Mrs. GREEN APPLE - ケセラセラ/Que Sera Sera




kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

kyou mo tonaeru
Today again I chant it

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • となえる /tonaeru/:
    to chant, to recite

genkai? joutou. yatte yarou ka.
My limit? Bring it on. Let's give it a shot.

  • 限界げんかい /genkai/:
    limit
  • 上等じょうとう /joutou/:
    top-notch; here means 'bring it on'
  • やって /yatte/:
    from やる, to do
  • やろうか /yarou ka/:
    from やる, volitional form expressing 'let's do it'

ai o suteru hodo hima ja nai itsumo All right All right
I'm not so idle as to throw away love, always all right, all right

  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • てる /suteru/:
    to throw away, to abandon
  • ほど /hodo/:
    to the extent of
  • ひま /hima/:
    free time, idle
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    is not (colloquial of ではない)
  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always

koko o norikoetara raku ni naru shika nai
Once I get past this, things can only get easier

  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • えたら /norikoetara/:
    from 乗り越える, to overcome (~たら 'once/if')
  • らく /raku/:
    ease, comfort
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • しかない /shika nai/:
    can only, nothing but


itamidome o nondemo
Even when I take painkillers

  • いため /itamidome/:
    painkiller
  • んでも /nondemo/:
    from 飲む, to drink/take (~ても 'even if')

kienai mune no zukizuki ga
The throbbing in my chest that won't go away

  • えない /kienai/:
    from 消える, to disappear (negative form)
  • むね /mune/:
    chest
  • ズキズキ /zukizuki/:
    throbbing (pain)

sasai na dareka no yasashisa de
With someone's trifling kindness

  • 些細ささい /sasai/:
    trivial, slight
  • だれか /dareka/:
    someone
  • やさしさ /yasashisa/:
    kindness, gentleness (noun form of 優しい)

chotto yawaraidari surun da yo na
it does ease up a little, you know

  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little
  • やわらいだり /yawaraidari/:
    from 和らぐ, to soften/ease (~たり listing)
  • する /suru/:
    to do (with ~たり)

makeru na
Don't lose

  • けるな /makeru na/:
    from 負ける, to lose (~な prohibition 'don't')

kyou mo funbatte
Today again, dig in your heels

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • って /funbatte/:
    from 踏ん張る, to hold firm, to stand one's ground

katameta kara de mi o mamotte
Guarding myself with the shell I've hardened

  • かためた /katameta/:
    from 固める, to harden, to fortify
  • から /kara/:
    shell
  • /mi/:
    body, oneself
  • まもって /mamotte/:
    from 守る, to protect

mata akirameru riyuu sagasu kedo
Though I'm again searching for a reason to give up

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • あきらめる /akirameru/:
    to give up
  • 理由りゆう /riyuu/:
    reason
  • さがす /sagasu/:
    to search for
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, although

kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

kyou mo tonaeru
Today again I chant it

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • となえる /tonaeru/:
    to chant, to recite

genkai, joutou. netamashisa mo zenbu
My limit, bring it on. Even the envy, all of it

  • 限界げんかい /genkai/:
    limit
  • 上等じょうとう /joutou/:
    top-notch; here means 'bring it on'
  • ねたましさ /netamashisa/:
    enviousness (noun form of 妬ましい)
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/:
    all, everything

fukou no ya ga nukenai hi demo All right All right
Even on days when the arrow of misfortune won't come out, all right, all right

  • 不幸ふこう /fukou/:
    misfortune, unhappiness
  • /ya/:
    arrow
  • けない /nukenai/:
    from 抜ける, to come out (negative form)
  • /hi/:
    day
  • でも /demo/:
    even

kuishibatteru
I'm gritting my teeth

  • いしばってる /kuishibatteru/:
    from 食いしばる, to grit one's teeth (colloquial ~てる)

demo ne
But you know,

  • でも /demo/:
    but, however

kyou wa chotto dake gohoubi o
Today, just a little reward for myself

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • 褒美ほうび /gohoubi/:
    reward

wakatte iru keredo
Even though I know

  • わかっている /wakatte iru/:
    from わかる, to understand (~ている state)
  • けれど /keredo/:
    but, although

watashi o aiseru no wa watashi dake
The only one who can love me is me

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • あいせる /aiseru/:
    from 愛する, to love (potential form 'can love')
  • だけ /dake/:
    only

umarekawaru nara?
If I were to be reborn?

