星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 喜劇/Comedy
星野源 (Hoshino Gen)


arasoiatte kowarekakatta
Fighting one another, nearly falling apart,

  • 争あらそい合あって /arasoiatte/：
    Fighting one another; te-form of 争い合う, with 合う marking mutual action
  • 壊こわれかかった /kowarekakatta/：
    Nearly fell apart; past form of 壊れかかる, from 壊れる plus かかる, marking an incipient action
kono ochame na hoshi de
On this mischievous planet,

  • この /kono/：
    This; a determiner used before a noun
  • お茶目ちゃめな /ochame na/：
    Mischievous or playful; お茶目 is a na-adjective
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    Star or planet; here, Earth; で marks the setting
umareochita hi kara yosomono
An outsider from the day I was born,

  • 生うまれ落おちた /umareochita/：
    Was born into the world; past form of 生まれ落ちる, modifying 日
  • 日ひから /hi kara/：
    From that day; から marks the starting point in time
  • よそ者もの /yosomono/：
    Outsider; よそ means elsewhere and 者 means person
namida garehateta
My tears had completely run dry.

  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    Tears; the subject particle が is omitted here
  • 枯かれ果はてた /karehateta/：
    Dried up completely; past of 枯れ果てる, with 果てる emphasizing total exhaustion; the supplied line reading voices the initial k to g
kaeriyuku basho wa yume no naka
The place I return to exists only in my dreams.

  • 帰かえりゆく /kaeriyuku/：
    To return or make one's way back; 帰る plus ゆく, a variant of いく
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    Place; here, somewhere to return to
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    Dream; here, a dream world
  • 中なか /naka/：
    Inside; 夢の中 means in a dream
koboreochita saki de deatta
Where I landed after falling, I met

  • 零こぼれ落おちた /koboreochita/：
    Spilled or fell out; past of 零れ落ちる; figuratively, falling out of one's former life
  • 先さき /saki/：
    What lies ahead or the place reached; here, where the fall led
  • 出会であった /deatta/：
    Met or encountered; past form of 出会う; the person appears in the following lines
tada himitsu wo kakae
Simply carrying secrets,

  • ただ /tada/：
    Simply or just; an adverb limiting what follows
  • 秘密ひみつ /himitsu/：
    Secret; something kept from others
  • 抱かかえ /kakae/：
    Carrying or harboring; conjunctive stem of 抱える; 秘密を抱える means to harbor a secret
futsuu no furi wo shita anata to
You, who pretended to be ordinary.

  • 普通ふつう /futsuu/：
    Ordinary or normal; の links it to ふり
  • ふりをした /furi wo shita/：
    Pretended; past of ふりをする; noun + のふりをする means to pretend to be something
  • あなた /anata/：
    You; と connects this person to the earlier verb 出会った
sagashi akirameta
What I had given up searching for—

  • 探さがし /sagashi/：
    Searching; conjunctive stem of 探す
  • 諦あきらめた /akirameta/：
    Gave up; past of 諦める; this phrase modifies 居場所 in the next line
watashi no ibasho wa tsukuru mono datta
My place to belong was something to create.

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I or me; a neutral first-person pronoun
  • 居場所いばしょ /ibasho/：
    A place to be or belong; somewhere one feels accepted
  • 作つくる /tsukuru/：
    To make, create, or build; here, to build a place to belong
  • ものだった /mono datta/：
    Was something to do; もの refers to a thing and だった is the past of だ; here it conveys a realization, not a former habit
ano hi kawashita
What we pledged to each other that day,

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    That day; あの points to a distant or mutually remembered thing
  • 交かわした /kawashita/：
    Exchanged or made mutually; past of 交わす; with 契約, to make a pact
chi ni masaru mono
Something stronger than blood ties—

  • 血ち /chi/：
    Blood; here, blood ties or kinship
  • 勝まさる /masaru/：
    To surpass; に marks what is surpassed
  • もの /mono/：
    Thing or something; here, the bond described in the next line
kokorotachi no keiyaku wo
A pact between our hearts.

  • 心こころたち /kokorotachi/：
    Hearts; 心 means heart and たち is a plural suffix, personifying the hearts
  • 契約けいやく /keiyaku/：
    Contract or pact; here, a promise between hearts; を marks the object associated with 交わした
te wo tsunagi kaerou ka
Shall we hold hands and head home?

  • 手て /te/：
    Hand; 手を繋ぐ means to hold hands
  • 繋つなぎ /tsunagi/：
    Holding or connecting; conjunctive stem of 繋ぐ
  • 帰かえろうか /kaerou ka/：
    Shall we go home?; volitional form of 帰る plus か, making a gentle suggestion
kyou wa nani tabeyou ka
What shall we eat today?

