ツユ (TUYU) - 風薫る空の下/Under the Fragrant Summer Sky



shoka no hizashi ni sugatte mo
Even if I cling to the early-summer sunlight

  • 初夏しょか /shoka/:
    early summer
  • 日差ひざし /hizashi/:
    sunlight
  • すがっても /sugatte mo/:
    even if I cling to

tachidomatte wa kurenai kara
Because it will not stop for me

  • まって /tachidomatte/:
    to stop walking
  • ~てはくれない /te wa kurenai/:
    will not do ~ for me
  • から /kara/:
    because

ushirosugata wo ou dake de seiippai nan da kedo
All I can do is chase your back, and that is all I can manage, but...

  • うし姿すがた /ushirosugata/:
    one's figure from behind
  • う /ou/:
    to chase
  • だけ /dake/:
    only
  • 精一杯せいいっぱい /seiippai/:
    with all one's strength
  • なんだけど /nan da kedo/:
    it is..., but

nee
Hey

asayake yuuyake koyake no naka de
Amid the dawn glow, sunset glow, and twilight

  • 朝焼あさやけ /asayake/:
    dawn glow
  • 夕焼ゆうやけ /yuuyake/:
    sunset glow
  • こやけ /koyake/:
    twilight glow
  • なか /naka/:
    inside, amid

futari toonoiteku nara
If the two of us drift farther apart

  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people
  • とおのいてく /toonoiteku/:
    to drift away
  • なら /nara/:
    if

tentou mitai ni natte
Becoming like a light

  • テントウ /tentou/:
    a light
  • みたい /mitai/:
    like, as if
  • なって /natte/:
    to become

bokura wa
We...

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we

nessarete toketa michibata no aisu datte
Even ice cream heated and melted by the roadside

  • ねっされて /nessarete/:
    to be heated
  • けた /toketa/:
    melted
  • みちばた /michibata/:
    roadside
  • アイス /aisu/:
    ice cream
  • だって /datte/:
    even

moto wa dareka ga katta yo
Someone bought it originally

  • もと /moto/:
    originally
  • だれか /dareka/:
    someone
  • った /katta/:
    bought

sonna koto bakka kangaete
Thinking about nothing but things like that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • ばっか /bakka/:
    nothing but
  • かんがえて /kangaete/:
    thinking

mi ga hainnakute
So I cannot focus on anything

  • はいんなくて /mi ga hairanakute/:
    unable to concentrate

gomen ne
I'm sorry

  • ごめんね /gomen ne/:
    I'm sorry

seizei
At most

  • せいぜい /seizei/:
    at most, as much as possible

te toka tsunaide hashaidatte
Even if we hold hands and frolic

  • /te/:
    hand
  • とか /toka/:
    things like
  • つないで /tsunaide/:
    holding
  • はしゃいだって /hashaidatte/:
    even if we frolic

sore dake demo miageta mono ne
Even that alone was something I looked up to

  • それだけ /sore dake/:
    just that
  • でも /demo/:
    even so
  • 見上みあげた /miageta/:
    looked up to
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; you know

seikai toka yoku wakattenai kedo
Though I do not really know the right answer

  • 正解せいかい /seikai/:
    correct answer
  • よく /yoku/:
    well, really
  • かってない /wakattenai/:
    do not understand
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, though

mada hayai yo chotto matte
It is still too soon; wait a moment

  • まだ /mada/:
    still
  • はやい /hayai/:
    early, too soon
  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little, just
  • まって /matte/:
    wait

rettousei dai
I'm a poor student

  • 劣等生れっとうせい /rettousei/:
    poor student, inferior person
  • だい /dai/:
    a casual emphatic copula

shinpai shitatte sontoku ni kurande
Even when I worry, I am dazzled by gains and losses

  • 心配しんぱいしたって /shinpai shitatte/:
    even if I worry
  • 損得そんとく /sontoku/:
    gain and loss
  • くらんで /kurande/:
    being dazzled

kono kotoba no saki souzou shite mitatte
Even if I try imagining what comes after these words

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words
  • さき /saki/:
    ahead, beyond
  • 想像そうぞうしてみたって /souzou shite mitatte/:
    even if I try to imagine

miete konai mama no
That which still does not come into view...

  • えてこない /miete konai/:
    does not come into view
  • まま /mama/:
    as it is, remaining

kimochi wo ase ni nagashitan da
I washed these feelings away in my sweat

  • キモチ /kimochi/:
    feeling
  • あせ /ase/:
    sweat
  • ながした /nagashita/:
    washed away
  • んだ /n da/:
    an explanatory emphasis

kimi to natsu no se wo mukaete shimaisou na
As if I am about to greet the back of summer with you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • なつ /natsu/:
    summer
  • /se/:
    back, receding figure
  • むかえてしまいそうな /mukaete shimaisou na/:
    seeming about to end up welcoming

kaze kaoru sora no shita
Under the fragrant summer sky

  • 風薫かぜかおる /kaze kaoru/:
    the wind is fragrant
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • した /shita/:
    under, below

saidaa mitai na
Like soda

  • サイダー /saidaa/:
    soda
  • みたいな /mitai na/:
    like

koi da ne
It is love, isn't it?

