米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - Azalea

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - Azalea

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


saiteta hora nokoshitetta sashigi no hana ano toki no mama da
It was still blooming—look, the flower grown from the cutting you left behind was just as it had been then

  • 咲さいてた /saiteta/：
    was blooming; a colloquial contraction of 咲いていた (dictionary form: 咲く)
  • 残のこしてった /nokoshitetta/：
    left behind; a colloquial contraction of 残していった (dictionary form: 残していく)
  • 挿さし木ぎ /sashigi/：
    a cutting; plant propagation by cuttings
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • あの時とき /ano toki/：
    that time; back then
  • ままだ /mama da/：
    to remain as it was; 〜のままだ means unchanged from a previous state
watashi wa tada ano toki to onaji you ni kimi no hoho wo nadeta
I simply stroked your cheek the same way I had back then

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; merely
  • あの時とき /ano toki/：
    that time; back then
  • 同おなじように /onaji you ni/：
    in the same way; just as
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 頬ほほ /hoho/：
    cheek
  • 撫なでた /nadeta/：
    stroked; petted (dictionary form: 撫でる, past tense)
zutto soba ni itette te ni furetette itta yo ne
I said, 「Stay by my side forever and touch my hand,」 didn't I?

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always; all along
  • 側そば /soba/：
    side; nearby
  • いてって /itette/：
    stay; colloquial quoted request, from いてと言って (dictionary form: いる)
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 触ふれてって /furetette/：
    touch; colloquial quoted request, from 触れてと言って (dictionary form: 触れる)
  • 言いった /itta/：
    said (dictionary form: 言う, past tense)
  • よね /yo ne/：
    sentence-ending combination seeking agreement: right?; didn't I?
kimi ga komari hateru kurai ni
So much that you were utterly at a loss

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 困こまり果はてる /komari hateru/：
    to be utterly at a loss; 〜果てる indicates reaching an extreme
  • くらいに /kurai ni/：
    to the extent that; so much that
dare mo shiranu puruutuu yoake no buruumu honoka ni kaoru shitorasu
A Pluto no one knows, a bloom at daybreak, citrus giving off a faint fragrance

  • 誰だれも知しらぬ /dare mo shiranu/：
    known by no one; ぬ is an archaic/literary negative of 知る
  • プルートゥ /puruutuu/：
    Pluto, the dwarf planet or Roman god (English: Pluto)
  • 夜明よあけ /yoake/：
    dawn; daybreak
  • ブルーム /buruumu/：
    a bloom; flowering (English: bloom)
  • 仄ほのかに /honoka ni/：
    faintly; subtly
  • 香かおる /kaoru/：
    to give off a fragrance
  • シトラス /shitorasu/：
    citrus; a citrus scent (English: citrus)
futari dake hanauta ga rinku shite iku
Just the two of us, our humming gradually links together

  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
  • 鼻歌はなうた /hanauta/：
    humming; a hummed tune
  • リンクしていく /rinku shite iku/：
    to become linked going forward; リンク is from English link, and 〜ていく marks a developing change
see no de damatte nani mo shinaide ite minai
On the count of three, shall we try staying silent and doing nothing?

  • せーので /see no de/：
    on the count of three; a cue to act together
  • 黙だまって /damatte/：
    silently; being quiet (dictionary form: 黙る, te-form)
  • 何なにもしない /nani mo shinai/：
    to do nothing; an interrogative plus も with a negative gives total negation
  • しないでいて /shinaide ite/：
    to remain without doing; 〜ないでいる expresses continuing not to do something
  • てみない /te minai/：
    shall we try...?; 〜てみる means to try, and its negative question makes a gentle invitation
ima toki ga tomatte mieru kurai
So completely that time now seems to have stopped

  • 今時いまとき /ima toki/：
    the present moment; read ima toki here as indicated by the lyric source
  • 止とまって /tomatte/：
    stopped (dictionary form: 止まる, te-form)
  • 見みえる /mieru/：
    to appear; to be visible
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent that; so much that
kimi ga dokoka kawatte shimatte mo
Even if something about you has changed

