Ado · Japanese · 34 words
Zanmu, Part 2
The back half of Zanmu (残夢) runs from the warmth of the drama theme "向日葵" through Natori's late-night "MIRROR" and the USJ dance song "唱" to the album's closing "0", written by 椎乃味醂 after a conversation with Ado about how she was actually doing. The vocabulary turns inward here: pain and waking up, lies and worth, contradiction and prayer, and the plain words for looking, blooming and getting tired.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 向日葵 | a sunflower (ひまわり) | 畑いっぱいの向日葵が同じ方を向いている。A whole field of sunflowers is facing the same way. |
| 咲く | to bloom, to come into flower (さく) | 今年は桜が咲くのが少し早い。The cherry blossoms are blooming a little early this year. |
| 枯れる | to wither, to dry up and die (かれる) | 水をやり忘れて鉢の花が枯れてしまった。I forgot to water it and the flower in the pot withered. |
| 恋する | to fall in love, to be in love (こいする) | 恋する気持ちは隠しても顔に出る。Being in love shows on your face no matter how you hide it. |
| 虹 | a rainbow (にじ) | 雨が上がって、東の空に虹が出た。The rain let up and a rainbow appeared in the eastern sky. |
| 愛する | to love — a weightier word than 好き (あいする) | 誰かを愛することは怖いことでもある。Loving someone is also a frightening thing. |
| 映画 | a film, a movie (えいが) | その映画のラストが今も忘れられない。I still can't forget the ending of that film. |
| 目 | eye; one's eyes, one's gaze (め) | 目を見て話すのが少し苦手だ。I'm not very good at talking while looking someone in the eye. |
| 見る | to look at, to watch (みる) | 同じ景色でも、見る人によって違って見える。Even the same scenery looks different depending on who's looking. |
| 疲れる | to get tired, to be worn out (つかれる) | 人に合わせてばかりで疲れてしまった。I wore myself out doing nothing but fitting in with other people. |
| 降りる | to get off or down from something; to step down (おりる) | 次の駅で降りるつもりだ。I'm planning to get off at the next station. |
| 閉じる | to close, to shut (とじる) | 目を閉じると、その声を思い出せる。When I close my eyes, I can bring that voice back. |
| 矛盾 | a contradiction, something that doesn't add up (むじゅん) | 言っていることとやっていることに矛盾がある。There's a contradiction between what they say and what they do. |
| 妄想 | a delusion, a fantasy you've talked yourself into (もうそう) | 考えすぎて、ただの妄想が膨らんでいく。I overthink it, and what's just a fantasy keeps swelling up. |
| 説教 | a lecture, a talking-to (せっきょう) | 頼んでもいない説教を三十分も聞かされた。I got half an hour of a lecture I never asked for. |
| 心臓 | the heart, the organ in your chest (しんぞう) | 階段を上っただけで心臓が鳴っている。My heart is pounding just from going up the stairs. |
| 衝動 | an impulse, a sudden urge (しょうどう) | 全部やめたくなる衝動をなんとか抑えた。I somehow held back the urge to quit everything. |
| 絆 | a bond between people (きずな) | 離れていても二人の絆は変わらない。Even apart, the bond between the two of them doesn't change. |
| 遊ぶ | to play, to have fun, to hang out (あそぶ) | 今日は何も考えずに遊びたい。Today I just want to have fun without thinking about anything. |
| 解放 | release, being set free from something (かいほう) | 試験が終わって、やっと解放された気分だ。The exams are over and I finally feel set free. |
| 眠り | sleep, slumber (ねむり) | 浅い眠りのまま朝を迎えた。I met the morning having only slept lightly. |
| 痛み | pain, an ache — physical or emotional (いたみ) | その痛みは時間が経っても消えない。That pain doesn't go away even as time passes. |
| 震える | to tremble, to shake (ふるえる) | 緊張で声が震えてしまった。My voice trembled from nerves. |
| 覚める | to wake up; for an illusion to wear off (さめる) | 夢から覚めても、まだ胸が苦しかった。Even after waking from the dream, my chest still felt tight. |
| 負け | a loss, a defeat; giving in (まけ) | ここで諦めたら自分の負けだと思った。I felt that giving up here would be my own defeat. |
| 嘘 | a lie (うそ) | 小さな嘘をつくたびに苦しくなる。Every time I tell a small lie it gets harder to bear. |
| 価値 | value, worth (かち) | 人の価値を数字で決めたくはない。I don't want to decide a person's worth by numbers. |
| 誤魔化す | to fudge it, to gloss over, to cover something up (ごまかす) | 笑ってその場を誤魔化した。I laughed and glossed over the moment. |
| 憶える | to remember, to keep in mind — a variant of 覚える favouring memory (おぼえる) | あの日の匂いまで憶えている。I remember that day right down to how it smelled. |
| 祈る | to pray, to wish earnestly for something (いのる) | 無事に着くことをただ祈っていた。I was simply praying they'd arrive safely. |
| 肯定 | affirming something, accepting it as valid (こうてい) | まずは今の自分を肯定することから始めたい。I want to start by accepting who I am right now. |
| 偶然 | coincidence; by chance (ぐうぜん) | 駅で偶然、昔の同級生に会った。By chance I ran into an old classmate at the station. |
| 虚構 | fiction, something made up (きょこう) | その話は虚構だと分かっていても胸に刺さる。Even knowing the story is fiction, it still lands. |
| 綴る | to write out, to put into words (つづる) | その夜の気持ちをノートに綴った。I wrote out how I felt that night in a notebook. |
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