Mrs. GREEN APPLE - 僕のこと/About Me



boku to kimi to de wa nani ga chigau
What is different between you and me?

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me (male)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • なに /nani/:
    what
  • ちがう /chigau/:
    to differ, to be different

onnaji ikimono sa wakatteru
We're the same kind of creature, I know that

  • おんなじ /onnaji/:
    the same
  • もの /ikimono/:
    living creature
  • かってる /wakatteru/:
    to understand, to know

demo ne boku wa nanika ni obiete iru
But you know, I'm afraid of something

  • でも /demo/:
    but, however
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • なにか /nanika/:
    something
  • おびえている /obiete iru/:
    to be frightened, to be scared

minna mo sou nara ii na
I hope everyone else is like that too

  • みんな /minna/:
    everyone
  • そう /sou/:
    like that, so
  • なら /nara/:
    if
  • いい /ii/:
    good

gamushara ni ikite dare ga warau
Living recklessly—who is it that laughs?

  • がむしゃら /gamushara/:
    reckless, headlong
  • きて /ikite/:
    to live
  • だれ /dare/:
    who
  • わらう /warau/:
    to laugh, to smile

kanashimi kiru ni wa haya sugiru
It's too early to grieve completely

  • かなしみ /kanashimi/:
    sadness, grief
  • きる /kiru/:
    to do completely (suffix)
  • はやすぎる /haya sugiru/:
    too early

itsumo boku wa jibun ni ii kikaseru
I always tell myself so

  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • かせる /ii kikaseru/:
    to tell oneself, to persuade

ashita mo aru shi ne
After all, there's tomorrow too

  • 明日あした /ashita/:
    tomorrow
  • ある /aru/:
    to have, to exist
  • し /shi/:
    and (listing reasons)

aa nante suteki na hi da
Ah, what a wonderful day it is

  • なんて /nante/:
    how, what (a)
  • 素敵すてき /suteki/:
    wonderful, lovely
  • /hi/:
    day

shiawase to omoeru kyou mo
Today, when I can feel happy

  • しあわせ /shiawase/:
    happiness
  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    to be able to feel/think
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

yume yabure kujikeru kyou mo
Today, when dreams break and I falter

  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • やぶれ /yabure/:
    to be defeated, to break
  • くじける /kujikeru/:
    to be discouraged, to falter
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

aa akiramezu mogaite iru
Ah, without giving up, I'm struggling on

  • あきらめず /akiramezu/:
    without giving up
  • 足宛もがいている /mogaite iru/:
    to be struggling, to writhe

semai hiroi sekai de
In this narrow, wide world

  • せまい /semai/:
    narrow
  • ひろい /hiroi/:
    wide, spacious
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

kiseki o utau
We sing of miracles

  • 奇跡きせき /kiseki/:
    miracle
  • うたう /utau/:
    to sing

bokura wa shitte iru
We know it

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we
  • っている /shitte iru/:
    to know

sora e no tobikata mo
Even how to fly into the sky

  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • かた /tobikata/:
    way of flying

otona ni naru ni tsure wasureru
But as we become adults, we forget

  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • につれ /ni tsure/:
    as, along with
  • わすれる /wasureru/:
    to forget

kagiri aru eien mo
Both the eternity that has limits

  • かぎり /kagiri/:
    limit, bound
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/:
    eternity

naori kiranai kizu mo
And the wounds that won't fully heal

  • なおり /naori/:
    to heal, to be cured
  • きらない /kiranai/:
    cannot do completely
  • きず /kizu/:
    wound, scar

subete boku no koto
All of it is about me

  • すべて /subete/:
    all, everything
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter

kyou to iu boku no koto
It's me, the one called today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • という /to iu/:
    called, named
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter


ete wa ushinau hibi imi wa aru
Days of gaining then losing—is there any meaning?

  • て /ete/:
    to gain, to obtain
  • ては /te wa/:
    repeatedly doing then…
  • うしなう /ushinau/:
    to lose
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, daily life
  • 意味いみ /imi/:
    meaning
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist

tsutawaru koto no nai omoi mo aru
There are feelings that will never be conveyed

  • つたわる /tsutawaru/:
    to be conveyed, to be transmitted
  • こと /koto/:
    (nominalizer)
  • ない /nai/:
    not, none
  • おもい /omoi/:
    feelings, thoughts
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist

dakara boku wa tokidoki samishiku naru
That's why I sometimes get lonely

  • だから /dakara/:
    so, therefore
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • 時々ときどき /tokidoki/:
    sometimes
  • さみしく /samishiku/:
    lonely
  • なる /naru/:
    to become

minna mo sou nara
If everyone else is like that too

  • みんな /minna/:
    everyone
  • そう /sou/:
    like that
  • なら /nara/:
    if

sukoshi wa raku kana
Maybe I'd feel a little easier

  • すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little
  • らく /raku/:
    easy, comfortable
  • かな /kana/:
    I wonder…

boku dake ja nai to
That it's not just me

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    is not
  • と /to/:
    that (quotation)

omoeru kana
I wonder if I can think so

  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    to be able to think/feel
  • かな /kana/:
    I wonder…

aa nante suteki na hi da
Ah, what a wonderful day it is

  • なんて /nante/:
    how, what (a)
  • 素敵すてき /suteki/:
    wonderful, lovely
  • /hi/:
    day

