RADWIMPS · Japanese · 28 words
10 Years 10 Songs, Part 2
The second half of the re-recordings holds the band's songs of absence. Soramado is written from a home nobody could return to - 故郷, 宙ぶらりん, 後ろめたさ, 遠ざける - Kakurenbo turns hide-and-seek into a decade of grief, and Aitai says the same two syllables until they mean something. Plain, high-frequency vocabulary throughout.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 見慣れる | to grow used to the sight of (みなれる) | 見慣れた道でも夜は違って見える。Even a familiar road looks different at night. |
| 板につく | to become second nature, to suit someone (いたにつく) | 司会の仕事が板についてきた。He's grown into the role of host. |
| 宙ぶらりん | left hanging, in limbo (ちゅうぶらりん) | 結論が出ず宙ぶらりんな状態が続く。No conclusion was reached and things remain in limbo. |
| 遠ざける | to keep at a distance (とおざける) | しばらく仕事から身を遠ざけた。I kept myself away from work for a while. |
| 故郷 | one's hometown, where one is from (ふるさと) | 十年ぶりに故郷を訪ねた。I visited my hometown for the first time in ten years. |
| 後ろめたさ | a guilty conscience (うしろめたさ) | 断ったことに後ろめたさが残る。A sense of guilt lingers over having refused. |
| 淵 | a deep pool, the brink (ふち) | 彼は絶望の淵に立たされた。He was driven to the brink of despair. |
| 灯す | to light (a lamp), to switch on (ともす) | 停電なのでろうそくを灯した。There was a blackout so I lit a candle. |
| 隣同士 | next to one another (となりどうし) | 席が隣同士になった。Our seats ended up next to each other. |
| 結ぶ | to tie, to bind, to conclude (むすぶ) | 靴ひもをしっかり結んだ。I tied my shoelaces firmly. |
| 地獄 | hell (じごく) | 満員電車は地獄のようだ。A packed train is like hell. |
| 呑気 | easygoing, carefree to a fault (のんき) | 締切前なのに呑気なものだ。How carefree, with the deadline so close. |
| 気が触れる | to go out of one's mind (きがふれる) | 気が触れたのかと思うほど驚いた。I was startled enough to think I'd lost my mind. |
| 襲いかかる | to pounce on, to descend upon (おそいかかる) | 台風が島に襲いかかった。The typhoon descended on the island. |
| おぼろげ | hazy, dim, indistinct | 記憶はもうおぼろげだ。My memory of it is already hazy. |
| 一筋 | a single streak or ray (ひとすじ) | 雲間から一筋の光が差した。A single ray of light came through the clouds. |
| 海風 | a sea breeze (うみかぜ) | 海風が心地よい季節だ。It's the season when the sea breeze feels good. |
| いたずら | mischief, a prank | 子供のいたずらに手を焼いている。I have my hands full with the child's mischief. |
| 家路 | the way home (いえじ) | 雨の中を家路についた。I set off home through the rain. |
| 突き破る | to break through, to burst through (つきやぶる) | 強風が窓を突き破った。The gale burst through the window. |
| 懲りる | to learn one's lesson (こりる) | 一度失敗して懲りたはずだ。He should have learned his lesson after failing once. |
| そこかしこ | here and there, all over | そこかしこに落ち葉が積もっている。Fallen leaves are piled up all over. |
| 不公平 | unfair, inequitable (ふこうへい) | その扱いは不公平だと思う。I think that treatment is unfair. |
| 宿す | to harbour, to hold within (やどす) | その言葉は深い意味を宿している。Those words hold a deep meaning. |
| 彷徨う | to wander, to roam (さまよう) | 地図もなく街を彷徨った。I wandered the town without a map. |
| 夢中 | engrossed, absorbed (むちゅう) | 息子は昆虫に夢中だ。My son is absorbed in insects. |
| 嗅ぐ | to smell, to sniff (かぐ) | 犬が地面の匂いを嗅いでいる。The dog is sniffing the ground. |
| 真面目 | serious, earnest (まじめ) | 彼は真面目に取り組んでいる。He is working at it in earnest. |
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