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ANTI ANTI GENERATION, Part 2
ANTI ANTI GENERATION closes with two of the band's warmest songs, Nakidashisou da yo with Aimyon and the graduation anthem Seikai. PAPARAZZI opens it by naming the press directly, which makes this set unusually strong on the vocabulary of public life and ethics - 監視, 倫理, 著名人, 娯楽 - before Seikai turns to the words of repair: 仲直り, 分かち合う, 滲む.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 娯楽 | entertainment, amusement (ごらく) | 娯楽の少ない町で育った。I grew up in a town with little entertainment. |
| 著名人 | a public figure, a celebrity (ちょめいじん) | 会場には著名人も来ていた。Public figures were at the venue too. |
| 監視 | surveillance, keeping watch (かんし) | 工事現場は常時監視されている。The construction site is under constant watch. |
| 根気 | perseverance, patience (こんき) | この作業には根気がいる。This work takes perseverance. |
| 倫理 | ethics, morals (りんり) | 研究には倫理の審査が必要だ。Research requires ethical review. |
| 絆 | a bond, ties between people (きずな) | 災害を通じて絆が深まった。The disaster deepened their bonds. |
| 冷凍庫 | a freezer (れいとうこ) | 余ったご飯は冷凍庫に入れた。I put the leftover rice in the freezer. |
| 路地裏 | a back alley (ろじうら) | 路地裏に小さな喫茶店がある。There's a little coffee shop down a back alley. |
| 逞しい | sturdy, robust, resilient (たくましい) | 彼は数年で逞しくなった。He grew sturdy over a few years. |
| 栄養 | nutrition, nourishment (えいよう) | 野菜から栄養をとりたい。I want to get my nutrition from vegetables. |
| ため息 | a sigh (ためいき) | 彼は大きなため息をついた。He let out a big sigh. |
| ご馳走 | a feast, a treat (ごちそう) | 今日は私がご馳走します。Today it's my treat. |
| 真似 | imitation, copying (まね) | 子供は親の真似をする。Children imitate their parents. |
| 甘える | to lean on someone's kindness, to act spoiled (あまえる) | お言葉に甘えてお願いします。I'll take you up on your kind offer. |
| 山盛り | heaped up, piled high (やまもり) | 皿に山盛りのポテトが出てきた。A plate heaped with chips arrived. |
| 苦笑い | a wry smile, a forced laugh (にがわらい) | 指摘されて苦笑いするしかなかった。All I could do was smile wryly at the remark. |
| 儲かる | to be profitable, to make money (もうかる) | その商売はあまり儲からない。That business doesn't make much money. |
| 能書き | boastful talk, a spiel (のうがき) | 能書きより結果を見せてほしい。I'd rather see results than hear the spiel. |
| 抗う | to resist, to fight against (あらがう) | 時代の流れに抗うのは難しい。It's hard to resist the currents of the age. |
| 調味料 | seasoning, a condiment (ちょうみりょう) | 調味料は控えめにしている。I go easy on the seasoning. |
| 空腹 | an empty stomach, hunger (くうふく) | 空腹で集中できない。I can't concentrate on an empty stomach. |
| 渇く | to be thirsty, to run dry (かわく) | 喉が渇いたので水を買った。I was thirsty so I bought water. |
| 勝る | to surpass, to be superior to (まさる) | 経験に勝るものはない。Nothing surpasses experience. |
| 千切れる | to be torn to shreds (ちぎれる) | 強風で旗が千切れそうだ。The flag looks about to tear in the strong wind. |
| 残業 | overtime work (ざんぎょう) | 今月は残業が多かった。There was a lot of overtime this month. |
| 分かち合う | to share (with someone) (わかちあう) | 喜びを仲間と分かち合った。I shared the joy with my teammates. |
| 夜通し | all night long (よどおし) | 夜通し語り明かした。We talked all night through. |
| 案の定 | sure enough, just as expected (あんのじょう) | 案の定、電車は遅れていた。Sure enough, the train was delayed. |
| 理屈 | logic, reasoning, a rationale (りくつ) | 理屈では分かっているのだが。I understand it logically, at least. |
| 仲直り | making up, reconciliation (なかなおり) | 喧嘩した友達と仲直りした。I made up with the friend I'd argued with. |
| 滲む | to blur, to seep, to well up (にじむ) | インクが紙に滲んでしまった。The ink bled into the paper. |
| 空欄 | a blank space (on a form) (くうらん) | 空欄に記入してください。Please fill in the blanks. |
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