Ado - ビバリウム/Vivarium

Ado - ビバリウム/Vivarium





are kara dore kurai tatta koto darou
I wonder how long it has been since then

  • あれから /are kara/:
    since then
  • どれくらい /dore kurai/:
    how much; how long
  • 経たった /tatta/:
    past form of 経つ; passed; elapsed
  • ことだろう /koto darou/:
    I wonder; it must be (conjecture)

kugumotta monoii wa ai mo kawarazu de
My muffled way of speaking remains unchanged

  • くぐもった /kugumotta/:
    from くぐもる; muffled; indistinct
  • 物言ものいい /monoii/:
    manner of speaking; wording
  • 相あいも変かわらず /ai mo kawarazu/:
    as always; unchanged

kagami ga utsusu wa hedataru risouzou
What the mirror reflects is a distant ideal image

  • 鏡かがみ /kagami/:
    mirror
  • 写うつす /utsusu/:
    to reflect; photograph; copy
  • 隔へだたる /hedataru/:
    to be separated; be distant
  • 理想像りそうぞう /risouzou/:
    ideal image

bukiyou na yubisaki ni kyou mo te wo kaketa
Today again, I laid a hand on those clumsy fingertips

  • 不器用ぶきよう /bukiyou/:
    clumsy; awkward; inarticulate
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/:
    fingertips
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • 手てをかけた /te wo kaketa/:
    past form of 手をかける; laid a hand on; worked on


dareka no kotoba de hitori tsumahajiki
Because of someone's words, I was singled out and shunned

  • 誰だれか /dareka/:
    someone
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words; language
  • 1人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person; alone
  • 爪弾つまはじき /tsumahajiki/:
    ostracism; exclusion

shouganai ne nozomareta koto nante nai shi
It can't be helped; no one has ever wanted me anyway

  • しょうがない /shouganai/:
    it can't be helped
  • 望のぞまれた /nozomareta/:
    passive past of 望む; was wanted; was expected
  • ことなんて /koto nante/:
    a thing like...; anything such as...
  • ないし /nai shi/:
    and not; besides, not...

kobiritsuku akairo basei no ura de mondou
Clinging red; questions and answers behind the abuse

  • こびりつく /kobiritsuku/:
    to stick fast; cling
  • 赤色あかいろ /akairo/:
    red color
  • 罵声ばせい /basei/:
    abusive shouts; jeers
  • 裏うら /ura/:
    back; behind; hidden side
  • 問答もんどう /mondou/:
    questions and answers; dispute

kekkan wa tokubetsu
Does a defect make me special?

  • 欠陥けっかん /kekkan/:
    defect; flaw
  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special; exceptional

nara hajime kara magaimono
If so, I was an imitation from the very start

  • なら /nara/:
    if so; if it is...
  • 初はじめから /hajime kara/:
    from the beginning
  • 紛まがいもの /magaimono/:
    imitation; counterfeit

kanaetai mono to wa hikikae ni
In exchange for what I wanted to make come true

  • 叶かなえたい /kanaetai/:
    want to make come true; from 叶える
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; here, a wish or goal
  • 引ひき換かえに /hikikae ni/:
    in exchange for; at the cost of

taisetsu na mono wo kowashite kite
I have kept destroying what was precious

  • 大切たいせつ /taisetsu/:
    important; precious
  • 壊こわしてきて /kowashite kite/:
    from 壊す; have gone on destroying up to now

koukai bakari de iki ga dekinai kara
Because I am full of regret and cannot breathe

  • 後悔こうかい /koukai/:
    regret
  • ばかり /bakari/:
    nothing but; only
  • 息いき /iki/:
    breath
  • できないから /dekinai kara/:
    because one cannot do it; negative of できる plus から

kanjou wo sutete raku ni natte
So I cast away my feelings and found relief

  • 感情かんじょう /kanjou/:
    feelings; emotion
  • 棄すてて /sutete/:
    te-form of 棄てる; throwing away; abandoning
  • 楽らくになって /raku ni natte/:
    becoming at ease; finding relief

koronda ato no kizu no naoshikata mo
Neither how to heal wounds after falling

  • 転ころんだ /koronda/:
    past form of 転ぶ; fell down
  • 後あと /ato/:
    after; afterward
  • 傷きず /kizu/:
    wound; injury
  • 治なおし方かた /naoshikata/:
    way to heal; how to cure

nokoshita ayamachi no kui mo shiranai mama
Nor the remorse for the mistakes I left behind, still knowing nothing

  • 残のこした /nokoshita/:
    past form of 残す; left behind
  • 過あやまち /ayamachi/:
    mistake; wrongdoing
  • 悔くい /kui/:
    remorse; regret
  • 知しらないまま /shiranai mama/:
    while remaining unaware; without knowing

otona ni naru no
Am I going to become an adult like this?

