ツユ (TUYU) - 雨模様/Rainy Weather

ツユ (TUYU) - 雨模様/Rainy Weather

ツユ (TUYU)


sora e
Toward the sky

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
mou isshou konna kimochi dakara
Because I will feel this way for the rest of my life

  • もう /mou/：
    already; anymore
  • 一生いっしょう /isshou/：
    one's whole life
  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; like this
  • キモチ /kimochi/：
    feeling; emotion (usually written 気持きもち)
  • だから /dakara/：
    because; therefore (だ + causal から)
tsuyu no kisetsu ni oide mase
Welcome to the rainy season

  • 梅雨つゆ /tsuyu/：
    rainy season
  • 季節きせつ /kisetsu/：
    season
  • おいでませ /oide mase/：
    welcome; a shortened, elegant form of おいでなさいませ
souzoushii ame watashi wo mata nurasu darou
The clamorous rain will drench me again, won't it?

  • 騒々そうぞうしい /souzoushii/：
    noisy; clamorous
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 濡ぬらす /nurasu/：
    to wet; to drench
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably; likely; right? (conjecture or confirmation)
sora e
Toward the sky

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
mou guzuranaide
Please don't sulk anymore

  • もう /mou/：
    anymore; already
  • ぐずらないで /guzuranaide/：
    do not sulk or dawdle (original form: ぐずる); ～ないで means 「do not...」
kumo ni nomareta kokoro yo
O heart swallowed by the clouds

  • 雲くも /kumo/：
    cloud
  • 呑のまれた /nomareta/：
    was swallowed (original form: 呑のむ; past passive)
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
ima ni futte shimau wa amemoyou
It will start falling any moment—rainy weather

  • 今いまに /ima ni/：
    soon; before long; one of these days
  • 降ふってしまう /futte shimau/：
    will end up falling; ～てしまう often conveys completion or regret (original form: 降ふる)
  • 雨模様あめもよう /amemoyou/：
    signs of rain; rainy-looking weather
mou todokanakute
It can no longer reach you

  • もう /mou/：
    already; no longer
  • 届とどかなくて /todokanakute/：
    not reaching or getting through (original form: 届とどく); negative connective form
kimi ni nomareta kokoro ga
My heart, swallowed up by you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 呑のまれた /nomareta/：
    was swallowed (original form: 呑のむ; past passive)
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
uzuite dokudoku myakuutte
Aching and throbbing with every beat

  • 疼うずいて /uzuite/：
    aching or smarting, also emotionally (original form: 疼うずく)
  • 脈打みゃくうって /myakuutte/：
    pulsing; throbbing (original form: 脈打みゃくうつ)
itsumade koko ni iru no?
How long are you going to stay here?

  • いつまで /itsumade/：
    until when; how long
  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • 居いる /iru/：
    to be; to stay (for living things)
  • ～の？ /no?/：
    sentence-ending question seeking explanation or confirmation
yamete yo yamete yo nante
Saying things like, 「Stop it, please stop」

  • やめて /yamete/：
    stop; don't (original form: やめる; a request or protest)
  • なんて /nante/：
    things like...; quotes the preceding words with emotion or dismissal
kore wa gensou datte
That this is only an illusion

  • これ /kore/：
    this
  • 幻想げんそう /gensou/：
    illusion; fantasy
  • だって /datte/：
    colloquial quotation equivalent to だと: 「that it is...」
wakatteru hazu nanoni watashi
Even though I should know that

  • 解わかってる /wakatteru/：
    understand; know (original form: 解わかる; contraction of ～ている)
  • はず /hazu/：
    should; expected to, based on reason or evidence
  • なのに /nanoni/：
    even though; despite, after a noun or na-adjective
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
kimi wo suki na mama
Still in love with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すき /suki/：
    fond of; in love with
  • ～なまま /na mama/：
    remaining in a certain state; still...
sora e
Toward the sky

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
mou isshou konna kimochi dakedo
Though I will feel this way for the rest of my life

  • もう /mou/：
    already; anymore
  • 一生いっしょう /isshou/：
    one's whole life
  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; like this
  • キモチ /kimochi/：
    feeling; emotion (usually written 気持きもち)
  • だけど /dakedo/：
    although; but (だ + contrastive けど)
natsu yo hayaku oide mase
Summer, please come quickly

  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • 早はやく /hayaku/：
    quickly; early (original form: 早はやい)
  • おいでませ /oide mase/：
    please come; welcome; a shortened form of おいでなさいませ
souzoushii hibi ga yattekitara
When the clamorous days arrive

  • 騒々そうぞうしい /souzoushii/：
    noisy; clamorous
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; daily life
  • やってきたら /yattekitara/：
    when or if they arrive (original form: やってくる); ～たら marks a condition or sequence
gomakaseru kana
I wonder if I can cover it up

  • 誤魔化ごまかせる /gomakaseru/：
    can conceal or gloss over (original form: 誤魔化ごまかす; potential form)
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; expresses uncertainty
sora e
Toward the sky

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
nee uruwashikute
So beautiful and graceful

  • 麗うるわしくて /uruwashikute/：
    beautiful and graceful (original form: 麗うるわしい); ～くて connects to what follows
awa ni nomareta kokoro yo
O heart swallowed by the bubbles

