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10 Years 10 Songs, Part 1
2+0+2+1+3+1+1 = 10 years 10 songs (2021) re-recorded ten older songs a decade on. Kaiko and Aitowa are the band at their most confrontational, which makes this an unusually news-shaped set - 原発, 銃声, 自爆, 償う, たらい回し - while Buriki supplies the quiet domestic words: 幻, 仕業, 行儀, 身代わり.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 来たる | coming, forthcoming (きたる) | 来たる三月に式が行われる。The ceremony will be held this coming March. |
| 着地 | landing, touching down (ちゃくち) | 選手はきれいに着地した。The athlete landed cleanly. |
| 無数 | countless, innumerable (むすう) | 夜空に無数の星が見えた。Countless stars were visible in the night sky. |
| 償う | to atone for, to make amends (つぐなう) | 彼は罪を償って社会に戻った。He atoned for his crime and returned to society. |
| 素振り | an outward air, the appearance of doing something (そぶり) | 彼は気付いていない素振りを見せた。He gave the appearance of not having noticed. |
| 今宵 | tonight, this evening (こよい) | 今宵は満月がよく見える。The full moon is clearly visible tonight. |
| 頬張る | to stuff one's cheeks with food (ほおばる) | 子供がおにぎりを頬張っている。The child is stuffing his cheeks with a rice ball. |
| 幻 | an illusion, a phantom (まぼろし) | あれは幻だったのかもしれない。That may have been an illusion. |
| 仕業 | someone's doing, a deed (しわざ) | これは猫の仕業に違いない。This must be the cat's doing. |
| おろしたて | brand new, worn for the first time | おろしたての靴で靴擦れした。I got a blister from my brand-new shoes. |
| 行儀 | manners, behaviour (ぎょうぎ) | 食事中の行儀を注意された。I was told off for my table manners. |
| 身代わり | a substitute, someone who takes another's place (みがわり) | 彼が身代わりに罰を受けた。He took the punishment in another's place. |
| 等しい | equal, the same as (ひとしい) | 二つの三角形の面積は等しい。The areas of the two triangles are equal. |
| 満杯 | full to capacity (まんぱい) | 駐車場はもう満杯だ。The car park is already full. |
| 胃袋 | the stomach (いぶくろ) | 育ち盛りの胃袋は底なしだ。A growing child's stomach is bottomless. |
| 悲鳴 | a scream, a shriek (ひめい) | どこかで悲鳴が聞こえた。A scream was heard somewhere. |
| 千変万化 | constantly shifting, ever-changing (せんぺんばんか) | 空の色は千変万化する。The colour of the sky changes endlessly. |
| 盛大 | grand, on a large scale (せいだい) | 祝賀会が盛大に開かれた。The celebration was held on a grand scale. |
| 破裂 | bursting, rupturing (はれつ) | 水道管が破裂して水が噴き出した。A water pipe burst and water gushed out. |
| 原発 | a nuclear power plant (げんぱつ) | 原発の是非が議論されている。The merits of nuclear power are being debated. |
| 自爆 | self-detonation, blowing oneself up (じばく) | 自爆的な発言で立場を失った。He lost his position through self-destructive remarks. |
| 透ける | to be see-through, to show through (すける) | 薄い生地で下着が透ける。The fabric is thin and the underwear shows through. |
| 所在ない | at a loose end, with nothing to do (しょざいない) | 待合室で所在なく座っていた。I sat in the waiting room at a loose end. |
| 銃声 | the sound of a gunshot (じゅうせい) | 遠くで銃声のような音がした。There was a sound like a gunshot in the distance. |
| 身の丈 | one's height, one's station in life (みのたけ) | 身の丈に合った暮らしがしたい。I want to live within my means. |
| 絆創膏 | a sticking plaster (ばんそうこう) | 指を切ったので絆創膏を貼った。I cut my finger so I put a plaster on. |
| 乗り継ぐ | to change trains, to connect (のりつぐ) | 大阪で新幹線に乗り継ぐ。I change to the Shinkansen at Osaka. |
| 夕暮れ | dusk, nightfall (ゆうぐれ) | 夕暮れの川辺を散歩した。I walked along the river at dusk. |
| わずか | slight, a mere, only just | わずか一点差で敗れた。We lost by a mere single point. |
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