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ピアノの先生2
The Piano Teacher Part 2
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- 塊— embodiment; personification (used metaphorically to describe someone who is the "essence" of something)
- 弾くだけではなくて — not only playing (弾く: to play (a string instrument), だけ: only, ではなくて: not only)
- 演奏されるそうです — it seems it will be performed (演奏: performance, される: passive form (to be performed), そうです: it seems)
- 現代 — modern times; contemporary
- さらさらと — smoothly; fluently
- 品々 — various items; goods (plural of 品, meaning "item")
- もうとうに — long ago; long before (indicating something that happened or was done long ago, often emphasizing it's well in the past)
- 張り直した — re-stretched; re-tightened (張り: to stretch; to tighten, 直した: fixed; redone)
- 色合い — color tone; hue
- 刺繍もほどけたところ — parts where the embroidery has unraveled (刺繍: embroidery, も: also, ほどけた: unraveled, ところ: part; place)
- 品質 — quality
- 保たれている — is maintained; is preserved (保たれる: to be maintained, ている: ongoing state)
- イマイチ — not so good; lacking
- ボロボロで — worn-out; tattered
- 狂ってしまってるんです — it has gone out of tune; it’s broken (狂う: to go crazy or to be out of tune, てしまってる: regrettably; completely)
- (Note: In this context, since we are talking about an instrument, "狂う" refers to the sound being out of tune or off-pitch.)
- しかも — moreover; besides
- 見かけます — to see; to come across (polite form of 見かける)
- ピカピカ — shiny; sparkling
- 新品 — brand new
- 雑に扱われてるなっていう雰囲気の車 — a car that feels like it's being treated carelessly (雑に: carelessly, 扱われてる: being treated, なっていう: like; that feels, 雰囲気: atmosphere, 車: car)
- ただただ置きっぱなしにしてある — just left as it is (ただただ: just, 置きっぱなし: left as is, にしてある: to have been left)
- 保存する — to preserve; to store (保存: preservation, する: verb marker meaning "to do")
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