YOASOBI - BABY/Baby

YOASOBI - BABY/Baby

YOASOBI


yoi wa sugi shinto shita heya de
The evening has passed, in a deathly quiet room

  • 宵よい /yoi/：
    evening; early night
  • 過すぎ /sugi/：
    original form: 過ぎる, to pass; here, for the night to grow late
  • 部屋へや /heya/：
    room
kaaten goshi no kimi wo omou
I think of you on the other side of the curtain

  • カーテン /kaaten/：
    curtain
  • 越ごし /goshi/：
    through; across; on the other side of
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of; to yearn for, with emotional nuance
kuchi ni shita miruku tii no
The milk tea I brought to my lips

  • 口くちにした /kuchi ni shita/：
    original form: 口にする, to eat or drink; here, to sip
  • ミルクティー /miruku tii/：
    milk tea
amai netsu ga karada wo megutta
Its sweet warmth coursed through my body

  • 甘あまい /amai/：
    sweet
  • 熱ねつ /netsu/：
    heat; warmth
  • 体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 巡めぐった /megutta/：
    original form: 巡る, to circulate; to course through
akogare ni te wo hikareru mama
Led by the hand by my longing

  • 憧あこがれ /akogare/：
    longing; admiration
  • 手てを引ひかれる /te wo hikareru/：
    original phrase: 手を引く, to lead by the hand; 引かれる is its passive form
  • まま /mama/：
    while remaining in a state; as one is
kono machi ni tadoritsuite ita
I had made my way to this city

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; city; streets
  • 辿たどり着ついていた /tadoritsuite ita/：
    original form: 辿り着く, to finally arrive after making one's way; ていた marks the resulting state
garari kawatta kurashi
A life that had changed completely

  • 変かわった /kawatta/：
    original form: 変わる, to change
  • 暮くらし /kurashi/：
    life; daily living
tonari ni wa itsumo kimi ga ite kureta
You were always there beside me

  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to; beside
  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 居いてくれた /ite kureta/：
    original form: 居る, to be present; てくれた expresses that the person kindly did this for the speaker
tsukue no ue ni futatsu naranda
Two of them lay side by side on the desk

  • 机つくえ /tsukue/：
    desk
  • 上うえ /ue/：
    top; above
  • 二ふたつ /futatsu/：
    two; two items
  • 並ならんだ /naranda/：
    original form: 並ぶ, to line up; to be side by side
yotsuba ni sotto yubi de fureta
I gently touched the four-leaf clovers with my finger

  • 四よつ葉ば /yotsuba/：
    four-leaf clover; four leaves
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
  • 触ふれた /fureta/：
    original form: 触れる, to touch
mada netsu wo motsu kono koro no koto
Those recent days that still hold their warmth

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 熱ねつを持もつ /netsu wo motsu/：
    to hold heat; to retain warmth
  • この頃ころ /kono koro/：
    these days; this recent time
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter; nominalizer
hitori omoikaesu
I look back on them alone

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    alone; one person
  • 思おもい返かえす /omoikaesu/：
    to recall; to look back on
itsushika mebuita
Before I knew it, it had begun to bud

  • いつしか /itsushika/：
    before one knows it; at some point
  • 芽吹めぶいた /mebuita/：
    original form: 芽吹く, to bud; figuratively, for feelings to emerge
dou shiyou mo nai omoi
These feelings I can do nothing about

  • どうしようもない /dou shiyou mo nai/：
    helpless; impossible to do anything about
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing, with emotional nuance
tomerarenai omoi
These feelings I cannot stop

  • 止とめられない /tomerarenai/：
    original form: 止める, to stop; the negative potential means cannot stop
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing
kyou mo kimi ga suki deshita
Today, too, I loved you

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 好すきでした /suki deshita/：
    original form: 好きだ, to like or love; でした is the polite past form, looking back on the day's feelings
ima wa mada dou ni mo natte inai
For now, nothing has come of it yet

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet
  • どうにもなっていない /dou ni mo natte inai/：
    from どうにかなる, for something to work out; the negative means nothing has developed or come of it
tsubomi sae tsukete inai
It has not even formed a bud

  • 蕾つぼみ /tsubomi/：
    flower bud
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
  • つけていない /tsukete inai/：
    original form: つける, to attach or bear; here, has not yet produced
mada osanai negai da kedo
Though it is still a young, immature wish

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 幼おさない /osanai/：
    young; immature
  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish; hope
  • だけど /da kedo/：
    although; but
kimi to deawanakereba
If I had never met you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 出会であわなければ /deawanakereba/：
    original form: 出会う, to meet; なければ is a negative conditional, if I had not met
kitto kanjiru koto no nai
I surely would never have felt

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
  • 感かんじる /kanjiru/：
    to feel
  • ことのない /koto no nai/：
    to never have the experience of; modifies the following noun
kono itami sae itoshii
Even this pain is dear to me

