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strobo, Part 2
The rest of strobo. Boku wa Kyo mo is a song about what parents say to you and carries the vocabulary for it - 根拠, 親不孝, 罵倒, 暗示, 不協和音 - while soramimi works in the register of not quite caring: 愉快, 理不尽, 手を抜く, 自己満.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 愉快 | merry, delightful (ゆかい) | 愉快な仲間と一晩過ごした。I spent an evening with delightful company. |
| 理不尽 | unreasonable, unjust (りふじん) | 理不尽な要求には応じられない。I can't meet unreasonable demands. |
| 手を抜く | to cut corners, to skimp (てをぬく) | 手を抜かずに最後までやろう。Let's see it through without cutting corners. |
| 先天的 | innate, congenital (せんてんてき) | 先天的な素質もあるだろう。There's probably innate aptitude involved too. |
| 過敏 | oversensitive, hypersensitive (かびん) | 音に過敏な体質らしい。He's apparently oversensitive to sound. |
| 衝動 | an impulse, an urge (しょうどう) | 衝動買いを我慢した。I resisted an impulse purchase. |
| 不快 | unpleasant, disagreeable (ふかい) | 不快な思いをさせて申し訳ない。I'm sorry to have made you uncomfortable. |
| 自己満 | self-satisfaction, doing it for oneself (じこまん) | ただの自己満かもしれない。It may be pure self-indulgence. |
| 絡める | to entwine, to link together (からめる) | 指を絡めて手をつないだ。We laced our fingers together. |
| 安堵 | relief (あんど) | 無事の知らせに安堵した。I was relieved by news of their safety. |
| 縁 | a tie, a connection (えん) | 不思議な縁で再会した。We met again through an odd connection. |
| 酔い | intoxication, tipsiness (よい) | 酔いが回って眠くなった。The drink went to my head and I got sleepy. |
| 根拠 | grounds, a basis (こんきょ) | 根拠のない噂に惑わされるな。Don't be swayed by baseless rumours. |
| 親不孝 | being undutiful to one's parents (おやふこう) | 親不孝をしてきたと反省している。I regret having been a poor son to them. |
| 罵倒 | abuse, vilification (ばとう) | 感情的な罵倒は何も生まない。Emotional abuse achieves nothing. |
| 暗示 | a hint; autosuggestion (あんじ) | 自己暗示で乗り切ったらしい。He apparently got through it by self-suggestion. |
| 不協和音 | dissonance, discord (ふきょうわおん) | チーム内に不協和音が生じた。Discord arose within the team. |
| 弾き語る | to sing while accompanying oneself (ひきがたる) | ギターで弾き語るのが好きだ。I like singing while playing guitar. |
| すべ | a means, a way | もはや打つすべがない。There's no longer any means of acting. |
| 去る | to leave, to pass, to depart (さる) | 台風が去って晴れ間が出た。The typhoon passed and the sky cleared. |
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