YOASOBI - 舞台に立って/Standing on the Stage

YOASOBI - 舞台に立って/Standing on the Stage




mujaki ni omoi egaita
The future I innocently pictured

  • 無邪気むじゃきに /mujaki ni/:
    innocently, naively
  • 思おもい描えがいた /omoi egaita/:
    pictured, envisioned (original form: 思い描く)

mirai no watashi no senaka wo
the back of my future self

  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • 背中せなか /senaka/:
    back; here, one's receding figure

hitasura oikaketa
I chased after it single-mindedly

  • ひたすら /hitasura/:
    earnestly, single-mindedly
  • 追おいかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased after (original form: 追いかける)

kitto mou sugu mienaku naru
Surely, soon she will disappear from view

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, certainly
  • もうすぐ /mou sugu/:
    soon, before long
  • 見みえなくなる /mienaku naru/:
    to become no longer visible (見える + なくなる)

kasanari au
We will overlap and become one

  • 重かさなり合あう /kasanari au/:
    to overlap one another

sou shinjite iru
That is what I believe

  • そう /sou/:
    so, that way
  • 信しんじている /shinjite iru/:
    believe, keep believing (original form: 信じる)

koko ga watashi no mirai da
This is my future

  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • だ /da/:
    copula meaning 「is」

kazu aru naka de eranda no wa
The reason I chose it from among so many

  • 数かずある /kazu aru/:
    numerous, among many
  • 中なかで /naka de/:
    among, within
  • 選えらんだ /eranda/:
    chose (original form: 選ぶ)
  • のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes the preceding clause and marks it as the topic

kitto saisho kara wakatte ita kara
was surely because I had known from the start

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely
  • 最初さいしょから /saisho kara/:
    from the beginning
  • 分わかっていた /wakatte ita/:
    had known, understood (original form: 分かる)
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

kore ja nakya dame nan da tte
that it had to be this

  • これ /kore/:
    this
  • じゃなきゃ /ja nakya/:
    colloquial contraction of じゃなければ, meaning 「if it is not」
  • ダメ /dame/:
    no good; in this pattern, 「it has to be」
  • なんだ /nan da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of なのだ
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker

dare ni mo maketakunakatta
I did not want to lose to anyone

  • 誰だれにも /dare ni mo/:
    to anyone; with a negative, to no one
  • 負まけたくなかった /maketakunakatta/:
    did not want to lose (original form: 負ける)

shindokute mo hitasura hashiri tsuzuketa
Even when it was exhausting, I just kept running

  • しんどくても /shindokute mo/:
    even if it is exhausting (original form: しんどい)
  • ひたすら /hitasura/:
    earnestly, single-mindedly
  • 走はしり続つづけた /hashiri tsuzuketa/:
    kept running (original form: 走り続ける)

akuru hi mo akuru hi mo
Day after day

  • 翌あくる日ひも翌あくる日ひも /akuru hi mo akuru hi mo/:
    day after day; 翌る日 means the following day

kachi make ga hakkiri aru sekai wa
In a world with clear winners and losers

  • 勝かち負まけ /kachi make/:
    winning and losing, victory or defeat
  • はっきり /hakkiri/:
    clearly, distinctly
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist, to have
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

suki dake ja iki nokorenai
Liking it alone is not enough to survive

  • 好すき /suki/:
    liking, fondness
  • だけじゃ /dake ja/:
    with only, if it is merely
  • 生いき残のこれない /iki nokorenai/:
    cannot survive (original form: 生き残る)

itsumo kekka to seika
It is always about results and achievements

  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • 結果けっか /kekka/:
    result, outcome
  • 成果せいか /seika/:
    achievement, fruits of one's efforts

asobi ja nai
This is not a game

  • 遊あそび /asobi/:
    play, a game; something done casually
  • じゃない /ja nai/:
    colloquial form of ではない, meaning 「is not」

