米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - Flamingo
米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


yoiyami ni tsumahajiki
Plucking strings in the twilight

  • 宵闇よいやみ /yoiyami/：
    twilight, dusk
  • 爪弾つまはじき /tsumahajiki/：
    to pluck (a string), strum (dict. form: 爪弾く); 1. to strum; 2. to be shunned, ostracized
kanashimi ni amazarashi hanagumori
Soaked in sorrowful rain, cloudy cherry-blossom sky

  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sorrow, sadness
  • 雨曝あまざらし /amazarashi/：
    exposed to rain, weathered by rain
  • 花曇はなぐもり /hanagumori/：
    cloudy sky during cherry blossom season
kareta machi nibe mo nashi
The withered town, cold and indifferent

  • 枯かれた /kareta/：
    withered, dried up (dict. form: 枯れる)
  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
  • にべもなし /nibe mo nashi/：
    cold, unfeeling, blunt
wabishige ni hanatarashi heraherari
Forlornly snot-nosed, smirking and stupid

  • 佗わびしげ /wabishige/：
    forlorn, dreary appearance
  • 鼻垂はなたらし /hanatarashi/：
    snot-nosed, sniveling (dict. form: 鼻を垂らす, to have a runny nose)
waraenai kono chinke na dorojiai
This cheap mud-slinging fight you can't laugh at

  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    can't laugh (dict. form: 笑う)
  • この /kono/：
    this
  • チンケ /chinke/：
    cheap, tacky, lowly
  • 泥仕合どろじあい /dorojiai/：
    mud-slinging fight, exposing each other's faults
karakurenai no kamikazari aramashiki koigataki
Crimson hair ornament, a fierce love rival

  • 唐紅からくれない /karakurenai/：
    deep crimson
  • 髪飾かみかざり /kamikazari/：
    hair ornament
  • あらましき /aramashiki/：
    rough, fierce (dict. form: 荒まじい)
  • 恋敵こいがたき /koigataki/：
    love rival
sawaritai berubetto no manajiri ni
I want to touch the velvet of those eye corners

  • 触さわりたい /sawaritai/：
    want to touch (dict. form: 触る)
  • ベルベット /berubetto/：
    velvet
  • まなじり /manajiri/：
    corner of the eye
usurazamui emi ni
At that chilly smile

  • 薄うすら寒ざむい /usurazamui/：
    slightly chilly, eerie
  • 笑えみ /emi/：
    smile
anata furafurafura furamingo
You, fla-fla-fla-flamingo

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • フラミンゴ /furamingo/：
    flamingo
azayaka na furafurafura furamingo odoru mama
Vivid fla-fla-fla-flamingo, just keep dancing

  • 鮮あざやかな /azayaka na/：
    vivid, brilliant
  • 踊おどる /odoru/：
    to dance
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, staying that way
furafura waratte mou kaeranai
Laughing wobbly, never coming back

  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    laughing (dict. form: 笑う)
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 帰かえらない /kaeranai/：
    won't return (dict. form: 帰る)
sabishisa to shitto bakka nokoshite
Leaving behind only loneliness and jealousy

  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/：
    loneliness
  • 嫉妬しっと /shitto/：
    jealousy
  • ばっか /bakka/：
    only, just (dict. form: ばかり)
  • 残のこして /nokoshite/：
    leaving behind (dict. form: 残す)
maido ari tsugi wa motto daiji ni shite
Thanks for your patronage, treasure her more next time

  • 毎度まいど /maido/：
    every time; "thanks for your patronage"
  • あり /ari/：
    to have (dict. form: ある)
  • 次つぎ /tsugi/：
    next time
  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 大事だいじ /daiji/：
    important, precious; to treasure
  • して /shite/：
    to do (dict. form: する)
omedoori arigatashi
Granted an audience, much obliged

  • 御目通おめどおり /omedoori/：
    audience, meeting (with someone of higher status)
  • 有難ありがたし /arigatashi/：
    grateful, much obliged (dict. form: 有難い)
yamikumo ni maiagari uwasuberi
Soaring blindly skyward, all surface and no depth

