Mrs. GREEN APPLE - StaRt/Start




yattokosa makuake da
At long last, the curtain rises

  • やっとこさ /yattokosa/:
    finally, at long last
  • 幕開まくあけ /makuake/:
    the opening, the start (lit. raising of the curtain)
  • だ /da/:
    copula (to be)

hora yotte takatte ote wo haishaku
Look, gather round, come together! Lend me your hands!

  • って /yotte/:
    to draw near, to come close
  • たかって /takatte/:
    to gather, to crowd around
  • /ote/:
    hand (polite)
  • 拝借はいしゃく /haishaku/:
    to borrow (humble); "ote wo haishaku" is a set phrase inviting everyone to clap

sutaato rain ni tatta ima
Now, standing at the starting line

  • スタートライン /sutaato rain/:
    starting line
  • った /tatta/:
    to stand
  • いま /ima/:
    now

sou busou to sou to zou de toujou
That's right, entering armed with creation and making!

  • そう /sou/:
    that's right, yes
  • 武装ぶそう /busou/:
    armament, to arm oneself
  • そう /sou/:
    creation, to originate
  • ぞう /zou/:
    making, building
  • 登場とうじょう /toujou/:
    to appear, to come on stage

koko wa asobigokoro de michiyou
Let this place be filled with playfulness!

  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • あそこころ /asobigokoro/:
    playfulness, a sense of fun
  • ちよう /michiyou/:
    to be full; volitional form of 満ちる

aete no sakuryaku nanora rararara
It's a deliberate scheme, you see, la la la la

  • えて /aete/:
    deliberately, daringly
  • 策略さくりゃく /sakuryaku/:
    strategy, scheme
  • なのら /nanora/:
    playful form of なのだ, asserting/explaining "it is so"

hitori demo ooku no manuke ga iru nara
If there's even one more fool out there

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person
  • でも /demo/:
    even; "hitori demo ooku" = even one more
  • おおく /ooku/:
    many, much
  • マヌケ /manuke/:
    fool, idiot
  • る /iru/:
    to exist, to be (animate)
  • なら /nara/:
    if

tadasu koto kara hajimemashou
Let's begin by setting things right

  • ただす /tadasu/:
    to correct, to put right
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter (nominalizer)
  • から /kara/:
    from
  • はじめましょう /hajimemashou/:
    to begin; ~mashou expresses invitation "let's"

shiawase na jikan wo dore dake sugoseru ka wa
How much happy time you can spend...

  • しあわせ /shiawase/:
    happiness, happy
  • 時間じかん /jikan/:
    time
  • どれだけ /dore dake/:
    how much, how many
  • ごせる /sugoseru/:
    to spend (time); potential form of 過ごす

bibitaru mono demo ai ni kizukeru ka
Can you notice the love even in the tiniest things

  • 微々びびたる /bibitaru/:
    tiny, minuscule
  • もの /mono/:
    thing
  • でも /demo/:
    even
  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • づける /kizukeru/:
    to notice; potential form of 気づく

saa tamesareyou
Come, let's be put to the test

  • ためされよう /tamesareyou/:
    to try, to test; passive 試される (to be tested) in volitional form

pappappa hareta machi ni
Pa-pa-pa, in the town under clear skies

  • れた /hareta/:
    to clear up (weather)
  • まち /machi/:
    town

chapuchapuchapu ame no kokoro
Splish-splash-splosh, a heart of rain

  • あめ /ame/:
    rain
  • こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind

hitori ja nai to hitei dekiru you ni
So that I can deny being alone

  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone, by oneself
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    is not (colloquial of ではない)
  • 否定ひてい /hitei/:
    denial, to deny
  • 出来できる /dekiru/:
    to be able to
  • ように /you ni/:
    so that, in order to

boku wa sagasu n da
I'll keep searching

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • さがす /sagasu/:
    to search for
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (= のだ)

shizukesa to ichi tai ichi
One on one with the silence

  • しずけさ /shizukesa/:
    silence, stillness
  • 1たい1 /ichi tai ichi/:
    one on one

sou gazen makenki ote wo haishaku
That's right, "suddenly fired up to not lose"—lend me your hands!