sonna koto wakatteru
I know that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    that kind of, such
  • こと /koto/:
    thing, matter
  • 分わかってる /wakatteru/:
    know, understand; contraction of 分かっている

demo ne suki da kara akiramenakatta
But because I love it, I did not give up

  • でも /demo/:
    but, however
  • 好すきだから /suki da kara/:
    because I like it
  • 諦あきらめなかった /akiramenakatta/:
    did not give up (original form: 諦める)

kono gamushara na mainichi ga kitto
Surely, these days of giving it everything

  • この /kono/:
    this, these
  • がむしゃらな /gamushara na/:
    reckless, single-minded, giving it one's all
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/:
    every day, daily life
  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely

negatta ketsumatsu ni tsunagatte iru tte
are leading to the ending I wished for

  • 願ねがった /negatta/:
    wished for (original form: 願う)
  • 結末けつまつ /ketsumatsu/:
    ending, conclusion
  • 繋つながっている /tsunagatte iru/:
    is connected, is leading to (original form: 繋がる)
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker, linked to the following 信じている

shinjite iru
I believe

  • 信しんじている /shinjite iru/:
    believe, keep believing (original form: 信じる)

saa
Now

machi ni matta butai ni tatte
Standing on the long-awaited stage

  • 待まちに待まった /machi ni matta/:
    long-awaited; literally, waited and waited
  • 舞台ぶたい /butai/:
    stage, arena
  • 立たって /tatte/:
    standing (て-form of 立つ)

takanaru kodou chousen no aizu
A pounding heartbeat, the signal for the challenge

  • 高鳴たかなる /takanaru/:
    to throb, to pound with excitement
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/:
    heartbeat, pulsation
  • 挑戦ちょうせん /chousen/:
    challenge
  • 合図あいず /aizu/:
    signal, cue

nando mo nando mo
Over and over again

  • 何度なんども何度なんども /nando mo nando mo/:
    over and over again

imeeji shite kita
I have visualized it

  • イメージしてきた /imeeji shite kita/:
    have visualized up to now; イメージ is from English 「image」

donna jibun mo koete miseru
I will surpass every version of myself

  • どんな /donna/:
    what kind of, whatever kind of
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • 超こえてみせる /koete miseru/:
    will show that I can surpass; expresses firm determination

ookiku sutta iki wo haite
Exhaling the deep breath I took

  • 大おおきく /ookiku/:
    deeply; adverbial form of 大きい
  • 吸すった /sutta/:
    inhaled (original form: 吸う)
  • 息いき /iki/:
    breath
  • 吐はいて /haite/:
    exhaling (て-form of 吐く)

mou ichido mesen wo agereba
When I raise my eyes once more

  • もう一度いちど /mou ichido/:
    once more
  • 目線めせん /mesen/:
    line of sight, gaze
  • 上あげれば /agereba/:
    if/when I raise (conditional form of 上げる)

kasabuta bakka no mainichi mo
Even those days covered in scabs

  • かさぶた /kasabuta/:
    scab; figuratively, repeated hurt and setbacks
  • ばっか /bakka/:
    colloquial form of ばかり, nothing but
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/:
    every day, one's daily life

ima ni tsunagatte iru to omoeta
I could see that they had led to this moment

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now, the present
  • 繋つながっている /tsunagatte iru/:
    is connected, has led to (original form: 繋がる)
  • と思おもえた /to omoeta/:
    was able to think/feel that (potential of 思う)

sou da yume ni mite ita keshiki no
Yes, of the scene I had dreamed of

  • そうだ /sou da/:
    that's right, yes
  • 夢ゆめに見みていた /yume ni mite ita/:
    had dreamed of
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery, view

me no mae ni tatte irun da
I am standing right before it

  • 目めの前まえ /me no mae/:
    right in front of one's eyes
  • 立たっている /tatte iru/:
    is standing (original form: 立つ)
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ


fujouri wo mae ni tachi tsukusu koto mo atta
There were times I stood frozen before injustice

