddenly
のっそり	のっそり	slowly; stolidly
鋼	はがね	steel
尖る	とがる	to be sharp
獰猛	どうもう	fierce
鋭利	えいり	sharpness
凝視	ぎょうし	steady gaze
淀む	よどむ	to stagnate; settle
架空	かくう	fictional
睾丸	こうがん	a testicle
見捨てる	みすてる	stare at
威圧	いあつ	overpowering; overawe
門扉	もんぴ	a door (gate with)
輪郭	りんかく	an outline
彫像	ちょうぞう	a statue; a sculpture
知事	ちじ	governor
裾	すそ	the hem
股引	ももひき	long underwear
醜い	みにくい	ugly
嗜む	たしなむ	to like; be fond of
拝借	はいしゃく	to borrow
傾げる	かしげる	to turn a little
簡潔	かんけつ	brevity; conciseness; simplicity
反証	はんしょう	counter-evidence
p271 ch15
Nakata meets Johnny Walker - the real one.  Red label I think.  He has been searching for someone like Nakata, and played a game to test his hypothesis about Nakata. 
Back with Tamura Kafka in the woods, alone at night.  The next morning he reads about the designer of the German WWII gas chambers from the Nurnberg trials.  

跳ね上がる	はねあがる	to leap up
潜る	くぐる	go through; creep through
支配	しはい	to rule
枝	えだ	a branch
擦れる	すれる	to rub
包囲	ほうい	to be surrounded
渇く	かわく	to be thirsty
縮む	ちぢむ	to shrink
嘲り	あざけり	scorn; ridicule
なぞる	なぞる	to trace; to follow
裁判	さいばん	a trial
幹部	かんぶ	executive; leader
溶かす	とかす	to melt
尖る	とがる	to be sharp
裁判	さいばん	a trial

Wandered into the forest, the path he took seemed to disappear when he tried to go back, but he made it. 

非難	ひなん	to blame
追及	ついきゅう	gaining on; carrying out; solving (crime)
否応もなしに	いやおうもなしに	whether one likes it or not; compulsorily; by force
中佐	ちゅうさ	lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)
汲む	くむ	to scoop out (water)
納屋	なや	a barn
薪	まき	firewood
辿る	たどる	to trace; follow
地形	ちけい	topography
整地	せいち	leveled ground
勾配	こうばい	slope
羊歯	しだ	a fern
繁る	しげる	grow thick (see 茂る)
苔	こけ	moss
励ます	はげます	to cheer up; encourage
粟立つ	あわだつ	to have goosebumps
言い聞かせる	いいきかせる	to tell; to persuade
獲物	えもの	a game; a catch; a prize
樹木	じゅもく	trees
独房	どくぼう	solitary cell

Back in the forest, Tamura is worried about his dreams.  He is afraid of what he will do in his dreams, raping his mom and sister, and there was a strange internal bold-faced monologue.  

囚人	しゅうじん	a prisoner
鏤める	ちりばめる	set; inlaid with
動悸	どうき	palpation
煙突	えんとつ	a chimney
薬缶	やかん	a kettle
沸騰	ふっとう	a boil
司令	しれい	a command
淡々	たんたん	disinterested; cool
法廷	ぼうてい	a court of law
細部	さいぶ	details
緊張	きんちょう	tension; nervousness 
小径	こみち	small path
鉈	なた	a hatchet
覆う	おおう	to cover
仄めかす	ほのめかす	to hint
執拗	しつよう	stubborn
慈悲	じひ	mercy
統御	とうぎょ	control
p292 ch16

Johnny Walker uses cat spirits to make a flute, to call for bigger spirits and repeats.  Eventually at the end he will call the spirit of the Universe.  

無機	むき	inorganic
背丈	せたけ	height
屈む	かがむ	to stoop
凝る	こる	to get stiff
空虚	くうきょ	empty; hollow
苦悶	くもん	anguish; agony
抑揚	よくよう	intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
鍔	つば	a hat brim
暇人	ひまじん	a man of leisure
笛	ふえ	a flute; a pipe
発露	はつろ	a manifestation
横笛	よこぶえ	a flute
使命	しめい	a mission
刈り入れ	かりいれ	a harvest
潮時	しおどき	a chance
利益	りえき	a profit
五体健全	ごたいけんぜん	whole body safe and sound
些か	いささか	a little bit

Johnny Walker asks Nakata to kill him.  Nakata doesn't know how, so Johnny Walker kills a cat in front of him.  If Nakata helps, he will return the goma-cat that Nakata has been searching for all this time.