  • こい /koi/:
    love, romance

sora no ue kara mita keshiki
The view seen from above the sky

  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • うえ /ue/:
    above
  • た /mita/:
    saw
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery

chiisakute totemo hakanai kara
Because it is small and so fleeting

  • ちいさくて /chiisakute/:
    small and
  • とても /totemo/:
    very
  • はかない /hakanai/:
    fleeting, ephemeral
  • から /kara/:
    because

kimi wa hitomi wo hikarasete taishouteki nan da kedo
Your eyes shine, in stark contrast, but...

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ひとみ /hitomi/:
    eyes
  • ひからせて /hikarasete/:
    making shine
  • 対照的たいしょうてき /taishouteki/:
    contrasting
  • なんだけど /nan da kedo/:
    it is..., but

nee
Hey

hajimete yatte kita basho wa
The place I came to for the first time

  • はじめて /hajimete/:
    for the first time
  • やってた /yatte kita/:
    came
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/:
    place

dokoka natsukashiku omoeta wa
Somehow, it felt nostalgic

  • どこか /dokoka/:
    somehow
  • なつかしく /natsukashiku/:
    nostalgically
  • おもえた /omoeta/:
    felt, seemed

ryuukyuu kokusai doori kaze ni natte
On Kokusai Street in Ryukyu, becoming the wind

  • 琉球りゅうきゅう /ryuukyuu/:
    Ryukyu
  • 国際通こくさいどおり /kokusai doori/:
    Kokusai Street
  • かぜ /kaze/:
    wind
  • なって /natte/:
    to become

umigiwa de mitsuketa hoshi no suna datte
Even the star sand I found by the sea

  • 海際うみぎわ /umigiwa/:
    water's edge
  • つけた /mitsuketa/:
    found
  • ほしすな /hoshi no suna/:
    star sand
  • だって /datte/:
    even

moto wa ikimono datta yo
Was originally a living thing

  • もと /moto/:
    originally
  • もの /ikimono/:
    living creature
  • だった /datta/:
    was

sonna koto shitte
Knowing something like that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • って /shitte/:
    knowing

nan no toku ni narun datte
What good would that do?

  • なん /nan/:
    what
  • とく /toku/:
    benefit
  • になる /ni naru/:
    to become; to be beneficial
  • んだって /n datte/:
    an emphatic, questioning expression

hanashi da yo ne
That is what we're talking about, right?

  • はなし /hanashi/:
    matter, story

seizei
At most

  • せいぜい /seizei/:
    at most, as much as possible

me toka fusaide nageitatte
Even if I cover my eyes and lament

  • /me/:
    eye
  • とか /toka/:
    things like
  • ふさいで /fusaide/:
    covering, blocking
  • なげいたって /nageitatte/:
    even if I lament

sore dake nara mashi datta noni sa
If that were all, it would have been better

  • それだけ /sore dake/:
    just that
  • なら /nara/:
    if
  • マシ /mashi/:
    better, preferable
  • だったのに /datta noni/:
    it would have been, but

jinsei toka mada sakinagai kedo
Life still stretches far ahead, but

  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/:
    life
  • とか /toka/:
    things like
  • まだ /mada/:
    still
  • 先長さきながい /sakinagai/:
    a long way ahead
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, though

mou owatte ii kana tte
I wonder if it is okay for it to end now

  • もう /mou/:
    already, now
  • わって /owatte/:
    to end
  • ~ていい /te ii/:
    may, it is okay to
  • かな /kana/:
    I wonder
  • って /tte/:
    quoting marker

rettousei dai
I'm a poor student

  • 劣等生れっとうせい /rettousei/:
    poor student, inferior person
  • だい /dai/:
    a casual emphatic copula

teitai shitatte kokoro kizande
Even if I stagnate, it is carved into my heart

  • 停滞ていたいしたって /teitai shitatte/:
    even if I stagnate
  • 心刻こころきざんで /kokoro kizande/:
    carved into my heart

kono akane no sora mitaku mo nai ya tte
Thinking I do not even want to see this crimson sky