  • 不条理ふじょうり /fujouri/:
    absurdity, injustice, irrationality
  • 前まえに /mae ni/:
    before, in the face of
  • 立たち尽つくす /tachi tsukusu/:
    to stand frozen, to remain rooted to the spot
  • こともあった /koto mo atta/:
    there were also times when; indicates past experience

hito wa suki katte bakkari iu shi
Other people just say whatever they please

  • 他人ひと /hito/:
    other people (read here as ひと)
  • 好すき勝手かって /suki katte/:
    selfishly, however one pleases
  • ばっかり /bakkari/:
    nothing but, always; colloquial form of ばかり
  • 言いう /iu/:
    to say
  • し /shi/:
    and, besides; lists a reason or circumstance

mou nani no tame ni tatakatten daro
What am I even fighting for anymore?

  • もう /mou/:
    anymore, by now
  • 何なにのために /nani no tame ni/:
    for what purpose, what for
  • 戦たたかってんだろ /tatakatten daro/:
    colloquial form of 戦っているのだろう, meaning 「am I fighting, I wonder」

tte wakannaku natte
I stopped knowing the answer

  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker, referring to the preceding question
  • 分わかんなくなって /wakannaku natte/:
    stopped understanding; contraction of 分からなくなって

sonna toki mo mou ichido tte
Even then, telling myself, 「one more time」

  • そんな /sonna/:
    that kind of, such
  • 時とき /toki/:
    time, moment
  • もう一度いちど /mou ichido/:
    once more
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker

nantoka te wo nobaseta no wa
The reason I somehow managed to reach out

  • なんとか /nantoka/:
    somehow, by some means
  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 伸のばせた /nobaseta/:
    was able to extend, managed to reach (original form: 伸ばす)
  • のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes the clause and marks it as the topic, introducing the reason

tonari de tatakai tsuzukeru
was that, beside me, still fighting

  • 隣となり /tonari/:
    beside, next to
  • 戦たたかい続つづける /tatakai tsuzukeru/:
    to keep fighting (戦う + 続ける)

kimi ga ita kara
you were there

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • いた /ita/:
    was there (past form of いる)
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

zutto
All this time

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along, continuously

akogarete kita butai ni tatte
Standing on the stage I have always longed for

  • 憧あこがれてきた /akogarete kita/:
    have longed for up to now (original form: 憧れる)
  • 舞台ぶたい /butai/:
    stage, arena
  • 立たって /tatte/:
    standing (て-form of 立つ)

kore made no koto omoi kaesu
I look back on everything up to now

  • これまで /kore made/:
    up to now, so far
  • こと /koto/:
    things, everything that happened
  • 思おもい返かえす /omoi kaesu/:
    to look back on, to recall

nando mo nando mo
Over and over again

  • 何度なんども何度なんども /nando mo nando mo/:
    over and over again

nagashita namida no bun
For every tear I shed

  • 流ながした /nagashita/:
    shed (tears) (original form: 流す)
  • 涙なみだ /namida/:
    tears
  • 分ぶん /bun/:
    an amount corresponding to; 「in proportion to」

tachi agatte kita
I have risen to my feet each time

  • 立たち上あがってきた /tachi agatte kita/:
    have kept getting back up (original form: 立ち上がる)

ookiku sutta iki wo haite
Exhaling the deep breath I took

  • 大おおきく /ookiku/:
    deeply; adverbial form of 大きい
  • 吸すった /sutta/:
    inhaled (original form: 吸う)
  • 息いき /iki/:
    breath
  • 吐はいて /haite/:
    exhaling (て-form of 吐く)

yukkuri mabuta wo akete
Slowly opening my eyes

  • ゆっくり /yukkuri/:
    slowly, calmly
  • 瞼まぶた /mabuta/:
    eyelid
  • 開あけて /akete/:
    opening (て-form of 開ける)

