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Tokyo Rendez-Vous
Tokyo Rendez-Vous (2017) is King Gnu's debut and already dense and literary. Anata wa Shinkirou builds on a single image - 蜃気楼, 錯覚, 翻す - Vinyl is all heat and noise (火照る, 喧騒, 欺く, 掻っ攫う), and Low Love works in the vocabulary of things that only look real: 造花, 無粋, 委ねる.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 溢れかえる | to be overflowing with (あふれかえる) | 駅は帰省客で溢れかえっていた。The station was overflowing with holiday travellers. |
| 狭間 | a gap, the space between (はざま) | 理想と現実の狭間で揺れている。I waver between the ideal and reality. |
| 混沌 | chaos (こんとん) | 現場は混沌としていた。The scene was chaotic. |
| 空騒ぎ | much ado about nothing (からさわぎ) | 結局はただの空騒ぎだった。In the end it was all fuss over nothing. |
| 鮮明 | vivid, sharply clear (せんめい) | 当時の記憶が鮮明に残っている。The memory of that time remains vivid. |
| 翻す | to flip over, to reverse (ひるがえす) | 彼は前言を翻した。He went back on what he'd said. |
| 思惑 | an intention, a calculation (おもわく) | 相手の思惑が読めない。I can't read the other side's intentions. |
| 蜃気楼 | a mirage (しんきろう) | 砂漠で蜃気楼を見たらしい。They apparently saw a mirage in the desert. |
| 無邪気 | innocent, artless (むじゃき) | 子供の無邪気な質問に困った。I was stumped by the child's innocent question. |
| 錯覚 | an illusion, a misapprehension (さっかく) | 分かった気になるのは錯覚だ。Feeling you understand is an illusion. |
| 貫く | to pierce through, to carry through (つらぬく) | 初志を貫くのは難しい。Carrying through your original intention is hard. |
| 火照る | to flush, to feel hot (ほてる) | 恥ずかしくて顔が火照った。My face flushed with embarrassment. |
| 喧騒 | hubbub, din (けんそう) | 都会の喧騒から離れたい。I want to get away from the city's din. |
| 欺く | to deceive, to fool (あざむく) | 見た目が人を欺くこともある。Appearances can deceive. |
| 掻っ攫う | to snatch away (かっさらう) | 優勝を掻っ攫っていった。They snatched the title away. |
| 綻び | a tear at a seam, the first crack (ほころび) | 計画に綻びが見え始めた。Cracks began to show in the plan. |
| 滲む | to blur, to seep, to well up (にじむ) | 額に汗が滲んでいる。Sweat is beading on his forehead. |
| 逃避行 | running away, a flight together (とうひこう) | 二人の逃避行を描いた映画だ。It's a film about two people running away. |
| 惑わす | to bewilder, to lead astray (まどわす) | 甘い言葉に惑わされないで。Don't be led astray by sweet talk. |
| 微か | faint, slight (かすか) | 微かな物音で目が覚めた。A faint noise woke me. |
| 痣 | a bruise, a birthmark (あざ) | ぶつけた所に痣ができた。A bruise formed where I hit it. |
| 刃 | a blade (やいば) | 研いだ刃が鈍く光る。The sharpened blade glints dully. |
| 造花 | an artificial flower (ぞうか) | 受付に造花が飾ってある。Artificial flowers decorate the reception. |
| 委ねる | to entrust, to give oneself over to (ゆだねる) | 流れに身を委ねることにした。I decided to give myself over to the current. |
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