Hikaru Utada · Japanese · 24 words
BAD MODE
BAD MODE (2022) is Utada's most recent Japanese album. Kimi ni Muchuu is written from inside a career - 副作用, 栄光, 付き纏う, 損得, 序盤 - One Last Kiss, the Evangelion theme, works in mechanism and loss (歯車, 喪失, 焼きつく, 即ち), and PINK BLOOD closes the set on plain everyday words: 上等, 無駄, 癖.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 夢中 | engrossed, mad about (むちゅう) | 息子は昆虫に夢中だ。My son is mad about insects. |
| 副作用 | a side effect (ふくさよう) | 薬の副作用が心配だ。I'm worried about the drug's side effects. |
| 栄光 | glory (えいこう) | 栄光の裏に努力がある。Behind glory lies effort. |
| 付き纏う | to follow around, to dog someone (つきまとう) | 不安が付き纏って離れない。The anxiety dogs me and won't leave. |
| 鎧 | armour (よろい) | 心の鎧を脱ぐのは難しい。Taking off one's armour is hard. |
| 損得 | profit and loss, self-interest (そんとく) | 損得抜きで手伝いたい。I want to help without thought of gain. |
| 歯車 | a cog, a gear (はぐるま) | 組織の歯車になった気がする。I feel like a cog in the organisation. |
| 喪失 | loss (そうしつ) | 記憶の喪失が心配された。Memory loss was a concern. |
| 焼きつく | to be burned in, to be seared (やきつく) | その光景が目に焼きついている。That scene is seared into my eyes. |
| 即ち | that is to say, namely (すなわち) | 彼は即ち責任者ということだ。He is, in other words, the person responsible. |
| お互い様 | it's the same on both sides (おたがいさま) | 困った時はお互い様です。We all need help sometimes. |
| 上等 | fine, of good quality (じょうとう) | 上等な生地を使っている。It uses fine cloth. |
| 無駄 | waste, pointlessness (むだ) | 無駄な出費を減らしたい。I want to cut wasteful spending. |
| 癖 | a habit, a quirk (くせ) | 貧乏ゆすりの癖が抜けない。I can't shake the habit of jiggling my leg. |
| 孤独 | solitude, loneliness (こどく) | 孤独に耐える強さが要る。It takes strength to bear solitude. |
| 呪文 | an incantation, a spell (じゅもん) | 呪文のように唱えている。He recites it like an incantation. |
| 枠 | a frame, a category, a slot (わく) | 枠にとらわれない発想が要る。We need thinking that isn't boxed in. |
| 腕時計 | a wristwatch (うでどけい) | 腕時計の電池を替えた。I changed the battery in my watch. |
| 囚われる | to be captive to, to be bound by (とらわれる) | 過去に囚われすぎている。He's too captive to the past. |
| 色気 | charm, allure (いろけ) | その提案には色気がない。That proposal has no appeal. |
| 口ずさむ | to hum, to sing softly (くちずさむ) | 歩きながら口ずさんでいた。I was humming as I walked. |
| 根性 | guts, willpower (こんじょう) | 根性だけでは続かない。Willpower alone won't sustain it. |
| 経験値 | experience points, accumulated experience (けいけんち) | 失敗も経験値になる。Failure adds to your experience too. |
| 肝心 | crucial, essential (かんじん) | 肝心な部分が抜けている。The crucial part is missing. |
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