斟酌	しんしゃく	consideration
ズドン	ズドン	bang!
骨子	こっし	the gist
理不尽	りふじん	unreasonableness
呵責	かしゃく	torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience) 
善行	ぜんこう	good conduct
生え際	はえぎわ	the hairline
一理	いちり	some truth
躊躇	ちゅうちょ	hesitation
偏見	へんけん	a wrong idea
断行	だんこう	a decisive action
もぎる	もぎる	to pluck off; snatch
麻痺	まひ	paralysis
麻酔	ますい	anesthesia
弛緩	しかん	relaxed; slack
割く	さく	to cut
始末	しまつ	to manage; put in order
丸鋸	まるのこ	circular saw
メス	メス	a scalpel
鮮やか	あざやか	vividness; brightness
点検	てんけん	an inspection
所定	しょてい	fixed
疎か	おろそか	negligent
肝要	かんよう	important
縦	たて	length
痺れる	しびれる	to become numb
手際	てぎわ	skill
放り込む	ほうりこむ	to throw into
咀嚼	そしゃく	to bite
血糊	ちのり	slimy blood
切断	せつだん	cut; amputate
飲み込む	のみこむ	to swallow
造作	ぞうさく	features (for a face)
抜け殻	ぬけから	cast-off skin

Johnny walker is not allowed to change clothes for cat killing.  His iconic appearance has been decided for him.

架空	かくう	fictional; fictitious
痙攣	けいれん	convulsions
抱え込む	かかえこむ	to hold
顳顬	こめかみ	the temple; forehead
組成	そせい	formation
視野	しや	field of vision
前座	ぜんざ	opening act
趣向	しゅこう	a plan; an idea
愛撫	あいぶ	a caress
躊躇	ちゅうちょ	hesitation
きっぱり	きっぱり	clearly
病み付き	やみつき	an addiction
粘る	ねばる	to be sticky
挽く	ひく	to saw; grind
掻く	かく	to scratch
鞘	さや	a scabbard
偏見	へんけん	the wrong idea
断固	だんこ	firm; firmly
苦悶	くもん	agony; anguish
空虚	くうきょ	empty; hollow
通俗	つうぞく	popular
難物	なんぶつ	a hard problem
逸品	いっぴん	a superb article
気品	きひん	grace; elegance
嗚咽	おえつ	sobbing
紛れもなく	まぎれもなく	without a doubt
淡い	あわい	light; pale (faint)
p318 ch17

Nakata killed Johnny Walker after J.W. killed many cats, two that he knew. 

曇る	くもる	to be cloudy
放つ	はなつ	to set free; to shoot
岩	いわ	a rock (bigger than 石)
囀る	さえずる	to sing (a bird)
せせらぎ	せせらぎ	a little stream
埋め合わせ	うめあわせ	to make amends
日溜まり	ひだまり	a sunny place
戦ぐ	そよぐ	rustle
重力	じゅうりょく	gravity
束の間	つかのま	a short time
民俗学	みんぞくがく	folklore
微睡む	まどろむ	to doze off
無防備	むぼうび	defenseless
雑巾	ぞうきん	a duster; a floor cloth
架空	かくう	fictional
p323

Back with Tamura Kafka, he and Ooshima leave the wooden cabin after Ooshima shows up to find Tamura Kafka completely naked outside.  (He says that he used to do that too.)  

取り止める	とりとめる	to escape death
辿る	たどる	to trace; follow; pursue
幌	ほろ	a hood (car)
威嚇	いかく	a threat
背反	はいはん	rebellion
未舗装	みほそう	unpaved
懸命	けんめい	eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life
欠陥	けっかん	a defect
癇癪	かんしゃく	a temper; fit of rage
没落	ぼつらく	a fall (of gov't, etc.)
蔑む	さげすむ	to look down on
戯曲	ぎきょく	a drama; a play
鮮明	せんめい	clearness; definition
合唱	がっしょう	a chorus
演繹	えんえき	deduction
天秤	てんびん	balance
p328

洗練	せんれん	polish up; polish
規則	きそく	a rule; regulation
雑用	ざつよう	odd job; miscellaneous duties
原理	げんり	a principle
p329

Ooshima tells him that things have been arranged so that he can work at the library as his assistant and live there.  There is a small room there with a shower.  On the way home he tells Saeki's story about her lover from when she was 14 years old.  They had a great time together, but were separated when he went to Tokyo to go to college.  She visited him there when she went to record a song.  