  • まれわる /umarekawaru/:
    to be reborn
  • なら /nara/:
    if

mata watashi da ne
"It'd be me again, wouldn't it."

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me


hitoribocchi da to kizuitemo
Even if I realize I'm all alone

  • ひとりぼっち /hitoribocchi/:
    all alone
  • 気付きづいても /kizuitemo/:
    from 気付く, to notice (~ても 'even if')

tsunagari wa kieru wake ja nai
It doesn't mean the connections disappear

  • つながり /tsunagari/:
    connection, bond
  • える /kieru/:
    to disappear
  • わけじゃない /wake ja nai/:
    it doesn't mean that...

tama ni ga ii tama ni de ii
Once in a while is good, once in a while is enough

  • たまに /tama ni/:
    occasionally, once in a while
  • いい /ii/:
    good, fine

chanto taisetsu da to omoeru kara
Because I can properly feel that it's precious

  • ちゃんと /chanto/:
    properly, firmly
  • 大切たいせつ /taisetsu/:
    important, precious
  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    from 思う, to think/feel (potential form)
  • から /kara/:
    because

anata no shiawase o wakete hoshii
I want you to share some of your happiness with me

  • 貴方あなた /anata/:
    you
  • しあわせ /shiawase/:
    happiness
  • けて /wakete/:
    from 分ける, to share, to divide
  • ほしい /hoshii/:
    want (someone) to do (after て-form)

higeki no zukan
An encyclopedia of tragedy

  • 悲劇ひげき /higeki/:
    tragedy
  • 図鑑ずかん /zukan/:
    illustrated reference book, encyclopedia

watashi tte sou
That's just how I am

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • って /tte/:
    topic marker (colloquial は)
  • そう /sou/:
    like that, so

shikata nai hodo jibun yogari
Self-righteous to a hopeless degree

  • 仕方しかたない /shikata nai/:
    can't be helped, hopeless
  • ほど /hodo/:
    to the extent that
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • よがり /yogari/:
    self-righteous, self-satisfied (as in 独りよがり)


baibai osanaki ai no hibi
Bye-bye, days of childish love

  • バイバイ /baibai/:
    bye-bye
  • おさなき /osanaki/:
    from 幼い, young/childish (classical attributive form)
  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days

ii yo mou negau wa "hajime kara"
It's fine already, what I wish for is "from the start"

  • いい /ii/:
    fine, enough
  • もう /mou/:
    already, enough
  • ねがう /negau/:
    to wish, to pray for
  • はじめから /hajime kara/:
    from the beginning

beibee otona ni nanka naru mon ja nai zo
Baby, you shouldn't go becoming an adult or anything

  • ベイベー /beibee/:
    baby
  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なんか /nanka/:
    such things as (dismissive nuance)
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • もんじゃない /mon ja nai/:
    shouldn't, ought not to (colloquial ものではない)

tsaratusutora
Zarathustra

  • ツァラトゥストラ /tsaratusutora/:
    Zarathustra, protagonist of Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'


kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

kyou mo tonaeru
Today again I chant it

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • となえる /tonaeru/:
    to chant, to recite

nan no sei? dare no sei?
Whose fault? Whose fault is it?

