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RADWIMPS 4, Part 2
The second half of RADWIMPS 4 (2006) is the band at its most talkative and most tender. Iindesuka? runs on food and arithmetic, Yumebanchi on dreams handed back and forth, Bagoodbye on the words we misapply to things - 誤る is the hinge of the whole song. Good everyday verbs here: 縮める, 立ち止まる, 叶える, 閉じこもる.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 大好物 | one's very favourite food (だいこうぶつ) | 母の作る肉じゃがが大好物だ。My mother's nikujaga is my absolute favourite. |
| 敵う | to be a match for, to compare with (かなう) | 計算では彼に敵う者がいない。Nobody can match him at arithmetic. |
| 比率 | ratio, proportion (ひりつ) | 男女の比率はほぼ半々だ。The ratio of men to women is roughly even. |
| 到達 | arrival, reaching (a point) (とうたつ) | 登山隊は昼前に頂上に到達した。The climbing party reached the summit before noon. |
| 瞬間 | a moment, an instant (しゅんかん) | ドアが開いた瞬間に猫が飛び出した。The cat shot out the instant the door opened. |
| 縮める | to shorten, to close (a gap) (ちぢめる) | 二人は少しずつ距離を縮めた。The two closed the distance little by little. |
| 積み上げる | to pile up, to accumulate (つみあげる) | 地道な練習を積み上げてきた。They have accumulated steady practice. |
| 指切り | a pinky promise (ゆびきり) | 子供と指切りして約束した。I made a pinky promise with the child. |
| 繰り返す | to repeat, to do over again (くりかえす) | 同じ説明を何度も繰り返した。I repeated the same explanation many times. |
| 痛む | to hurt, to ache (いたむ) | 長く歩くと膝が痛む。My knee aches when I walk a long way. |
| 全人類 | all humankind (ぜんじんるい) | その発見は全人類にとって重要だ。That discovery matters to all humankind. |
| 迷う | to hesitate, to lose one's way (まよう) | どの道を行くか迷っている。I'm hesitating over which road to take. |
| 救う | to save, to rescue (すくう) | その一言が私を救ってくれた。That one remark saved me. |
| 後悔 | regret (こうかい) | 何も言わなかったことを後悔している。I regret having said nothing. |
| 託す | to entrust, to leave in another's hands (たくす) | 留守中の世話を隣人に託した。I entrusted the care of things to a neighbour while away. |
| 閉じこもる | to shut oneself in (とじこもる) | 一日中部屋に閉じこもっていた。He shut himself in his room all day. |
| 甘んずる | to be content with, to resign oneself to (あまんずる) | 現状に甘んずるつもりはない。I have no intention of settling for things as they are. |
| 叶える | to grant, to fulfil (a wish) (かなえる) | 長年の願いをようやく叶えた。I finally fulfilled a long-held wish. |
| 立ち止まる | to stop, to come to a standstill (たちどまる) | 看板の前で立ち止まって読んだ。I stopped in front of the sign and read it. |
| 正体 | true identity, real nature (しょうたい) | その音の正体はただの風だった。The source of the noise turned out to be only the wind. |
| 誤る | to err, to get something wrong (あやまる) | 彼の名前を誤って覚えていた。I had his name wrong. |
| 惹かれる | to be drawn to, to be attracted (ひかれる) | 彼女の話し方に惹かれた。I was drawn to the way she spoke. |
| 夜明け | dawn, daybreak (よあけ) | 夜明けとともに船が出た。The boat left at daybreak. |
| 夕焼け | the red glow of sunset (ゆうやけ) | 今日の夕焼けはとてもきれいだ。Today's sunset glow is beautiful. |
| 追いやる | to drive away, to push aside (おいやる) | 面倒な仕事を後回しに追いやった。I pushed the troublesome task aside for later. |
| 素朴 | simple, unaffected, plain (そぼく) | 素朴な疑問なんだけど、いい？It's a simple question, but may I ask? |
| 恋しい | longed for, dearly missed (こいしい) | この時期になると故郷が恋しい。Around this time of year I miss my hometown. |
| 味 | taste, flavour (あじ) | スープの味が少し薄い。The soup's flavour is a little weak. |
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