Yorushika · Japanese · 26 words
Plagiarism, Part 2
The second half of 盗作, including Ghost in a Flower. Escape is one of the best summer-scene lyrics in Japanese and reads like a vocabulary list of the season - 畦道, 入道雲, 誘蛾灯, 蜩, 軒先 - while Thoughtcrime supplies the album's darkest register: 呪う, 包丁, 研ぐ, 街路灯.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 切っ掛け | a trigger, what started something (きっかけ) | 留学が切っ掛けで考えが変わった。Studying abroad was what changed my thinking. |
| 前置き | a preamble, preliminary remarks (まえおき) | 前置きが長くて本題に入らない。The preamble drags on without reaching the point. |
| 名作 | a masterpiece (めいさく) | この映画は不朽の名作だ。This film is an enduring masterpiece. |
| 褒めちぎる | to praise to the skies (ほめちぎる) | 審査員が新人を褒めちぎった。The judges praised the newcomer to the skies. |
| 烏合の衆 | a disorderly crowd, a rabble (うごうのしゅう) | 統率がなければ烏合の衆だ。Without leadership they're just a rabble. |
| 呪う | to curse (のろう) | 自分の運の悪さを呪った。I cursed my own bad luck. |
| 包丁 | a kitchen knife (ほうちょう) | 包丁の切れ味が落ちてきた。The kitchen knife has lost its edge. |
| 研ぐ | to sharpen, to hone; to wash rice (とぐ) | 刃物を丁寧に研いだ。I carefully sharpened the blade. |
| 硝子 | glass (がらす) | 硝子細工の店を覗いた。I looked into a glasswork shop. |
| 面影 | a trace of someone, a likeness (おもかげ) | 母の面影が残っている。There's something of my mother in her. |
| 街路灯 | a street lamp (がいろとう) | 街路灯が一つだけ消えている。One street lamp alone is out. |
| 惜しむ | to regret, to be reluctant to part with (おしむ) | 別れを惜しんで手を振った。They waved, reluctant to part. |
| 畦道 | a path between rice paddies (あぜみち) | 畦道を通って学校へ行った。I went to school along the paddy path. |
| 入道雲 | a thunderhead, a towering cumulus (にゅうどうぐも) | 入道雲が湧き上がっている。Thunderheads are billowing up. |
| 誘蛾灯 | an insect-luring lamp (ゆうがとう) | 誘蛾灯に虫が集まっている。Insects are gathering at the lamp. |
| 蜩 | an evening cicada (ひぐらし) | 夕方になると蜩が鳴く。Evening cicadas call as dusk falls. |
| 軒先 | the eaves, just outside a house (のきさき) | 軒先に洗濯物を干した。I hung the washing under the eaves. |
| 憧憬 | longing, yearning (しょうけい) | 都会への憧憬を抱いていた。He harboured a longing for the city. |
| 目蓋 | an eyelid (まぶた) | 目蓋が重くなってきた。My eyelids are getting heavy. |
| 詠む | to compose (a poem) (よむ) | 祖父は俳句を詠むのが趣味だ。My grandfather's hobby is composing haiku. |
| 一輪草 | an anemone (いちりんそう) | 林の下に一輪草が咲いていた。Anemones were blooming under the trees. |
| 靡く | to flutter, to be swayed (なびく) | 旗が風に靡いている。The flag flutters in the wind. |
| 氷菓 | a frozen confection, an ice lolly (ひょうか) | 夏は氷菓が売れるらしい。Frozen treats apparently sell well in summer. |
| 色褪せる | to fade, to lose colour (いろあせる) | 看板の文字が色褪せている。The lettering on the sign has faded. |
| 亡霊 | a ghost, a spectre (ぼうれい) | 過去の亡霊に悩まされている。He is haunted by the ghosts of the past. |
| 夏めく | to take on the feel of summer (なつめく) | 五月に入って急に夏めいた。It suddenly turned summery in May. |
More from Yorushika
Study "Plagiarism, Part 2" in the app
Import all 26 words in one tap. Lanma schedules the reviews, plays the pronunciation, and puts you on air to use them in a live voice conversation.
