米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - M八七/M87

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - M八七/M87




haruka sora no hoshi ga hidoku kagayaite mieta kara
Because the star in the distant sky looked exceptionally bright

  • 遥はるか /haruka/:
    far away; distant
  • 空そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 星ほし /hoshi/:
    star
  • ひどく /hidoku/:
    extremely; adverbial form of ひどい
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/:
    shining; te-form of 輝かがやく
  • 見みえた /mieta/:
    looked; was visible; past form of 見みえる

boku wa furue nagara sono hikari wo oikaketa
Trembling, I chased after that light

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I; a masculine first-person pronoun
  • 震ふるえながら /furue nagara/:
    while trembling; ながら marks simultaneous actions; from 震ふるえる
  • その /sono/:
    that
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light; radiance
  • 追おいかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased after; past form of 追おいかける

wareta kagami no naka itsuka no jibun wo mitsumete ita
I was gazing at my former self in a broken mirror

  • 割われた /wareta/:
    broken; past form of 割われる
  • 鏡かがみ /kagami/:
    mirror
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside
  • いつか /itsuka/:
    someday; at some time
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • 見みつめていた /mitsumete ita/:
    was gazing at; past progressive form of 見みつめる

tsuyoku naritakatta nani mo kamo ni akogarete ita
I wanted to become strong and admired everything

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/:
    strongly; adverbial form of 強つよい
  • なりたかった /naritakatta/:
    wanted to become; past desiderative form of なる
  • 何なにもかも /nani mo kamo/:
    everything; absolutely all
  • 憧あこがれていた /akogarete ita/:
    was admiring; was longing for; from 憧あこがれる

kimi wa kaze ni fukarete
You are blown by the wind

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 風かぜ /kaze/:
    wind
  • 吹ふかれて /fukarete/:
    being blown on; te-form of the passive 吹ふかれる, from 吹ふく

hirugaeru boushi miage
Looking up at the hat fluttering in the air

  • 翻ひるがえる /hirugaeru/:
    to flutter; to wave
  • 帽子ぼうし /boushi/:
    hat
  • 見上みあげ /miage/:
    looking up; continuative form of 見上みあげる

nagaku mijikai tabi wo yuku
You go on a journey both long and short

  • 長ながく /nagaku/:
    long; continuative form of 長ながい
  • 短みじかい /mijikai/:
    short; brief
  • 旅たび /tabi/:
    journey; trip
  • ゆく /yuku/:
    to go; a literary reading of 行いく

tooi hi no omokage
A trace of days long past

  • 遠とおい /tooi/:
    far; distant
  • 日ひ /hi/:
    day; days
  • 面影おもかげ /omokage/:
    a remembered image; trace; vestige

kimi ga nozomu nara
If you wish for it

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 望のぞむ /nozomu/:
    to wish; to desire
  • なら /nara/:
    if; marks a conditional assumption

sore wa tsuyoku kotaete kureru no da
It will answer you with strength

  • それ /sore/:
    that; it
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/:
    strongly; adverbial form of 強つよい
  • 応こたえて /kotaete/:
    answering; responding; te-form of 応こたえる
  • くれる /kureru/:
    to do something for the speaker or their side
  • のだ /no da/:
    explanatory and emphatic sentence ending

ima wa subete ni osoreru na
Fear nothing now

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now
  • 全すべて /subete/:
    everything; all
  • 恐おそれるな /osoreru na/:
    do not fear; prohibitive form of 恐おそれる

itami wo shiru tada hitori de are
Be the one and only person who knows pain

  • 痛いたみ /itami/:
    pain
  • 知しる /shiru/:
    to know; to experience
  • ただ /tada/:
    only; merely
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person; alone
  • であれ /de are/:
    be; literary imperative of である


ima ni kareru hana ga
A flower that would soon wither

  • いまに /ima ni/:
    before long; soon; eventually
  • 枯かれる /kareru/:
    to wither; to die
  • 花はな /hana/:
    flower

saigo ni boku he to katari kaketa
Spoke to me one last time

  • 最後さいご /saigo/:
    the end; last
  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I; me; a masculine first-person pronoun
  • 語かたりかけた /katari kaketa/:
    spoke to; addressed; past form of 語かたりかける

sugata mienakutomo haruka saki de mimamotte iru to
Even if you cannot see me, I will be watching over you far ahead