  • 泡あわ /awa/：
    bubble; foam
  • 呑のまれた /nomareta/：
    was swallowed (original form: 呑のむ; past passive)
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
ima ni hajikechau wa amemoyou
It will burst any moment—rainy weather

  • 今いまに /ima ni/：
    soon; before long; one of these days
  • はじけちゃう /hajikechau/：
    will burst or pop (original form: はじける); contraction of はじけてしまう, often implying lack of control
  • 雨模様あめもよう /amemoyou/：
    signs of rain; rainy-looking weather
mou kanawanakute
It can no longer come true

  • もう /mou/：
    already; no longer
  • 叶かなわなくて /kanawanakute/：
    not coming true (original form: 叶かなう); negative connective form
kimi ni nomareta kokoro ga
My heart, swallowed up by you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 呑のまれた /nomareta/：
    was swallowed (original form: 呑のむ; past passive)
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
natsu no omoide horikaeshite
Digging up memories of summer

  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • 想おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory; recollection, spelled here to emphasize emotion
  • 掘ほり返かえして /horikaeshite/：
    digging up; bringing old matters back (original form: 掘ほり返かえす)
itsumade waratteru no?
How long will you keep smiling?

  • いつまで /itsumade/：
    until when; how long
  • 笑わらってる /waratteru/：
    smiling or laughing (original form: 笑わらう; contraction of ～ている)
  • ～の？ /no?/：
    sentence-ending question seeking explanation or confirmation
yamete yo yamete yo nante
Saying things like, 「Stop it, please stop」

  • やめて /yamete/：
    stop; don't (original form: やめる; a request or protest)
  • なんて /nante/：
    things like...; quotes the preceding words with emotion or dismissal
kore wa tooi kako datte
That this belongs to the distant past

  • これ /kore/：
    this
  • 遠とおい /tooi/：
    far; distant in space or time
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • だって /datte/：
    colloquial quotation equivalent to だと: 「that it is...」
wakatteru hazu nanoni watashi
Even though I should know that

  • 解わかってる /wakatteru/：
    understand; know (original form: 解わかる; contraction of ～ている)
  • はず /hazu/：
    should; expected to, based on reason or evidence
  • なのに /nanoni/：
    even though; despite, after a noun or na-adjective
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
kimi wo suki nanda
The truth is, I love you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すき /suki/：
    fond of; in love with
  • なんだ /nanda/：
    colloquial form of なのだ, used to explain or emphasize a fact
ame ame zaazaa futte kita ne
Rain, rain—it has begun pouring down

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 降ふってきた /futte kita/：
    has started falling (original form: 降ふる); ～てくる marks a change developing toward the present
kusaki ga oishigeru hodo ni sa
Enough to make the plants grow thick and lush

  • 草木くさき /kusaki/：
    plants; vegetation
  • 生おい茂しげる /oishigeru/：
    to grow thick and luxuriant
  • 程ほどに /hodo ni/：
    to the extent that; enough to
dame na kokoro wa oborete
My hopeless heart drowns

  • 駄目だめ /dame/：
    no good; hopeless
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
  • 溺おぼれて /oborete/：
    drowning; being immersed (original form: 溺おぼれる)
tsuyu no nioi ga toge mitai ni osotte
The scent of the rainy season attacks like a thorn

  • 梅雨つゆ /tsuyu/：
    rainy season
  • 匂におい /nioi/：
    smell; scent
  • トゲ /toge/：
    thorn; spine (usually written 棘とげ)
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if, in colloquial speech
  • 襲おそって /osotte/：
    attacking; assailing (original form: 襲おそう)
ame ame saa saa motto fure yo
Rain, rain—come on, fall even harder

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • もっと /motto/：
    more; even more
  • 降ふれ /fure/：
    fall! (original form: 降ふる; imperative form), commanding the rain to continue
kimi no egao nagashisaru made
Until your smile is washed away

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile; smiling face
  • 流ながし去さる /nagashisaru/：
    to wash away; sweep away
  • まで /made/：
    until; up to
saigo ni suru yo dakara yurushite ne
I will make this the last time, so please forgive me

  • 最後さいご /saigo/：
    last; end
  • ～にする /ni suru/：
    to decide on; to make something into...
  • だから /dakara/：
    so; therefore
  • 許ゆるして /yurushite/：
    please forgive me (original form: 許ゆるす; request form)
soshite semishigure hibiite
And then the chorus of cicadas echoes

  • そして /soshite/：
    and then; and
  • 蝉時雨せみしぐれ /semishigure/：
    a loud chorus of cicadas, likened to a shower
  • 響ひびいて /hibiite/：
    echoing; resounding (original form: 響ひびく)
natsu ga yattekita oide mase
Summer has arrived—welcome

  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • やってきた /yattekita/：
    has arrived (original form: やってくる)
  • おいでませ /oide mase/：
    welcome; a shortened form of おいでなさいませ
haikei ogenki desu ka.
Dear you, how have you been?

  • 拝啓はいけい /haikei/：
    Dear Sir or Madam; a formal opening for a letter
  • お元気げんきですか /ogenki desu ka/：
    How are you?; Have you been well?
mune ni shimatta yo
I tucked those words away in my heart

  • 胸むねにしまった /mune ni shimatta/：
    kept it to oneself; tucked it away in one's heart (original form: 胸むねにしまう; past tense)
sora wa aoku
The sky is blue

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 青あおく /aoku/：
    blue; connective form of 青あおい, leaving the line open-ended