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X と O と罪と, Part 2
The back half of X と O と罪と (2014) holds two of the band's best-loved songs, Dreamers High and Last Virgin, either side of the ferocious Hari to Toge. The vocabulary swings just as widely - the tender 見守る and 勿体ない, the workplace-real 就職 and 合格, and a small run of medical words (麻酔, 貫く, 棘) that the closing song builds its whole image on.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 切り刻む | to cut to pieces, to chop up (きりきざむ) | 玉ねぎを細かく切り刻んだ。I chopped the onion up finely. |
| 零れる | to spill, to run over (こぼれる) | コップが倒れて牛乳が零れた。The glass tipped over and the milk spilled. |
| 勿体ない | wasteful, too good to throw away (もったいない) | まだ着られるのに捨てるのは勿体ない。It's wasteful to throw it out when it's still wearable. |
| 見守る | to watch over, to keep an eye on (みまもる) | 祖母は孫の成長を静かに見守っていた。The grandmother quietly watched her grandchild grow. |
| 畏怖 | awe, dread (いふ) | 自然の力に畏怖の念を抱いた。I felt a sense of awe at the power of nature. |
| 弱気 | faint-hearted, timid (よわき) | 弱気になっても仕方がない。There's no use losing your nerve. |
| 陽気 | cheerful, high-spirited (ようき) | 彼はいつも陽気で場を明るくする。He is always cheerful and lifts the mood. |
| 脆い | fragile, brittle (もろい) | この皿は薄くて脆い。This plate is thin and fragile. |
| 振りかざす | to brandish, to wave about (as an argument) (ふりかざす) | 正論ばかり振りかざしても伝わらない。Brandishing sound arguments alone won't get through. |
| 勇敢 | brave, valiant (ゆうかん) | 彼女は勇敢にも一人で立ち向かった。She bravely stood up to it alone. |
| 敏感 | sensitive, quick to react (びんかん) | 彼は他人の視線に敏感だ。He is sensitive to how others look at him. |
| すり減らす | to wear down, to wear out (すりへらす) | 毎日の残業で神経をすり減らしている。Daily overtime is wearing his nerves down. |
| 代弁者 | a spokesperson, one who speaks for others (だいべんしゃ) | 彼は現場の代弁者を務めた。He acted as spokesman for those on the ground. |
| 絶やす | to let die out, to exhaust (たやす) | この技術を絶やしてはいけない。This craft must not be allowed to die out. |
| 意地悪い | mean, spiteful (いじわるい) | 意地悪い質問をするのはやめて。Stop asking spiteful questions. |
| 就職 | finding employment, getting a job (しゅうしょく) | 姉は春に就職が決まった。My sister got a job offer in the spring. |
| 合格 | passing (an examination) (ごうかく) | 第一志望に合格した。I passed for my first-choice school. |
| 圧倒的 | overwhelming (あっとうてき) | 圧倒的な差で勝った。They won by an overwhelming margin. |
| 安泰 | secure, safe and settled (あんたい) | これで当分は経営も安泰だ。The business is secure for the time being. |
| 宣戦布告 | a declaration of war (せんせんふこく) | それは事実上の宣戦布告だった。That was effectively a declaration of war. |
| 嫉妬 | jealousy, envy (しっと) | 友人の成功に少し嫉妬してしまった。I felt a twinge of jealousy at my friend's success. |
| 羨ましい | enviable, to be envied (うらやましい) | 長い休みが取れて羨ましい。I envy you getting such a long holiday. |
| 根掘り葉掘り | prying into every detail (ねほりはほり) | 根掘り葉掘り聞かれて困った。I was uncomfortable being asked about every last detail. |
| 独り占め | keeping something all to oneself (ひとりじめ) | お菓子を独り占めしてはいけない。You mustn't keep all the sweets to yourself. |
| 一世一代 | once in a lifetime (いっせいちだい) | 一世一代の大勝負に出た。He staked everything on a once-in-a-lifetime gamble. |
| 類 | kind, sort, that sort of thing (たぐい) | その類の話は信用しないことにしている。I make a point of not trusting that sort of story. |
| 調子 | tone, manner, condition (ちょうし) | 今日は体の調子がいい。I'm in good shape today. |
| 棘 | a thorn, a splinter (とげ) | 指に棘が刺さって痛い。A splinter is stuck in my finger and it hurts. |
| 針 | a needle, a pin (はり) | 針に糸を通すのに苦労した。I struggled to thread the needle. |
| 麻酔 | anaesthetic (ますい) | 手術は全身麻酔で行われた。The operation was done under general anaesthetic. |
| 慰める | to console, to comfort (なぐさめる) | 落ち込む友人を慰めた。I comforted my downhearted friend. |
| 貫く | to pierce through, to carry through (つらぬく) | 彼は自分の考えを最後まで貫いた。He carried his own convictions through to the end. |
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