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today; read as a whole word
  • 何なに /nani/：
    What; the object of 食べる, with を omitted
  • 食たべようか /tabeyou ka/：
    Shall we eat?; volitional form of 食べる plus か, used to discuss a choice
konna koto ga atta tte
To say, 「This happened today」—

  • こんな /konna/：
    This kind of; modifies a noun
  • こと /koto/：
    Thing or event; here, an everyday occurrence
  • あった /atta/：
    Happened or there was; past form of ある
  • って /tte/：
    Colloquial quotation marker equivalent to quotative と; links the quoted words to 話す
kimi to hanashitakatta n da
I wanted to talk about it with you.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • 話はなしたかった /hanashitakatta/：
    Wanted to talk; 話す plus desiderative たい in its past form たかった
  • んだ /n da/：
    Colloquial form of のだ, explaining or emphasizing a feeling
itsu no hi mo
Every single day,

  • いつの日ひも /itsu no hi mo/：
    Every day or no matter when; いつ means when and 日 means day, with も making the expression inclusive
kimi to nara kigeki yo
With you, life is a comedy.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • となら /to nara/：
    If with someone; と marks a companion and なら gives the condition
  • 喜劇きげき /kigeki/：
    Comedy; here, a life full of shared laughter
odoru kishimu beddo de
On the bouncing, creaking bed,

  • 踊おどる /odoru/：
    To dance or bounce; here, describing the bed's movement
  • 軋きしむ /kishimu/：
    To creak under friction or pressure; a verb modifying the bed
  • ベッド /beddo/：
    Bed; a loanword from English bed, with ッ marking a doubled consonant
waraikorogeta mama de
Still rolling with laughter,

  • 笑わらい転ころげた /waraikorogeta/：
    Rolled with laughter; past of 笑い転げる, combining laughing and rolling
  • ままで /mama de/：
    Remaining in a state; past-form verb + まま expresses a continuing state, with で linking onward
fuzaketa seikatsu wa tsuzuku sa
Our playful life goes on.

  • ふざけた /fuzaketa/：
    Playful or silly; past form of ふざける used to describe a noun, with an affectionate tone here
  • 生活せいかつ /seikatsu/：
    Life or everyday living
  • つづく /tsuzuku/：
    To continue or last; an intransitive verb, also written 続く
ototteru to iware sodatta
I grew up being told I was inferior,

  • 劣おとってる /ototteru/：
    Being inferior; contraction of 劣っている, from 劣る, describing a state
  • 言いわれ /iware/：
    Being told; conjunctive stem of passive 言われる, from 言う; と marks what was said
  • 育そだった /sodatta/：
    Grew up; past of 育つ; together with 言われ, growing up hearing those judgments
kono ikareta hoshi de
On this crazy planet,

  • この /kono/：
    This; a determiner used before a noun
  • いかれた /ikareta/：
    Crazy or messed up; past form of いかれる used to modify a noun
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    Planet; here, the world one lives in
futsuu no furi wo shite kizuita
Pretending to be ordinary, I realized:

  • 普通ふつう /futsuu/：
    Ordinary or normal; here, what others consider normal
  • ふりをして /furi wo shite/：
    Pretending; te-form of ふりをする; noun + のふりをする means to pretend to be something
  • 気きづいた /kizuita/：
    Noticed or realized; past form of 気づく
dare ga kimetsuketa
Who decided that about me?

  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    Who; an interrogative pronoun, with が marking the person making the judgment
  • 決きめつけた /kimetsuketa/：
    Judged dogmatically or assumed; past of 決めつける, stronger than simply deciding
watashi no hikari wa tada koko ni atta
My light was right here all along.

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I or me; の links it to the light belonging to the speaker
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    Light; figuratively, one's own worth or hope
  • ただ /tada/：
    Simply or just; emphasizing that the light was here
  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    Here; usually written in hiragana as ここ
  • あった /atta/：
    Was or existed; past of ある; location + にある expresses existence
ano hi hodoketa
To what came undone that day—

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    That day; a day the speakers can recall
  • ほどけた /hodoketa/：
    Came untied or unraveled; past of intransitive ほどける, figuratively describing a curse lifting
awai noroi ni
That faint curse—

  • 淡あわい /awai/：
    Faint, pale, or vague; an i-adjective modifying a noun
  • 呪のろい /noroi/：
    Curse; here, possibly internalized judgments or constraints; に marks what is being addressed
kokoro kara no sayonara wo
A heartfelt goodbye.

