森七菜 (Mori Nana) - bye-bye myself/Bye-Bye Myself
森七菜 (Mori Nana)


mou sayonara da ne
It's time to say goodbye now, isn't it?

  • もう /mou/：
    already; now
  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye; farewell
  • だ /da/：
    plain-form copula, equivalent to the more polite です
naitari shitara kimi rashikunai kara sa
Because crying wouldn't be like you.

  • 泣ないたりしたら /naitari shitara/：
    if you were to cry or anything like that (dictionary form: 泣く); ～たりする lists an example action and ～たら marks a condition
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 君きみらしくない /kimi rashikunai/：
    not like you; ～らしい means characteristic of someone, and ～らしくない negates it
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; marks a reason or cause
mado wo akete furikaerazu ni
Open the window and don't look back.

  • 窓まど /mado/：
    window
  • 開あけて /akete/：
    open (dictionary form: 開ける); the て-form links this action to the next
  • 振ふり返かえらずに /furikaerazu ni/：
    without looking back (dictionary form: 振り返る); ～ずに means without doing and is equivalent to ～ないで
sono mama ikeba ii sa
Just keep going as you are.

  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    as it is; just like that
  • 行いけば /ikeba/：
    if you go (dictionary form: 行く); conditional form
  • ～ばいい /ba ii/：
    all one needs to do is...; expresses advice or a desirable course of action
saigo no mamori da shimatte ikou ze
This is the final defense, so let's tighten up and go.

  • 最後さいご /saigo/：
    last; final
  • 守まもり /mamori/：
    defense; protection (from 守る, to protect)
  • だ /da/：
    plain-form copula, equivalent to the more polite です
  • 締しまって /shimatte/：
    tighten up; get focused (dictionary form: 締まる)
  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    let's go (dictionary form: 行く); volitional form
nani wo imasara sokosoko tanoshindeta kuse ni
Why say that now, when you were enjoying yourself well enough?

  • 何なにを今更いまさら /nani wo imasara/：
    why bring that up now; implies it is too late to say or do something
  • 今更いまさら /imasara/：
    at this late stage; only now
  • そこそこ /sokosoko/：
    reasonably; to a fair degree
  • 楽たのしんでた /tanoshindeta/：
    were enjoying yourself (dictionary form: 楽しむ); colloquial contraction of 楽しんでいた
  • ～くせに /kuse ni/：
    even though...; despite..., often with blame, irritation, or irony
bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow
Bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow.
mata waratte o-me ni kakaru hi made
Until the day we meet again with a smile.

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    smiling (dictionary form: 笑う); the て-form describes an accompanying state
  • お目めにかかる /o-me ni kakaru/：
    to meet; humble equivalent of 会う
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • ～まで /made/：
    until...
rai rai rai raise aimai moko kamaimasen
Come, come, come—next life; I don't mind if it's all vague and obscure.

  • 来来らいらい来らい来世らいせ /rai rai rai raise/：
    wordplay that strings several 来 read rai into 来世, meaning the next life or afterlife
  • 曖昧模糊あいまいもこ /aimai moko/：
    vague and obscure; ambiguous
  • 構かまいません /kamaimasen/：
    I do not mind; it is fine (dictionary form: 構う); polite negative form
sore ja o-saki ni bye-bye myself
Well then, I'll be going ahead—bye-bye myself.

  • それじゃ /sore ja/：
    well then; colloquial contraction of それでは
  • お先さきに /o-saki ni/：
    I'll go ahead; a polite expression used when leaving or doing something before others
nee, mou sukoshi dake mou sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a little more.

  • もう少すこしだけ /mou sukoshi dake/：
    just a little more; もう means more or another, 少し means a little, and だけ limits it to just that amount
wake nado iwasenaide
Don't make me give you reasons or excuses.

  • わけ /wake/：
    reason; explanation; circumstances
  • など /nado/：
    things like...; and so on, sometimes with a dismissive nuance
  • 言いわせないで /iwasenaide/：
    don't make or let me say it (dictionary form: 言う); 言わせる is causative and ～ないで makes a negative request
denjaa na no wa shouchi sa yorokonde
I know it's dangerous, and I gladly accept it.

