米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - BOW AND ARROW

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - BOW AND ARROW

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


kizukeba kutsu wa yogore sabitsuita moroha wo tsutau ame
Before I knew it, my shoes were dirty, and rain ran down the rusted double-edged blade

  • 気きづけば /kizukeba/：
    before one knows it; conditional form of 気づく, to notice
  • 靴くつ /kutsu/：
    shoes
  • 汚よごれ /yogore/：
    to become dirty; continuative form of 汚れる
  • 錆さびついた /sabitsuita/：
    rusted; past form of 錆びつく
  • 諸刃もろは /moroha/：
    double-edged blade; something with both benefits and risks
  • 伝つたう /tsutau/：
    to run or travel along
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
akogare wa sono mama de yume kara mezameta saki ni wa yume
The longing remains unchanged; beyond awakening from a dream, another dream awaits

  • 憧あこがれ /akogare/：
    longing, admiration
  • そのままで /sono mama de/：
    just as it is; remaining unchanged
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 目め醒ざめた /mezameta/：
    awoke; past form of 目醒める, also commonly written 目覚める
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, beyond; in ～た先, what lies after doing something
kikoeta sono nakigoe kieiru temae no musebu soware
I heard that crying voice—a choking soirée on the verge of fading away

  • 聞きこえた /kikoeta/：
    was heard, could hear; past form of 聞こえる
  • その /sono/：
    that; refers to something near the listener or already mentioned
  • 泣なき声ごえ /nakigoe/：
    crying voice, sound of crying
  • 消きえいる /kieiru/：
    to fade away or be on the point of expiring; equivalent to 消え入る
  • 手前てまえ /temae/：
    just before, on the verge of
  • 咽むせぶ /musebu/：
    to choke, sob, or be overcome with emotion
  • ソワレ /soware/：
    soirée, evening performance (French: soirée)
akogare no sono saki e uzukumaru kimi wo mitsukeru tame
Beyond that longing, so that I can find you crouching there

  • 憧あこがれ /akogare/：
    longing, admiration
  • その先さきへ /sono saki e/：
    on beyond that, toward what lies ahead
  • 蹲うずくまる /uzukumaru/：
    to crouch, huddle up
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 見みつける /mitsukeru/：
    to find, discover
  • 為ため /tame/：
    in order to; indicates purpose after a dictionary-form verb
ike ike oitsukenai sokudo de tobe inparusu kasoku shite
Go, go—fly at a speed no one can catch, accelerating your impulse

  • 行いけ /ike/：
    go; imperative form of 行く
  • 追おいつけない /oitsukenai/：
    cannot catch up; negative potential form of 追いつく
  • 速度そくど /sokudo/：
    speed, velocity
  • 飛とべ /tobe/：
    fly; imperative form of 飛ぶ
  • インパルス /inparusu/：
    impulse
  • 加速かそくして /kasoku shite/：
    accelerating; te-form of 加速する
ike kitto kono toki wo kanjiru tame ni umarete kita n da
Go—you were surely born to feel this very moment

  • 行いけ /ike/：
    go; imperative form of 行く
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • この時とき /kono toki/：
    this moment
  • 感かんじる /kanjiru/：
    to feel, sense
  • 為ために /tame ni/：
    in order to, for the purpose of
  • 生うまれてきた /umarete kita/：
    was born and has come this far; 生まれてくる in the past form
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
mirai wo tsukande kitaichi wo koete hitai ni fukisasu kaze
Seize the future, surpass expectations—the wind pierces your brow

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 掴つかんで /tsukande/：
    seize, grasp; te-form of 掴む
  • 期待きたい値ち /kitaichi/：
    expected value; here, the level of expectations
  • 超こえて /koete/：
    surpass, go beyond; te-form of 超える
  • 額ひたい /hitai/：
    forehead, brow
  • 吹ふき刺さす /fukisasu/：
    to blow piercingly; a poetic compound of blow and pierce
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
ima ni mi na yo kitto kimi no mabushisa ni daremo ga kizuku darou
Just wait and see—surely everyone will notice how brightly you shine

  • 今いまに見みなよ /ima ni mi na yo/：
    just wait and see; 今に means before long, and 見な urges someone to look
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 眩まぶしさ /mabushisa/：
    brightness, brilliance; noun formed from 眩しい with さ
  • 誰だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone; 誰も in an affirmative sentence means everybody
  • 気きづくだろう /kizuku darou/：
    will probably notice; 気づく plus speculative だろう
fusawashii koe de shisen oikoshite kokuu wo koete ike
With a voice worthy of you, outstrip every gaze and go beyond the empty sky

  • 相応ふさわしい /fusawashii/：
    suitable, worthy, fitting
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 視線しせん /shisen/：
    line of sight, gaze
  • 追おい越こして /oikoshite/：
    overtake, outstrip; te-form of 追い越す
  • 虚空こくう /kokuu/：
    empty space, void
  • 超こえて行いけ /koete ike/：
    go beyond and onward; ～ていく shows continued movement, with 行け in the imperative
michigaete iku kimi no yubi kara ima
Now, from the fingers of you as you transform beyond recognition

  • 見違みちがえていく /michigaete iku/：
    to keep becoming almost unrecognizable in a positive sense; 見違える with ～ていく
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, this moment
te wo hanasu
I let go

  • 手てを放はなす /te wo hanasu/：
    to let go; here it evokes releasing a bowstring to send an arrow flying
kizukeba nazo wa tokare mokume goto minareta ita no ue
Before I knew it, the mystery was solved, atop boards whose every grain had grown familiar

