Official HIGE DANdism · Japanese · 32 words
Traveler, Part 1
Traveler (2019) is the album that made Higedan a household name in Japan. Yesterday is built on the vocabulary of caring what people think - 世間体, 半信半疑, 悠長, 名残惜しい - Shukumei borrows the language of sport (背番号, 讃える, 泥だらけ), and Saigo no Koiwazurai reaches for legal and medical registers to describe a couple who keep saying 'this is the last time'.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 代償 | compensation, the price paid (だいしょう) | 成功の代償は大きかった。The price of success was high. |
| 曇らせる | to cloud (someone's expression) (くもらせる) | その知らせが彼女の顔を曇らせた。The news clouded her face. |
| 悠長 | leisurely, unhurried to a fault (ゆうちょう) | 悠長なことを言っていられない。We can't afford to take it easy. |
| 半信半疑 | half in doubt, not quite believing (はんしんはんぎ) | 半信半疑で話を聞いていた。I listened half in disbelief. |
| 世間体 | appearances, what people will think (せけんてい) | 世間体を気にしすぎている。He worries too much about appearances. |
| 怯える | to be frightened, to cower (おびえる) | 犬は雷に怯えている。The dog is frightened of the thunder. |
| 名残惜しい | reluctant to part, bittersweet (なごりおしい) | 名残惜しいがそろそろ帰ります。I'm reluctant to go, but it's time. |
| 宿命 | destiny, one's appointed fate (しゅくめい) | それが彼の宿命だったのだろう。That must have been his fate. |
| 泥だらけ | covered in mud (どろだらけ) | 子供が泥だらけで帰ってきた。The child came home covered in mud. |
| 爪痕 | a scar, a claw mark, lasting damage (つめあと) | 台風の爪痕が今も残る。The scars of the typhoon still remain. |
| 掌 | the palm of the hand (てのひら) | 掌に汗をかいていた。My palms were sweating. |
| 讃える | to praise, to extol (たたえる) | 彼の勇気を皆で讃えた。Everyone praised his courage. |
| 支配 | control, domination (しはい) | 不安に支配されたくない。I don't want to be ruled by anxiety. |
| 苛立つ | to be irritated, to grow impatient (いらだつ) | 渋滞で苛立っていた。I was getting irritated in the traffic. |
| 難無く | without difficulty, easily (なんなく) | 彼は難無く試験に合格した。He passed the exam without difficulty. |
| 満員 | full, packed to capacity (まんいん) | 会場は満員で入れなかった。The venue was full and we couldn't get in. |
| 傍目 | how it looks to an outsider (はため) | 傍目には順調に見えるらしい。To an outsider it apparently looks smooth. |
| 染まる | to be dyed, to become steeped in (そまる) | 空が夕日で赤く染まった。The sky was dyed red by the sunset. |
| 小手先 | a superficial fix, sleight of hand (こてさき) | 小手先の対応では解決しない。A superficial response won't solve it. |
| 縋りつく | to cling to, to clutch at (すがりつく) | 子供が母親に縋りついた。The child clung to its mother. |
| 飼い慣らす | to tame, to domesticate (かいならす) | 野生動物を飼い慣らすのは難しい。Taming a wild animal is difficult. |
| 見失う | to lose sight of (みうしなう) | 人混みで友人を見失った。I lost sight of my friend in the crowd. |
| 飽きる | to grow tired of, to have one's fill (あきる) | 同じ味に飽きてしまった。I've grown tired of the same flavour. |
| 恋煩い | lovesickness (こいわずらい) | 彼は恋煩いで食欲がないらしい。He's apparently lost his appetite from lovesickness. |
| 見落とす | to overlook, to miss (みおとす) | 小さな誤りを見落としていた。I had overlooked a small error. |
| 真っ逆さま | headlong, straight down (まっさかさま) | 石が谷へ真っ逆さまに落ちた。The stone fell headlong into the valley. |
| 回避 | avoidance, averting (かいひ) | 最悪の事態は回避できた。The worst outcome was averted. |
| 冊子 | a booklet, a pamphlet (さっし) | 説明が冊子にまとめてある。The explanation is collected in a booklet. |
| すり減る | to wear down, to be worn away (すりへる) | 靴底がすり減ってきた。The soles of my shoes have worn down. |
| 一切合切 | every last thing, the whole lot (いっさいがっさい) | 荷物を一切合切運び出した。We carried out every last piece of luggage. |
| 理不尽 | unreasonable, unjust (りふじん) | 理不尽な要求は断るべきだ。Unreasonable demands should be refused. |
| 立ち尽くす | to stand rooted to the spot (たちつくす) | 驚いてその場に立ち尽くした。I stood rooted to the spot in surprise. |
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