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Editorial, Part 2
Editorial's second half is its most modern. Pending Machine is a song about wanting to switch the internet off, and it reads like an office memo - 返答, 困窮, 強いる, 不具合, 躊躇う, 見栄 - while Bedroom Talk works in the language of being handled gingerly (腫れ物, 笑い者, 息が詰まる) and Universe reaches for the sky: 惑星, 流星, 侵略者.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 名物 | a local speciality, a well-known fixture (めいぶつ) | この町の名物は温泉まんじゅうだ。This town's speciality is hot-spring buns. |
| 夕立 | a sudden evening shower (ゆうだち) | 夕立で洗濯物が濡れた。The washing got wet in an evening shower. |
| 報せる | to inform, to announce (しらせる) | 鐘が正午を報せた。The bell announced midday. |
| 相槌 | a nod or noise of agreement (あいづち) | 彼女は熱心に相槌を打っていた。She was nodding along attentively. |
| 雨音 | the sound of rain (あまおと) | 雨音を聞きながら眠った。I fell asleep listening to the rain. |
| 弾ける | to burst, to pop, to spring open (はじける) | 炭酸が口の中で弾けた。The fizz burst in my mouth. |
| 肩代わり | taking on someone else's burden (かたがわり) | 借金を肩代わりすることになった。I ended up taking on their debt. |
| 額 | the forehead (ひたい) | 額に汗がにじんでいる。Sweat is beading on his forehead. |
| 冷ます | to cool something down (さます) | スープを少し冷ましてから飲む。I let the soup cool a little before drinking. |
| 返答 | a reply, an answer (へんとう) | 返答は明日までに欲しい。I'd like a reply by tomorrow. |
| 困窮 | being at a loss, hardship (こんきゅう) | 生活に困窮している人を支える。We support people in financial hardship. |
| 強いる | to force, to compel (しいる) | 無理を強いるつもりはない。I don't mean to force anything on you. |
| 多様化 | diversification (たようか) | 働き方が多様化している。Ways of working are diversifying. |
| 不具合 | a defect, a malfunction (ふぐあい) | アプリに不具合が見つかった。A defect was found in the app. |
| 見栄 | vanity, keeping up appearances (みえ) | 見栄を張って高い店を選んだ。I picked an expensive place out of vanity. |
| 躊躇う | to hesitate, to waver (ためらう) | 声をかけるのを躊躇ってしまった。I hesitated to say anything. |
| 気に留める | to pay attention to, to take notice of (きにとめる) | 誰も気に留めていないようだ。Nobody seems to have taken notice. |
| 腫れ物 | a boil; something handled gingerly (はれもの) | 腫れ物に触るように扱われた。I was handled as if I might break. |
| 常夜燈 | a night light, an all-night lamp (じょうやとう) | 廊下の常夜燈だけが点いていた。Only the corridor night light was on. |
| 笑い者 | a laughing stock (わらいもの) | 笑い者になるのが怖かった。I was afraid of becoming a laughing stock. |
| 息が詰まる | to feel stifled, to be suffocating (いきがつまる) | 堅苦しい場は息が詰まる。Stiff, formal occasions are suffocating. |
| 惑星 | a planet (わくせい) | 太陽系には八つの惑星がある。There are eight planets in the solar system. |
| 土足 | with shoes on, without removing footwear (どそく) | 土足のまま上がらないでください。Please don't come up with your shoes on. |
| 侵略者 | an invader (しんりゃくしゃ) | 物語の敵は異星の侵略者だ。The story's enemy is an alien invader. |
| 解答用紙 | an answer sheet (かいとうようし) | 解答用紙に名前を書き忘れた。I forgot to write my name on the answer sheet. |
| 暗転 | a blackout on stage, a turn for the worse (あんてん) | 場面が暗転して静まり返った。The scene went dark and everything fell silent. |
| 流星 | a shooting star, a meteor (りゅうせい) | 夜中に流星がいくつも見えた。Several shooting stars were visible in the night. |
| 揺さぶる | to shake, to move deeply (ゆさぶる) | その演説は聴衆の心を揺さぶった。The speech moved the audience deeply. |
| 思い直す | to think better of it, to reconsider (おもいなおす) | 辞めようとしたが思い直した。I was going to quit but thought better of it. |
| 他人行儀 | standoffish, overly formal (たにんぎょうぎ) | そんな他人行儀な言い方はやめて。Stop talking to me so formally. |
| 大傑作 | a great masterpiece (だいけっさく) | 後世に残る大傑作と評された。It was hailed as a masterpiece for the ages. |
| 微塵 | a speck, the least bit (みじん) | 反省の色が微塵も見えない。There isn't the least sign of remorse. |
| 絞り出す | to squeeze out, to wring out (しぼりだす) | 最後の力を絞り出して走った。I wrung out my last strength and ran. |
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