  • 気きづけば /kizukeba/：
    before one knows it; conditional form of 気づく
  • 謎なぞ /nazo/：
    mystery, riddle
  • 解とかれ /tokare/：
    was solved; continuative passive form of 解く
  • 木目もくめ /mokume/：
    wood grain
  • ごと /goto/：
    together with, including the whole of
  • 見慣みなれた /minareta/：
    familiar from repeated seeing; past form of 見慣れる
  • 板いた /ita/：
    board, plank
  • 上うえ /ue/：
    on, above
ano koro kogareta you na otona ni nareta kana
I wonder if I became the kind of adult I yearned to be back then

  • あの頃ころ /ano koro/：
    back then, those days
  • 焦こがれた /kogareta/：
    yearned for; past form of 焦がれる
  • ような /you na/：
    like, such as; modifies a following noun
  • 大人おとな /otona/：
    adult, grown-up
  • なれた /nareta/：
    was able to become; past potential form of 成る
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
sou kimi no kunou wa kimi ga jibun de eranda itami da
Yes, your anguish is the pain you chose for yourself

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right; affirms what follows
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 苦悩くのう /kunou/：
    anguish, agony
  • 自分じぶんで /jibun de/：
    by oneself, personally
  • 選えらんだ /eranda/：
    chose; past form of 選ぶ
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain, hurt
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is or are
soshite tsukanda ano kirameki mo subete kimi no mono da
And that radiance you seized belongs entirely to you as well

  • そして /soshite/：
    and, then, moreover
  • 掴つかんだ /tsukanda/：
    seized, grasped; past form of 掴む
  • あの /ano/：
    that; refers to something distant or remembered by both speaker and listener
  • 煌きらめき /kirameki/：
    sparkle, radiance; noun from 煌めく
  • 全すべて /subete/：
    all, everything
  • 君きみのもの /kimi no mono/：
    yours, something belonging to you
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is or are
boku wa yumi ni natte kimi no shiranda tenohira wo totte tsuyoku hiita
I became a bow, took your whitened palm, and drew it back hard

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me; a first-person pronoun often used by males
  • 弓ゆみ /yumi/：
    bow
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming; te-form of 成る
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 白しらんだ /shiranda/：
    turned pale or white; past form of 白む
  • 掌てのひら /tenohira/：
    palm of the hand
  • とって /totte/：
    taking, holding; te-form of 取る
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly, hard; adverbial form of 強い
  • 引ひいた /hiita/：
    pulled, drew; past form of 引く, here drawing a bow
ima kimi wa kesshite kaze ni nagarenai ya ni natte
Now you become an arrow that will never be swept off course by the wind

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 決けっして～ない /kesshite ... nai/：
    never, by no means; 決して normally pairs with a negative form
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 流ながれない /nagarenai/：
    will not be swept away or drift; negative form of 流れる
  • 矢や /ya/：
    arrow
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming; te-form of 成る, continuing into the next line
ike kesshite furimukanaide mou todokanai basho e
Go, never look back, to a place I can no longer reach

  • 行いけ /ike/：
    go; imperative form of 行く
  • 決けっして～ない /kesshite ... nai/：
    never, by no means
  • 振ふり向むかないで /furimukanaide/：
    do not look back; 振り向く with the negative request ～ないで
  • もう /mou/：
    already; with a negative, no longer or not anymore
  • 届とどかない /todokanai/：
    cannot reach; negative form of 届く
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
yuke yuke kimi wa itsudatte kagayaite ita
Go, go—you have always been shining!

  • 行ゆけ /yuke/：
    go; here read yuke, the imperative form of 行く read yuku
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いつだって /itsudatte/：
    always, at any time; emphatic compared with いつでも
  • 輝かがやいていた /kagayaite ita/：
    had been shining; past progressive form of 輝く
mirai wo tsukande kitaichi wo koete hitai ni fukisasu kaze
Seize the future, surpass expectations—the wind pierces your brow

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 掴つかんで /tsukande/：
    seize, grasp; te-form of 掴む
  • 期待きたい値ち /kitaichi/：
    expected value; here, the level of expectations
  • 超こえて /koete/：
    surpass, go beyond; te-form of 超える
  • 額ひたい /hitai/：
    forehead, brow
  • 吹ふき刺さす /fukisasu/：
    to blow piercingly; a poetic compound of blow and pierce
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
ima ni mi na yo kitto kimi no mabushisa ni daremo ga kizuku darou
Just wait and see—surely everyone will notice how brightly you shine

  • 今いまに見みなよ /ima ni mi na yo/：
    just wait and see; 今に means before long, and 見な urges someone to look
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 眩まぶしさ /mabushisa/：
    brightness, brilliance; noun formed from 眩しい with さ
  • 誰だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone; 誰も in an affirmative sentence means everybody
  • 気きづくだろう /kizuku darou/：
    will probably notice; 気づく plus speculative だろう
fusawashii koe de shisen oikoshite kokuu wo koete ike
With a voice worthy of you, outstrip every gaze and go beyond the empty sky

  • 相応ふさわしい /fusawashii/：
    suitable, worthy, fitting
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 視線しせん /shisen/：
    line of sight, gaze
  • 追おい越こして /oikoshite/：
    overtake, outstrip; te-form of 追い越す
  • 虚空こくう /kokuu/：
    empty space, void
  • 超こえて行いけ /koete ike/：
    go beyond and onward; ～ていく shows continued movement, with 行け in the imperative
michigaete iku kimi no yubi kara ima
Now, from the fingers of you as you transform beyond recognition

  • 見違みちがえていく /michigaete iku/：
    to keep becoming almost unrecognizable in a positive sense; 見違える with ～ていく
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, this moment
te wo hanasu
I let go

  • 手てを放はなす /te wo hanasu/：
    to let go; here it evokes releasing a bowstring to send an arrow flying