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain; ache
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
  • 愛いとしい /itoshii/：
    dear; precious; beloved
ima wa mada todokanai omoi yo
Oh, these feelings that still cannot reach you

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet
  • 届とどかない /todokanai/：
    original form: 届く, to reach; the negative means these feelings do not reach the other person
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing
haru matsu kono omoi yo
Oh, these feelings awaiting spring

  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring; here also symbolizing the time when love blooms
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    to wait for
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing
itsushika bana sakimasu you ni
May they someday bloom

  • いつしか /itsushika/：
    someday; before one knows it
  • 花ばな咲さきます /bana sakimasu/：
    original phrase: 花が咲く, flowers bloom; here it figuratively means love coming to fruition
  • ように /you ni/：
    may; used to express a wish or prayer
kokyou wo omoidaseru you ni
So that I could remember my hometown

  • 故郷こきょう /kokyou/：
    hometown; homeland
  • 思おもい出だせる /omoidaseru/：
    potential form of 思い出す, to remember; to be able to recall
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that; in order that
to todoita sakura no hanabira
Cherry blossom petals arrived with that wish

  • 届とどいた /todoita/：
    original form: 届く, to arrive; to be delivered
  • 桜さくら /sakura/：
    cherry blossom; cherry tree
  • 花はなびら /hanabira/：
    flower petal
watashi wa kawarazu ni iru yo to
To tell you, 'I am still the same'

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 変かわらず /kawarazu/：
    from 変わる, to change; ず is a literary negative, meaning unchanged
  • いる /iru/：
    to be; to remain in a state
okaeshi wo sagashi ni deta
I went out to look for something to give in return

  • お返かえし /okaeshi/：
    return gift; reciprocation
  • 探さがしに出でた /sagashi ni deta/：
    original phrase: 探しに出る, to go out to search; the verb stem plus に expresses purpose
isogashiku sugosu kimi wa tada
You, busy with your days, simply

  • 忙いそがしく /isogashiku/：
    adverbial form of 忙しい, busy; busily
  • 過すごす /sugosu/：
    to spend time; to live one's days
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; merely
hohoende tonari ni shagamikomu
Smiled and crouched down beside me

  • 微笑ほほえんで /hohoende/：
    て-form of 微笑む, to smile, linking to the next action
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to; beside
  • しゃがみ込こむ /shagamikomu/：
    to crouch down; 込む emphasizes entering fully into the action
hi ga ochite mo mitsukaranakatta ne
We could not find one even after the sun had set

  • 陽ひ /hi/：
    sun; sunlight
  • 落おちても /ochite mo/：
    from 落ちる, to fall; ても means even if or even after
  • 見みつからなかった /mitsukaranakatta/：
    negative past of 見つかる, to be found; could not find
sore demo ureshikatta
Even so, I was happy

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so; nevertheless
  • 嬉うれしかった /ureshikatta/：
    past form of 嬉しい, happy; glad
miruku tii wa
The milk tea

  • ミルクティー /miruku tii/：
    milk tea
nuruku natta
Had grown lukewarm

  • ぬるく /nuruku/：
    adverbial form of ぬるい, lukewarm
  • なった /natta/：
    past form of なる, to become
sore demo samenai
Even so, my feelings do not cool

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so; nevertheless
  • 冷さめない /samenai/：
    negative of 冷める, to cool; figuratively, for passion not to fade
samenai mama da
They remain warm

  • 冷さめない /samenai/：
    negative of 冷める, to cool; not to lose passion
  • ままだ /mama da/：
    to remain in the same state
ano ne beibii
Hey, baby

  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; darling
kikasete beibii
Let me hear it, baby

  • 聴きかせて /kikasete/：
    て-form of 聴かせる, to let someone hear; here a request meaning tell me or let me hear
  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; darling
watashi wa ima kimi no naka ni imasu ka
Am I inside your heart now?

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 中なかにいる /naka ni iru/：
    to be inside; here, to have a place in your heart
  • います /imasu/：
    polite form of いる, to be; to exist
nante beibii
Imagine me asking that, baby

  • なんて /nante/：
    to say such a thing; here adding a shy, self-conscious tone after the question
  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; darling
kimi ga kureta yotsuba ni sotto
Gently, toward the four-leaf clover you gave me

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • くれた /kureta/：
    past form of くれる, to give something to me or my side
  • 四よつ葉ば /yotsuba/：
    four-leaf clover; four leaves
kuchibiru wo yoseta
I pressed my lips to it

  • 唇くちびる /kuchibiru/：
    lips
  • 寄よせた /yoseta/：
    past form of 寄せる, to bring close; to press toward
mebuita no wa dou shiyou mo nai omoi
What began to bud were these helpless feelings

  • 芽吹めぶいた /mebuita/：
    original form: 芽吹く, to bud; figuratively, for feelings to emerge
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and marks it as the topic: what budded was...
  • どうしようもない /dou shiyou mo nai/：
    helpless; impossible to do anything about
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing
tomerarenai omoi
These feelings I cannot stop

