YOASOBI - アドレナ/Adrena

YOASOBI - アドレナ/Adrena

YOASOBI


sou ano hi ano hi
Yes, that day, that very day

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day; あの points to something distant from both speaker and listener
garari kawatta nda
Everything changed completely

  • 変かわった /kawatta/：
    changed (dictionary form: 変わる; past tense)
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, used for explanation or emphasis
atashi atashi no sekai
Me—my world

  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, a casual self-reference often used by women; usually written 私
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
marude marude sore wa mahou ni
It was just, just as though by magic...

  • まるで /marude/：
    just like, as if; often paired with ようだ
  • それ /sore/：
    that; here referring to the change just mentioned
  • 魔法まほう /mahou/：
    magic
patto kakerareta you na
As if a spell had suddenly been cast on me

  • かけられた /kakerareta/：
    was cast/applied (dictionary form: かける; past passive, used with 魔法)
  • ような /you na/：
    like, as if; used before a noun
senretsu na dekigoto
A vivid, striking event

  • 鮮烈せんれつな /senretsu na/：
    vivid, striking, unforgettable
  • 出来事できごと /dekigoto/：
    event, incident
dou ni mo nannai yo
There's nothing I can do about it

  • どうにもなんない /dou ni mo nannai/：
    casual contraction of どうにもならない, meaning nothing can be done about it
denkou sekka no inpakuto
A lightning-fast impact

  • 電光石火でんこうせっか /denkou sekka/：
    lightning speed, acting in a flash
  • インパクト /inpakuto/：
    impact, powerful impression (from English: impact)
deatte shimatta no
I ended up meeting him

  • 出会であって /deatte/：
    meeting (dictionary form: 出会う; て-form)
  • てしまった /te shimatta/：
    indicates completion, often with surprise, lack of control, or emotion
tooi machi no hiiroo
A hero from a distant city

  • 遠とおい /tooi/：
    far, distant
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town, city streets
  • ヒーロー /hiiroo/：
    hero (from English: hero)
dou ka shichatte iru
Has something gotten into me?

  • どうかする /dou ka suru/：
    to be wrong or unusual; commonly used as どうかしている
  • しちゃっている /shichatte iru/：
    casual contraction of してしまっている, marking an unexpected or regrettable state
sonna no tou ni wakatte iru
I've known that for ages

  • そんなの /sonna no/：
    that sort of thing; の stands in for the matter being discussed
  • とうに /tou ni/：
    long ago, already
  • 分わかっている /wakatte iru/：
    know, understand (dictionary form: 分かる; ている marks a continuing state)
hirameku mama ni
Following whatever flashes into my mind

  • 閃ひらめく /hirameku/：
    to flash; to occur to someone in a flash
  • ままに /mama ni/：
    as, following; acting in accordance with a state or impulse
tobikonda atashi no
Mine, as I plunged right in...

  • 飛とび込こんだ /tobikonda/：
    plunged or jumped in (dictionary form: 飛び込む; past tense)
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, a casual self-reference often used by women
omoi to omoi to
Feelings and feelings...

  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    thought, feeling, affection; this spelling emphasizes emotion
urahara ni kyou mo
Contrary to those feelings, again today...

  • 裏腹うらはらに /urahara ni/：
    contrary to, at odds with
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
mitsumete iru dake no yokogao ni
At the profile I can only keep gazing at

  • 見みつめている /mitsumete iru/：
    gazing at (dictionary form: 見つめる; ている marks an ongoing action)
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, merely
  • 横顔よこがお /yokogao/：
    profile, side of one's face
nee itsuka
Hey, someday

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
sou itsuka
Yes, someday

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
negau dake ja kitto
If all I do is wish, surely...

  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, to hope
  • だけじゃ /dake ja/：
    casual form of だけでは, meaning if it is only...
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
ABC no saisho ni mo ikenai
I can't even reach the first step of romance

  • ABCの最初さいしょ /ee bii shii no saisho/：
    the first of the stages in a progressing romantic relationship (from English: ABC)
  • 最初さいしょ /saisho/：
    the beginning, the first step
  • イケナイ /ikenai/：
    emphatic katakana spelling of いけない; here meaning cannot get or progress to
Mmm... My heart is burning up!
(Mmm... My heart is burning up!)
hora ugokidase
Come on, get moving!