  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • になる /ni naru/:
    to become

honogurai hakoniwa de
In a dimly lit miniature garden

  • 仄暗ほのぐらい /honogurai/:
    dim; gloomy
  • 箱庭はこにわ /hakoniwa/:
    miniature garden; an enclosed little world

tomedonaku watashi ga watashi no yume wo mite ita
Endlessly, I was dreaming my own dream

  • とめどなく /tomedonaku/:
    endlessly; without cease
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 見みていた /mite ita/:
    from 見る; was seeing; had been dreaming

tooku de yureta hikari wa watashi wo yobu ki ga shita
The light flickering far away felt as though it was calling me

  • 遠とおく /tooku/:
    far away; the distance
  • 揺ゆれた /yureta/:
    past form of 揺れる; swayed; flickered
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • 呼よぶ /yobu/:
    to call; summon
  • 気きがした /ki ga shita/:
    felt as if; had the feeling

kizukeba furimuku to koko ni hitori
When I came to and looked back, I was here alone

  • 気付きづけば /kizukeba/:
    conditional form of 気付く; when I realized
  • 振ふり向むくと /furimuku to/:
    when I turn around; from 振り向く
  • 此処ここ /koko/:
    here
  • 1人ひとり /hitori/:
    alone; one person

chirakatta heya no naka mayoikomu shinkirou
In the cluttered room, a mirage wanders in

  • 散ちらかった /chirakatta/:
    from 散らかる; cluttered; untidy
  • 部屋へや /heya/:
    room
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside
  • 迷まよい込こむ /mayoikomu/:
    to stray into; wander into
  • 蜃気楼しんきろう /shinkirou/:
    mirage

doushite afuredasu namida to shousou
Why do tears and impatience come spilling out?

  • どうして /doushite/:
    why; how come
  • 溢あふれだす /afuredasu/:
    to begin overflowing; spill out
  • 涙なみだ /namida/:
    tears
  • 焦燥しょうそう /shousou/:
    impatience; agitation

fukazume no yubisaki mata akaku somatta
My over-trimmed fingertips turned red again

  • 深爪ふかづめ /fukazume/:
    cutting one's nails too short
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/:
    fingertips
  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 赤あかく /akaku/:
    red; adverbial form of 赤い
  • 染そまった /somatta/:
    past form of 染まる; became dyed; turned

atama no naka de kikoeru watashi to watashi de nai koe ga
I can hear it in my head—a voice that is me and not me

  • 頭あたまの中なか /atama no naka/:
    inside one's head; in one's mind
  • 聞きこえる /kikoeru/:
    to be audible; can hear
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me; self
  • でない /de nai/:
    is not; formal/plain negative of だ
  • 声こえ /koe/:
    voice

kurikaeshi kurikaeshi
Again and again, repeating

  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/:
    repeatedly; over and over

umarete kita koto wo hitei suru
Denying the fact that I was ever born

  • 生うまれてきた /umarete kita/:
    from 生まれる; was born and came this far
  • こと /koto/:
    thing; nominalizes the preceding verb
  • 否定ひていする /hitei suru/:
    to deny; reject

doushite nani mo dekinai no
Why can't I do anything?

  • どうして /doushite/:
    why; how come
  • 何なにも /nani mo/:
    anything; nothing when used with a negative
  • できない /dekinai/:
    cannot do

doushite nani mo shiranai no
Why don't I know anything?

  • どうして /doushite/:
    why; how come
  • 何なにも /nani mo/:
    anything; nothing with a negative
  • 知しらない /shiranai/:
    negative form of 知る; do not know

wakaranai
I don't know

  • わからない /wakaranai/:
    negative form of わかる; do not understand

wakaranai
I don't know

  • わからない /wakaranai/:
    negative form of わかる; do not understand

watashi ni wa wakaranai
I don't understand

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • わからない /wakaranai/:
    negative form of わかる; do not understand

tadashii koto hitotsu mo shiranai mama
Still not knowing a single right thing

  • 正ただしい /tadashii/:
    correct; right
  • 1ひとつも /hitotsu mo/:
    not even one; none with a negative
  • 知しらないまま /shiranai mama/:
    remaining without knowing

otona ni natte shimatta mitai da
It seems I ended up becoming an adult

  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なってしまった /natte shimatta/:
    ended up becoming; from なる+てしまう
  • みたいだ /mitai da/:
    seems; looks like

kimi wa nani mo shinjinakatta
You didn't believe in anything

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you (familiar)
  • 何なにも /nani mo/:
    anything; nothing with a negative
  • 信しんじなかった /shinjinakatta/:
    past negative of 信じる; did not believe

dare mo shinjirarenakatta
You couldn't trust anyone

  • 誰だれも /dare mo/:
    anyone; no one with a negative
  • 信しんじられなかった /shinjirarenakatta/:
    could not believe or trust; potential past negative of 信じる

kimi ni hitsuyou datta no wa meisei yori mo saki ni
What you needed, before fame, was

