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Anew, Part 2
The back half of Anew is the band at forty looking around. Hitsuzetsu is a list of things that happen to everyone eventually - 行きつけ, 潰れる, 売れっ子, 出来損ない - Piaf works through the body (五体, 細胞, 内臓, 火種), and Dai-Dan-En with ZORN closes the album on the vocabulary of being roused: 奮い立つ, 激情, 報いる.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 通い慣れる | to grow used to a route one travels often (かよいなれる) | 通い慣れた道なので迷わない。I won't get lost on a route I know well. |
| 浴びる | to bathe in, to be showered with (あびる) | 朝日を浴びると目が覚める。Bathing in the morning sun wakes me up. |
| 演技 | acting, a performance (えんぎ) | 彼女の演技は自然だった。Her acting was natural. |
| 閉じ込める | to shut in, to confine (とじこめる) | 猫を部屋に閉じ込めてしまった。I accidentally shut the cat in the room. |
| はみ出す | to stick out, to spill beyond (はみだす) | 字が枠からはみ出している。The writing is spilling out of the box. |
| 行きつけ | one's regular haunt (いきつけ) | 行きつけの店が閉まっていた。My regular place was closed. |
| 潰れる | to be crushed, to go under (つぶれる) | 近所の書店が潰れてしまった。The local bookshop went under. |
| 脚本家 | a scriptwriter (きゃくほんか) | 脚本家として独立した。She went independent as a scriptwriter. |
| 売れっ子 | someone much in demand (うれっこ) | 彼は今や売れっ子の翻訳者だ。He is now a much-in-demand translator. |
| 生意気 | cheeky, impertinent (なまいき) | 生意気な口をきくなと叱られた。I was told off for talking back. |
| 帯びる | to take on, to be tinged with (おびる) | 計画が現実味を帯びてきた。The plan has taken on an air of reality. |
| 出来損ない | a botched job, a failure (できそこない) | 出来損ないの試作品を捨てた。I threw out the botched prototype. |
| 勘弁 | forgiveness, letting someone off (かんべん) | 今回だけは勘弁してほしい。Please let me off just this once. |
| 祟る | to curse, to come back to haunt (たたる) | 寝不足が祟って体調を崩した。Lack of sleep caught up with me and I fell ill. |
| 歓迎 | a welcome (かんげい) | 新入生を歓迎する会が開かれた。A party was held to welcome the new students. |
| 成れの果て | what someone has been reduced to (なれのはて) | これが栄華の成れの果てか。So this is what all that glory came to. |
| 仕返し | revenge, getting back at someone (しかえし) | 仕返しをしても何も解決しない。Getting back at them solves nothing. |
| 顔馴染み | a familiar face, an acquaintance (かおなじみ) | 常連同士はもう顔馴染みだ。The regulars are familiar faces to each other by now. |
| 言いくるめる | to talk someone round, to explain away (いいくるめる) | うまく言いくるめられてしまった。I was neatly talked round. |
| かき集める | to scrape together, to rake up (かきあつめる) | 資金をかき集めて開業した。They scraped together funds and opened up. |
| 寝転ぶ | to lie down, to sprawl (ねころぶ) | 芝生に寝転んで空を見た。I sprawled on the grass and looked at the sky. |
| 配布 | distribution, handing out (はいふ) | 資料は当日配布します。The materials will be handed out on the day. |
| 愛想 | affability, a civil manner (あいそ) | 彼は誰にでも愛想がいい。He is affable with everyone. |
| 込み上げる | to well up (of emotion) (こみあげる) | 懐かしさが込み上げてきた。A wave of nostalgia welled up. |
| 五体 | one's whole body, all one's limbs (ごたい) | 五体満足であることに感謝する。I'm grateful to be sound in body. |
| 細胞 | a cell (biological) (さいぼう) | 細胞は絶えず入れ替わっている。Cells are constantly being replaced. |
| 内臓 | the internal organs (ないぞう) | 検査で内臓に異常はなかった。The examination found nothing wrong with my organs. |
| 火種 | kindling, the seed of a conflict (ひだね) | 小さな誤解が争いの火種になった。A small misunderstanding became the seed of a quarrel. |
| 巣食う | to nest in, to lodge itself within (すくう) | 不安が心の底に巣食っている。Anxiety has lodged itself deep in my mind. |
| 激情 | violent emotion, passion (げきじょう) | 激情に駆られて口走った。He blurted it out, driven by passion. |
| 奮い立つ | to be roused, to summon one's spirit (ふるいたつ) | 彼の一言で皆が奮い立った。His single remark roused everyone. |
| 報いる | to repay, to reward (むくいる) | 期待に報いたいと思っている。I want to repay their expectations. |
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