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Traveler, Part 2
Traveler's second half holds Pretender, the song that broke the band nationally. It is a study in naming a one-sided relationship - ひとり芝居, 観客, 否めない, 離れ難い - while Vintage argues that scars are the point (傷跡, 褪せる, 錆びつく, 繕う) and Last Song closes on the vocabulary of a summer ending.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 口喧嘩 | a quarrel, bickering (くちげんか) | つまらないことで口喧嘩になった。We ended up bickering over something silly. |
| 率先 | taking the lead, going first (そっせん) | 彼は率先して片付けを始めた。He took the lead in starting the tidying up. |
| けなす | to disparage, to run down | 人の作品をけなすべきではない。You shouldn't run down other people's work. |
| 価値観 | one's values, outlook (かちかん) | 価値観の違いは埋めにくい。Differences in values are hard to bridge. |
| 傷跡 | a scar (きずあと) | 手術の傷跡が残っている。The scar from the operation remains. |
| 褪せる | to fade (あせる) | 日に焼けてポスターが褪せた。The poster faded in the sun. |
| 錆びつく | to rust up, to seize with rust (さびつく) | 自転車の鎖が錆びついた。The bicycle chain has rusted up. |
| 繕う | to mend, to patch up, to keep up appearances (つくろう) | 破れた袖を繕った。I mended the torn sleeve. |
| 完成形 | the finished form (かんせいけい) | まだ完成形には程遠い。It's still far from finished. |
| 不滅 | immortal, undying (ふめつ) | 不滅の記録と言われている。It's called an unbreakable record. |
| 喧騒 | hubbub, din (けんそう) | 都会の喧騒を離れたい。I want to get away from the noise of the city. |
| 誇らしい | proud, something to be proud of (ほこらしい) | 後輩の活躍が誇らしい。I'm proud of how my juniors are doing. |
| 汗ばむ | to become slightly sweaty (あせばむ) | 少し歩いただけで汗ばむ陽気だ。It's warm enough to work up a sweat on a short walk. |
| 息を切らす | to be out of breath (いきをきらす) | 息を切らして階段を上った。I climbed the stairs out of breath. |
| ひとり芝居 | a one-person act, playing to oneself (ひとりしばい) | 全部ひとり芝居だったと気づいた。I realised it had all been a performance of my own. |
| 観客 | a member of the audience (かんきゃく) | 観客は静かに聞き入っていた。The audience listened intently. |
| 否めない | undeniable, cannot be denied (いなめない) | 準備不足だったことは否めない。It cannot be denied that we were underprepared. |
| 離れ難い | hard to leave, hard to part from (はなれがたい) | 住み慣れた町は離れ難い。It's hard to leave a town you've grown used to. |
| 論理 | logic, reasoning (ろんり) | その主張は論理が通っていない。That argument doesn't follow logically. |
| 見下ろす | to look down at, to overlook (みおろす) | 屋上から街を見下ろした。I looked down at the town from the roof. |
| 夜景 | a night view (やけい) | 港の夜景がきれいだった。The night view of the harbour was lovely. |
| 無責任 | irresponsible (むせきにん) | 無責任な発言は控えたい。I want to avoid irresponsible remarks. |
| 引き伸ばす | to draw out, to prolong (ひきのばす) | 会議の結論を引き伸ばすのはやめよう。Let's stop drawing out the meeting's conclusion. |
| 幕 | a curtain (in a theatre) (まく) | 幕が上がると拍手が起きた。Applause broke out as the curtain rose. |
| 皮肉 | irony, sarcasm (ひにく) | 皮肉のつもりはなかった。I didn't mean it sarcastically. |
| 過ぎ去る | to pass by, to elapse (すぎさる) | 嵐が過ぎ去るのを待った。We waited for the storm to pass. |
| つねる | to pinch | 夢かと思って頬をつねった。I pinched my cheek, thinking it was a dream. |
| しんどい | tough, exhausting | 連日の残業はしんどい。Overtime day after day is exhausting. |
| 漂う | to drift, to hang in the air (ただよう) | 部屋にコーヒーの香りが漂っている。The smell of coffee hangs in the room. |
| 火薬 | gunpowder (かやく) | 花火の火薬の匂いがした。There was a smell of firework powder. |
| 耳鳴り | ringing in the ears (みみなり) | ライブの後は耳鳴りがする。My ears ring after a gig. |
| 嘆き | grief, lamentation (なげき) | 深い嘆きの声が漏れた。A sound of deep grief escaped him. |
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