  • 動うごき出だせ /ugokidase/：
    start moving (dictionary form: 動き出す; imperative form)
sou aimai ja wakannai
Right, if you're vague, I can't tell

  • 曖昧あいまい /aimai/：
    vague, ambiguous
  • じゃ /ja/：
    casual form of では, here setting a condition or state
  • 分わかんない /wakannai/：
    casual contraction of 分からない, meaning do not understand or know
chanto kotoba ni shinai to kitto tsutawannai
Unless I put it properly into words, it surely won't get across

  • ちゃんと /chanto/：
    properly, correctly
  • 言葉ことばにする /kotoba ni suru/：
    to put into words
  • しないと /shinai to/：
    if one does not...; と marks a resulting condition
  • 伝つたわんない /tsutawannai/：
    casual contraction of 伝わらない, meaning will not get across
demo demo mada
(But, but I'm still not ready)

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet; the rest of the thought is omitted in the lyric
dou shitai no ka wakannai
I don't know what I want to do

  • どうしたい /dou shitai/：
    what one wants to do; したい is the desire form of する
  • のか /no ka/：
    embeds a question within a sentence, like what/whether
  • 分わかんない /wakannai/：
    casual contraction of 分からない, meaning do not know
konna egao miseru no wa
The one I show this kind of smile to...

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of, such
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
  • 見みせる /miseru/：
    to show, to display
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and makes it the topic
kimi ni dake na no ni
Even though you're the only one

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • だけ /dake/：
    only
  • なのに /na no ni/：
    even though; marks a result contrary to expectation, often with frustration
yatto kou shite tonari ni
At last, here beside you like this

  • やっと /yatto/：
    finally, at last
  • こうして /kou shite/：
    like this, in this way
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to, beside
irareru ima ni amaete nanka irannai
I can't just take for granted that I can be beside you now

  • いられる /irareru/：
    can be or stay (dictionary form: いる; potential form)
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, the present
  • 甘あまえて /amaete/：
    relying on or taking for granted (dictionary form: 甘える)
  • なんか /nanka/：
    adds a dismissive or emphatically negative nuance, like merely
  • いらんない /irannai/：
    casual contraction of いられない, meaning cannot remain in a state
atashi hiku ki wa nai no yo
I have no intention of backing down

  • 引ひく /hiku/：
    here, to back down or withdraw
  • 気きはない /ki wa nai/：
    to have no intention of doing; follows a dictionary-form verb
  • のよ /no yo/：
    sentence ending that explains and adds emphasis, often with a feminine nuance
kimi no hontou no toko
The real you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, reality, the real thing
  • とこ /toko/：
    casual contraction of ところ; here, a side or aspect of someone
dosoku de enryo wa shinai kara
Because I'll barge right in without holding back

  • 土足どそく /dosoku/：
    with shoes on; figuratively, barging rudely into someone's personal territory
  • 遠慮えんりょしない /enryo shinai/：
    not to hold back or stand on ceremony
  • から /kara/：
    because; at sentence end, can present one's reason or resolve
sou nankai demo imagine
Yes, imagine it again and again

  • 何回なんかいでも /nankai demo/：
    any number of times, again and again
kimi ni tsutaetai no wa
What is it I want to tell you?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • 伝つたえたい /tsutaetai/：
    want to convey or tell (dictionary form: 伝える; desire form)
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action as the topic; the answer follows in the next line
Loving you!
Loving you!
mou kotae wa deteru
The answer is already clear

  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 答こたえ /kotae/：
    answer
  • 出でてる /deteru/：
    casual contraction of 出ている (dictionary form: 出る), meaning has emerged or been reached
sou koi mo ai mo liberty
Yes, both romance and love mean liberty

  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love, being in love
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love, affection; often broader or deeper than 恋
ima ni mo afuresou na
As though it could overflow at any moment...

  • 今いまにも /ima ni mo/：
    at any moment, on the verge of
  • 溢あふれそうな /afuresou na/：
    seeming about to overflow (dictionary form: 溢れる; そうな marks appearance and modifies a noun)
Love in me!
Love in me!
shirokuro tsukeru no
I'm going to settle it one way or the other

  • 白黒しろくろつけるの /shirokuro tsukeru no/：
    to settle the matter or make things clear; sentence-final の adds explanation or resolve
Yes or No!
Yes or No!
Don't stop the heart!
Don't stop the heart!
Yes or No!
Yes or No!
Don't stop the feeling!
Don't stop the feeling!
Yes or No!
Yes or No!
Don't stop the crush!
Don't stop the crush!
Yes or No!
Yes or No!
Don't stop the love!
Don't stop the love!
sou aimai de mikansei na
Yes, these vague and unfinished...

  • 曖昧あいまい /aimai/：
    vague, ambiguous
  • 未完成みかんせいな /mikansei na/：
    unfinished, incomplete; 未 means not yet, while the preceding で links the two qualities
kono omoi wa
These feelings of mine...

