Mrs. GREEN APPLE · Japanese · 33 words
10
10 (2025), the band's most recent album. Lilac, the Kimi to Idol Precure theme, is full of station and calendar vocabulary a learner meets daily - 寿命, 埃, 準急, 踵, 倦怠感 - Heaven is the darkest thing they have recorded (見苦しい, この期に及んで, 蛆, 醜悪), and Seeds of Delight closes gently: 案外, 疎む, 歓び.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 恨む | to bear a grudge, to resent (うらむ) | 人を恨んでも何も変わらない。Resenting people changes nothing. |
| 見逃す | to overlook, to let slip (みのがす) | 小さな変化を見逃さないで。Don't overlook the small changes. |
| ありがち | common, typical, all too frequent | 初心者にありがちな失敗だ。It's a mistake beginners often make. |
| 成長痛 | growing pains (せいちょうつう) | 息子が成長痛を訴えている。My son is complaining of growing pains. |
| 不器用 | clumsy, awkward (ぶきよう) | 不器用だが誠実な人だ。He's clumsy but sincere. |
| 寿命 | lifespan, service life (じゅみょう) | 冷蔵庫の寿命が近いようだ。The fridge seems near the end of its life. |
| 宝庫 | a treasure house, a rich source (ほうこ) | この山は山菜の宝庫だ。This mountain is a treasure house of wild vegetables. |
| 埃 | dust (ほこり) | 本棚の埃を払った。I dusted the bookshelf. |
| 被る | to be covered in, to wear on the head (かぶる) | 帽子を被って出かけた。I put on a hat and went out. |
| 喝采 | cheers, acclaim (かっさい) | 演奏に喝采が起きた。The performance drew cheers. |
| 倦怠感 | a feeling of lethargy (けんたいかん) | 熱はないが倦怠感がある。I've no fever but I feel washed out. |
| 準急 | a semi-express train (じゅんきゅう) | 準急に乗れば十分早い。The semi-express is quick enough. |
| 踵 | a heel (かかと) | 靴の踵がすり減っている。The heels of my shoes are worn down. |
| 車輪 | a wheel (しゃりん) | 自転車の車輪が歪んでいる。The bicycle wheel is buckled. |
| 燃料 | fuel (ねんりょう) | 燃料の値上がりが続いている。Fuel prices keep rising. |
| いがみ合う | to snarl at each other, to be at odds (いがみあう) | 兄弟でいがみ合うのはやめよう。Let's stop the brothers being at odds. |
| 膝をつく | to fall to one's knees (ひざをつく) | 力尽きて膝をついた。He gave out and fell to his knees. |
| 絆 | a bond, ties between people (きずな) | 苦難が家族の絆を深めた。Hardship deepened the family's bonds. |
| 強がり | bravado, putting on a brave face (つよがり) | 強がりを言わなくていいよ。You don't have to put on a brave face. |
| 堪らない | unbearable; irresistible (たまらない) | 暑くて堪らない一日だった。It was an unbearably hot day. |
| 見苦しい | unsightly, unseemly (みぐるしい) | 見苦しい言い訳はやめよう。Let's have no unseemly excuses. |
| この期に及んで | at this late stage (このごにおよんで) | この期に及んで断れない。I can't refuse at this late stage. |
| 健気 | admirable, plucky (けなげ) | 健気に働く姿に打たれた。I was moved by how pluckily she worked. |
| 知る由もない | to have no way of knowing (しるよしもない) | 当人の心中など知る由もない。There's no way of knowing what he felt. |
| 摘む | to pluck, to pick (つむ) | 庭でハーブを摘んできた。I picked some herbs in the garden. |
| 汚染 | pollution, contamination (おせん) | 土壌の汚染が問題になっている。Soil contamination has become an issue. |
| 芯を食う | to hit the mark, to strike the core (しんをくう) | 芯を食った質問だった。It was a question that hit the mark. |
| 漂う | to drift, to waft (ただよう) | パンの焼ける匂いが漂う。The smell of baking bread wafts through. |
| 醒める | to wake from a dream, to sober up (さめる) | 夢から醒めたような気分だ。I feel as if I've woken from a dream. |
| 情けない | pathetic, shameful (なさけない) | 情けない結果に終わった。It ended in a pathetic result. |
| 脆い | fragile, brittle (もろい) | この素材は熱に脆い。This material is fragile in heat. |
| 案外 | unexpectedly, more than you'd think (あんがい) | 案外簡単に終わった。It finished more easily than expected. |
| 疎む | to shun, to keep at a distance (うとむ) | 変わり者だと疎まれていた。He was shunned as an oddball. |
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