#prompted by watching episode 1 of Lycoris Recoil but drawing from other experiences too

[chouhatsumimi]

Short list of words that don’t mean exactly what I thought they did/what the dictionary says

評価する　hyouka suru

So the given definition is to evaluate something, but it seems like it frequently means to evaluate positively, like that “get a good grade in” meme. If something’s been hyouka-ed and a result isn’t stated, it’s probably been found to be favorable.

改めて　aratamete

The jury’s still out on this one as far as I’m concerned, but… I always thought it meant “once again”, but I’ve also seen people say it means “formally”. There are situations in which it could mean both those things, like 改めて紹介します allow me to formally introduce (something/someone) [as opposed to the audience previously non-formal knowledge of the thing], but I might just be wrong about this one.

卑怯　hikyou

So this one has both meanings I’m going to mention, I just didn’t know about one of them, whereas I heard from someone who seemed to only know about the other one. I always thought it meant cowardly, but it seems like it can mean underhanded (as in cheating) as well. Still have to keep my eye on this one too.

#add to #hyouka #hikyou #aratamete #work in progress #vocab #vocabulary #sometimes I love kanji because it reminds me of interpreting the symbols on an aletheiometer to determine the true meaning #prompted by watching episode 1 of Lycoris Recoil but drawing from other experiences too