  • 心こころからの /kokoro kara no/：
    Heartfelt; 心から means from the heart, with の allowing it to modify a noun
  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    Goodbye or farewell; used as a noun here, with the verb after を left unstated
kao agete kaerou ka
Shall we lift our heads and go home?

  • 顔かお /kao/：
    Face; 顔を上げる means to lift one's face or head, with を omitted here
  • 上あげて /agete/：
    Lifting; te-form of 上げる, connecting to the next action
  • 帰かえろうか /kaerou ka/：
    Shall we go home?; volitional of 帰る plus か, inviting or suggesting
sakihokoru hanabana
Flowers blooming in all their glory,

  • 咲さき誇ほこる /sakihokoru/：
    To bloom gloriously; a compound of 咲く and 誇る
  • 花々はなばな /hanabana/：
    Flowers; 々 repeats the preceding character, with the second 花 voiced as bana
konna kirei na n da tte
To say, 「It is so beautiful」—

  • こんな /konna/：
    So or this much; colloquial wording understood here as こんなに
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/：
    Beautiful, pretty, or clean; here, beautiful; a na-adjective despite ending in い
  • なんだ /na n da/：
    Colloquial contraction of なのだ after a na-adjective, conveying realization
  • って /tte/：
    Colloquial quotation marker, introducing what the speaker wants to say
kimi to hanashitakatta n da
I wanted to talk about it with you.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • 話はなしたかった /hanashitakatta/：
    Wanted to talk; 話す plus desiderative たい in its past form たかった
  • んだ /n da/：
    Colloquial form of のだ, explaining or emphasizing a feeling
donna hi mo
Whatever the day may bring,

  • どんな日ひも /donna hi mo/：
    Whatever kind of day; どんな means what kind, 日 means day, and も makes the expression inclusive
kimi to iru kiseki wo
The miracle of being with you,

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar second-person pronoun
  • いる /iru/：
    To be or exist, for animate beings; 君といる means being with you and modifies 奇跡
  • 奇跡きせき /kiseki/：
    Miracle; here, the wonder of being together; を connects it to the later verb 伝えきれない
inochi tsunagu kitchin de
In the kitchen that sustains our lives,

  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    Life; the object of 繫ぐ, with を omitted
  • 繫つなぐ /tsunagu/：
    To connect or sustain; 命を繫ぐ means to sustain life; 繫 is a variant of 繋
  • キッチン /kitchin/：
    Kitchen; a loanword from English kitchen
tsutaekirenai mama de
Still unable to put it all into words,

  • 伝つたえきれない /tsutaekirenai/：
    Cannot fully convey; 伝える plus completive きる in its negative potential form きれない
  • ままで /mama de/：
    Still in that state; negative verb + まま indicates that something remains undone
fuzaketa seikatsu wa tsuzuku
Our playful life goes on.

  • ふざけた /fuzaketa/：
    Playful or silly; past form of ふざける used to modify a noun
  • 生活せいかつ /seikatsu/：
    Life or everyday living
  • つづく /tsuzuku/：
    To continue or last; an intransitive verb, also written 続く
shigoto ake ni
After work is over,

  • 仕事明しごとあけ /shigoto ake/：
    After finishing work; 仕事 means work and 明け marks the end of a period or activity; に marks time
ayumu tomo ni
We walk together,

  • 歩あゆむ /ayumu/：
    To walk or move through life; the usual order 共に歩む is inverted here
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    Together; describes the shared action of walking
asahi ga noboru wa aa
The morning sun rises.

  • 朝陽あさひ /asahi/：
    The morning sun; also written 朝日
  • 登のぼる /noboru/：
    To rise or climb; here, the sun rising, often written 昇る in this sense
arigatou dewa
Just saying 「thank you」

  • ありがとう /arigatou/：
    Thank you; treated here as an expression whose adequacy is being discussed
  • ありがとうでは /arigatou dewa/：
    With just a thank you; quoted expression + では sets a condition, completed by 足りない in the next line
tarinai kara
Is not enough, so

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    Not enough; negative form of 足りる
  • ないから /nai kara/：
    Because it is not; から after a negative predicate gives the reason for the following action
te wo tsunagi
I take your hand.

  • 手て /te/：
    Hand; 手を繋ぐ means to hold hands
  • 繋つなぎ /tsunagi/：
    Holding or joining; conjunctive stem of 繋ぐ, leading into the invitation to go home
saa uchi ni kaerou ka
Come on, shall we go home?

