Mrs. GREEN APPLE - ア・ポステリオリ/A Posteriori

Mrs. GREEN APPLE - ア・ポステリオリ/A Posteriori

Mrs. GREEN APPLE


warawasenai de
Don't make me laugh

  • 笑わらわせないで /warawasenai de/：
    don't make someone laugh (causative negative of 笑う, followed by ないで)
zutto watashi wa ne
All this time, you know, I...

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
hara no okusoko de
Deep down in my gut

  • 腹はら /hara/：
    belly; gut; one's innermost feelings
  • 奥底おくそこ /okusoko/：
    the deepest part; innermost depths
gutto koraeteru
I'm holding it firmly in

  • 堪こらえてる /koraeteru/：
    holding back; enduring (colloquial contraction of 堪えている; dictionary form: 堪える)
higeki no you ni ne
Like a tragedy

  • 悲劇ひげき /higeki/：
    tragedy
  • 様ように /you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
kigeki no you ni ne
Like a comedy

  • 喜劇きげき /kigeki/：
    comedy
  • 様ように /you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
kimi no atama no ue ni wa
Above your head

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar or casual)
  • 頭あたま /atama/：
    head
  • 上うえ /ue/：
    above; on top
ito ga harimegutteru
Threads are stretched all around

  • 糸いと /ito/：
    thread; string
  • 張はり巡めぐってる /harimegutteru/：
    stretched or spread all around (colloquial contraction of 張り巡っている)
douse mada
Anyway, you still...

  • どうせ /douse/：
    anyway; in any case, often with a resigned or dismissive tone
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet
kizukikkonai
Have no chance of noticing

  • 気付きづきっこない /kizukikkonai/：
    there is no chance of noticing (気付く with the emphatic impossibility pattern っこない)
baka ni shiteru suki ni
While you're looking down on me

  • バカにしてる /baka ni shiteru/：
    looking down on; making a fool of (colloquial contraction of バカにしている)
  • 隙すきに /suki ni/：
    in an unguarded moment; while there is an opening
ito ga karanderu
The threads are tangling

  • 糸いと /ito/：
    thread; string
  • 絡からんでる /karanderu/：
    tangled; entwined (colloquial contraction of 絡んでいる; dictionary form: 絡む)
kimi wa waratteru
You are laughing

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar or casual)
  • 笑わらってる /waratteru/：
    laughing; smiling (colloquial contraction of 笑っている; dictionary form: 笑う)
usa wo harashiteru
You are venting your frustration

  • 憂うさ /usa/：
    gloom; pent-up frustration
  • 晴はらしてる /harashiteru/：
    dispersing; venting (colloquial contraction of 晴らしている; 憂さを晴らす means to vent one's frustration)
muda ni satotteru
You are needlessly acting enlightened

  • 無駄むだに /muda ni/：
    pointlessly; needlessly
  • 悟さとってる /satotteru/：
    having realized; acting enlightened (colloquial contraction of 悟っている; dictionary form: 悟る)
ikiru hodo ni
The longer one lives,

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 程ほどに /hodo ni/：
    as; the more..., indicating that a degree changes as an action continues
hito wa kusatte iku
The more one rots away

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • 腐くさっていく /kusatte iku/：
    to go on rotting or becoming corrupt (腐る with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
warawasenai de
Don't make me laugh

  • 笑わらわせないで /warawasenai de/：
    don't make someone laugh (causative negative of 笑う, followed by ないで)
zutto watashi wa ne
All this time, you know, I...

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
anata no boro ga deru
For your flaws to show

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • ボロが出でる /boro ga deru/：
    for one's flaws or true colors to show
shunkan wo matteru
I'm waiting for that moment

  • 瞬間しゅんかん /shunkan/：
    moment; instant
  • 待まってる /matteru/：
    waiting (colloquial contraction of 待っている; dictionary form: 待つ)
hayarimono wa ne
Trendy things, you know

  • 流行はやり物もの /hayarimono/：
    a fad; something fashionable
sutareru unmei
Are destined to fall out of fashion

  • 廃すたれる /sutareru/：
    to decline; to go out of fashion
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
kekkyoku doko made ikedo
In the end, no matter how far they go

  • 結局けっきょく /kekkyoku/：
    after all; in the end
  • どこまで /doko made/：
    how far; to what point
  • 行いけど /ikedo/：
    even if one goes; however far one goes (from 行く; けど is a literary concessive form akin to けれど)
mu ni kisu
They return to nothing

  • 無むに帰きす /mu ni kisu/：
    to come to nothing; to be reduced to nothing
hito ga hito de aru koto ni
With being human

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; human being
  • である /de aru/：
    to be; a formal or literary equivalent of だ
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; nominalizer turning the preceding clause into 「the fact of...」
akite shimau made
Until we grow completely tired of it

  • 飽あきてしまう /akite shimau/：
    to end up growing tired of (飽きる with てしまう, marking completion or regret)
  • まで /made/：
    until; up to
koko wa paradaisu
This place is paradise

  • ここ /koko/：
    here; this place
  • パラダイス /paradaisu/：
    paradise (from English 「paradise」)
ariamatteru
Overabundant...

