Ado · Japanese · 35 words
Kyogen, Part 2
The second half of Kyogen (狂言) is where the album gets loudest. "うっせぇわ", the 2020 single that made Ado famous, sits next to the drama themes "阿修羅ちゃん" and "心という名の不可解" and the neon exhaustion of "夜のピエロ". The vocabulary here leans into judgement and refusal — being right, being fed up, giving up on something, noticing what you'd rather not — alongside the plain nouns those songs build their night scenes from.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 輝く | to shine, to sparkle (かがやく) | 雨上がりの街が朝日で輝いている。The town after the rain is shining in the morning sun. |
| 燃える | to burn; to blaze with feeling (もえる) | その一言で、心の奥が静かに燃えはじめた。With that one remark, something deep inside me quietly began to burn. |
| 幸せ | happiness; happy (しあわせ) | 誰かと比べている限り、幸せにはなれない。As long as you're comparing yourself to someone, you can't be happy. |
| 素晴らしい | wonderful, magnificent (すばらしい) | 初めて見た夜景は本当に素晴らしかった。The night view I saw for the first time was truly magnificent. |
| ありのまま | as one really is, without pretending | ありのままの自分でいられる相手は少ない。There aren't many people around whom you can just be yourself. |
| 世界 | the world; one's own world (せかい) | 本を読むたびに世界が少し広がる気がする。Every time I read a book, it feels like my world widens a little. |
| 売る | to sell; to sell out something of your own (うる) | 使わない服をまとめて売ることにした。I decided to sell off the clothes I don't wear. |
| 跳ねる | to leap, to bounce (はねる) | 子どもたちが水たまりを跳ねて渡っていく。The children go bounding across the puddles. |
| わかる | to understand, to get it | 説明されても、正直まだよくわからない。Even after the explanation, honestly I still don't really get it. |
| 滲む | to blur, to seep through (にじむ) | 雨に濡れて、ノートの字が滲んでしまった。The rain got to it, and the writing in my notebook blurred. |
| 笑う | to laugh, to smile (わらう) | つらい時ほど、無理に笑おうとしてしまう。The harder things get, the more I force myself to smile. |
| 忘れる | to forget (わすれる) | あの日のことは一生忘れないと思う。I don't think I'll forget that day for as long as I live. |
| 素直 | honest and unguarded, not putting up a front (すなお) | もっと素直に「ありがとう」と言えばよかった。I wish I'd just said "thank you" honestly. |
| 証明 | proof; proving something (しょうめい) | 自分の気持ちを証明する方法なんてない。There's no way to prove how you feel. |
| 判断 | a judgement, deciding how to read a situation (はんだん) | その場の判断で予定を変えることにした。I made a call on the spot and changed the plan. |
| 正しさ | rightness, being correct (ただしさ) | 自分の正しさばかり主張しても話は進まない。Insisting on how right you are doesn't move the conversation forward. |
| 愚か | foolish, stupid — a harsh, judging word (おろか) | 同じ手に二度もひっかかるとは愚かだった。Falling for the same trick twice was foolish of me. |
| 優等生 | a model student, the one who always does it right (ゆうとうせい) | 優等生でいることに疲れてしまった。I've gotten tired of being the model student. |
| ルール | a rule (るーる) | 誰が決めたのか分からないルールばかりだ。It's all rules nobody can tell you who made. |
| 混乱 | confusion, chaos (こんらん) | 急な変更で現場は混乱している。The sudden change has thrown everyone on site into confusion. |
| 愛 | love (あい) | 愛という言葉を使うのが少し照れくさい。I feel a bit shy using the word "love". |
| 憎む | to hate, to detest (にくむ) | 相手を憎むほど、自分の方が苦しくなる。The more you hate someone, the more it's you who suffers. |
| 飽きる | to get tired of, to grow bored with (あきる) | 毎日同じ景色を見て、少し飽きてきた。Seeing the same view every day, I've started to get a little tired of it. |
| 期待 | expectation, hoping something will turn out well (きたい) | 人の期待に応えようとしすぎて疲れた。I wore myself out trying too hard to live up to people's expectations. |
| 割り切る | to accept something and stop dwelling on it (わりきる) | 仕事は仕事だと割り切ることにした。I decided to just accept that work is work. |
| 救う | to save, to rescue someone (すくう) | その一言が私を救ってくれた。That one remark was what saved me. |
| 気づく | to notice, to realise (きづく) | 自分が無理をしていたことに後から気づいた。It was only later that I realised I'd been pushing myself too hard. |
| 決める | to decide, to settle on something (きめる) | 誰かに任せず、自分で決めることにした。Instead of leaving it to someone else, I decided to choose for myself. |
| 呪う | to curse; to bitterly resent (のろう) | 運の悪さを呪っても仕方がない。There's no point cursing your bad luck. |
| 無関心 | indifference, not caring either way (むかんしん) | 反対されるより、無関心の方がこたえる。Indifference hits harder than being argued with. |
| 街灯 | a streetlight (がいとう) | 街灯の下だけが妙に明るい。Only the space under the streetlight is oddly bright. |
| 鏡 | a mirror (かがみ) | 鏡に映った自分の顔が疲れて見えた。The face reflected in the mirror looked tired. |
| 沈む | to sink; to sink into low spirits (しずむ) | 日が沈むと、急に静かになる。Once the sun sinks, it suddenly goes quiet. |
| 溺れる | to drown; to be swallowed up by something (おぼれる) | 仕事に溺れて、自分の時間がなくなった。I got swallowed up by work and lost any time of my own. |
| 朝 | morning (あさ) | 眠れないまま朝が来てしまった。Morning came without my ever getting to sleep. |
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