Fujii Kaze · Japanese · 24 words
HELP EVER HURT NEVER, Part 2
The rest of HELP EVER HURT NEVER, including Shinunoga E-Wa, the song that carried Fujii Kaze worldwide. Tokuninai is a compact lesson in wanting nothing - 見返り, ご褒美, 定め, 渇き - and SAYONARA Baby is a break-up delivered entirely in Okayama dialect, with the adjectives to match: 煩わしい, 紛らわしい, 気恥ずかしい.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 見返り | a return, something given back (みかえり) | 見返りを求めない親切だった。It was kindness that asked nothing in return. |
| ご褒美 | a reward, a treat (ごほうび) | 自分へのご褒美にケーキを買った。I bought a cake as a treat to myself. |
| 定め | fate, a rule, what is laid down (さだめ) | それが世の定めというものだ。That is the way of the world. |
| 渇き | thirst (かわき) | 渇きを覚えて水を探した。I felt thirsty and looked for water. |
| 満たされる | to be satisfied, to be fulfilled (みたされる) | 小さな幸せで心が満たされる。Small joys fill the heart. |
| 指切りげんまん | a pinky promise (ゆびきりげんまん) | 指切りげんまんで約束した。We sealed it with a pinky promise. |
| 針 | a needle, a pin, a hand of a clock (はり) | 時計の針が十二時を指した。The clock hands pointed to twelve. |
| 浮つく | to be flighty, to be unsettled (うわつく) | 気持ちが浮ついて集中できない。I'm too unsettled to concentrate. |
| 侘しさ | desolation, forlornness (わびしさ) | 冬の海に侘しさを感じた。I felt a desolation at the winter sea. |
| 空しさ | emptiness, futility (むなしさ) | 終わってから空しさが残った。An emptiness remained once it was over. |
| 吹き荒れる | to blow violently, to rage (ふきあれる) | 一晩中風が吹き荒れた。The wind raged all night. |
| 導く | to guide, to lead (みちびく) | 先生が生徒を導いていく。The teacher guides the students. |
| 宙 | mid-air, space (ちゅう) | 帽子が宙に舞い上がった。The hat flew up into the air. |
| 捧ぐ | to dedicate, to offer up (ささぐ) | この曲を亡き友に捧ぐ。I dedicate this song to a departed friend. |
| 意地 | stubbornness, pride (いじ) | 意地でも認めたくないらしい。He seems stubbornly unwilling to admit it. |
| 煩わしい | irksome, bothersome (わずらわしい) | 煩わしい手続きが多すぎる。There are too many bothersome procedures. |
| 紛らわしい | confusingly similar (まぎらわしい) | 紛らわしい名前で間違えた。I mixed them up because the names are so similar. |
| 気恥ずかしい | embarrassing, awkward (きはずかしい) | 褒められると気恥ずかしい。Being praised is embarrassing. |
| 置き手紙 | a note left behind (おきてがみ) | 置き手紙だけ残して出ていった。He left only a note and went. |
| 夜明 | dawn, daybreak (よあけ) | 夜明の空が白み始めた。The dawn sky began to pale. |
| 交わる | to intersect, to mix with (まじわる) | 二本の道が村で交わる。The two roads meet at the village. |
| 疼く | to throb, to ache dully (うずく) | 古傷が雨の日に疼く。An old wound aches on rainy days. |
| 弱音を吐く | to whine, to complain (よわねをはく) | 彼は決して弱音を吐かない。He never complains. |
| 未練 | lingering attachment, regret (みれん) | 未練を断ち切るのは難しい。Cutting off lingering attachment is hard. |
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