Mrs. GREEN APPLE · Japanese · 22 words
Ensemble
Ensemble (2018). Hajimari with KIYOSAKU is the album's warmest song and carries its plainest vocabulary - 足跡, 傷跡, 癒える, 泣き言, 俯く, お天道様 - while Reverse works in the register of social manoeuvring (歩み寄る, 優越, 浸る) and Coffee separates love from infatuation: 苦味, 養う, 流行り.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 気取る | to put on airs, to affect a manner (きどる) | 気取らずに話してほしい。I'd like you to talk without airs. |
| 陽気 | cheerful, lively (ようき) | 陽気な音楽で気分が晴れた。The lively music lifted my mood. |
| 律儀 | conscientious, dutiful (りちぎ) | 彼は律儀に毎年葉書をくれる。He dutifully sends a card every year. |
| 淋しい | lonely (さびしい) | 一人の夜は少し淋しい。Nights alone are a little lonely. |
| 足跡 | footprints, a trail left behind (あしあと) | 浜辺に足跡が続いている。Footprints trail along the beach. |
| 眩い | dazzling, radiant (まばゆい) | 眩い光に目を細めた。I squinted at the dazzling light. |
| 目まぐるしい | dizzying, hectic (めまぐるしい) | 目まぐるしい一日だった。It was a hectic day. |
| 留まる | to stay put, to remain (とどまる) | その場に留まる方が安全だ。It's safer to stay where you are. |
| 傷跡 | a scar (きずあと) | 膝に子供の頃の傷跡がある。I have a childhood scar on my knee. |
| 癒える | to heal, to mend (いえる) | 傷が癒えるまで休もう。Let's rest until it heals. |
| 泣き言 | complaints, whining (なきごと) | 泣き言を言わずにやり遂げた。He saw it through without complaining. |
| 俯く | to look down, to hang one's head (うつむく) | 彼は黙って俯いていた。He hung his head in silence. |
| お天道様 | the sun (affectionate, honorific) (おてんとさま) | お天道様に恥じない生き方をしたい。I want to live without shame under the sun. |
| しょげる | to be downcast, to mope | 叱られてしょげている。He's moping after being told off. |
| 切り開く | to carve out, to pioneer (きりひらく) | 自分で道を切り開いてきた。He carved out his own path. |
| 歩み寄る | to meet halfway, to compromise (あゆみよる) | 双方が少しずつ歩み寄った。Both sides moved a little towards each other. |
| 優越 | superiority (ゆうえつ) | 優越感に浸るのはみっともない。Basking in a sense of superiority is unbecoming. |
| 浸る | to be immersed, to bask (ひたる) | しばらく余韻に浸っていた。I basked in the afterglow for a while. |
| 和む | to be soothed, to soften (なごむ) | 猫を見ると心が和む。Seeing a cat soothes me. |
| 苦味 | bitterness (of taste) (にがみ) | この茶は上品な苦味がある。This tea has a refined bitterness. |
| 養う | to cultivate, to support, to bring up (やしなう) | 判断力を養いたい。I want to cultivate my judgement. |
| 流行り | a fad, what is in fashion (はやり) | 今年の流行りの色は青らしい。This year's fashionable colour is apparently blue. |
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