  • デンジャー /denjaa/：
    danger (from English danger)
  • ～なのは /na no wa/：
    nominalizes a noun or na-adjective phrase and makes it the topic: as for the fact that...
  • 承知しょうち /shouchi/：
    knowledge; understanding; acceptance
  • 喜よろこんで /yorokonde/：
    gladly; with pleasure (dictionary form: 喜ぶ)
nan no koreshiki madamada hashiridashita bakari
This is nothing—we've only just started running.

  • 何なんの是式これしき /nan no koreshiki/：
    this is nothing; no big deal, usually written 何のこれしき
  • まだまだ /madamada/：
    still a long way to go; not nearly enough yet
  • 走はしり出だした /hashiridashita/：
    started running; set off (dictionary form: 走り出す); ～出す marks the start of an action
  • ～たばかり /ta bakari/：
    have just done...; indicates that little time has passed since an action
bye-bye-bye myself, bye my tomorrow
Bye-bye-bye myself, bye my tomorrow.
hora daremo ga onaji ana no mujina
See, everyone is cut from the same cloth.

  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    everyone; with an affirmative predicate it means everybody
  • 同おなじ穴あなのムジナ /onaji ana no mujina/：
    birds of a feather; literally raccoon dogs from the same hole, often used disparagingly
  • ムジナ /mujina/：
    a badger or raccoon-dog-like animal; chiefly encountered in the idiom 同じ穴のムジナ
sanzan ganbatte kanawazu tomo kujikemasen
Even if all my hard work doesn't pay off, I won't lose heart.

  • 散々さんざん /sanzan/：
    thoroughly; severely; here it emphasizes having made great efforts
  • 頑張がんばって /ganbatte/：
    trying hard; persevering (dictionary form: 頑張る)
  • 叶かなわずとも /kanawazu tomo/：
    even if it does not come true (dictionary form: 叶う); ～ず is a literary negative and ～ずとも means even if not
  • 挫くじけません /kujikemasen/：
    will not lose heart or be discouraged (dictionary form: 挫ける); polite negative form
kiri ga nai kara I'll try again (again)
Because there's no end to it, I'll try again (again).

  • キリがない /kiri ga nai/：
    endless; having no stopping point; キリ here means a limit or end
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; marks a reason or cause
I'll try again (again)
I'll try again (again).
I'll try again
I'll try again.
bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow
Bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow.
rai rai rai raise aimai moko
Come, come, come—next life, vague and obscure.

  • 来来らいらい来らい来世らいせ /rai rai rai raise/：
    wordplay that strings several 来 read rai into 来世, meaning the next life or afterlife
  • 曖昧模糊あいまいもこ /aimai moko/：
    vague and obscure; ambiguous
sanzan ganbatte kanawazu tomo
Even if all my hard work doesn't pay off.

  • 散々さんざん /sanzan/：
    thoroughly; severely; here it emphasizes having made great efforts
  • 頑張がんばって /ganbatte/：
    trying hard; persevering (dictionary form: 頑張る)
  • 叶かなわずとも /kanawazu tomo/：
    even if it does not come true (dictionary form: 叶う); ～ず is a literary negative and ～ずとも means even if not
hajimemashite, hontou no watashi
Nice to meet you, the real me.

  • はじめまして /hajimemashite/：
    nice to meet you; a greeting used upon meeting for the first time
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth; real; genuine
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow
Bye-bye-bye myself, bye my sorrow.
mata waratte o-me ni kakaru hi made
Until the day we meet again with a smile.

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    smiling (dictionary form: 笑う); the て-form describes an accompanying state
  • お目めにかかる /o-me ni kakaru/：
    to meet; humble equivalent of 会う
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • ～まで /made/：
    until...
rai rai raise aimai moko kamaimasen
Come, come—next life; I don't mind if it's all vague and obscure.

  • 来来らいらい来世らいせ /rai rai raise/：
    wordplay that strings repeated 来 read rai into 来世, meaning the next life or afterlife
  • 曖昧模糊あいまいもこ /aimai moko/：
    vague and obscure; ambiguous
  • 構かまいません /kamaimasen/：
    I do not mind; it is fine (dictionary form: 構う); polite negative form
sore ja o-saki ni bye-bye-myself
Well then, I'll be going ahead—bye-bye myself.

  • それじゃ /sore ja/：
    well then; colloquial contraction of それでは
  • お先さきに /o-saki ni/：
    I'll go ahead; a polite expression used when leaving or doing something before others
bye-bye-myself
Bye-bye myself.
bye-bye-myself
Bye-bye myself.