ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - パレード/Parade




karada no oku
Deep within the body

  • 身体からだ /karada/:
    body
  • おく /oku/:
    depth, interior

nodo no mashita
Right below the throat

  • のど /nodo/:
    throat
  • 真下ました /mashita/:
    directly below

kokoro ga aru to suru nara
If the heart were to be somewhere

  • こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist, to be
  • とするなら /to suru nara/:
    if one assumes that; if it were the case that

kimi wa soko nan darou kara
Then you must be right there

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • そこ /soko/:
    there
  • なんだろうから /nan darou kara/:
    because it is probably; an explanatory guess followed by a reason

zutto mae kara wakatte ita kedo
I had known it for a long time, but

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; for a long time
  • まえ /mae/:
    before, earlier
  • わかっていた /wakatte ita/:
    Original form: わかる, to understand, know (past ongoing state)
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, though; introduces what follows

toshitoreba kimi no kao mo
When I grow older, even your face

  • 歳取としとれば /toshitoreba/:
    Original form: 歳を取る, to grow older (conditional ba-form)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • かお /kao/:
    face

wasurete shimau kara sa
will end up being forgotten

  • わすれてしまう /wasurete shimau/:
    Original form: 忘れる, to forget; てしまう marks completion, often with regret
  • からさ /kara sa/:
    because; さ adds a casual emphasis

karada no oku
Deep within the body

  • 身体からだ /karada/:
    body
  • おく /oku/:
    depth, interior

nodo no naka de
Inside the throat

  • のど /nodo/:
    throat
  • なか /naka/:
    inside, middle

kotoba ga dekiru shunkan wo
The moment words come into being

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    word, language
  • 出来できる /dekiru/:
    to be formed, come into being; can
  • 瞬間しゅんかん /shunkan/:
    moment, instant

boku wa shiritai kara
Because I want to know

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • りたい /shiritai/:
    Original form: 知る, to know (tai-form: want to know)

kono mama yo ga aketara
If dawn breaks just like this

  • このまま /kono mama/:
    just like this, as things are
  • /yo/:
    night
  • けたら /aketara/:
    Original form: 明ける, to dawn, end (tara conditional)

kawakanai you ni omoide wo
So that the memories will not dry up

  • かわかない /kawakanai/:
    Original form: 乾く, to dry up (negative form)
  • ように /you ni/:
    so that, in order to
  • おも /omoide/:
    memory, recollection

nakusanai you ni kono uta wo
So that I do not lose this song

  • くさない /nakusanai/:
    Original form: 失くす, to lose (negative form)
  • ように /you ni/:
    so that, in order to
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • うた /uta/:
    song

wasurenaide
Please do not forget

  • わすれないで /wasurenaide/:
    Original form: 忘れる, to forget; please do not forget

mou chotto dake de ii
Just a little longer is enough

  • もう /mou/:
    a little more; again
  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little, slightly
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • でいい /de ii/:
    it is enough; it will do

hitoribocchi no pareedo wo
This lonely parade

  • 一人ひとりぼっち /hitoribocchi/:
    all alone, lonely
  • パレード /pareedo/:
    parade

zutto mae kara omotteta kedo
I had thought so for a long time, but

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; for a long time
  • まえ /mae/:
    before, earlier
  • おもってた /omotteta/:
    Original form: 思う, to think; casual contraction of ていた for a past ongoing thought
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, though; introduces what follows

kimi no yubisaki no naka ni wa
Within your fingertips

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/:
    fingertip
  • なか /naka/:
    inside, middle

tabun kamisama ga sunde iru
A god probably lives there

  • たぶん /tabun/:
    probably, perhaps
  • 神様かみさま /kamisama/:
    god, deity; 様 is honorific
  • んでいる /sunde iru/:
    Original form: 住む, to live, reside (ongoing state)

kyou, kinou yori
Longer ago than today or yesterday

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/:
    yesterday
  • より /yori/:
    than; marks a comparison standard

zutto mae kara
From far, far earlier,

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; for a long time
  • まえ /mae/:
    before, earlier

zutto sono mukashi no mukashi kara
Since long before those ancient days.

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; for a long time
  • その /sono/:
    that
  • むかし /mukashi/:
    long ago, old days

wakaru n da
I understand

  • わかる /wakaru/:
    to understand
  • んだ /n da/:
    casual form of のだ, used for explanation or emphasis

karada no oku
Deep within the body

  • 身体からだ /karada/:
    body
  • おく /oku/:
    depth, interior

nodo no mashita
Right below the throat

  • のど /nodo/:
    throat
  • 真下ました /mashita/:
    directly below

kimi no kaku uta wo
The poem you write

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • く /kaku/:
    to write
  • うた /uta/:
    poem; read here as uta

tada maneru hibi wo
The days spent merely imitating it

  • ただ /tada/:
    merely, just
  • 真似まねる /maneru/:
    to imitate
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, daily life

wasurenai you ni
So that I will not forget

  • わすれない /wasurenai/:
    Original form: 忘れる, to forget (negative form)
  • ように /you ni/:
    so that, in order to

kimi no inai ima no ondo wo
The temperature of this present without you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • いない /inai/:
    Original form: いる, to be present; negative form for people and animals
  • いま /ima/:
    now, the present
  • 温度おんど /ondo/:
    temperature

kawakanai you na omoide de
With memories that seem as though they will never dry up

  • かわかない /kawakanai/:
    Original form: 乾く, to dry up (negative form)
  • ような /you na/:
    like, as if; modifies the following noun
  • おも /omoide/:
    memory, recollection

nakusenai de ita kono uta de
With this song I had been unable to let go of

  • くせない /nakusenai/:
    Original form: 失くす, to lose; negative potential form, cannot let go of
  • でいた /de ita/:
    part of ないでいた, indicating that a state of not doing something continued
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • うた /uta/:
    song

mou sukoshi de ii
Just a little more is enough

  • もう /mou/:
    a little more; again
  • すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little, a small amount
  • でいい /de ii/:
    it is enough; it will do

mou chotto dake de ii
Just a little longer is enough

  • もう /mou/:
    a little more; again
  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little, slightly
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • でいい /de ii/:
    it is enough; it will do

hitoribocchi no pareedo wo
This lonely parade

  • 一人ひとりぼっち /hitoribocchi/:
    all alone, lonely
  • パレード /pareedo/:
    parade

pareedo wo
This parade

  • パレード /pareedo/:
    parade