Mrs. GREEN APPLE · Japanese · 20 words

Wanted! Wanted!

Wanted! Wanted! (2017). The title track is about getting good at running away - 保守的, 妬む, 罠, 焦る - On My Mind turns school stationery into metaphor (感想文, 問題文, ダメ元, 隣の芝生), and Hikari no Uta offers to go down with the ship: 隻, 滅びる, 背負い込む.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
気高い	noble, lofty (けだかい)	彼女には気高い雰囲気がある。She has a noble air about her.
保守的	conservative (ほしゅてき)	うちの会社は保守的だ。Our company is conservative.
快感	a pleasurable sensation (かいかん)	片付いた時の快感がたまらない。The satisfaction when it's tidy is wonderful.
絡まる	to get tangled up (からまる)	イヤホンがまた絡まった。My earphones have tangled again.
妬む	to envy, to be jealous of (ねたむ)	同僚の成功を妬んでしまった。I found myself envying a colleague's success.
罠	a trap, a snare (わな)	うまい話は罠かもしれない。A good offer may be a trap.
悩み抜く	to agonise over at length (なやみぬく)	悩み抜いた末に転職した。After long agonising, I changed jobs.
感想文	a written account of one's impressions (かんそうぶん)	夏休みの感想文が終わらない。I can't finish my holiday book report.
問題文	the text of a question (もんだいぶん)	問題文をよく読みなさい。Read the question carefully.
挑む	to take on, to challenge (いどむ)	記録に挑むつもりだ。I intend to have a go at the record.
見失う	to lose sight of (みうしなう)	目的を見失わないようにしたい。I want to avoid losing sight of the aim.
ダメ元	with nothing to lose by trying (だめもと)	ダメ元で応募してみた。I applied with nothing to lose.
隣の芝生	the neighbour's lawn; the grass being greener (となりのしばふ)	隣の芝生は青く見えるものだ。The neighbour's grass always looks greener.
歩む	to walk, to tread a path (あゆむ)	自分の道を歩んでいきたい。I want to tread my own path.
隻	counter for ships (せき)	港に三隻の船が停泊している。Three ships are moored in the harbour.
滅びる	to perish, to die out (ほろびる)	その文明はやがて滅びた。That civilisation eventually died out.
唱える	to chant, to recite, to advocate (となえる)	呪文を唱えるように繰り返した。He repeated it like an incantation.
繕う	to mend, to keep up appearances (つくろう)	その場を繕うのはやめよう。Let's stop papering over the moment.
冒頭	the opening, the first lines (ぼうとう)	冒頭の一文が印象的だ。The opening sentence is striking.
背負い込む	to take a burden upon oneself (せおいこむ)	一人で背負い込まないで。Don't shoulder it all alone.