消費	しょうひ	consumption
金融	きんゆう	finance
飾り	かざり	an ornament; a decoration
利発	りはつ	cleverness
文章	ぶんしょう	a sentence
万能	ばんのう	almighty; all-around
遠縁	とおえん	a distant relative
模索	もさく	groping; to grope for
髭	ひげ	beard
痕跡	こんせき	traces; marks
磁器	じき	porcelain; china
保守	ほしゅ	conservative
試練	しれん	a trial
潜る	くぐる	to go through; to creep through
詩	うた	a poem
無垢	むく	purify; pure; innocent
思索	しさく	meditation; thought
凝縮	ぎょうしゅく	condensation; to condense
早熟	そうじゅく	precocious
お伽	おとぎ	fairy tale
転換	てんかん	a conversion
寓話	ぐうわ	a fable
尋常	じんじょう	ordinary
因縁	いんねん	fate; a destiny
封鎖	ふうさ	a blockage
頭蓋骨	ずがいこつ	skull
陥没	かんぼつ	to cave-in
肋骨	ろっこつ	a rib; a frame
破裂	はれつ	to burst; tear
死骸	しがい	dead body
要請	ようせい	a request; inquisition
機動隊	きどうたい	riot police
障害致死罪	しょうがいちしざい	manslaughter
懲役	ちょうえき	hard labor prison
宣告	せんこく	a sentence
虚空	こくう	the sky; empty space
印税	いんぜい	royalties
裕福	ゆうふく	rich
p338

The song she recorded (the only one she ever recorded) became a hit.  But now she does not like to touch that or any other part of her past.  The song is "Kafka by the Sea".  Her boyfriend's university was blockaded when they took part in some demonstrations.  When her boyfriend tried to sneak in some food to his friends who were shut in, he was captured by students and mistakenly identified as a spy and killed during the "interrogation" process.  Saeki disappeared and did not return for about 20 years.  When she finally returned it was for her mother's funeral.  She kept to herself, and Ooshima started to work for her at the library due to an introduction from his mother.  Saeki likes Ooshima.  

帰郷	ききょう	to go home; return home
主宰	しゅさい	to preside over
閑静	かんせい	quietness
清楚	せいそ	neatness
誘導	ゆうどう	to conduct; lead
相槌	あいづち	to chime in with
漠然	ばくぜん	vague; not clear
p340

血筋	ちすじ	descent; lineage
母屋	おもや	the main house
改築	かいちく	rebuilding; reconstruction
幌	ほろ	hood (of a car); convertible top
賢い	かしこい	wise; clever; smart
p344 ch18

Nakata wakes up in a grassy field

驚喜	きょうき	to be pleasantly surprised at
呆然	ぼうぜん	amazement
雹	ひょう	hail
黙示録	もくしろく	Book of Revelations
背鰭	せびれ	dorsal fin
鱗	うろこ	scale (of a fish)
p362 ch19
He returns the cat and confesses the murder of Johnny Walker to a local police man who ignores him.  He says that it will rain fish tomorrow and it does.   Then he leaves town.

Tamura Kafka moves into the library.  The room has a picture of a young (12) boy by the sea.  Maybe it was drawn by Saeki's boyfriend?

単身者	たんしんしゃ	alone; by oneself
調理	ちょうり	cooking
備える	そなえる	prepared; furnished
樹木	じゅもく	trees
傾く	かたむく	to slant; incline
装飾	そうしょく	decorations
ぼえづら	ぼえづら	a tearful face
雑巾	ぞうきん	a duster
紺	こん	dark blue
格子柄	こうしがら	lace
竦める	すくめる	to duck
原則	げんそく	a principle
看過	かんか	to overlook; wink at; pass over
抗議	こうぎ	to protest
革命	かくめい	a revolution
傍点	ぼうてん	a side dot
脇道	わきみち	a side-road
逸れる	それる	to go astray
p375

Two women come to the library to conduct a survey of public facilities for ease of use for women.  They argue with Ooshima about the library and its setup (no separate rest rooms, the card index is separated by sex, etc.)  

