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FOREVER DAZE, Part 2
The rest of FOREVER DAZE. Utakata-Uta with Masaki Suda is the album's centrepiece and its vocabulary of regret is unusually precise - 悔やむ, やりきれない, 運の尽き, 憎まれ口 - while Hagane no Hane assembles the language of training and setbacks (訓練, 成果, 台無し, 惨敗) and Kataware finds it in a flat full of half-finished things.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 心もとない | uneasy, not to be relied on (こころもとない) | この予算では心もとない。This budget feels insufficient. |
| くぐり抜ける | to slip through, to come through (くぐりぬける) | 幾多の困難をくぐり抜けてきた。They have come through no end of hardships. |
| やるせない | disconsolate, wretched | やるせない気持ちで見送った。I saw them off with a heavy heart. |
| 清い | pure, clean, untainted (きよい) | 山の清い水を汲んできた。I drew some pure mountain water. |
| かけ違える | to get out of step, to button wrongly (かけちがえる) | 最初の一歩をかけ違えたようだ。It seems we got out of step from the first move. |
| のめり込む | to become deeply engrossed (のめりこむ) | 彼は研究にのめり込んでいる。He is thoroughly engrossed in his research. |
| 明けても暮れても | day in and day out (あけてもくれても) | 明けても暮れても同じ作業だ。It's the same work day in and day out. |
| 運の尽き | the end of one's luck (うんのつき) | そこで油断したのが運の尽きだった。Letting his guard down there was the end of his luck. |
| 悔やむ | to regret, to rue (くやむ) | 言わなかったことを今も悔やんでいる。I still regret not saying anything. |
| やりきれない | unbearable, more than one can take | この暑さはやりきれない。This heat is unbearable. |
| 手垢 | thumb marks, signs of much handling (てあか) | 手垢のついた表現は避けたい。I'd rather avoid well-worn expressions. |
| 賽の目 | the roll of the dice (さいのめ) | 人生は賽の目次第だと彼は言う。He says life comes down to the roll of the dice. |
| 憎まれ口 | spiteful remarks (にくまれぐち) | 照れ隠しに憎まれ口をたたく。He says spiteful things to hide his embarrassment. |
| ほったらかし | left neglected, abandoned | 庭をほったらかしにしていた。I'd left the garden neglected. |
| 過不足 | excess or shortfall (かふそく) | 過不足なく材料を用意した。I prepared the ingredients with nothing over or missing. |
| 洗濯 | laundry, washing (せんたく) | 晴れたので洗濯をした。It cleared up so I did the laundry. |
| 訓練 | training, drill (くんれん) | 避難訓練が毎年行われる。Evacuation drills are held every year. |
| 最中 | in the very middle of (さいちゅう) | 食事の最中に電話が鳴った。The phone rang in the middle of the meal. |
| 物音 | a sound, a noise (ものおと) | 夜中に物音がして目が覚めた。A noise in the night woke me. |
| 成果 | results, fruits of one's effort (せいか) | 半年の成果を報告した。I reported six months of results. |
| 台無し | ruined, spoiled (だいなし) | 雨で計画が台無しになった。Rain ruined the plan. |
| 得体の知れない | of unknown nature, unfathomable (えたいのしれない) | 得体の知れない不安に襲われた。An unfathomable unease came over me. |
| 惨敗 | a crushing defeat (ざんぱい) | 決勝で惨敗を喫した。They suffered a crushing defeat in the final. |
| 高鳴り | a pounding or racing of the heart (たかなり) | 胸の高鳴りが抑えられない。I can't calm the pounding in my chest. |
| 揺るぎない | unshakeable, firm (ゆるぎない) | 揺るぎない信念を持っている。He holds an unshakeable conviction. |
| 賞味期限 | a best-before date (しょうみきげん) | 賞味期限が切れていた。It was past its best-before date. |
| 足跡 | footprints, tracks (あしあと) | 雪の上に足跡が残っている。Footprints remain in the snow. |
| 遭う | to meet with, to run into (something bad) (あう) | 帰り道でにわか雨に遭った。I ran into a sudden shower on the way home. |
| 朝陽 | the morning sun (あさひ) | 朝陽が窓から差し込んできた。The morning sun streamed in the window. |
| 昇る | to rise, to ascend (のぼる) | 日が昇る前に出発した。We set off before the sun rose. |
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