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FOREVER DAZE, Part 1
FOREVER DAZE (2021) is a sprawling, argumentative record. Tokumeikibo goes after anonymous online judgement and supplies exactly that vocabulary - 匿名, 蔓延る, 受け売り, 大衆 - while TWILIGHT works in the register of things that don't last (儚い, 淡い, 刹那) and Togenkyo in the register of keeping face: 平静, 装う, 尻目, 頑な.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 現 | waking reality, the here and now (うつつ) | 夢と現の区別がつかなかった。I couldn't tell dream from waking reality. |
| 煙に巻く | to bewilder someone, to throw them off (けむにまく) | 難しい専門用語で煙に巻かれた。I was thrown off by difficult jargon. |
| 飾り立てる | to deck out, to dress up elaborately (かざりたてる) | 店先をきらびやかに飾り立てた。They decked out the shopfront lavishly. |
| 立ちはだかる | to stand in someone's way, to loom (たちはだかる) | 高い壁が行く手に立ちはだかった。A high wall stood in our way. |
| 企む | to plot, to scheme (たくらむ) | 彼らは何かを企んでいるようだ。They seem to be plotting something. |
| 火花 | a spark (ひばな) | 配線から火花が飛んだ。Sparks flew from the wiring. |
| 脱落 | dropping out, falling behind (だつらく) | けがで選考から脱落した。He dropped out of selection due to injury. |
| 空虚 | emptiness, hollowness (くうきょ) | 勝っても空虚な気持ちが残った。Even winning left a hollow feeling. |
| 沸き立つ | to boil up, to seethe with excitement (わきたつ) | 逆転勝ちに会場が沸き立った。The venue erupted at the come-from-behind win. |
| 神話 | a myth, a legend (しんわ) | ギリシャ神話を読み返している。I'm rereading Greek myths. |
| どん底 | rock bottom (どんぞこ) | どん底からやり直すことにした。I decided to start over from rock bottom. |
| 大衆 | the general public, the masses (たいしゅう) | 大衆の関心はすぐ移り変わる。Public interest shifts quickly. |
| 歪む | to warp, to become distorted (ゆがむ) | 湿気で戸が歪んで閉まらない。The door has warped with damp and won't close. |
| 生き甲斐 | something that makes life worth living (いきがい) | 園芸が祖父の生き甲斐だ。Gardening is what makes my grandfather's life worthwhile. |
| 蔓延る | to spread unchecked, to be rampant (はびこる) | 根拠のない噂が蔓延っている。Baseless rumours are running rampant. |
| 窮屈 | cramped, stifling, constricting (きゅうくつ) | この靴は少し窮屈だ。These shoes are a little tight. |
| 受け売り | parroting someone else's view (うけうり) | それは本の受け売りにすぎない。That's just parroting a book. |
| 儚い | fleeting, ephemeral (はかない) | 桜は儚いからこそ美しい。Cherry blossom is beautiful precisely because it is fleeting. |
| 他愛ない | trivial, silly, of no consequence (たあいない) | 他愛ない話で盛り上がった。We had a lively chat about nothing in particular. |
| 淡い | faint, pale, delicate (あわい) | 壁を淡い緑に塗った。I painted the wall a pale green. |
| 洗いざらい | everything, the whole lot (あらいざらい) | 洗いざらい打ち明けることにした。I decided to come clean about everything. |
| 刹那 | an instant, a fleeting moment (せつな) | その刹那、時が止まった気がした。In that instant, time seemed to stop. |
| 渋滞 | congestion, a traffic jam (じゅうたい) | 高速道路が渋滞している。The motorway is congested. |
| 平静 | composure, calm (へいせい) | 彼は平静を保って対応した。He kept his composure and dealt with it. |
| 装う | to feign, to affect an appearance (よそおう) | 平気を装っていたが内心は不安だった。He affected indifference but was anxious inside. |
| 尻目 | a sidelong glance, paying no heed to (しりめ) | 周囲の反対を尻目に決行した。He went ahead, paying no heed to the objections. |
| 無謀 | reckless, foolhardy (むぼう) | 無謀な計画は避けたい。I'd rather avoid a reckless plan. |
| 頑な | stubborn, obstinate (かたくな) | 彼は頑なに口を開かなかった。He stubbornly refused to speak. |
| 在り処 | the whereabouts of something (ありか) | 宝の在り処は誰も知らない。Nobody knows the whereabouts of the treasure. |
| 役目 | one's role, one's duty (やくめ) | 後輩を育てるのも私の役目だ。Training juniors is part of my role too. |
| 怠惰 | idleness, sloth (たいだ) | 怠惰な生活を改めたい。I want to reform my idle way of living. |
| 修羅場 | a scene of chaos, a crisis (しゅらば) | 納期前は毎回修羅場になる。It turns into chaos before every deadline. |
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