  • あかね /akane/:
    crimson
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • たくもない /mitaku mo nai/:
    do not even want to see
  • やって /ya tte/:
    saying, thinking

nigete bakari da kedo
Though I do nothing but run away

  • げて /nigete/:
    running away
  • ばかり /bakari/:
    nothing but
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, though

kimochi wa kimi hitotsu datta
My feelings were for you alone

  • キモチ /kimochi/:
    feeling
  • 君一きみひとつ /kimi hitotsu/:
    you alone
  • だった /datta/:
    was

hitori natsu no kage mihorete shimattan da
Alone, I found myself entranced by summer's shade

  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone
  • なつ /natsu/:
    summer
  • かげ /kage/:
    shade, shadow
  • 見惚みほれてしまった /mihorete shimatta/:
    ended up being entranced
  • んだ /n da/:
    an explanatory emphasis

kaze kaoru sora no shita
Under the fragrant summer sky

  • 風薫かぜかおる /kaze kaoru/:
    the wind is fragrant
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • した /shita/:
    under, below

mata asa ga kite omotta yo
When morning came again, I thought

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • て /kite/:
    coming
  • おもった /omotta/:
    thought

seizei
At most

  • せいぜい /seizei/:
    at most, as much as possible

koe toka hatte nanbo no sekai de
In a world where raising your voice is what counts

  • こえ /koe/:
    voice
  • とか /toka/:
    things like
  • って /hatte/:
    raising, projecting
  • なんぼ /nanbo/:
    how much; what counts
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

tada tojikomeru no wa doushite
Why do I only bottle it all up?

  • ただ /tada/:
    only, just
  • める /tojikomeru/:
    to shut away, bottle up
  • どうして /doushite/:
    why

sonna koto dekitara komattenai yo
If I could do that, I would not be troubled

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • 出来できたら /dekitara/:
    if I could do
  • こまってない /komattenai/:
    am not troubled

dakara boku wa itsudatte
So I, always...

  • だから /dakara/:
    therefore, so
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I
  • いつだって /itsudatte/:
    always, anytime

rettousei dai rettousei dai rettousei dai
I'm a poor student, a poor student, a poor student

  • 劣等生れっとうせい /rettousei/:
    poor student, inferior person
  • だい /dai/:
    a casual emphatic copula

seizei
At most

  • せいぜい /seizei/:
    at most, as much as possible

te toka tsunaide hashaidatte
Even if we hold hands and frolic

  • /te/:
    hand
  • とか /toka/:
    things like
  • つないで /tsunaide/:
    holding
  • はしゃいだって /hashaidatte/:
    even if we frolic

sore dake demo miageta mono ne
Even that alone was something I looked up to

  • それだけ /sore dake/:
    just that
  • でも /demo/:
    even so
  • 見上みあげた /miageta/:
    looked up to
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; you know

seikai toka yoku wakattenai kara
Because I do not really know the right answer

  • 正解せいかい /seikai/:
    correct answer
  • よく /yoku/:
    well, really
  • かってない /wakattenai/:
    do not understand
  • から /kara/:
    because

oshiete yo donna ko ga
Tell me, what kind of child is

  • おしえて /oshiete/:
    tell me
  • どんな /donna/:
    what kind of
  • /ko/:
    child, person

yuutousei dai
A good student?

  • 優等生ゆうとうせい /yuutousei/:
    good student, exemplary person
  • だい /dai/:
    a casual questioning copula

shippai shitatte sontoku ni kurande
Even when I fail, I am dazzled by gains and losses

  • 失敗しっぱいしたって /shippai shitatte/:
    even if I fail
  • 損得そんとく /sontoku/:
    gain and loss
  • くらんで /kurande/:
    being dazzled

kono kotoba no saki souzou shite mitatte
Even if I try imagining what comes after these words

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words
  • さき /saki/:
    ahead, beyond
  • 想像そうぞうしてみたって /souzou shite mitatte/:
    even if I try to imagine

miete konai mama no
That which still does not come into view...

  • えてこない /miete konai/:
    does not come into view
  • まま /mama/:
    as it is, remaining

kimochi wo ase ni nagashitan da
I washed these feelings away in my sweat

  • キモチ /kimochi/:
    feeling
  • あせ /ase/:
    sweat
  • ながした /nagashita/:
    washed away
  • んだ /n da/:
    an explanatory emphasis

kimi to natsu no yume mezamete shimattan da
The summer dream I shared with you ended up waking

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • なつ /natsu/:
    summer
  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 目覚めざめてしまった /mezamete shimatta/:
    ended up waking
  • んだ /n da/:
    an explanatory emphasis

kaze kaoru sora no shita
Under the fragrant summer sky

  • 風薫かぜかおる /kaze kaoru/:
    the wind is fragrant
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • した /shita/:
    under, below

itai no wa ne
As for pain...

  • いたい /itai/:
    painful
  • のは /no wa/:
    as for the fact that

narekko da yo
I'm used to it

  • れっこ /narekko/:
    being used to it