Mrs. GREEN APPLE · Japanese · 22 words
Ao To Natsu
青と夏 (2018) is the band's summer standard. The title track is all seasonal objects a learner meets constantly - 風鈴, 赤い糸, 行方, 褪せる - Tenbyou no Uta works in the vocabulary of holding back (強がる, 堪える, 鈍感), and A Priori is a small masterpiece of contempt: 惨め, 妬ましい, 味を占める, 付け上がる.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 風鈴 | a wind chime (ふうりん) | 軒先に風鈴を吊るした。I hung a wind chime under the eaves. |
| 行方 | whereabouts, where something is heading (ゆくえ) | 議論の行方を見守っている。I'm watching where the discussion goes. |
| 主役 | the leading role, the star (しゅやく) | 今日の主役は新入社員だ。Today's stars are the new employees. |
| 転がす | to roll something (ころがす) | ボールを転がして渡した。I rolled the ball across. |
| 褪せる | to fade (あせる) | 看板の色が褪せてきた。The sign's colour has faded. |
| 赤い糸 | the red thread of fate (あかいいと) | 運命の赤い糸を信じている。She believes in the red thread of fate. |
| 解れる | to come loose, to relax (ほぐれる) | 話すうちに緊張が解れてきた。My nerves eased as we talked. |
| 強がる | to put on a brave face (つよがる) | 強がらずに頼っていいよ。You can lean on me instead of putting on a brave face. |
| 好く | to like, to be fond of (すく) | 皆に好かれる人柄だ。He has a character everyone likes. |
| 安らぐ | to be at peace, to feel calm (やすらぐ) | 海を見ると心が安らぐ。Looking at the sea puts me at peace. |
| 鈍感 | insensitive, slow on the uptake (どんかん) | 自分の鈍感さに呆れた。I was appalled at my own obliviousness. |
| 叱る | to scold, to tell off (しかる) | 頭ごなしに叱るのはよくない。Telling someone off out of hand isn't good. |
| 堪える | to endure, to hold back (こらえる) | 涙を堪えて話し続けた。I held back tears and kept talking. |
| 惨め | miserable, wretched (みじめ) | 惨めな思いをさせたくない。I don't want to make them feel wretched. |
| 人気者 | a popular person (にんきもの) | 彼はクラスの人気者だ。He's the popular one in class. |
| 代名詞 | a byword, a pronoun (だいめいし) | その街は音楽の代名詞だ。That city is a byword for music. |
| 妬ましい | enviable in a bitter way (ねたましい) | 順調な人を妬ましく感じる。I feel a bitter envy of those doing well. |
| 哀れ | pitiful, pathetic (あわれ) | 哀れな身の上話を聞いた。I heard a pitiful account of their situation. |
| 味を占める | to get a taste for something (あじをしめる) | 一度うまくいって味を占めた。It worked once and he got a taste for it. |
| 付け上がる | to get above oneself (つけあがる) | 優しくすると付け上がる。Be kind and he gets above himself. |
| 恥さらし | a disgrace (はじさらし) | 身内の恥さらしだと言われた。I was called a disgrace to the family. |
| 聞き飽きる | to be tired of hearing something (ききあきる) | その言い訳はもう聞き飽きた。I'm tired of hearing that excuse. |
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