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 必要ひつようだった /hitsuyou datta/:
    was necessary; was needed
  • のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes and marks the preceding phrase as topic
  • 名声めいせい /meisei/:
    fame; reputation
  • よりも先さきに /yori mo saki ni/:
    before; ahead of

daijoubu no hitokoto datta ne
Just the words, You'll be okay

  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶ /daijoubu/:
    all right; okay
  • 一言ひとこと /hitokoto/:
    a word; a brief remark
  • だった /datta/:
    was; past form of だ

ibasho wo nakushichatte gomen ne
I'm sorry I made you lose the place where you belonged

  • 居場所いばしょ /ibasho/:
    place to belong; whereabouts
  • なくしちゃって /nakushichatte/:
    colloquial なくしてしまって; having lost or taken away
  • ごめん /gomen/:
    sorry

dakara mou dete konakutatte ii sa
So you don't have to come out anymore

  • だから /dakara/:
    so; therefore
  • もう /mou/:
    already; anymore
  • 出でてこなくたって /dete konakutatte/:
    even if you do not come out; colloquial for 出てこなくても
  • いい /ii/:
    fine; okay; need not

yureru miyako no oku
Deep within the swaying city

  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/:
    to sway; shake; waver
  • 都みやこ /miyako/:
    capital; city
  • 奥おく /oku/:
    depths; interior

sono hikari no naka de kikai shoujo no uta ga kikoeta
Within that light, I heard the mechanical girl's song

  • その /sono/:
    that
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside; within
  • 機械きかい /kikai/:
    machine; machinery
  • 少女しょうじょ /shoujo/:
    girl; young maiden
  • 歌うた /uta/:
    song
  • 聴きこえた /kikoeta/:
    past form of 聴こえる; was heard

watashi mo soko ni ikitai
I want to go there too

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • そこ /soko/:
    there
  • 行いきたい /ikitai/:
    want to go; from 行く


honogurai hakoniwa de
In a dimly lit miniature garden

  • 仄暗ほのぐらい /honogurai/:
    dim; gloomy
  • 箱庭はこにわ /hakoniwa/:
    miniature garden; an enclosed little world

tomedonaku watashi ga watashi no yume wo mite ite
Endlessly, I keep dreaming my own dream

  • とめどなく /tomedonaku/:
    endlessly; without cease
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 見みていて /mite ite/:
    from 見る; continuing to see or dream

furerareru kyori no mama hanarenaide kawaranaide
Stay close enough to touch; don't leave, don't change

  • 触ふれられる /furerareru/:
    potential form of 触れる; can touch
  • 距離きょり /kyori/:
    distance
  • まま /mama/:
    as it is; while remaining
  • 離はなれないで /hanarenaide/:
    do not leave; from 離れる
  • 変かわらないで /kawaranaide/:
    do not change; from 変わる

kono hakoniwa de
In this miniature garden

  • この /kono/:
    this
  • 箱庭はこにわ /hakoniwa/:
    miniature garden; an enclosed little world

dore dake mayotte sugatte mienaku natte mo
No matter how lost I get, how I cling, or how I lose sight

  • どれだけ /dore dake/:
    how much; no matter how
  • 迷まよって /mayotte/:
    te-form of 迷う; getting lost; wavering
  • 縋すがって /sugatte/:
    te-form of 縋る; clinging to; relying on
  • 見みえなくなっても /mienaku natte mo/:
    even if it becomes impossible to see

kono me de yureta hikari wa ano hi egaku mirai da
The light that flickered in these eyes is the future I pictured that day

  • この目め /kono me/:
    these eyes; my own eyes
  • 揺ゆれた /yureta/:
    past form of 揺れる; flickered; swayed
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • あの日ひ /ano hi/:
    that day
  • 描えがく /egaku/:
    to draw; depict; envision
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future

sayonara mada watashi wa
Goodbye—yet I still...

  • まだ /mada/:
    still; not yet
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me

utawanakucha
I have to sing

  • 歌うたわなくちゃ /utawanakucha/:
    must sing; colloquial contraction of 歌わなくてはならない


yoru ga akeru made hitori janai kara
You are not alone until the night gives way to dawn

  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 明あけるまで /akeru made/:
    until dawn; 明ける plus the endpoint marker まで
  • 1人ひとりじゃないから /hitori janai kara/:
    because one is not alone

kuroozetto no kimi wa mada
You in the closet are still...

  • クローゼット /kuroozetto/:
    closet; wardrobe
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • まだ /mada/:
    still; yet

naiteru
Crying

  • 泣ないてる /naiteru/:
    is crying; contraction of 泣いている