  • 止とめられない /tomerarenai/：
    original form: 止める, to stop; the negative potential means cannot stop
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings; longing
kyou mo kimi ga suki deshita
Today, too, I loved you

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 好すきでした /suki deshita/：
    original form: 好きだ, to like or love; polite past, looking back on the day's feelings
ima wa mada dou ni mo natte inai
For now, nothing has come of it yet

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet
  • どうにもなっていない /dou ni mo natte inai/：
    from どうにかなる, for something to work out; the negative means nothing has developed
tsubomi sae tsukete inai
It has not even formed a bud

  • 蕾つぼみ /tsubomi/：
    flower bud
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
  • つけていない /tsukete inai/：
    original form: つける, to attach or bear; here, has not yet produced
aoi aoi negai demo
Even if it is a very young, unripe wish

  • 青あおい /aoi/：
    blue; figuratively young and immature, repeated here for emphasis
  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish; hope
  • でも /demo/：
    even if it is; even though
kitto omoinayami surechigatta tte
Even if we worry and miss each other along the way

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
  • 思おもい悩なやみ /omoinayami/：
    stem of 思い悩む, to worry deeply; it links to the following action
  • すれ違ちがったって /surechigatta tte/：
    from すれ違う, to pass by or misunderstand each other; たって means even if
iji ni natte butsukatta tte
Even if we grow stubborn and clash

  • 意地いじになる /iji ni naru/：
    to become stubborn; to dig one's heels in
  • ぶつかったって /butsukatta tte/：
    from ぶつかる, to collide or clash; たって means even if
kyou mo zutto daisuki deshita
I loved you deeply all day today, too

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; throughout
  • 大好だいすきでした /daisuki deshita/：
    original form: 大好きだ, to love very much; でした is the polite past form
ima wa mada dou ni mo natte nakutatte
Even if nothing has come of it yet

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet
  • どうにもなってなくたって /dou ni mo natte nakutatte/：
    from どうにかなる, for something to work out; なくたって is colloquial for なくても, even if it has not
umaku tsutaerarenakutatte
Even if I cannot express it well

  • 上手うまく /umaku/：
    well; skillfully; successfully
  • 伝つたえられなくたって /tsutaerarenakutatte/：
    from 伝える, to convey; the negative potential plus なくたって means even if I cannot convey it
sonna hibi sae itoshii n da yo
Even days like those are precious to me

  • そんな /sonna/：
    such; like that
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; everyday life
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
  • 愛いとしい /itoshii/：
    dear; precious; beloved
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emotional emphasis
motto sono te ni furetakute
Wanting to touch that hand of yours more

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • その /sono/：
    that; here referring to the other person's
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 触ふれたくて /furetakute/：
    from 触れる, to touch; たい expresses desire and くて links onward or gives a reason
motto sono me ni utsuritakute
Wanting to appear more in your eyes

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • その /sono/：
    that; here referring to the other person's
  • 目め /me/：
    eye; gaze
  • 映うつりたくて /utsuritakute/：
    from 映る, to be reflected or appear; たい expresses wanting to appear in your sight
omoeba omou hodo kimi ga suki da
The more I think of you, the more I love you

  • 想おもえば想おもうほど /omoeba omou hodo/：
    the more I think or yearn; the pattern ～ば～ほど means the more..., the more...
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 好すきだ /suki da/：
    to like; to love
sayonara wo mukaeru mae ni tsutaetai kedo
I want to tell you before goodbye comes, but

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye; farewell
  • 迎むかえる /mukaeru/：
    to welcome; to reach the arrival of
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before; when following a dictionary-form verb, before that action occurs
  • 伝つたえたい /tsutaetai/：
    from 伝える, to convey or tell; たい expresses desire
  • けど /kedo/：
    but; at sentence end it leaves the rest unsaid, showing hesitation
kedo ima wa mada
But not yet, not now

  • けど /kedo/：
    but; however
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; not yet, with the rest such as cannot say it omitted
yoi wa sugi shinto shita heya de
The evening has passed, in a deathly quiet room

  • 宵よい /yoi/：
    evening; early night
  • 過すぎ /sugi/：
    original form: 過ぎる, to pass; here, for the night to grow late
  • 部屋へや /heya/：
    room
kaaten goshi ni kimi no koe
Your voice comes through the curtain

  • カーテン /kaaten/：
    curtain
  • 越ごし /goshi/：
    through; across; on the other side of
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often addressing someone close
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
ashita wa kitto
Tomorrow, surely

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
kyou yori mo motto suki da yo
Love you even more than I do today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • よりも /yori mo/：
    than; used for comparison, with も adding emphasis
  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 好すきだ /suki da/：
    to like; to love
oyasumi
Good night

  • おやすみ /oyasumi/：
    good night; a casual, intimate form of お休みなさい