Official HIGE DANdism · Japanese · 33 words
HELLO EP
HELLO EP (2020). The title track is unusually dense in set phrases about how other people see you - 後ろ指をさす, 正気の沙汰, 疑心暗鬼, 座右の銘 - Parabola works entirely in the imagery of moving house and starting over (幕開け, 踏み締める, 軌跡, 雛形), and Laughter reaches for flight and weather: 囀り, 航路, 乱気流, 稲妻.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| お世辞 | flattery, a compliment one doesn't mean (おせじ) | お世辞でも嬉しいものだ。Even flattery is nice to hear. |
| 無傷 | unhurt, unscathed (むきず) | 事故だったが全員無傷だった。It was an accident, but everyone was unhurt. |
| 見取り図 | a floor plan, a rough map (みとりず) | 会場の見取り図を配った。We handed out a floor plan of the venue. |
| 委ねる | to entrust, to leave to (ゆだねる) | 判断は現場に委ねたい。I want to leave the judgement to those on the ground. |
| 迫りくる | to loom, to close in (せまりくる) | 迫りくる締切に焦っている。I'm panicking at the looming deadline. |
| 本性 | one's true nature (ほんしょう) | 追い詰められると本性が出る。One's true nature shows when cornered. |
| 正気の沙汰 | a sane act, something a sane person would do (しょうきのさた) | この寒さで泳ぐなんて正気の沙汰ではない。Swimming in this cold isn't the act of a sane person. |
| 揶揄 | mockery, derision (やゆ) | 新しい試みが揶揄されることもある。New attempts are sometimes mocked. |
| 疑心暗鬼 | suspicion breeding fear (ぎしんあんき) | 噂のせいで疑心暗鬼になっている。The rumours have everyone suspicious of each other. |
| 凍てつく | to freeze over (いてつく) | 凍てつく朝に息が白くなる。Your breath turns white on a freezing morning. |
| 座右の銘 | one's personal motto (ざゆうのめい) | 座右の銘を聞かれて困った。I was stuck when asked for my motto. |
| 幕開け | the opening, the start of something (まくあけ) | 新時代の幕開けと言われた。It was called the dawn of a new era. |
| 片付く | to be tidied away, to be settled (かたづく) | ようやく仕事が片付いた。The work is finally settled. |
| 浸す | to soak, to dip (ひたす) | 豆を一晩水に浸しておく。Soak the beans in water overnight. |
| 踏み締める | to tread firmly on (ふみしめる) | 雪を踏み締めて歩いた。I walked treading firmly on the snow. |
| 靴底 | the sole of a shoe (くつぞこ) | 靴底に小石が挟まっている。There's a pebble stuck in my shoe's sole. |
| 軌跡 | a trajectory, a track, a path taken (きせき) | バンドの軌跡をたどる本だ。It's a book tracing the band's path. |
| 未熟 | immature, inexperienced (みじゅく) | まだ未熟なので勉強を続けます。I'm still inexperienced, so I'll keep studying. |
| むず痒い | itchy, squirm-inducing (むずがゆい) | 褒められるとむず痒い気持ちになる。Being praised makes me squirm. |
| 定規 | a ruler (じょうぎ) | 定規を使って線を引いた。I drew the line with a ruler. |
| 雛形 | a template, a model (ひながた) | 契約書の雛形を用意した。I prepared a template contract. |
| 囀り | birdsong, twittering (さえずり) | 朝は小鳥の囀りで目が覚める。I wake to the twittering of small birds. |
| 鉄格子 | iron bars (てつごうし) | 窓には鉄格子がはまっていた。Iron bars were fitted over the window. |
| 引き留める | to hold back, to detain (ひきとめる) | 帰ろうとする彼を引き留めた。I held him back as he was about to leave. |
| 秤 | a scale, a balance (はかり) | 秤で小麦粉の重さを量った。I weighed the flour on a scale. |
| 捨て去る | to cast aside, to abandon (すてさる) | 古い考えを捨て去るのは難しい。It's hard to cast off old ideas. |
| 問い詰める | to press with questions, to grill (といつめる) | 理由を問い詰められて黙り込んだ。Pressed for a reason, he fell silent. |
| 逸れる | to stray, to veer off (それる) | 話が本題から逸れてしまった。The conversation strayed from the main point. |
| 航路 | a route, a shipping or flight lane (こうろ) | 台風で航路が変更された。The route was changed because of the typhoon. |
| 乱気流 | turbulence (らんきりゅう) | 乱気流で機体が大きく揺れた。The aircraft shook badly in turbulence. |
| 紛い物 | a fake, an imitation (まがいもの) | 紛い物をつかまされてしまった。I was palmed off with a fake. |
| 前例 | a precedent (ぜんれい) | 前例のない対応が求められた。An unprecedented response was called for. |
| 稲妻 | lightning, a lightning flash (いなずま) | 遠くで稲妻が光った。Lightning flashed in the distance. |
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