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    thought, feeling, affection
nankai de mikaimei
Are difficult to understand and still unexplained

  • 難解なんかい /nankai/：
    difficult to understand, abstruse; the following で links this description to the next
  • 未解明みかいめい /mikaimei/：
    unexplained, not yet clarified
demo ne itsu datte
But you know, always

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • いつだって /itsu datte/：
    always, at any time
kimi ni wa waratte ite hoshii
I want you to keep smiling

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • 笑わらっていて /waratte ite/：
    keep smiling (dictionary form: 笑う; ている marks a continuing state)
  • て欲ほしい /te hoshii/：
    to want someone else to do something
sou negatte iru nda yo
That's what I keep wishing for

  • 願ねがっている /negatte iru/：
    keep wishing or hoping (dictionary form: 願う; ている marks continuation)
  • んだよ /nda yo/：
    casual form of のだよ, adding explanation and emphasis
omoikitte mijikaku kitta kami wa
The hair I boldly decided to cut short

  • 思おもい切きって /omoikitte/：
    resolutely, boldly (dictionary form: 思い切る)
  • 短みじかく /mijikaku/：
    short (dictionary form: 短い; adverbial form)
  • 切きった /kitta/：
    cut (dictionary form: 切る; past tense)
  • 髪かみ /kami/：
    hair
jibun ni kaketa mahou
Is a spell I cast on myself

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • かけた /kaketa/：
    cast or applied (dictionary form: かける; past tense, used with 魔法)
  • 魔法まほう /mahou/：
    magic, spell
watashi rashiku
True to myself

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • らしく /rashiku/：
    in a way true to...; adverbial form of らしい
tsukisusumu no
I'll press straight ahead

  • 突つき進すすむの /tsukisusumu no/：
    to push straight ahead (dictionary form: 突き進む); sentence-final の adds explanation or resolve
kimi no toko made
All the way to where you are

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • とこ /toko/：
    casual contraction of ところ, here meaning where someone is
  • まで /made/：
    until, as far as
daisuki nanda
Because I love you so much

  • 大好だいすき /daisuki/：
    to like very much, to love
  • なんだ /nanda/：
    casual form of なのだ, used for explanation or strong assertion
daitan ni sukikatte ni
Boldly, doing just as I please

  • 大胆だいたんに /daitan ni/：
    boldly, daringly
  • 好すき勝手かってに /sukikatte ni/：
    as one pleases, selfishly or freely
osoreru na yo kakan ni
Don't be afraid—go at it courageously

  • 恐おそれる /osoreru/：
    to fear, to be afraid
  • るな /ru na/：
    dictionary-form verb plus な forms a prohibition: do not...
  • 果敢かかんに /kakan ni/：
    boldly, courageously and decisively
saa tobikonde
Come on, dive right in

  • 飛とび込こんで /tobikonde/：
    jump or plunge in (dictionary form: 飛び込む; て-form used here as an urging command)
ima sugu hora
(Right now, come on)

  • 今いますぐ /ima sugu/：
    right now, immediately
doushite issho ni iru dake de
Why is it that just being together

  • どうして /doushite/：
    why, how come
  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/：
    together
  • いる /iru/：
    to be, to stay; used for animate beings
  • だけで /dake de/：
    just by..., merely doing...; this alone causes the following result
konna egao ni naru nante
Could make me smile like this

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of, such
  • 笑顔えがおになる /egao ni naru/：
    to break into a smile
  • なんて /nante/：
    that...; expresses surprise or wonder
kimi dake nanda yo
You're the only one

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • だけ /dake/：
    only
  • なんだよ /nanda yo/：
    casual form of なのだよ, adding explanation and emphasis
zutto kou shite tonari ni
So that I can stay beside you like this forever

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, forever
  • こうして /kou shite/：
    like this, in this way
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to, beside
irareru you ni
So that I can remain there

  • いられる /irareru/：
    can be or stay (dictionary form: いる; potential form)
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that, in order to; following a potential form, marks a goal
iya motto motto chikaku ni
No, even closer, closer still

  • もっと /motto/：
    more, even more
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby, closer; noun or adverbial form related to 近い
dare mo tomerarenai no yo
No one can stop me

  • 誰だれも /dare mo/：
    with a negative verb, means nobody
  • 止とめられない /tomerarenai/：
    cannot stop (dictionary form: 止める; negative potential form)
  • のよ /no yo/：
    sentence ending that explains and adds emphasis, often with a feminine nuance
kimi no hontou ga shiritai kara
Because I want to know the real you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or casual form of address
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, reality; here, someone's real self
  • 知しりたい /shiritai/：
    want to know (dictionary form: 知る; desire form)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since; marks a reason
fumidase nando demo
Step forward, however many times it takes

  • 踏ふみ出だせ /fumidase/：
    step forward (dictionary form: 踏み出す; imperative form)
  • 何度なんどでも /nando demo/：
    no matter how many times, again and again
sou desho
That's right, isn't it?

  • でしょ /desho/：
    casual contraction of でしょう, used to seek confirmation: right?
kitto iya zettai ni
Surely—no, absolutely

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 絶対ぜったいに /zettai ni/：
    absolutely, definitely; stronger than きっと
furimukasete miseru kara
Because I'll show you I can make you turn my way

  • 振ふり向むかせて /furimukasete/：
    make someone turn around or notice oneself (dictionary form: 振り向く; causative form)
  • て見みせる /te miseru/：
    will definitely do it and show you; expresses strong determination
  • から /kara/：
    because; at sentence end, reinforces the reason behind a promise or resolve