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere; in some respect
  • 変かわってしまっても /kawatte shimatte mo/：
    even if (you) have changed; from 変わる, with 〜てしまう for completion/regret and 〜ても for concession
zutto watashi wa kimi ga suki datta
I had always loved you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always; all along
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すきだった /suki datta/：
    liked; loved; past form of 好きだ, here looking back on an enduring feeling
kimi wa azarea
You are an azalea

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • アザレア /azarea/：
    azalea (English: azalea)
kuramu you ni atsui koohii sukima hiraku yoru wa hoorii
Coffee hot enough to make me dizzy; the night opening a gap is holy

  • 眩くらむ /kuramu/：
    to grow dizzy; to be dazzled
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; to such a degree that
  • 熱あつい /atsui/：
    hot; scalding
  • 珈琲こーひー /koohii/：
    coffee; usually written コーヒー (from Dutch: koffie)
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/：
    gap; opening
  • ひらく /hiraku/：
    to open; to spread open
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • ホーリー /hoorii/：
    holy; sacred (English: holy)
hidoi hana ni arashi sono tsuzuki ni omoigakenu sutoorii
A cruel storm upon the flowers, and after that, an unexpected story

  • 酷ひどい /hidoi/：
    cruel; terrible; severe
  • 花はなに嵐あらし /hana ni arashi/：
    a storm upon blossoms; an image meaning that good things are often disrupted
  • その続つづき /sono tsuzuki/：
    what follows; the continuation
  • 思おもいがけぬ /omoigakenu/：
    unexpected; literary form of 思いがけない, with ぬ as the negative ending
  • ストーリー /sutoorii/：
    story; plot (English: story)
douyara konya mimei futari wa yukue fumei
Apparently, sometime before dawn tonight, the two of us will go missing

  • どうやら /douyara/：
    apparently; it seems
  • 今夜未明こんやみめい /konya mimei/：
    the late-night hours before dawn tonight
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • 行方不明ゆくえふめい /yukue fumei/：
    missing; whereabouts unknown
tsumikasanaru messeeji sono mama hottoite
Leave the messages piling up just as they are

  • 積つみ重かさなる /tsumikasanaru/：
    to pile up; to accumulate
  • メッセージ /messeeji/：
    message (English: message)
  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    as it is; just like that
  • ほっといて /hottoite/：
    leave it alone; contraction of 放っておいて (dictionary form: 放っておく)
me wo mitsumete ite mou sukoshi daite
Keep looking into my eyes, and hold me a little longer

  • 目め /me/：
    eye; eyes
  • 見みつめていて /mitsumete ite/：
    keep gazing; from 見つめる, with 〜ていて asking that the action continue
  • もう少すこし /mou sukoshi/：
    a little more; a little longer
  • 抱だいて /daite/：
    hold me; embrace me (dictionary form: 抱く, te-form request)
gyutto shite sore wa kurimuto no e mitai ni
Hold me tight, like a painting by Klimt

  • それ /sore/：
    that; here, the scene of the embrace
  • クリムト /kurimuto/：
    Gustav Klimt, the Austrian painter (German: Klimt)
  • 絵え /e/：
    picture; painting
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; in the manner of, a colloquial comparison
shinzou no oto wo shitte endorufin tashika ni tsuzuku rifurein
Knowing the sound of your heartbeat, endorphins rise; the refrain unmistakably goes on

  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/：
    heart
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound; here, a heartbeat
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    knowing; sensing (dictionary form: 知る, te-form)
  • エンドルフィン /endorufin/：
    endorphin (English: endorphin)
  • 確たしかに /tashika ni/：
    certainly; unmistakably
  • 続つづく /tsuzuku/：
    to continue; to go on
  • リフレイン /rifurein/：
    refrain; a repeated phrase or passage (English: refrain)
zutto soko ni itan da ne
So you had been there all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; always
  • そこ /soko/：
    there
  • いた /ita/：
    was; existed (dictionary form: いる, past tense, used for animate beings)
  • んだね /n da ne/：
    colloquial のだね, expressing realization and gentle confirmation
yarusenai yoru wo kowashite kanjitai kimi no machieeru
Break apart this inconsolable night; I want to feel your texture, your matière