浅学	せんがく	shallow knowledge
雄弁	ゆうべん	eloquence
行使	こうし	to exercise; use
空疎	くうそ	empty
便宜	べんぎ	convenience
維持	いじ	maintenance 
安直	あんちょく	cheapness
剥奪	はくだつ	to strip X off of (something)
既得権益	きとくけんえき	benefits of vested rights
簡潔	かんけつ	brevity; conciseness; simplicity
戸籍	こせき	one's census registration
紛れもない	まぎれもない	unmistakable
嗜好	しこう	a taste; a preference; to like
強張る	こわばる	to stiffen
誇張	こちょう	an exaggeration
模索	もさく	groping
手がかり	てがかり	a hand hold
深淵	しんえん	an abyss
虚ろ	うつろ	a hollow; a cave
p384

Nakata is hitch hiking.  He talks with a truck driver about capitalists and proletariats.  The driver treats him to unagi at a truck stop.  He goes outside and finds a gang of bikers beating up on another biker kid that looks like them.  

藁靴	わたぐつ	straw boots
塞ぐ	ふさぐ	close; block up
旗	はた	a flag
掲げる	かかげる	to fly (a flag)
顳顬	こめかみ	the temple (of the forehead)
簒奪	さんだつ	someone who usurps one's position
p387 ch20

蝙蝠	こうもり	a bat; an umbrella
固有	こゆう	characteristic, tradition, peculiar, inherent, native, eigen-.
痴呆	ちほう	dementia
途方に暮れる	とほうにくれる	to be at a loss
刈り込む	かりこむ	to cut; to dress; to prune; to trim; to clip
餞別	せんべつ	a farewell gift
二重に	にじゅうに	doubly; at the same time
詐欺	さぎ	a swindler
律儀	りちぎ	honestly
皆目	かいもく	entirely; at all
資本家	しほんか	capitalist
走狗	そうく	to be used as another's hand (one's dog, do-it-boy)
涙金	なみだきん	consolation money
素手	そで	empty-handed
開ける	はだける	to be open; bare
墨	すみ	tattoo
識別	しきべつ	discrimination
獲物	えもの	game; a catch
艶	つや	glossy
合図	あいず	a signal
誘導	ゆうどう	conduct; lead
馬陸	やすで	millipede
蛭	ひる	leech
p413 ch21

Nakata confronts the bikers and leeches rains down on them.  Then he finds a truck driver that will take him to Kobe after he tells the people in the cafe to call the police about the hurt boy.  

彫刻家	ちょうこくか	a sculptor 
田村浩一	たむらこういち	person name
他殺	たさつ	murder
肋骨	ろっこつ	ribs
模様	もよう	pattern; model
怨恨	えんこん	a grudge
目下	めした	one's inferiors; juniors
潜在意識	せんざいいしき	subconscious
既成	きせい	existing; established
迷宮	めいきゅう	impossible to solve; mystery
奔放	ほんぼう	wildness
苛立つ	いらだつ	to irritate; grow impatient
穏やか	おだやか	calm; quiet
軌道	きどう	a rail (railroad)
p423

The chapter starts with a report of sculptor Tamura Kouichi's death (Kafka's father) in Nakano.  He worked in particular on "the subconscious".  Kafka thinks he might have killed his dad since his shirt was bloody when he lost consciousness at that time. He also saw an article on the fish falling in Nakano, and decided to hide from the police, who are searching for family and clues about the murder.

落下	らっか	to fall
盗難	とうなん	theft; robbery
気象庁	きしょうちょう	Meteorological Agency
農村水産省	のうさんすいさんしょう	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
局地	きょくち	local area
衝突	しょうとつ	a crash
大群	たいぐん	a large crowd
心当たり	こころあたり	knowledge
鑿	のみ	a chisel
刻み込む	きざみこむ	to carve; chisel
測る	はかる	to measure
空洞	くうどう	a cave; a hollow
時限装置	じげんそうち	a timing device
検証	けんしょう	verify; inspect
損なう	そこなう	to miss; fail; harm
彫刻	ちょうこく	a sculpture
阿る	おもねる	to flatter
源泉	げんせん	the source
省く	はぶく	to omit
回路	かいろ	a circuit
梳く	すく	to comb (hair)
p435 ch22

Kafka tells Ooshima about the prophesy that his father told him: "One day you will kill me with your own hands and have sex with your mother".  Also, he will have sex with his sister.  Kafka told Ooshima about his father's Oedipal prophecy.  He also had a DNA check and his father made sure he knew he was his son.  His father was cruel to people around him, and wanted to hurt his wife and daughter with Kafka.  Kafka tells Ooshima about the blood that was on his shirt after he lost consciousness and that he thinks that he killed his father.  That night he sees a ghost. 

