Kenshi Yonezu · Japanese · 28 words
LOST CORNER, Part 1
LOST CORNER (2024) gathers the singles Yonezu released over the previous few years, and this first half opens with RED OUT and KICK BACK, the Chainsaw Man opening. The words here are the ordinary Japanese those songs are built from: verbs like 消える, 生きる and 頑張る, adjectives like 酷い, 激しい and 暗い, and short nouns such as 努力, 残念 and 夜明け. Almost all of it carries straight over into everyday conversation.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 酷い | terrible, awful (ひどい) | 彼の言い方は酷いと思う。I think the way he said it was awful. |
| 止む | to stop, to let up (やむ) | 昼過ぎには雨が止むそうだ。They say the rain will let up in the early afternoon. |
| 消える | to disappear, to vanish (きえる) | 画面の文字が急に消える。The letters on the screen suddenly disappear. |
| 映る | to be reflected, to appear on a screen (うつる) | 鏡に自分の顔が映る。My face is reflected in the mirror. |
| 努力 | effort, hard work (どりょく) | 努力はいつか実ると信じている。I believe hard work pays off eventually. |
| 傘 | umbrella (かさ) | 急に降ってきたので傘を買った。It suddenly started raining, so I bought an umbrella. |
| 迎える | to greet, to go meet someone (むかえる) | 駅まで友達を迎えるつもりだ。I plan to go meet my friend at the station. |
| 生きる | to live (いきる) | 自分らしく生きるのが一番だ。Living in your own way is best. |
| 漂う | to drift, to waft (ただよう) | 台所からいい香りが漂う。A nice smell drifts in from the kitchen. |
| 誘う | to invite, to ask along (さそう) | 週末の映画に友達を誘う。I'll invite a friend to the movie this weekend. |
| 満腹 | full (from eating) (まんぷく) | 食べすぎてもう満腹だ。I ate too much and I'm already full. |
| 激しい | intense, violent (はげしい) | 昨夜は激しい雨が降った。It rained hard last night. |
| 落書き | doodle, graffiti (らくがき) | 机に落書きが残っている。There's a doodle left on the desk. |
| 空っぽ | empty (からっぽ) | 冷蔵庫が空っぽになった。The fridge is empty now. |
| 遊ぶ | to play, to hang out (あそぶ) | 日曜は公園で遊ぶ予定だ。We plan to hang out at the park on Sunday. |
| 素晴らしい | wonderful, splendid (すばらしい) | 今日の演奏は素晴らしいと思った。I thought today's performance was wonderful. |
| 残念 | too bad, regrettable (ざんねん) | 試合に負けて残念だった。It was a shame to lose the match. |
| 勝手 | selfish, doing as one pleases (かって) | 勝手に決めないでほしい。I'd rather you didn't decide on your own. |
| 夜明け | dawn, daybreak (よあけ) | 夜明けまで話し込んでしまった。We ended up talking until dawn. |
| 面白い | interesting, funny (おもしろい) | この本は思ったより面白い。This book is more interesting than I expected. |
| 頑張る | to do one's best, to keep at it (がんばる) | 明日の試験まで頑張るつもりだ。I intend to keep at it until tomorrow's exam. |
| 変わる | to change (かわる) | 予定が急に変わることもある。Sometimes the plan changes suddenly. |
| 無駄 | waste, pointless (むだ) | 買いすぎて食材を無駄にした。I bought too much and wasted the ingredients. |
| 暗い | dark (くらい) | この部屋は昼でも暗い。This room is dark even during the day. |
| 足音 | footsteps (あしおと) | 廊下の足音で目が覚めた。The footsteps in the hallway woke me up. |
| 不幸 | misfortune, unhappiness (ふこう) | 不幸が重なった一年だった。It was a year in which misfortunes piled up. |
| 襲う | to strike, to come over (someone) (おそう) | 強い不安が急に襲うことがある。Sometimes a strong anxiety suddenly comes over me. |
| 傷つく | to get hurt, to be wounded (きずつく) | その一言で人は傷つく。People get hurt by a single remark like that. |
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