King Gnu · Japanese · 25 words
CEREMONY, Part 2
CEREMONY's second half. Small Planet is a morning song and unusually domestic - 叩き起こす, 欠伸, 陽だまり, くしゃみ - Overflow is its opposite, all self-reproach (自惚れる, 雁字搦め, 罵る, 見捨てる), and Danjo closes the album on footsteps: 高らか, 足跡, 辿る.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 叩き起こす | to wake someone roughly (たたきおこす) | 朝六時に叩き起こされた。I was hauled out of bed at six. |
| 欠伸 | a yawn (あくび) | 会議中に欠伸をこらえた。I stifled a yawn in the meeting. |
| 産声 | a newborn's first cry (うぶごえ) | 元気な産声が聞こえた。A hearty newborn's cry could be heard. |
| 陽だまり | a sunny spot (ひだまり) | 猫が陽だまりで丸くなっている。The cat is curled up in a sunny spot. |
| 仄か | faint, slight (ほのか) | 仄かに花の香りがする。There's a faint scent of flowers. |
| 無心 | innocent, absorbed, single-minded (むしん) | 子供が無心に遊んでいる。The child is playing absorbed in it. |
| 在り来たり | commonplace, run-of-the-mill (ありきたり) | 在り来たりな結末だった。It was a commonplace ending. |
| 対価 | compensation, the price paid (たいか) | 労働に見合う対価を求める。They seek pay to match the work. |
| 自惚れる | to be conceited, to flatter oneself (うぬぼれる) | 少し褒められて自惚れていた。A little praise and I got above myself. |
| 雁字搦め | bound hand and foot (がんじがらめ) | しがらみで雁字搦めになっている。He's tied up hand and foot by obligations. |
| 臆病風 | a fit of cowardice (おくびょうかぜ) | 本番前に臆病風に吹かれた。I lost my nerve before the performance. |
| 罵る | to abuse verbally, to revile (ののしる) | 感情的に罵るのはやめよう。Let's stop the emotional abuse. |
| 見捨てる | to abandon, to forsake (みすてる) | 困っている人を見捨てられない。I can't abandon someone in trouble. |
| 心模様 | one's state of mind (こころもよう) | 空の色が心模様を映すようだ。The sky's colour seems to mirror my mood. |
| 深読み | reading too much into something (ふかよみ) | そこまで深読みしなくていい。There's no need to read that much into it. |
| 直行直帰 | going straight there and straight home (ちょっこうちょっき) | 今日は直行直帰の予定だ。Today I'll go straight there and straight home. |
| 息を潜める | to hold one's breath, to keep still (いきをひそめる) | 物音がして息を潜めた。I heard a noise and kept perfectly still. |
| 発車 | departure (of a train or bus) (はっしゃ) | 発車のベルが鳴っている。The departure bell is ringing. |
| 染みる | to soak in, to sting, to sink in (しみる) | その言葉が胸に染みた。Those words really sank in. |
| 売り払う | to sell off (うりはらう) | 使わない家具を売り払った。I sold off the furniture I wasn't using. |
| 失望 | disappointment (しつぼう) | 結果に失望を隠せない。I can't hide my disappointment at the result. |
| 人知れず | unknown to anyone, in secret (ひとしれず) | 人知れず努力を重ねていた。He had quietly built up his efforts. |
| 高らか | loudly, resoundingly (たからか) | 高らかに勝利を宣言した。He proclaimed victory resoundingly. |
| 足跡 | footprints, a trail (あしあと) | 雪の上に足跡が続いている。Footprints continue across the snow. |
| 辿る | to trace, to follow (たどる) | 地図を辿って目的地に着いた。I followed the map to my destination. |
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