  • 闇雲やみくも /yamikumo/：
    blindly, recklessly
  • 舞まい上あがり /maiagari/：
    to soar up, be elated (dict. form: 舞い上がる)
  • 上滑うわすべり /uwasuberi/：
    superficial, frivolous
kokeodoshi kuchizusami
Empty bluffs, humming a tune

  • 虚仮威こけおどし /kokeodoshi/：
    empty threat, bluff
  • 口遊くちずさみ /kuchizusami/：
    humming, singing to oneself (dict. form: 口遊む)
urotae ni karuhazumi ahouzarashi
Panicked rashness, exposing your foolishness

  • 狼狽うろたえ /urotae/：
    panic, agitation (dict. form: 狼狽える)
  • 軽かるはずみ /karuhazumi/：
    rash, hasty
  • 阿呆晒あほうざらし /ahouzarashi/：
    exposing one's foolishness
itooshii sono koe dake kiiteitai
I just want to listen to that beloved voice

  • 愛いとおしい /itooshii/：
    beloved, dear
  • その /sono/：
    that
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • 聴きいていたい /kiiteitai/：
    want to keep listening (dict. form: 聴く)
hanpa ni kaseida abukuzeni takaridasu hirutonbi
Half-baked easy money, daylight thieves come gathering

  • 半端はんぱ /hanpa/：
    half-baked, incomplete
  • 稼かせいだ /kaseida/：
    earned (dict. form: 稼ぐ)
  • 泡銭あぶくぜに /abukuzeni/：
    easy money, ill-gotten gains
  • タカリ出だす /takaridasu/：
    to gather, swarm; to extort (dict. form: 集る)
  • 昼鳶ひるとんび /hirutonbi/：
    daytime thief
kudaranai kono suteeji de hikaru no wa
What shines on this lousy stage

  • 下くだらない /kudaranai/：
    worthless, trivial
  • ステージ /suteeji/：
    stage
  • 光ひかる /hikaru/：
    to shine
anata dake demo ii
Is enough if it's just you

  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • でも /demo/：
    even, also
  • いい /ii/：
    good, fine
sore wa furafurafura furamingo
That is fla-fla-fla-flamingo

  • それ /sore/：
    that
osoroshiya furafurafura furamingo hanikanda
How frightening, fla-fla-fla-flamingo, blushing shyly

  • 恐おそろしや /osoroshiya/：
    how frightening
  • はにかんだ /hanikanda/：
    blushed shyly (dict. form: はにかむ)
fuwafuwa ukande mou sainara
Floating away fluffy, already farewell

  • 浮うかんで /ukande/：
    to float (dict. form: 浮かぶ)
  • さいなら /sainara/：
    goodbye (final farewell)
sorya nai ne motto chanto hanasou ze
That's not fair, let's talk things over properly

  • そりゃ /sorya/：
    that ("それは" contraction)
  • ない /nai/：
    no, not right
  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • ちゃんと /chanto/：
    properly, correctly
  • 話はなそう /hanasou/：
    let's talk (dict. form: 話す)
chikushou me haita tsuba mo nomanaide
Damn it, don't swallow back the spit you've spat

  • 畜生ちくしょう /chikushou/：
    damn it, you brute
  • め /me/：
    suffix expressing contempt or self-deprecation
  • 吐はいた /haita/：
    spat, said (dict. form: 吐く)
  • 唾つば /tsuba/：
    saliva, spit
  • 飲のまないで /nomanaide/：
    don't swallow (dict. form: 飲む)
hisame ni utarete hanatarashi
Pelted by sleet, snot-nosed

  • 氷雨ひさめ /hisame/：
    sleet, cold rain
  • 打うたれて /utarete/：
    to be hit, pelted (dict. form: 打つ)
  • 鼻垂はなたらし /hanatarashi/：
    snot-nosed (dict. form: 鼻を垂らす)
atashi wa migite ni nekojarashi
I'm holding a foxtail grass in my right hand