  • そう /sou/:
    that's right, yes
  • 俄然がぜん /gazen/:
    suddenly, all at once
  • けん /makenki/:
    competitive spirit, unwillingness to lose
  • /ote/:
    hand (polite)
  • 拝借はいしゃく /haishaku/:
    to borrow (humble); "ote wo haishaku" invites everyone to clap

sutaato aizu wa nariyamanaku
The starting signal keeps ringing on

  • スタート /sutaato/:
    start
  • 合図あいず /aizu/:
    signal, cue
  • まなく /nariyamanaku/:
    from 鳴り止む (to stop ringing); negated to mean "without ceasing"

mou kunou to bon to nou wa joutou
Enough—anguish, troubles and worries, bring them on!

  • もう /mou/:
    already; here with a tone of "enough"
  • 苦悩くのう /kunou/:
    anguish, suffering
  • ぼん /bon/:
    vexation, trouble
  • のう /nou/:
    worry, distress
  • 上等じょうとう /joutou/:
    first-rate; "bring it on", just what I want

koko wa toki sude ni ikusa no ba
By now, this is already a battlefield

  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • とき /toki/:
    time, moment
  • すでに /sude ni/:
    already
  • いくさ /ikusa/:
    battle, war
  • /ba/:
    place, field

aete na wo tsukeru nara nani ga hara
If I dared to name it, "Whatchamacallit Field"?

  • えて /aete/:
    daringly, deliberately
  • /na/:
    name
  • ける /tsukeru/:
    to attach, to give (a name)
  • なら /nara/:
    if
  • ナニヶ原がはら /nani ga hara/:
    a playful coinage mimicking place names like "○○-ga-hara" (e.g. Sekigahara), meaning "Whatever Field"

hitori demo ooku nadegata ga naku nara
If even one more sloping-shouldered soul is crying

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person
  • でも /demo/:
    even; "hitori demo ooku" = even one more
  • おおく /ooku/:
    many, much
  • なでかた /nadegata/:
    sloping shoulders
  • く /naku/:
    to cry
  • なら /nara/:
    if

nadegata buumu de ii deshou
Then a sloping-shoulders boom would be just fine, right?

  • なでかた /nadegata/:
    sloping shoulders
  • ブーム /buumu/:
    boom, fad
  • イイ /ii/:
    good, fine
  • でしょう /deshou/:
    right?, isn't it? (conjecture/confirmation)

wasuretakunai naa wo ika ni fuyaseru ka da
It's about how much you can increase the "I never want to forget this" moments

  • わすれたくない /wasuretakunai/:
    don't want to forget; 忘れる + たい (want) in negative
  • 如何いかに /ika ni/:
    how, in what way
  • やせる /fuyaseru/:
    to increase; potential form of 増やす

bibitaru mono demo ai ni kizukenu nara
If you can't notice the love even in the tiniest things

  • 微々びびたる /bibitaru/:
    tiny, minuscule
  • もの /mono/:
    thing
  • でも /demo/:
    even
  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • づけぬ /kizukenu/:
    cannot notice; potential of 気づく negated with ぬ (= ない)
  • なら /nara/:
    if

sutaato ni modorou
Let's go back to the start

  • スタート /sutaato/:
    start
  • もどろう /modorou/:
    to return; volitional form of 戻る

pappappa hareta machi ni
Pa-pa-pa, in the town under clear skies

  • れた /hareta/:
    to clear up (weather)
  • まち /machi/:
    town

chapuchapuchapu ame no kokoro
Splish-splash-splosh, a heart of rain

  • あめ /ame/:
    rain
  • こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind

hitori ja nai to hitei shite kureru anata wo
I'm searching for you, the one who'll deny that I'm alone

