Yorushika · Japanese · 24 words
Creation
創作 (2021). Spring Thief is Yorushika's best-known song and its vocabulary is entirely seasonal - 高架橋, 億劫, 花見, 春吹雪, 泥棒 - while Eat the Wind runs on shop language (値引き, 閉店, 売れ残る, 半額) and Robber and Bouquet on the small print of ordinary life: 生活圏, 徒歩, 定休日.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 生活圏 | the area one lives one's daily life in (せいかつけん) | 職場は生活圏の外にある。My workplace is outside my usual area. |
| 徒歩 | on foot (とほ) | 駅から徒歩五分の家だ。It's a house five minutes' walk from the station. |
| 花束 | a bouquet (はなたば) | 退職する先輩に花束を贈った。We gave a bouquet to the colleague who was leaving. |
| 定休日 | a regular closing day (ていきゅうび) | この店の定休日は水曜だ。This shop closes on Wednesdays. |
| 澄ます | to look composed, to put on airs (すます) | 彼女は澄ました顔で通り過ぎた。She walked past with a composed expression. |
| 常識 | common sense, what everyone knows (じょうしき) | それは社会の常識だと思う。I think that's just common sense. |
| 高架橋 | an overpass, a viaduct (こうかきょう) | 高架橋の下に市場がある。There's a market under the viaduct. |
| 隙間 | a gap, a crack (すきま) | 雲の隙間から光が差した。Light came through a gap in the clouds. |
| 億劫 | too much bother (おっくう) | 寒くて外出が億劫だ。It's cold and going out feels like too much effort. |
| 花見 | cherry-blossom viewing (はなみ) | 今年も公園で花見をした。We had a blossom-viewing in the park again this year. |
| 春吹雪 | a blizzard of falling blossom (はるふぶき) | 風が吹いて春吹雪になった。The wind blew and the blossom came down like snow. |
| 泥棒 | a thief, a burglar (どろぼう) | 泥棒に入られた家があるらしい。Apparently a house was burgled. |
| 空想 | a daydream, fancy (くうそう) | 空想にふけるのが好きだ。I like losing myself in daydreams. |
| 食む | to eat, to graze on (はむ) | 牛が草を食んでいる。Cattle are grazing on the grass. |
| 値引き | a discount, a price reduction (ねびき) | 閉店前に値引きが始まる。Discounting starts before closing. |
| 閉店 | closing time, closing down (へいてん) | 閉店間際に駆け込んだ。I rushed in just before closing. |
| 売れ残る | to remain unsold (うれのこる) | パンが少し売れ残った。Some bread went unsold. |
| 騒めく | to stir, to rustle, to murmur (ざわめく) | 会場が騒めき始めた。The hall began to stir. |
| 半額 | half price (はんがく) | 半額シールが貼られていた。A half-price sticker had been put on. |
| 月光 | moonlight (げっこう) | 月光が湖面に映っている。Moonlight is reflected on the lake. |
| 口触り | the feel of something in the mouth (くちざわり) | 口触りのなめらかなスープだ。It's a soup with a smooth mouthfeel. |
| 宵月 | the early evening moon (よいづき) | 宵月が屋根の上に出ている。The evening moon is up over the roof. |
| 宝石 | a jewel, a gemstone (ほうせき) | 祖母の宝石を譲り受けた。I inherited my grandmother's jewellery. |
| 柄杓 | a ladle, a dipper (ひしゃく) | 手水舎で柄杓を使う。You use a ladle at the purification basin. |
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