調子にのる
ちょうしにのる
to get carried away; to get cocky;
sometimes also: to get into a rhythm / get going
keeping because its mood shifts depending on tone. slippery. slightly dangerous. fun.
#A-143vocab cabinet / note scraps / words caught in passing / things i want to keep near me
ちょうしにのる
to get carried away; to get cocky;
sometimes also: to get into a rhythm / get going
keeping because its mood shifts depending on tone. slippery. slightly dangerous. fun.
#A-143はめをはずす
idiomatic expression
to cut loose; to go overboard; to stop being restrained
one of those phrases that feels more alive and bodily than the clean english gloss.
#A-144だんぺん（てき）
fragment; piece; shard;
fragmentary / in fragments
keeping this because it feels like the logic of the whole page: not complete, just kept.
#A-145i like when language study turns into collecting textures rather than just definitions.
#A-146to refuse; to decline; to say no
also: to mention beforehand / give notice in advance / ask permission first
i keep forgetting it can carry the nuance of notifying someone beforehand. that second life is why it stays here.
#B-143ほどく
to unfasten; untie; unravel; loosen
sometimes in nearby vocab space: to solve / work out
ネックレスが絡まって結び目ができてしまい、解こうとしたが、やればやるほど絡まってしまった。
#B-144to hesitate
feels softer, sadder, and more suspended than the english equivalent. less abrupt. more human.
#B-145not every word needs to become fluent right away.
some of them can just sit here and wait until they attach themselves to a sentence.
#B-146「かける」by 多和田葉子 was one of the first things that made me interested in what language does when it stops behaving and starts splitting apart.
#C-201one day i hope to be a literary translator, or at least to live close enough to language to keep trying.
#C-202but i also want to write, which may be why i save words like this instead of just studying them and moving on.
#C-203*this page is less a dictionary than a place where words get caught.
#C-204