  • 有あり余あまってる /ariamatteru/：
    being more than enough; overflowing (colloquial contraction of 有り余っている; dictionary form: 有り余る)
koufuku ga tokete iku
Happiness is melting away

  • 幸福こうふく /koufuku/：
    happiness; well-being
  • 溶とけていく /tokete iku/：
    to melt away gradually (溶ける with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
yuuga ni suwatteru
You are sitting gracefully

  • 優雅ゆうがに /yuuga ni/：
    gracefully; elegantly
  • 座すわってる /suwatteru/：
    sitting (colloquial contraction of 座っている; dictionary form: 座る)
ikiru hodo ni
The longer you live,

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 程ほどに /hodo ni/：
    as; the more..., indicating that a degree changes as an action continues
kimi wa kusatte iku
The more you rot away

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar or casual)
  • 腐くさっていく /kusatte iku/：
    to go on rotting or becoming corrupt (腐る with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
boketa yatsu no tame
For the sake of some foolish person

  • 呆ぼけた /boketa/：
    dazed; foolish (past attributive form of 呆ける, to become absent-minded or dull)
  • 奴やつ /yatsu/：
    guy; fellow, often casual or contemptuous
  • 為ため /tame/：
    for the sake of; for
wazawaza oritachi
Going out of my way to descend here

  • わざわざ /wazawaza/：
    specially; going out of one's way
  • 降おり立たち /oritachi/：
    descending and alighting (continuative form of 降り立つ)
aiso no ii furi wo shite
Pretending to be friendly

  • 愛想あいその良いい /aiso no ii/：
    friendly; pleasant and sociable
  • フリをして /furi wo shite/：
    pretending to be or do something (from フリをする; フリ may also be written 振り)
itsuka shinu nara
If we're going to die someday

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday; sometime
  • 死しぬ /shinu/：
    to die
  • なら /nara/：
    if; given that, marking a condition or premise
tanoshiku ne.
Let's enjoy ourselves.

  • 楽たのしく /tanoshiku/：
    happily; enjoyably (adverbial form of 楽しい, with the following action left implicit)
miayamatteru
You are misjudging it

  • 見誤みあやまってる /miayamatteru/：
    misjudging; seeing wrongly (colloquial contraction of 見誤っている; dictionary form: 見誤る)
kanchigai wo shite iru
You have the wrong idea

  • 勘違かんちがいをしている /kanchigai wo shite iru/：
    being mistaken; having the wrong idea (勘違いをする with ている, indicating an ongoing state)
kimi wa iu hodo dekita hito ja nai.
You aren't as admirable as you claim to be.

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar or casual)
  • 言いう程ほど /iu hodo/：
    to the extent one says or claims
  • 出来できた人ひと /dekita hito/：
    an admirable, accomplished, or mature person
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
bareteru.
Everyone can see through you.

  • バレてる /bareteru/：
    being exposed; having been found out (colloquial contraction of バレている; dictionary form: バレる)
kimyou ni waratteru
You are laughing strangely

  • 奇妙きみょうに /kimyou ni/：
    strangely; oddly
  • 笑わらってる /waratteru/：
    laughing; smiling (colloquial contraction of 笑っている; dictionary form: 笑う)
usa wo harashiteru
You are venting your frustration

  • 憂うさ /usa/：
    gloom; pent-up frustration
  • 晴はらしてる /harashiteru/：
    dispersing; venting (colloquial contraction of 晴らしている; 憂さを晴らす means to vent one's frustration)
muda ni satotteru
You are needlessly acting enlightened

  • 無駄むだに /muda ni/：
    pointlessly; needlessly
  • 悟さとってる /satotteru/：
    having realized; acting enlightened (colloquial contraction of 悟っている; dictionary form: 悟る)
ikiru hodo ni
The longer one lives,

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 程ほどに /hodo ni/：
    as; the more..., indicating that a degree changes as an action continues
hito wa kusatte iku
The more one rots away

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • 腐くさっていく /kusatte iku/：
    to go on rotting or becoming corrupt (腐る with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
matataku tabi ni,
Each time I blink,

  • 瞬またたく /matataku/：
    to blink; to twinkle
  • 度たびに /tabi ni/：
    each time; whenever
boku wa kusatte iku
I rot away

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, often used by males
  • 腐くさっていく /kusatte iku/：
    to go on rotting or becoming corrupt (腐る with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
kagayaki no naka de
Amid the radiance

  • 輝かがやき /kagayaki/：
    radiance; brilliance
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; amid
hitogomi no naka de
Amid the crowd

  • 人混ひとごみ /hitogomi/：
    crowd; throng
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; amid
kusatte iku naka de
While rotting away

  • 腐くさっていく /kusatte iku/：
    to go on rotting or becoming corrupt (腐る with ていく, indicating an ongoing change)
  • 中なかで /naka de/：
    amid; in the course of
boku wa sodatte iku
I keep growing

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, often used by males
  • 育そだっていく /sodatte iku/：
    to keep growing (育つ with ていく, indicating continued development)