fumi dasun da
I am going to step forward

  • 踏ふみ出だす /fumi dasu/:
    to step forward, to take the first step
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ

ai ni ikun da
I am going to meet her

  • 会あいに行いく /ai ni iku/:
    to go to meet; verb stem + に行く expresses going to do something
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ

omoi egaita mirai no watashi ni
the future self I pictured

  • 思おもい描えがいた /omoi egaita/:
    pictured, envisioned (original form: 思い描く)
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me; here, my future self

saa
Now

machi ni matta butai ni tatte
Standing on the long-awaited stage

  • 待まちに待まった /machi ni matta/:
    long-awaited; literally, waited and waited
  • 舞台ぶたい /butai/:
    stage, arena
  • 立たって /tatte/:
    standing (て-form of 立つ)

ima nari hibiku kaimaku no aizu
Now the signal for the opening rings out

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now
  • 鳴なり響ひびく /nari hibiku/:
    to ring out, to resound
  • 開幕かいまく /kaimaku/:
    opening, raising of the curtain
  • 合図あいず /aizu/:
    signal, cue

nando mo nando mo
Over and over again

  • 何度なんども何度なんども /nando mo nando mo/:
    over and over again

imeeji shite kita
I have visualized it

  • イメージしてきた /imeeji shite kita/:
    have visualized up to now; イメージ is from English 「image」

donna jibun mo koete ikeru
I can go beyond every version of myself

  • どんな /donna/:
    what kind of, whatever kind of
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • 超こえて行いける /koete ikeru/:
    can keep going beyond, can surpass (potential of 超えて行く)

ookiku sutta iki wo haite
Exhaling the deep breath I took

  • 大おおきく /ookiku/:
    deeply; adverbial form of 大きい
  • 吸すった /sutta/:
    inhaled (original form: 吸う)
  • 息いき /iki/:
    breath
  • 吐はいて /haite/:
    exhaling (て-form of 吐く)

shizuka ni mesen wo agereba
When I quietly raise my eyes

  • 静しずかに /shizuka ni/:
    quietly, calmly
  • 目線めせん /mesen/:
    line of sight, gaze
  • 上あげれば /agereba/:
    if/when I raise (conditional form of 上げる)

ima made no dono shunkan mo
Every single moment up to now

  • 今いままで /ima made/:
    up to now, until now
  • どの /dono/:
    which; with も, every single
  • 瞬間しゅんかん /shunkan/:
    moment, instant

muda ja nakatta to omoeta
I could see that none of it had been in vain

  • 無駄むだじゃなかった /muda ja nakatta/:
    was not wasted, was not in vain
  • と思おもえた /to omoeta/:
    was able to think/feel that (potential of 思う)

sou da yume ni mite ita mirai ni
Yes, in the future I had dreamed of

  • そうだ /sou da/:
    that's right, yes
  • 夢ゆめに見みていた /yume ni mite ita/:
    had dreamed of
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future

ima watashi wa tatte irun da
I am standing here now

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • 立たっている /tatte iru/:
    is standing (original form: 立つ)
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ


sou mujaki ni omoi egaita
Yes, the future I innocently pictured

  • そう /sou/:
    yes, that's right
  • 無邪気むじゃきに /mujaki ni/:
    innocently, naively
  • 思おもい描えがいた /omoi egaita/:
    pictured, envisioned (original form: 思い描く)

mirai no watashi wa mou soko ni irun da
My future self is already there

  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me; here, my future self
  • もう /mou/:
    already
  • そこ /soko/:
    there
  • いる /iru/:
    to be, to exist (for people or animals)
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ

ima tashika ni toraeta
Now I have truly caught hold of her

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now
  • 確たしかに /tashika ni/:
    certainly, surely
  • 捉とらえた /toraeta/:
    caught, grasped (original form: 捉える)