RADWIMPS · Japanese · 32 words
RADWIMPS 4, Part 1
RADWIMPS 4 (2006) is where the band's long, talkative songs arrive. Futarigoto and Enren are both essentially conversations, so this set is heavy on the words people actually use about each other - 後輩, 下心, 告白, 悔しい - while Yuushinron supplies an unexpectedly clinical run of body vocabulary (肉眼, 脈, 発揮) that pays off well beyond the song.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 突然変異 | mutation (とつぜんへんい) | この品種は突然変異から生まれた。This variety came about through a mutation. |
| 呟く | to mutter, to murmur (つぶやく) | 彼は何か小さく呟いた。He muttered something under his breath. |
| 証 | proof, evidence, a token (あかし) | この指輪が二人の約束の証だ。This ring is the token of their promise. |
| 朽ち果てる | to rot away completely (くちはてる) | 山奥の小屋は朽ち果てていた。The hut deep in the mountains had rotted away. |
| 醒める | to wake (from a dream), to sober up (さめる) | 夢から醒めたような顔をしていた。He looked like someone waking from a dream. |
| 魂 | soul, spirit (たましい) | その絵には作者の魂がこもっている。The artist's soul is poured into that painting. |
| 産声 | the first cry of a newborn (うぶごえ) | 病室に元気な産声が響いた。A hearty newborn's cry rang through the hospital room. |
| 発想 | idea, way of thinking, conception (はっそう) | その発想は思いつかなかった。That idea hadn't occurred to me. |
| 運命 | fate, destiny (うんめい) | 運命を信じるほうではない。I'm not the sort to believe in fate. |
| 由 | way, means, reason (よし) | 彼が何を考えているか知る由もない。There is no way of knowing what he is thinking. |
| 曇る | to cloud over, to become clouded (くもる) | 湯気で眼鏡が曇った。My glasses fogged up from the steam. |
| 重荷 | a burden, a load (おもに) | 期待が重荷になることもある。Expectations can become a burden. |
| 見当たる | to be found, to turn up (みあたる) | 鍵がどこにも見当たらない。The key is nowhere to be found. |
| 破る | to tear, to break (a promise) (やぶる) | 約束を破るつもりはなかった。I had no intention of breaking my promise. |
| 宿る | to dwell in, to be conceived (やどる) | 古い木には神が宿ると言われる。Old trees are said to have gods dwelling in them. |
| 遺伝子 | gene (いでんし) | 目の色は遺伝子で決まる。Eye colour is determined by genes. |
| 憎む | to hate, to detest (にくむ) | 人を憎むのは疲れることだ。Hating people is exhausting. |
| 呪う | to curse (のろう) | 自分の不運を呪っても仕方がない。There's no point cursing your own bad luck. |
| 発揮 | display, demonstration (of ability) (はっき) | 彼女は本番で実力を発揮した。She showed her true ability when it counted. |
| 肉眼 | the naked eye (にくがん) | その星は肉眼でも見える。That star is visible even to the naked eye. |
| 隅っこ | a corner, an out-of-the-way spot (すみっこ) | 猫は部屋の隅っこで丸くなっていた。The cat was curled up in the corner of the room. |
| 脈 | pulse (みゃく) | 看護師が手首で脈をとった。The nurse took my pulse at the wrist. |
| 後輩 | a junior (at school or work) (こうはい) | 後輩に仕事を教えるのは楽しい。Teaching the job to a junior is enjoyable. |
| 下心 | an ulterior motive (したごころ) | その親切には下心がありそうだ。That kindness seems to have an ulterior motive. |
| 告白 | a confession (of love or wrongdoing) (こくはく) | 彼は勇気を出して告白した。He worked up the courage to confess. |
| 怨念 | a deep grudge, rancour (おんねん) | その話には怨念めいたものを感じる。There's something like a deep grudge in that story. |
| 悔しい | galling, frustrating, mortifying (くやしい) | 一点差で負けて悔しかった。Losing by a single point was galling. |
| 誓う | to swear, to vow (ちかう) | 二人は再会を誓って別れた。They parted vowing to meet again. |
| 虚しい | empty, futile, hollow (むなしい) | 努力が虚しく終わってしまった。The effort ended in nothing. |
| 切ない | painfully sad, bittersweet (せつない) | その手紙を読むと切なくなる。Reading that letter makes my chest ache. |
| 嘘つき | a liar (うそつき) | 嘘つきだと思われたくない。I don't want to be taken for a liar. |
| 見上げる | to look up at (みあげる) | 夜空を見上げて深呼吸した。I looked up at the night sky and took a deep breath. |
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