おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
今もう2023年なんですが…ドイツの若者が選ぶ「今年の単語（2021年版）」記事よりw
express
意味 〈人が〉〈感情· 考えなど〉を表現する, 言い表す, 述べる; 〈芸術作品などが〉…を表現する
The word “sus” — short for “suspect” — received second place, while the informal English exclamation “sheesh,” used to express disbelief, came in third.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
「sus」なんて略されたら分からんなぁ…ってどの言語でもこんな略し方あるから仕方ないけどなー。
cringe
意味 （恐怖などで） すくむ, 後ずさりする, 畏縮する . 恥ずかしく思う; 不快に思う . へつらう .
The English word “cringe” was selected as the German Youth Word of the Year 2021.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
こういう記事なので、意味全部残しておこう。
secondhand
意味 間接的に; また聞きで.
But the German language also has its own term to express the feeling of being embarrassed because someone else has embarrassed themselves (without noticing): “fremdschämen” — secondhand embarrassment.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
loyal
意味 ＜友人· 主義· 国家などに＞ 忠誠な, 忠誠心のある ＜to＞ （⇔disloyal）
Man or woman of honor: that’s the German Youth Word of the Year for 2018 (no word was selected in 2019). It refers to a person you can always count on and who’s loyal to his friends and family.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
友人にも使うのか。どうにも「ロイヤル＝忠誠を誓う」から堅苦しく読んじゃうな。
existential
意味 (かたく) 存在の [に関する].
To be or not to be? Germany’s young people would answer Shakespeare’s most famous existential question with “I bims,” derived from “Ich bin” — I am. It was chosen as the German Youth Word of the Year in 2017.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
embody
意味 〈人· 物· 組織などが〉＜…で/…によって＞〈思想· 原理など〉をはっきりと表現する, 具体的に示す (represent), …の重要性を示す ＜in/by＞; …を体系 [組織] 化する （しばしば受け身で） .
When a person feels in a particularly high and sexy mood and is ready to, say, party all night, German teens will highlight this energy by borrowing from US hip-hop slang, literally saying “you’re on fly.” In English, “I’m so fly” is a rapper way of saying you’re cool. It was embodied by the main character in the film “Super Fly” from 1972, with its famous Curtis Mayfield soundtrack.
https://www.dw.com/en/cringe-chosen-as-2021-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-59615103