積荷	つみに	cargo; freight
搬入	はんにゅう	carry in
仮眠	かみん	a nap
鼾	いびき	a snore
断片	だんぺん	a fragment
ひっきりなし	ひっきりなし	continuously; incessantly
大股	おおまた	long strides
燃料	ねんりょう	fuel
補給	ほきゅう	to resupply
燃料を補給する	ねんりょうをほきゅうする	to refuel
昨今	さっこん	lately; recently
復唱	ふくしょう	recite; repeat
姪	めい	niece
甥	おい	nephew
かすかす	かすかす	dry (in this context)
潮干狩り	しおひがり	clamming
抽象的	ちゅうしょうてき	abstract
減退	げんたい	to decline
山羊	やぎ	a goat; a kid
没頭	ぼっとう	to be absorbed in
p448

Nakata arrives in Kobe and tells the driver his story.  He says that he has to cross a big bridge (into Shikoku.)  The driver treats him to breakfast, and he waits in a park while the driver unloads his cargo.  When the driver returns he says that he will take Nakata into Shikoku since he's never been there before and could do with a short vacation anyway.  They are taking a bus apparently.  Also, we get a brief history of Nakata: One day the kids teased him pretty badly and punctured an ear, after which he was sent to the country with his relatives.  He went to a vocational school for farmers, and afterwards was apprenticed at a woodworking furniture place, where he worked for about 30 years.  He entrusted his money to a cousin at the post office, who fell into a big debt and ran off with his money and his retirement money.  The woodworking place shut down and was sold off, so he had no job.  He went to his brother's place in Nakano who set him up with an apartment and he lived happily in the way that we had known until Johnny Walker showed up.

Back in the library, Kafka sees the ghost of a woman in his room.  She is very beautiful, and he hopes for her to come back.

遺跡	いせき	ruins
滑らか	なめらか	smooth
精度	せいど	accuracy; precision
静止	せいし	stillness
敬意	けいい	respect
譜面	ふめん	a score (for music)
醸す	かもす	to brew; to bring about; to cause
胞子	ほうし	spore
p470

Kafka asks Ooshima if he has the "Kafka by the Sea" song, but it is only available on record.  They look in an old storage shed, and find lots of old stuff, as well as a record player and amp with speakers.  There are also some old beatles and other records of the same period.  Ooshima's mother had a copy (5 actually, she's a pack-rat) of the record.  Kafka confirms that the 15 year old ghost that he saw the other night was Saeki-san based on the picture of the 19-year old Saeki-san from the cover of the record.  He feels like he is falling in love with the 15-year old version of Saeki-san.  

旋律	せんりつ	a melody
在り来り	ありきたり	conventional
伴奏	ばんそう	accompaniment (musical)
小編	しょうへん	a short piece
素朴	そぼく	simplicity
斬新	ざんしん	novelty
和音	わおん	a chord
調和	ちょうわ	harmony
余韻	よいん	echoes; aftertaste
無欲	むよく	disinterest

Kafka also asks Ooshima if it is possible for people that are still alive to become ghosts.  Ooshima gives examples of two cases from Japanese literary works (Genji monogatari among them) where people become ghosts while still living, but the motivating feelings for the "ghost" are always bad feelings, not love.  Kafka also listens to the song "Kafka by the Sea" a few times and analyzes why it was popular.  

率直	そっちょく	frankness
不条理	ふじょうり	irrationality
波打ち際	なみうちぎわ	the beach; where the waves meet the shore
暗示	あんじ	suggestion
符合	ふごう	coincidence
p486 end of book 1

The lines of the song parallel points in Kafka's life.  He also thinks that the song is about the young boy in the painting in the room: in fact, he thinks that Saeki-san wrote the song while sitting in the room in which he is staying.  Two lines that strongly resonate with him are the one about fish falling from the sky, and the one about a shadow becoming a knife and killing one's dreams.  He thinks that is a parallel with him killing his father in a dream somehow.  He worries about three other lines that he can not interpret.  He leaves the room and goes to get a modern translation of the Genji Monogatari, reads that for a while, then returns to his room to wait for the 15 year old Saeki-san ghost to return.