Fujii Kaze · Japanese · 29 words
LOVE ALL SERVE ALL
LOVE ALL SERVE ALL (2022), the album behind Kirari and Matsuri. Kirari carries the record's best vocabulary of drift and endurance - 荒れ狂う, 朽ち果てる, 群衆, 拙い - Matsuri turns a festival into an argument against competing (分け隔て, 受け止める, 骨身に沁みる), and Seishun Sick diagnoses adolescence as an illness: 侵す, 儚い, 絶ち切る.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 荒れ狂う | to rage, to run wild (あれくるう) | 海が荒れ狂って船が出せない。The sea is raging and no boats can sail. |
| 昼下がり | early afternoon (ひるさがり) | 昼下がりの陽射しが心地よい。The early afternoon sun feels pleasant. |
| 朽ち果てる | to rot away completely (くちはてる) | 小屋は朽ち果てて跡形もない。The hut rotted away without a trace. |
| 動機 | a motive, a reason for acting (どうき) | 志望動機を聞かれた。I was asked my reason for applying. |
| 群衆 | a crowd, a throng (ぐんしゅう) | 群衆が広場を埋め尽くした。A crowd filled the square. |
| 拙い | clumsy, poor, unpolished (つたない) | 拙い文章ですがお読みください。It's poorly written, but please read it. |
| 分け隔て | discrimination, treating people differently (わけへだて) | 分け隔てなく接する人だ。He treats everyone the same. |
| 受け止める | to catch, to take on board (うけとめる) | 批判を正面から受け止めた。He took the criticism head-on. |
| こじ開ける | to force open, to prise open (こじあける) | 固い蓋をこじ開けた。I prised the stiff lid open. |
| 大当たり | a big hit, a jackpot (おおあたり) | その企画は大当たりだった。That project was a big hit. |
| 焦がす | to scorch, to burn (こがす) | 鍋を焦がしてしまった。I burned the pan. |
| 骨身に沁みる | to feel something keenly, to sink in (ほねみにしみる) | 親のありがたみが骨身に沁みた。My parents' kindness really sank in. |
| 蹴っ飛ばす | to kick away, to boot (けっとばす) | 空き缶を蹴っ飛ばして歩いた。I walked along kicking an empty can. |
| くすぶる | to smoulder | 不満がくすぶったままだ。Discontent is still smouldering. |
| 強がり | bravado, putting on a brave face (つよがり) | 強がりだとすぐ分かった。I could tell at once it was bravado. |
| 告げる | to announce, to tell (つげる) | 鐘が正午を告げた。The bell announced midday. |
| 帯びる | to take on, to be tinged with (おびる) | 話が現実味を帯びてきた。The story has taken on an air of reality. |
| 尽きる | to run out, to be exhausted (つきる) | 話題が尽きることはなかった。We never ran out of things to talk about. |
| 果てる | to come to an end, to expire (はてる) | 議論は果てることなく続いた。The debate went on without end. |
| ふりまく | to scatter about, to lavish | 彼は愛想をふりまいていた。He was lavishing charm on everyone. |
| 豊か | rich, abundant (ゆたか) | 表情が豊かな人だ。She has a very expressive face. |
| 侵す | to invade, to afflict (おかす) | 病が体を侵していった。The illness spread through his body. |
| 儚い | fleeting, ephemeral (はかない) | 儚い夢のような時間だった。It was a time like a fleeting dream. |
| 絶ち切る | to sever, to cut off for good (たちきる) | 悪い習慣を絶ち切りたい。I want to cut off a bad habit for good. |
| 息絶える | to breathe one's last (いきたえる) | 老木がついに息絶えた。The old tree finally gave out. |
| 幼い | young, childish (おさない) | 幼い頃の記憶が蘇る。Memories of childhood come back. |
| 彷徨う | to wander, to roam (さまよう) | 地図もなく街を彷徨った。I wandered the town without a map. |
| 隣同士 | side by side, next to each other (となりどうし) | 席が隣同士になった。Our seats ended up next to each other. |
| 懐かしむ | to look back on fondly (なつかしむ) | 学生時代を懐かしんでいる。He looks back fondly on his student days. |
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