  • 遣やる瀬せない /yarusenai/：
    inconsolable; gloomy with no outlet; helpless
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 壊こわして /kowashite/：
    break; destroy (dictionary form: 壊す, te-form)
  • 感かんじたい /kanjitai/：
    want to feel; from 感じる with 〜たい expressing desire
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • マチエール /machieeru/：
    material, texture, or painterly surface quality (French: matière)
motsure au you ni tashikame au you ni sawatte
Touch me as if we were intertwining, as if confirming each other

  • 縺もつれ合あう /motsure au/：
    to intertwine with each other; 〜合う marks a mutual action
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; like
  • 確たしかめ合あう /tashikame au/：
    to confirm each other; 確かめる plus 合う for mutual action
  • 触さわって /sawatte/：
    touch me (dictionary form: 触る, te-form request)
see no de damatte nani mo shinaide ite minai
On the count of three, shall we try staying silent and doing nothing?

  • せーので /see no de/：
    on the count of three; a cue to act together
  • 黙だまって /damatte/：
    silently; being quiet (dictionary form: 黙る, te-form)
  • 何なにもしない /nani mo shinai/：
    to do nothing; an interrogative plus も with a negative gives total negation
  • しないでいて /shinaide ite/：
    to remain without doing; 〜ないでいる expresses continuing not to do something
  • てみない /te minai/：
    shall we try...?; 〜てみる means to try, and its negative question makes a gentle invitation
ima toki ga tomatte mieru kurai
So completely that time now seems to have stopped

  • 今時いまとき /ima toki/：
    the present moment; read ima toki here as indicated by the lyric source
  • 止とまって /tomatte/：
    stopped (dictionary form: 止まる, te-form)
  • 見みえる /mieru/：
    to appear; to be visible
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent that; so much that
kimi ga dokoka kawatte shimatte mo
Even if something about you has changed

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere; in some respect
  • 変かわってしまっても /kawatte shimatte mo/：
    even if (you) have changed; from 変わる, with 〜てしまう for completion/regret and 〜ても for concession
zutto watashi wa kimi ga suki datta
I had always loved you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always; all along
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すきだった /suki datta/：
    liked; loved; past form of 好きだ, here looking back on an enduring feeling
awa wo kirashita sooda mitai ni
Like soda that has lost all its fizz

  • 泡あわ /awa/：
    bubble; foam; fizz
  • 切きらした /kirashita/：
    ran out of; exhausted (dictionary form: 切らす, past tense)
  • ソーダ /sooda/：
    soda; fizzy drink (English: soda)
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if, a colloquial comparison
kizu ni furushita shatsu mitai ni
Like a shirt that grew old without ever being worn

  • 着きずに /kizu ni/：
    without wearing; from 着る, with 〜ずに meaning without doing
  • 古ふるした /furushita/：
    made old; let age (dictionary form: 古す, past tense)
  • シャツ /shatsu/：
    shirt (English: shirt)
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if
ichigo ga ochita keeki mitai ni
Like a cake whose strawberry has fallen off

  • 苺いちご /ichigo/：
    strawberry
  • 落おちた /ochita/：
    fell off (dictionary form: 落ちる, past tense modifying ケーキ)
  • ケーキ /keeki/：
    cake (English: cake)
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if
suterarenai shashin mitai ni
Like a photograph I cannot bring myself to throw away

  • 捨すてられない /suterarenai/：
    cannot throw away; negative potential form of 捨てる
  • 写真しゃしん /shashin/：
    photograph; photo
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if
soko ni ite mo inakute mo kimi ga kimi ja nakute mo
Whether you are there or not, even if you are no longer yourself

  • そこ /soko/：
    there
  • いてもいなくても /ite mo inakute mo/：
    whether present or absent; from いる, using 〜ても〜なくても for whether or not
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • じゃなくても /ja nakute mo/：
    even if not; colloquial form of ではなくても
watashi wa kimi ga suki datta
I loved you

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すきだった /suki datta/：
    loved; past form of 好きだ, with a retrospective tone
kimi wa azarea
You are an azalea

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • アザレア /azarea/：
    azalea (English: azalea)