  • なに /nani/:
    what
  • せい /sei/:
    fault, because of
  • だれ /dare/:
    who

katenakuta tte ii
It's fine even if I can't win

  • てなくたって /katenakuta tte/:
    from 勝つ, to win (potential negative + たって 'even if not')
  • いい /ii/:
    fine, okay

makenai tsuyosa o mochitai sou sa All right All right
I want a strength that won't lose, that's right, all right, all right

  • けない /makenai/:
    from 負ける, to lose (negative form)
  • つよさ /tsuyosa/:
    strength (noun form of 強い)
  • ちたい /mochitai/:
    from 持つ, to hold/have (~たい 'want to')
  • そう /sou/:
    that's right

norikitte miseru
I'll get through it, just watch me

  • って /norikitte/:
    from 乗り切る, to get through, to overcome
  • みせる /miseru/:
    to show; (~てみせる) determination 'I'll definitely do it'

kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

kyou mo iikikaseru
Today again I tell myself

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • かせる /iikikaseru/:
    to tell/persuade (oneself), to admonish

fukou no ya ga nukenai hi demo All right All right
Even on days when the arrow of misfortune won't come out, all right, all right

  • 不幸ふこう /fukou/:
    misfortune, unhappiness
  • /ya/:
    arrow
  • けない /nukenai/:
    from 抜ける, to come out (negative form)
  • /hi/:
    day
  • でも /demo/:
    even

tomaranai de iyou
Let's keep from stopping

  • まらないで /tomaranai de/:
    from 止まる, to stop (~ないで 'without/don't')
  • よう /iyou/:
    from 居る, to be/exist (volitional 'let's stay')

dakara, kyou wa
So, today

  • だから /dakara/:
    so, therefore
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

chotto dake gohoubi o
just a little reward

  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • 褒美ほうび /gohoubi/:
    reward

waraeru hi wa kuru kara
Because the day I can laugh will come

  • わらえる /waraeru/:
    from 笑う, to laugh (potential form 'can laugh')
  • /hi/:
    day
  • る /kuru/:
    to come
  • から /kara/:
    because

watashi o aiseru no wa watashi dake
The only one who can love me is me

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • あいせる /aiseru/:
    from 愛する, to love (potential form 'can love')
  • だけ /dake/:
    only

umarekawaru nara?
If I were to be reborn?

  • まれわる /umarekawaru/:
    to be reborn
  • なら /nara/:
    if

mata watashi da ne
"It'd be me again, wouldn't it."

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me

baibai mutonchaku na ai no hibi
Bye-bye, days of careless love

  • バイバイ /baibai/:
    bye-bye
  • 無頓着むとんちゃく /mutonchaku/:
    indifferent, unconcerned
  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days

fanfaare kigekiteki na "tsuzuki kara"
Fanfare, a comedic "continuing from where it left off"

  • ファンファーレ /fanfaare/:
    fanfare
  • 喜劇的きげきてき /kigekiteki/:
    comedic
  • つづき /tsuzuki/:
    continuation, sequel
  • から /kara/:
    from

beibee otona ni nanka naru mon ja nai kedo
Baby, you shouldn't become an adult or anything, but

  • ベイベー /beibee/:
    baby
  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なんか /nanka/:
    such things as (dismissive nuance)
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • もんじゃない /mon ja nai/:
    shouldn't, ought not to (colloquial ものではない)
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, although

kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

baibai karappo utsuwa ni hibi
Bye-bye, a crack in the empty vessel

  • バイバイ /baibai/:
    bye-bye
  • からっぽ /karappo/:
    empty
  • うつわ /utsuwa/:
    vessel, container; also one's capacity
  • ヒビ /hibi/:
    crack

fanfaare ashita mo "tsuzuki kara"
Fanfare, tomorrow too "continuing from where it left off"

  • ファンファーレ /fanfaare/:
    fanfare
  • 明日あした /ashita/:
    tomorrow
  • つづき /tsuzuki/:
    continuation, sequel
  • から /kara/:
    from

beibee otona ni nanka naru mon ja nai kedo
Baby, you shouldn't become an adult or anything, but

  • ベイベー /beibee/:
    baby
  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なんか /nanka/:
    such things as (dismissive nuance)
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • もんじゃない /mon ja nai/:
    shouldn't, ought not to (colloquial ものではない)
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, although

kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be

naru you ni naru no sa
What will be, will be

  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • ように /you ni/:
    in the way that (なるようになる = 'what will be, will be')
  • のさ /no sa/:
    colloquial assertive ending

kesera sera
Que sera sera

  • ケセラセラ /kesera sera/:
    from Spanish 'que será, será', meaning whatever will be, will be