  • 姿すがた /sugata/:
    figure; appearance; form
  • 見みえなくとも /mienakutomo/:
    even if not visible; concessive form of 見みえる
  • 遥はるか /haruka/:
    far away; distant
  • 先さき /saki/:
    ahead; beyond; future
  • 見守みまもっている /mimamotte iru/:
    watching over; from 見守みまもる

sou da
That's right

kimi wa uchihishigarete
You are devastated

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 打うちひしがれて /uchihishigarete/:
    being crushed or devastated; te-form of 打うちひしがれる

kezurete iku kokorone
Your heart is gradually worn away

  • 削けずれていく /kezurete iku/:
    gradually wearing away; ていく marks an ongoing change; from 削けずれる
  • 心根こころね /kokorone/:
    one's heart; inner nature

monogatari no hajimari wa
The beginning of the story

  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/:
    story; tale
  • 始はじまり /hajimari/:
    beginning; start; derived from 始はじまる

kasuka na sabishisa
Is a faint loneliness

  • 微かすかな /kasuka na/:
    faint; slight; attributive form of 微かすかだ
  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/:
    loneliness; noun formed from 寂さびしい with さ

kimi no te ga fureta
Your hand touched mine

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 触ふれた /fureta/:
    touched; past form of 触ふれる

sore wa hikiau kodoku no chikara nara
If that is the force of loneliness drawing us together

  • それ /sore/:
    that; it
  • 引ひき合あう /hikiau/:
    to attract each other; 合あう indicates mutual action
  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/:
    loneliness; solitude
  • 力ちから /chikara/:
    power; force
  • なら /nara/:
    if it is; conditional expression

dare ga doushite ubaeru mono ka
Who could ever take it away?

  • 誰だれ /dare/:
    who
  • どうして /doushite/:
    how; why; here used rhetorically
  • 奪うばえる /ubaeru/:
    can take away; potential form of 奪うばう
  • ものか /mono ka/:
    how could it possibly; a strongly negative rhetorical pattern

motomeaeru inochi hateru made
We can seek one another until life comes to an end

  • 求もとめあえる /motomeaeru/:
    can seek or need one another; potential form of 求もとめ合あう
  • 命いのち /inochi/:
    life
  • 果はてる /hateru/:
    to end; to come to an end


kagayaku hoshi wa iu
The shining star says

  • 輝かがやく /kagayaku/:
    to shine; to sparkle
  • 星ほし /hoshi/:
    star
  • 言いう /iu/:
    to say

konoha no mukou kara
From beyond the leaves

  • 木この葉は /konoha/:
    tree leaf; foliage
  • 向むこう /mukou/:
    the other side; beyond

kimi wa tada mitsumeru
You simply gaze

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ただ /tada/:
    simply; only
  • 見みつめる /mitsumeru/:
    to gaze at; to stare at

mirai wo omoi nagara
While thinking of the future

  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • 想おもいながら /omoi nagara/:
    while thinking of; ながら marks simultaneous action; from 想おもう

bokura wa susumu
We move forward

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/:
    we; ら marks plurality
  • 進すすむ /susumu/:
    to advance; to move forward

nani mo shirazu ni kanata no hou he
Knowing nothing, toward the far beyond

  • 何なにも /nani mo/:
    anything; with a negative form, nothing
  • 知しらずに /shirazu ni/:
    without knowing; ずに marks doing something without another action; from 知しる
  • 彼方かなた /kanata/:
    the beyond; far away
  • ほう /hou/:
    direction; side

kimi ga nozomu nara
If you wish for it

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 望のぞむ /nozomu/:
    to wish; to desire
  • なら /nara/:
    if; marks a conditional assumption

sore wa tsuyoku kotaete kureru no da
It will answer you with strength

  • それ /sore/:
    that; it
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/:
    strongly; adverbial form of 強つよい
  • 応こたえて /kotaete/:
    answering; responding; te-form of 応こたえる
  • くれる /kureru/:
    to do something for the speaker or their side
  • のだ /no da/:
    explanatory and emphatic sentence ending

ima wa subete ni osoreru na
Fear nothing now

  • 今いま /ima/:
    now
  • 全すべて /subete/:
    everything; all
  • 恐おそれるな /osoreru na/:
    do not fear; prohibitive form of 恐おそれる

itami wo shiru tada hitori de are
Be the one and only person who knows pain

  • 痛いたみ /itami/:
    pain
  • 知しる /shiru/:
    to know; to experience
  • ただ /tada/:
    only; merely
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person; alone
  • であれ /de are/:
    be; literary imperative of である

kasuka ni warae ano hoshi no you ni
Smile faintly, like that star

  • 微かすかに /kasuka ni/:
    faintly; slightly; adverbial form of 微かすかだ
  • 笑わらえ /warae/:
    smile; imperative form of 笑わらう
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • 星ほし /hoshi/:
    star
  • ように /you ni/:
    like; as if; marks a comparison

itami wo shiru tada hitori de are
Be the one and only person who knows pain

  • 痛いたみ /itami/:
    pain
  • 知しる /shiru/:
    to know; to experience
  • ただ /tada/:
    only; merely
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/:
    one person; alone
  • であれ /de are/:
    be; literary imperative of である