  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone, by oneself
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    is not (colloquial of ではない)
  • 否定ひていして /hitei shite/:
    to deny
  • くれる /kureru/:
    to do (something) for me
  • 貴方あなた /anata/:
    you

boku wa sagasu n da
I'll keep searching

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • さがす /sagasu/:
    to search for
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (= のだ)

I can, you can, we can, tte
"I can, you can, we can"

  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quoting particle (= という / と言って)

mimi ni tako ga dekiru hodo kiita
I've heard it so much my ears are calloused

  • みみ /mimi/:
    ear
  • タコ /tako/:
    callus; idiom "mimi ni tako ga dekiru" = to be sick of hearing the same thing
  • 出来できる /dekiru/:
    to form, to develop
  • ほど /hodo/:
    to the extent that
  • いた /kiita/:
    to hear, to listen

I love you no kotoba datte
Even the words "I love you"

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    word, language
  • だって /datte/:
    even, too

doko kara shinjireba ii no
Where am I supposed to start believing it?

  • どこ /doko/:
    where
  • から /kara/:
    from
  • しんじれば /shinjireba/:
    to believe; ば conditional form of 信じる
  • いい /ii/:
    good; "ba ii" = should, would be good to

hako ni nimotsu wo tsumeta dake
I just packed my things into a box

  • はこ /hako/:
    box
  • 荷物にもつ /nimotsu/:
    luggage, baggage
  • めた /tsumeta/:
    to pack, to stuff
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just

kimochi ga karuku natta you da
It feels like my heart has grown lighter

  • 気持きもち /kimochi/:
    feeling, mood
  • かるく /karuku/:
    lightly; adverbial form of 軽い
  • なった /natta/:
    to become
  • ようだ /you da/:
    it seems, it's like

kanashimi mo shimau beki tokoro ni
Sorrow, too, belongs where it should be put away

  • かなしみ /kanashimi/:
    sadness, sorrow
  • 仕舞しまう /shimau/:
    to put away, to tidy away
  • べき /beki/:
    should, ought to
  • ところ /tokoro/:
    place

shimau beki da
It should be put away

  • 仕舞しまう /shimau/:
    to put away, to tidy away
  • べき /beki/:
    should, ought to
  • だ /da/:
    copula (to be)

shiawase to omoeru kichou na jikan wo dore dake sugoseru ka wa
How much precious time you can spend feeling happy...

  • しあわせ /shiawase/:
    happiness, happy
  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    to feel/think; potential form of 思う
  • 貴重きちょう /kichou/:
    precious, valuable
  • 時間じかん /jikan/:
    time
  • どれだけ /dore dake/:
    how much, how many
  • ごせる /sugoseru/:
    to spend (time); potential form of 過ごす

itsudemo sutaato de iyou
"Let's always stay at the starting point"

  • いつでも /itsudemo/:
    anytime, always
  • スタート /sutaato/:
    start
  • よう /iyou/:
    to be/stay; volitional form of 居る

pappappa hareta machi ni
Pa-pa-pa, in the town under clear skies

  • れた /hareta/:
    to clear up (weather)
  • まち /machi/:
    town

pappappa hareta egao
Pa-pa-pa, a bright, sunny smile

  • れた /hareta/:
    cleared up; figuratively "bright, cheerful"
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/:
    smile, smiling face

hitori ja nai to hitei dekiru you ni
So that I can deny being alone

  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone, by oneself
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    is not (colloquial of ではない)
  • 否定ひてい /hitei/:
    denial, to deny
  • 出来できる /dekiru/:
    to be able to
  • ように /you ni/:
    so that, in order to

asu mo utau n da
Tomorrow too, I'll keep on singing

  • 明日あす /asu/:
    tomorrow
  • うたう /utau/:
    to sing
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (= のだ)