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Penny Rain
The rain half of Aimer's 2019 pair of albums (released with Sun Dance), carrying Ref:rain, Hana No Uta from Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, and April Showers. The vocabulary is weather and shelter — 傘, 濡れる, 雨宿り — alongside the words for what you admit to yourself afterwards: 悔しい, 認める, 誤魔化す, 諦める.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 慣れる | to get used to (なれる) | 新しい町の生活にもう慣れた。I've already got used to life in the new town. |
| 膨らむ | to swell, to grow bigger (ふくらむ) | 旅行が近づいて、期待が膨らんでいる。With the trip getting closer, my excitement is growing. |
| 香り | a pleasant smell, a fragrance (かおり) | このお茶は香りがいい。This tea smells lovely. |
| 覚える | to remember, to memorise (おぼえる) | あの日の約束を今も覚えている。I still remember the promise we made that day. |
| 騙す | to deceive, to trick (だます) | うまい話に騙されないでね。Don't let a too-good-to-be-true offer fool you. |
| 奪う | to take away, to rob (うばう) | スマホに時間を奪われている。My phone is stealing my time. |
| 挫折 | a setback, giving up after failure (ざせつ) | 受験で初めて挫折を味わった。I tasted failure for the first time with the entrance exams. |
| 溢れる | to overflow, to brim with (あふれる) | 駅は人で溢れていた。The station was overflowing with people. |
| 傘 | an umbrella (かさ) | 電車に傘を忘れてきた。I left my umbrella on the train. |
| 濡れる | to get wet (ぬれる) | 急な雨で服が濡れた。My clothes got wet in the sudden rain. |
| 上の空 | absent-minded, with one's head in the clouds (うわのそら) | 授業中、ずっと上の空だった。I had my head in the clouds for the whole class. |
| 帰り道 | the way home (かえりみち) | 帰り道にコンビニに寄った。I stopped at a convenience store on the way home. |
| 出口 | an exit, a way out (でぐち) | 出口はどちらですか。Which way is the exit? |
| 悔しい | frustrating, mortifying (くやしい) | 一点差で負けて悔しい。Losing by one point is so frustrating. |
| 認める | to admit, to acknowledge (みとめる) | 自分の間違いを認めるのは難しい。It's hard to admit your own mistakes. |
| 誤魔化す | to gloss over, to dodge, to fake (ごまかす) | 笑って誤魔化さないで、ちゃんと答えて。Don't laugh it off; give me a proper answer. |
| 臆病 | timid, cowardly (おくびょう) | うちの猫は臆病で、すぐ隠れる。Our cat is timid and hides straight away. |
| 退屈 | boring, bored (たいくつ) | 雨の日曜日は退屈だ。Rainy Sundays are boring. |
| 許す | to forgive, to allow (ゆるす) | 謝ってくれたから、もう許すよ。You apologised, so I forgive you. |
| 諦める | to give up (あきらめる) | まだ諦めるには早いよ。It's too early to give up. |
| 懐かしい | nostalgic, fondly remembered (なつかしい) | この曲を聞くと懐かしい気持ちになる。Hearing this song makes me feel nostalgic. |
| 雨宿り | taking shelter from the rain (あまやどり) | 喫茶店で少し雨宿りしよう。Let's shelter from the rain in a café for a bit. |
| 泣き虫 | a crybaby (なきむし) | 妹は小さいころ泣き虫だった。My little sister was a crybaby when she was small. |
| 鞄 | a bag (かばん) | 鍵は鞄の奥に入っていた。The keys were at the bottom of my bag. |
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