Hikaru Utada · Japanese · 27 words
Deep River
DEEP RIVER (2002) is the third of Utada's teenage albums and the most ambitious. Letters is a song of notes left behind - 砂, あみだくじ, 怠け者, 置き手紙 - Play Ball borrows baseball for a love song (防御, 束の間, 狙いを定める, 風流), and A.S.A.P. supplies the emergency vocabulary: 交差点, 緊急, 狼少女.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 擦り減る | to wear down, to be worn away (すりへる) | 靴底が擦り減ってきた。The soles of my shoes have worn down. |
| 野望 | ambition, aspiration (やぼう) | 彼には大きな野望がある。He has a large ambition. |
| 寄り道 | stopping off on the way (よりみち) | 帰りに寄り道して花を買った。I stopped off on the way home and bought flowers. |
| 賢者 | a sage, a wise person (けんじゃ) | 賢者の言葉を書き留めた。I noted down the sage's words. |
| 舞い降りる | to descend, to alight (まいおりる) | 鳥が屋根に舞い降りた。A bird alighted on the roof. |
| 河 | a river (かわ) | 大きな河を船で渡った。We crossed the great river by boat. |
| 砂 | sand (すな) | 靴の中に砂が入った。Sand got into my shoes. |
| あみだくじ | a ladder lottery for drawing lots | 順番はあみだくじで決めよう。Let's decide the order by drawing lots. |
| 怠け者 | a lazy person (なまけもの) | 怠け者だと言われても仕方ない。I can't argue with being called lazy. |
| 置き手紙 | a note left behind (おきてがみ) | 置き手紙だけ残して出かけた。She left only a note and went out. |
| 昇る | to rise, to ascend (のぼる) | 日が昇る前に家を出た。I left the house before sunrise. |
| 防御 | defence (ぼうぎょ) | 攻撃より防御を固めよう。Let's shore up the defence rather than attack. |
| 束の間 | a fleeting moment (つかのま) | 束の間の休息を楽しんだ。I enjoyed a fleeting rest. |
| 狙いを定める | to take aim (ねらいをさだめる) | 狙いを定めて矢を放った。He took aim and loosed the arrow. |
| 風流 | elegance, refined taste (ふうりゅう) | 雨音を楽しむのも風流だ。Enjoying the sound of rain has its own elegance. |
| 植木鉢 | a flowerpot (うえきばち) | 植木鉢を窓辺に並べた。I lined the flowerpots up by the window. |
| 交差点 | an intersection (こうさてん) | 交差点で右に曲がってください。Please turn right at the intersection. |
| 緊急 | an emergency, urgent (きんきゅう) | 緊急の連絡先を書いておく。I'll write down an emergency contact. |
| 狼少女 | the girl who cried wolf (おおかみしょうじょ) | 何度も嘘をつけば狼少女だ。Lie often enough and you're the girl who cried wolf. |
| わな | a trap, a snare | うまい話のわなに気をつけて。Watch out for the trap of a good offer. |
| 眼差し | a gaze, a look (まなざし) | 優しい眼差しで見つめていた。She was watching with a gentle gaze. |
| 草原 | grassland, a meadow (そうげん) | 草原に風が渡っていく。Wind passes over the grassland. |
| 尖らす | to sharpen, to purse (one's lips) (とがらす) | 彼女は口を尖らせて黙った。She pursed her lips and fell silent. |
| 突き進む | to press on, to forge ahead (つきすすむ) | 目標に向かって突き進む。He forges ahead towards his goal. |
| 出口 | an exit (でぐち) | 出口はあちらにあります。The exit is over there. |
| 暗闇 | darkness (くらやみ) | 暗闇で手探りしながら進んだ。I felt my way forward in the dark. |
| 紹介 | an introduction (しょうかい) | 友人を家族に紹介した。I introduced my friend to my family. |
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