Kenshi Yonezu · Japanese · 24 words
LOST CORNER, Part 2
The middle stretch of LOST CORNER (2024), Kenshi Yonezu's fifth album, including the Tiger & Dragon drama theme "Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!" and "Tsuki Wo Miteita", written for Final Fantasy XVI. These songs stay close to ordinary speech, so the vocabulary is the kind you reuse: verbs of motion and leaving, everyday adjectives, and concrete nouns. Twenty-four words drawn evenly from the six tracks, each with an original example sentence.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 飛び立つ | to take off, to fly away (とびたつ) | 鳥が屋根から飛び立った。A bird took off from the roof. |
| 通り過ぎる | to pass by, to go past (とおりすぎる) | 知らない人が横を通り過ぎた。A stranger passed by beside me. |
| 見捨てる | to abandon, to desert (みすてる) | 彼は友達を見捨てなかった。He did not abandon his friend. |
| 繋がる | to be connected, to lead to (つながる) | この道は駅に繋がっている。This road leads to the station. |
| 見上げる | to look up at (みあげる) | 立ち止まって空を見上げた。I stopped and looked up at the sky. |
| 翼 | wing, wings (つばさ) | その鳥は白い翼を持っている。That bird has white wings. |
| 砕ける | to break into pieces, to shatter (くだける) | グラスが床に落ちて砕けた。The glass fell on the floor and shattered. |
| 構う | to mind, to care about (かまう) | 私は雨でも構わず歩いた。I walked on without minding the rain. |
| 迷子 | a lost child, someone who has lost their way (まいご) | 駅前で迷子になってしまった。I got lost in front of the station. |
| 厳しい | harsh, strict, severe (きびしい) | 今年の冬はとても厳しい。This winter is very harsh. |
| 無事 | safe, unharmed (ぶじ) | 家族は皆無事だった。My whole family was safe. |
| 座る | to sit down (すわる) | 窓際の席に座りたい。I want to sit in the seat by the window. |
| 薄い | thin (うすい) | 氷がまだ薄いから危ない。The ice is still thin, so it's dangerous. |
| 裸足 | barefoot (はだし) | 子供が裸足で庭を走る。The children run around the garden barefoot. |
| 必死 | desperate, doing something with everything one has (ひっし) | 必死に働いて資格を取った。I worked desperately hard and got the qualification. |
| 舞台 | stage (ぶたい) | 彼女は舞台に立つのが好きだ。She likes standing on stage. |
| 揺れる | to sway, to shake (ゆれる) | 風でカーテンが揺れている。The curtain is swaying in the wind. |
| 燃やす | to burn something (もやす) | 古い手紙を燃やした。I burned the old letters. |
| 包む | to wrap, to envelop (つつむ) | 贈り物を紙で包んだ。I wrapped the present in paper. |
| 求める | to seek, to ask for (もとめる) | 彼は助けを求めている。He is asking for help. |
| 輝く | to shine, to sparkle (かがやく) | 夜空の星が輝いている。The stars in the night sky are shining. |
| 帽子 | hat, cap (ぼうし) | 風で帽子が飛ばされた。My hat was blown off by the wind. |
| 応える | to respond, to live up to (こたえる) | みんなの期待に応えたい。I want to live up to everyone's expectations. |
| 孤独 | loneliness, solitude (こどく) | 都会で孤独を感じることがある。Sometimes I feel lonely in the city. |
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