  • うち /uchi/：
    Home or one's own place; に marks the destination
  • 帰かえろうか /kaerou ka/：
    Shall we go home?; volitional form of 帰る plus か, making a gentle invitation
kyou wa nani tabeyou ka
What shall we eat today?

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today; read as a whole word
  • 何なに /nani/：
    What; the object of 食べる, with を omitted
  • 食たべようか /tabeyou ka/：
    Shall we eat?; volitional form of 食べる plus か, used to discuss a choice
konna koto ga atta tte
To say, 「This happened today」—

  • こんな /konna/：
    This kind of; modifies a noun
  • こと /koto/：
    Thing or event; here, an everyday occurrence
  • あった /atta/：
    Happened or there was; past form of ある
  • って /tte/：
    Colloquial quotation marker equivalent to quotative と; links the quoted words to 話す
kimi to hanashitakatta n da
I wanted to talk about it with you.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • 話はなしたかった /hanashitakatta/：
    Wanted to talk; 話す plus desiderative たい in its past form たかった
  • んだ /n da/：
    Colloquial form of のだ, explaining or emphasizing a feeling
itsu no hi mo
Every single day,

  • いつの日ひも /itsu no hi mo/：
    Every day or no matter when; いつ means when and 日 means day, with も making the expression inclusive
kimi to nara kigeki yo
With you, life is a comedy.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • となら /to nara/：
    If with someone; と marks a companion and なら gives the condition
  • 喜劇きげき /kigeki/：
    Comedy; here, a life full of shared laughter
odoru kishimu beddo de
On the bouncing, creaking bed,

  • 踊おどる /odoru/：
    To dance or bounce; here, describing the bed's movement
  • 軋きしむ /kishimu/：
    To creak under friction or pressure; a verb modifying the bed
  • ベッド /beddo/：
    Bed; a loanword from English bed, with ッ marking a doubled consonant
waraikorogeta mama de
Still rolling with laughter,

  • 笑わらい転ころげた /waraikorogeta/：
    Rolled with laughter; past of 笑い転げる, combining laughing and rolling
  • ままで /mama de/：
    Remaining in a state; past-form verb + まま expresses a continuing state, with で linking onward
eien wo sagasou ka
Shall we look for forever?

  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    Eternity or forever; a noun expressing a lasting future together
  • 探さがそうか /sagasou ka/：
    Shall we search?; volitional of 探す plus か, suggesting a shared action
dekiru dake kurasou ka
Shall we live together as long as we can?

  • できるだけ /dekiru dake/：
    As much or as long as possible; できる means can and だけ marks the limit
  • 暮くらそうか /kurasou ka/：
    Shall we live together?; volitional of 暮らす plus か
donna koto ga atta tte
No matter what happens,

  • どんな /donna/：
    What kind of; with the concessive ending, whatever kind
  • こと /koto/：
    Thing or event; here, anything that may happen
  • あったって /atta tte/：
    Even if something happens; ある in past form + って creates a colloquial concessive equivalent to あっても, rather than a quotation
kimi to hanashitakatta n da
I wanted to talk about it with you.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • 話はなしたかった /hanashitakatta/：
    Wanted to talk; 話す plus desiderative たい in its past form たかった
  • んだ /n da/：
    Colloquial form of のだ, explaining or emphasizing a feeling
itsu made mo
Forever and ever,

  • いつまでも /itsu made mo/：
    Forever or indefinitely; いつ means when and まで marks an endpoint, with も leaving it unlimited
kimi to nara kigeki yo
With you, life is a comedy.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You; a familiar form of address
  • となら /to nara/：
    If with someone; と marks a companion and なら gives the condition
  • 喜劇きげき /kigeki/：
    Comedy; here, a life full of shared laughter
wakachiaeta hibi ni
In the days we were able to share,

  • 分わかち合あえた /wakachiaeta/：
    Were able to share; past potential of 分かち合う, a compound of 分かつ and reciprocal 合う
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    Days or day after day; 々 repeats 日, with the second syllable voiced as bi
waraikorogeta saki ni
Beyond all that rolling laughter,

  • 笑わらい転ころげた /waraikorogeta/：
    Rolled with laughter; past of 笑い転げる, modifying 先
  • 先さきに /saki ni/：
    Beyond or after; past-form verb + 先に points to what follows an experience
fuzaketa seikatsu wa tsuzuku sa
Our playful life goes on.

  • ふざけた /fuzaketa/：
    Playful or silly; past form of ふざける used to describe a noun, with an affectionate tone here
  • 生活せいかつ /seikatsu/：
    Life or everyday living
  • つづく /tsuzuku/：
    To continue or last; an intransitive verb, also written 続く