dareka o suki de iru kyou mo
Today, when I'm in love with someone

  • だれか /dareka/:
    someone
  • き /suki/:
    to like, to love
  • でいる /de iru/:
    to remain in a state
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

hoho nurashi nemureru kyou mo
Today, when I cry myself to sleep

  • ほほ /hoho/:
    cheek
  • らし /nurashi/:
    to wet, to dampen
  • ねむれる /nemureru/:
    to be able to sleep
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

aa nageku ni wa hodotooi
Ah, it's far too soon to lament

  • なげく /nageku/:
    to grieve, to lament
  • には /ni wa/:
    for, in order to
  • ほどとおい /hodotooi/:
    far from, a long way off

semai hiroi sekai de
In this narrow, wide world

  • せまい /semai/:
    narrow
  • ひろい /hiroi/:
    wide, spacious
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

bokura wa utau
We sing

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we
  • うたう /utau/:
    to sing


fuyu ni saku hana ni
On the flowers that bloom in winter

  • ふゆ /fuyu/:
    winter
  • く /saku/:
    to bloom
  • はな /hana/:
    flower

inochi ga mebuku yo
Life sprouts forth

  • いのち /inochi/:
    life
  • 芽吹めぶく /mebuku/:
    to bud, to sprout

kakeru wa yuki no daichi
What runs is the snow-covered earth

  • ける /kakeru/:
    to run, to gallop
  • ゆき /yuki/:
    snow
  • 大地だいち /daichi/:
    earth, ground

ao sugita haru o
The spring that was too blue (too green/innocent)

  • あおすぎた /ao sugita/:
    too blue / too youthful
  • はる /haru/:
    spring

wasurezu ni itai to
Wishing to keep it without forgetting

  • わすれず /wasurezu/:
    without forgetting
  • たい /itai/:
    want to stay/remain
  • と /to/:
    that (quotation)

kataru wa tomo to no chizu
What speaks is the map shared with friends

  • かたる /kataru/:
    to tell, to narrate
  • とも /tomo/:
    friend
  • 地図ちず /chizu/:
    map

kakeru wa hito no tabiji
What runs is the journey of a person

  • ける /kakeru/:
    to run, to gallop
  • ひと /hito/:
    person
  • 旅路たびじ /tabiji/:
    journey


bokura wa shitte iru
We know it

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we
  • っている /shitte iru/:
    to know

kiseki wa shinde iru
Miracles are dead

  • 奇跡きせき /kiseki/:
    miracle
  • んでいる /shinde iru/:
    to be dead

doryoku mo kodoku mo
Both effort and loneliness

  • 努力どりょく /doryoku/:
    effort
  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/:
    loneliness, solitude

mukuwarenai koto ga aru
Sometimes they go unrewarded

  • むくわれない /mukuwarenai/:
    to go unrewarded
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, case
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist

dakedo ne
But you know

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but, however

soredemo ne
Even so

  • それでも /soredemo/:
    even so, nevertheless

kyou made aruite kita
We've walked all the way until today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • まで /made/:
    until, up to
  • あるいてきた /aruite kita/:
    to have walked (until now)

hibi o hito wa yobu
People call those days

  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days
  • ひと /hito/:
    people
  • ぶ /yobu/:
    to call, to name

sore ga ne kiseki da to
They call it a trajectory, you know

  • それ /sore/:
    that
  • 軌跡きせき /kiseki/:
    trajectory, trail (homophone with 奇跡 miracle)
  • と /to/:
    that (quotation)

aa nante suteki na hi da
Ah, what a wonderful day it is

  • なんて /nante/:
    how, what (a)
  • 素敵すてき /suteki/:
    wonderful, lovely
  • /hi/:
    day

shiawase ni nayameru kyou mo
Today, when I can fret over happiness

  • しあわせ /shiawase/:
    happiness
  • なやめる /nayameru/:
    to be able to worry/agonize
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

boroboro ni narete iru kyou mo
Today, when I've become all worn out

  • ボロボロ /boroboro/:
    tattered, worn-out
  • なれている /narete iru/:
    to have become
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today

aa iki o shite mogaite iru
Ah, breathing and struggling on

  • いき /iki/:
    breath
  • して /shite/:
    to do
  • 足宛もがいている /mogaite iru/:
    to be struggling

subete boku no koto
All of it is about me

  • すべて /subete/:
    all, everything
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter

ano hi no bokura no koto
It's about us, on that day

  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • /hi/:
    day
  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we, us
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter


boku to kimi to de wa nani ga chigau
What is different between you and me?

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • なに /nani/:
    what
  • ちがう /chigau/:
    to differ

sorezore mite kita keshiki ga aru
Each of us has scenery we've seen along the way

  • それぞれ /sorezore/:
    each, respectively
  • てきた /mite kita/:
    to have seen (until now)
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery, landscape
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist

boku wa boku to shite ima o ikite yuku
As myself, I'll go on living the present

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • として /to shite/:
    as, in the capacity of
  • いま /ima/:
    now, the present
  • きてゆく /ikite yuku/:
    to go on living

totemo itoshii koto da
And that is a deeply precious thing

  • とても /totemo/:
    very
  • いとしい /itoshii/:
    dear, beloved, precious
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter