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Altocolony no Teiri, Part 1
アルトコロニーの定理 (2009) is the album where Noda's arguing streak is loudest. Oshakashama takes the whole idea of gods apart and supplies a run of reasoning vocabulary - 一致, 連鎖, 言い張る, 有耶無耶 - while ONE MAN LIVE and Sokratic Love bring the concrete nouns: 拳, 客席, 拍手, 裸足, 孔雀.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 眺める | to gaze at, to look out at (ながめる) | 窓から海を眺めていた。I was gazing at the sea from the window. |
| 振り落とす | to shake off, to throw off (ふりおとす) | 馬は乗り手を振り落とした。The horse threw its rider. |
| 握り締める | to grip tightly, to clutch (にぎりしめる) | 切符を握り締めて改札を待った。I clutched my ticket and waited at the gate. |
| 揺れる | to sway, to shake (ゆれる) | 地震で照明が大きく揺れた。The lights swayed hard in the earthquake. |
| 拝む | to worship, to press one's palms together in prayer (おがむ) | 初詣で家族の健康を拝んだ。At the New Year visit I prayed for my family's health. |
| 絵画 | a painting, pictorial art (かいが) | 美術館で絵画を鑑賞した。I viewed the paintings at the museum. |
| 一致 | agreement, a match, coincidence (いっち) | 二人の意見が一致した。The two came to an agreement. |
| 連鎖 | a chain, a linked sequence (れんさ) | 小さなミスが連鎖して大事故になった。Small mistakes chained together into a serious accident. |
| 言い張る | to insist, to maintain stubbornly (いいはる) | 彼は自分は悪くないと言い張った。He insisted he had done nothing wrong. |
| 生まれ変わる | to be reborn, to be transformed (うまれかわる) | その店は改装して生まれ変わった。The shop was renovated and completely transformed. |
| 有耶無耶 | left vague, swept under the rug (うやむや) | 話は有耶無耶のまま終わった。The matter ended up being left unresolved. |
| 砂漠 | a desert (さばく) | 砂漠の夜は驚くほど冷える。Desert nights get surprisingly cold. |
| 鱗 | a scale (of a fish or reptile) (うろこ) | 魚の鱗を丁寧に取った。I carefully scaled the fish. |
| 火星 | Mars (かせい) | 火星の探査が進んでいる。Exploration of Mars is advancing. |
| 好み | taste, preference (このみ) | 味付けはお好みで調整してください。Please adjust the seasoning to your taste. |
| 感謝 | gratitude, thanks (かんしゃ) | 支えてくれた人たちに感謝している。I'm grateful to the people who supported me. |
| 張り合う | to compete, to vie with (はりあう) | 兄弟でいちいち張り合っている。The brothers compete over every little thing. |
| 判定 | a judgement, a ruling (はんてい) | 審判の判定に納得がいかない。I'm not satisfied with the referee's ruling. |
| 言わずもがな | needless to say, better left unsaid (いわずもがな) | 言わずもがなのことを言ってしまった。I said something that was better left unsaid. |
| 吹き出物 | a pimple, a breakout (ふきでもの) | 寝不足で吹き出物ができた。I broke out from lack of sleep. |
| 押し当てる | to press against (おしあてる) | 傷口にガーゼを押し当てた。I pressed gauze against the wound. |
| 拳 | a fist (こぶし) | 彼は思わず拳を握った。He clenched his fist without thinking. |
| 客席 | audience seating, the house (きゃくせき) | 客席から大きな笑いが起きた。A big laugh came from the audience. |
| 拍手 | applause, clapping (はくしゅ) | 演奏が終わると拍手が続いた。The applause went on after the performance ended. |
| 折れる | to break, to snap, to give in (おれる) | 強風で枝が折れた。A branch snapped in the strong wind. |
| 所詮 | after all, when it comes down to it (しょせん) | 所詮それは他人事だと思われた。In the end it was treated as someone else's problem. |
| 絡む | to get tangled, to become entangled with (からむ) | コードが絡んでほどけない。The cords are tangled and won't come apart. |
| 裸足 | barefoot (はだし) | 砂浜を裸足で歩いた。I walked barefoot on the sand. |
| 賑やか | lively, bustling (にぎやか) | 商店街は夕方から賑やかになる。The shopping street gets lively from the evening. |
| 脳みそ | brains, grey matter (のうみそ) | 考えすぎて脳みそが疲れた。I thought so hard my brain is tired. |
| 無理矢理 | forcibly, against one's will (むりやり) | 無理矢理連れて行かれた。I was dragged along against my will. |
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