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I (feminine or gentle tone)
  • 右手みぎて /migite/：
    right hand
  • ねこじゃらし /nekojarashi/：
    foxtail grass
kyoubi kono teido ja damasenai
These days, this level of trick won't fool anyone

  • 今日日きょうび /kyoubi/：
    nowadays, these days
  • 程度ていど /teido/：
    level, degree
  • じゃ /ja/：
    (contraction of では)
  • 騙だませない /damasenai/：
    can't deceive (dict. form: 騙す)
hazama de samayou tokoshie ni
Wandering eternally in the gap between worlds

  • 間はざま /hazama/：
    gap, interval
  • 彷徨さまよう /samayou/：
    to wander, roam
  • 常とこしえ /tokoshie/：
    eternally, forever
jigoku no enma ni moushiiri
Petitioning the king of hell, Enma

  • 地獄じごく /jigoku/：
    hell
  • 閻魔えんま /enma/：
    Enma (king of hell)
  • 申もうし入いり /moushiiri/：
    to propose, petition (dict. form: 申し入れる)
ano ko o miukete okunnamashi
Please redeem that girl from her fate

  • 子こ /ko/：
    child
  • 見受みうけて /miukete/：
    to redeem, ransom (dict. form: 見受ける)
  • おくんなまし /okunnamashi/：
    please (archaic/pleasure quarters language)
yoidore hariko no monogatari
A drunken papier-mache doll's tale

  • 酔よいどれ /yoidore/：
    drunkard
  • 張はり子こ /hariko/：
    papier-mache doll
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story, tale
yattare shinu made sarushibai
Go ahead and do it, this monkey show until death

  • やったれ /yattare/：
    do it all the way (dict. form: やってやる)
  • 死しぬ /shinu/：
    to die
  • まで /made/：
    until
  • 猿芝居さるしばい /sarushibai/：
    poor performance, monkey show
anata furafurafura furamingo
You, fla-fla-fla-flamingo

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • フラミンゴ /furamingo/：
    flamingo
azayaka na furafurafura furamingo odoru mama
Vivid fla-fla-fla-flamingo, just keep dancing

  • 鮮あざやかな /azayaka na/：
    vivid, brilliant
  • 踊おどる /odoru/：
    to dance
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, staying that way
furafura waratte mou kaeranai
Laughing wobbly, never coming back

  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    laughing (dict. form: 笑う)
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 帰かえらない /kaeranai/：
    won't return (dict. form: 帰る)
shitto bakka nokoshite
Leaving behind only jealousy

  • 嫉妬しっと /shitto/：
    jealousy
  • ばっか /bakka/：
    only, just (dict. form: ばかり)
  • 残のこして /nokoshite/：
    leaving behind (dict. form: 残す)
maido ari tsugi wa motto daiji ni shite
Thanks for your patronage, treasure her more next time

  • 毎度まいど /maido/：
    every time; "thanks for your patronage"
  • あり /ari/：
    to have (dict. form: ある)
  • 次つぎ /tsugi/：
    next time
  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 大事だいじ /daiji/：
    important, precious; to treasure
  • して /shite/：
    to do (dict. form: する)
yoiyami ni tsumahajiki hanagumori
Plucking strings in the twilight, cloudy cherry-blossom sky

  • 宵闇よいやみ /yoiyami/：
    twilight, dusk
  • 爪弾つまはじき /tsumahajiki/：
    to pluck (a string), strum (dict. form: 爪弾く); to strum
  • 花曇はなぐもり /hanagumori/：
    cloudy sky during cherry blossom season
kareta machi nibe mo nashi heraherari
The withered town, cold and indifferent, smirking and stupid

  • 枯かれた /kareta/：
    withered, dried up (dict. form: 枯れる)
  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
  • にべもなし /nibe mo nashi/：
    cold, unfeeling, blunt