Official HIGE DANdism · Japanese · 33 words
レポート
レポート (2017) is the EP just before the band broke through, and it is unusually wordy. Itan na Star argues about conformity and supplies the vocabulary for it - 非難, 無難, 出しゃばる, 汚名, 天真爛漫 - while Equal works in the language of zero-sum competition (対立, 蹴落とす, 見出す, 止むを得ない) and 55 raids the financial pages for 債権者 and 焦げつく.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 並木道 | a tree-lined avenue (なみきみち) | 銀杏の並木道を歩いた。I walked down the ginkgo-lined avenue. |
| 手招き | beckoning with the hand (てまねき) | 店主が手招きして呼んでいる。The shopkeeper is beckoning us over. |
| 弾む | to bounce, to be lively (はずむ) | 話が弾んで時間を忘れた。The conversation was lively and we lost track of time. |
| 振り切る | to shake off, to break away from (ふりきる) | 追手を振り切って逃げた。He shook off his pursuers and fled. |
| 上の空 | absent-minded, miles away (うわのそら) | 彼は授業中ずっと上の空だった。He was miles away throughout the lesson. |
| 蹴散らす | to scatter, to kick aside (けちらす) | 強豪を蹴散らして優勝した。They swept the favourites aside and won. |
| 鐘 | a bell (かね) | 教会の鐘が鳴り始めた。The church bell began to ring. |
| 薄っぺらい | flimsy, shallow, superficial (うすっぺらい) | 薄っぺらい慰めはいらない。I don't need shallow consolation. |
| 非難 | criticism, censure (ひなん) | 対応の遅さが非難を浴びた。The slow response drew criticism. |
| 無難 | safe, unobjectionable (ぶなん) | 無難な服装を選んだ。I chose safe, unremarkable clothes. |
| 出しゃばる | to be pushy, to butt in (でしゃばる) | 会議で出しゃばりすぎたかもしれない。I may have been too pushy in the meeting. |
| 汚名 | a bad name, disgrace (おめい) | 汚名を返上する機会を得た。He got a chance to clear his name. |
| 天真爛漫 | innocent and unaffected (てんしんらんまん) | 彼女の天真爛漫な笑顔に救われた。Her artless smile was a relief. |
| 差し押さえる | to seize, to impound (さしおさえる) | 裁判所が財産を差し押さえた。The court impounded the assets. |
| 悪口雑言 | a torrent of abuse (あっこうぞうごん) | 悪口雑言を浴びせられた。He was showered with abuse. |
| 喉から手が出る | to want something desperately (のどからてがでる) | 喉から手が出るほど欲しい。I want it desperately. |
| 干上がる | to dry up completely (ひあがる) | 猛暑で池が干上がった。The pond dried up in the heat. |
| 債権者 | a creditor (さいけんしゃ) | 債権者との交渉が続いている。Negotiations with creditors continue. |
| 幼稚 | childish, immature (ようち) | 幼稚な言い争いはやめよう。Let's stop the childish bickering. |
| 察する | to sense, to guess how someone feels (さっする) | 言わなくても察してほしい。I'd like you to sense it without my saying so. |
| 面と向かう | to face someone directly (めんとむかう) | 面と向かって言う勇気がなかった。I lacked the courage to say it to his face. |
| 街灯 | a street light (がいとう) | 街灯の下で本を読んでいた。He was reading under a street light. |
| 逃走 | escape, flight (とうそう) | 犯人は車で逃走した。The suspect fled by car. |
| 焦燥感 | a sense of impatience or restlessness (しょうそうかん) | 締切前は焦燥感に駆られる。I'm gripped by restlessness before a deadline. |
| 無慈悲 | merciless, pitiless (むじひ) | 無慈悲な判断だと感じた。It struck me as a merciless decision. |
| 取り合う | to squabble over, to pay heed to (とりあう) | 兄弟でおもちゃを取り合っている。The brothers are squabbling over the toy. |
| 引き抜く | to pull out, to poach (an employee) (ひきぬく) | 競合に社員を引き抜かれた。A rival poached one of our staff. |
| 使命 | a mission, a calling (しめい) | 教育こそ自分の使命だと考えている。He sees education as his calling. |
| 蹴落とす | to kick down, to oust (けおとす) | 人を蹴落としてまで勝ちたくない。I don't want to win by pushing others down. |
| 止むを得ない | unavoidable, cannot be helped (やむをえない) | 中止も止むを得ない状況だ。Cancelling is unavoidable in these circumstances. |
| 腰掛ける | to sit down, to perch (こしかける) | ベンチに腰掛けて休んだ。I sat on the bench and rested. |
| 埃 | dust (ほこり) | 棚に埃が積もっている。Dust has built up on the shelf. |
| 紺碧 | deep blue, azure (こんぺき) | 紺碧の海が広がっていた。An azure sea stretched out. |
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