RADWIMPS · Japanese · 30 words
RADWIMPS 3, Part 1
RADWIMPS 3 (2006) is the album where Noda Yojiro's writing turned from clever to strange, and this half is the strangest of it. The vocabulary is unusually physical for a rock record - 呼吸 and 酸素 and 瞼 in Tojita Hikari, 傷口 and 抱擁 in the sneering Yayu - alongside the words the band is actually known for: 紡ぐ, 辻褄, 眩しい. A good place to pick up verbs that describe light and decay.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 使いまわす | to reuse, to pass around from one to the next (つかいまわす) | 同じ資料を何年も使いまわしている。They've been reusing the same handout for years. |
| 繋ぐ | to connect, to tie together (つなぐ) | この橋が二つの島を繋いでいる。This bridge connects the two islands. |
| 解ける | to come undone, to wear off (とける) | 靴ひもが歩いているうちに解けた。My shoelace came undone while I was walking. |
| 湿る | to become damp (しめる) | 雨のせいで洗濯物が湿ってしまった。The laundry got damp because of the rain. |
| 疼く | to throb, to ache dully (うずく) | 古い傷が寒い日には疼く。An old injury aches on cold days. |
| 紡ぐ | to spin (thread), to weave (words) together (つむぐ) | 祖母は羊毛から糸を紡いでいた。My grandmother spun thread from wool. |
| 尖る | to become sharp, to grow edgy (とがる) | 鉛筆の先をきれいに尖らせた。I sharpened the pencil tip neatly. |
| 己 | oneself, one's own self (おのれ) | 己の弱さと向き合うのは難しい。It is hard to face one's own weakness. |
| 具合 | condition, state, the way something is going (ぐあい) | 母は今朝から具合が悪いそうだ。I hear my mother has been unwell since this morning. |
| 意志 | will, volition, determination (いし) | 彼女は強い意志で禁煙をやり遂げた。She quit smoking through sheer determination. |
| 呼吸 | breathing, breath (こきゅう) | 階段を上ったら呼吸が乱れた。My breathing went ragged after climbing the stairs. |
| 酸素 | oxygen (さんそ) | 高い山では酸素が薄くなる。Oxygen gets thin high up in the mountains. |
| 奪う | to take away by force, to rob (うばう) | その事故は多くの命を奪った。That accident took many lives. |
| 瞼 | eyelid (まぶた) | 眠くて瞼が重くなってきた。I'm sleepy and my eyelids are getting heavy. |
| 枯れる | to wither, to dry up (かれる) | 水をやり忘れて鉢植えが枯れた。I forgot to water the potted plant and it withered. |
| 辻褄 | coherence, consistency (of a story) (つじつま) | 彼の説明は辻褄が合わない。His explanation doesn't add up. |
| 程遠い | far from, nowhere near (ほどとおい) | 完成には程遠い状態だ。It is nowhere near finished. |
| 無実 | innocence, being falsely accused (むじつ) | 彼は無実を証明するために闘った。He fought to prove his innocence. |
| 犯す | to commit (an offence) (おかす) | 同じ過ちを二度と犯したくない。I don't want to make the same mistake twice. |
| 狩り | hunting, a hunt (かり) | 秋になると茸狩りに出かける。We go mushroom hunting when autumn comes. |
| 来世 | the next life, the world to come (らいせ) | 来世があるとしたら何になりたい？If there were a next life, what would you want to be? |
| 傷口 | an open wound, a cut (きずぐち) | 傷口をよく洗ってから薬を塗った。I washed the wound well and then applied ointment. |
| 尋常 | ordinary, normal (じんじょう) | この暑さは尋常ではない。This heat is not normal. |
| 抱擁 | an embrace, a hug (ほうよう) | 空港で長い抱擁を交わした。They shared a long embrace at the airport. |
| 虹 | rainbow (にじ) | 雨上がりの空に虹がかかった。A rainbow appeared in the sky after the rain. |
| 余る | to be left over, to be in excess (あまる) | 料理を作りすぎて随分余った。I cooked too much and quite a lot was left over. |
| 濁る | to become cloudy, to grow murky (にごる) | 大雨のあと川の水が濁った。The river water turned murky after the heavy rain. |
| 眩しい | dazzling, too bright to look at (まぶしい) | 朝日が眩しくて目を細めた。The morning sun was so dazzling I squinted. |
| 愛しい | dear, beloved, precious (いとしい) | 子供の寝顔が愛しくてたまらない。My child's sleeping face is unbearably dear to me. |
| 種 | seed (たね) | 春になったら花の種をまこう。Let's sow the flower seeds when spring comes. |
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