Yorushika · Japanese · 24 words
Elma, Part 2
The rest of エルマ. Hole In The Heart is the album's centre and its vocabulary of mending and dozing is exact - 繕う, 微睡む, 纏う, 脳裏, 口調 - while Walk supplies the plain words of travelling (石畳, 俯く, 錯覚) and Amy the words of things running out: 消耗品, 待ち惚け.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 石畳 | a stone pavement, cobblestones (いしだたみ) | 石畳の路地を歩いた。I walked down a cobbled alley. |
| 俯く | to look down, to hang one's head (うつむく) | 彼女は俯いたまま答えた。She answered with her head down. |
| 錯覚 | an illusion, a misapprehension (さっかく) | 進んでいるという錯覚に陥る。You fall into the illusion of progress. |
| 妄想 | a delusion, an idle fantasy (もうそう) | 妄想と現実の区別はつけたい。I'd like to keep fantasy and reality apart. |
| 脳裏 | one's mind, the back of one's mind (のうり) | その光景が脳裏に焼き付いた。That scene burned itself into my mind. |
| 紛い | an imitation of, something passing for (まがい) | 詐欺紛いの手口だった。It was a method bordering on fraud. |
| 温い | lukewarm (ぬるい) | お茶が温くなってしまった。The tea has gone lukewarm. |
| 繕う | to mend, to patch up (つくろう) | 破れた靴下を繕った。I mended the torn sock. |
| 木漏れ日 | sunlight filtering through leaves (こもれび) | 木漏れ日が地面に模様を作る。The light through the leaves patterns the ground. |
| 微睡む | to doze, to drowse (まどろむ) | 電車で少し微睡んでしまった。I dozed off a little on the train. |
| 纏う | to wear, to be clad in (まとう) | 朝靄を纏った山が見える。The mountain is visible, wrapped in morning haze. |
| 報われる | to be rewarded (むくわれる) | 努力が報われた瞬間だった。It was the moment the effort paid off. |
| 躓く | to stumble, to trip (つまずく) | 小石に躓いて転んだ。I tripped on a pebble and fell. |
| 口調 | a manner of speaking, a tone (くちょう) | 穏やかな口調で話し始めた。He began speaking in a gentle tone. |
| 在処 | the whereabouts of something (ありか) | 資料の在処が分からない。I don't know where the documents are. |
| 呑み込む | to swallow, to take in (のみこむ) | 文句を呑み込んで黙っていた。I swallowed my complaint and kept quiet. |
| 朝焼け | the red glow of dawn (あさやけ) | 朝焼けが山際を染めている。The dawn glow colours the mountain ridge. |
| 零す | to spill, to let slip (a complaint) (こぼす) | つい愚痴を零してしまった。I let a complaint slip out. |
| 誤解 | a misunderstanding (ごかい) | 誤解を解くのに時間がかかった。It took time to clear up the misunderstanding. |
| 消耗品 | a consumable, something used up (しょうもうひん) | 文房具は消耗品として扱う。Stationery is treated as a consumable. |
| 百日紅 | crape myrtle (さるすべり) | 庭の百日紅が咲き始めた。The crape myrtle in the garden has begun to flower. |
| 待ち惚け | being kept waiting in vain (まちぼうけ) | 一時間の待ち惚けを食らった。I was left waiting for an hour. |
| 度胸 | nerve, guts (どきょう) | 度胸がないと務まらない仕事だ。It's a job you can't do without nerve. |
| 裸足 | barefoot (はだし) | 裸足で砂浜を歩いた。I walked barefoot on the sand. |
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