King Gnu - GO GHOST

King Gnu - GO GHOST

King Gnu


just u…
Just you…
dono watashi mo watashi yo
Every version of me is still me

  • どの～も /dono ~ mo/：
    every ...; whichever ...
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
kowarekake no hibi sae mo
Even the days that were falling apart

  • 壊こわれかけ /kowarekake/：
    on the verge of breaking; from 壊れる plus ～かけ
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; daily life
  • ～さえも /~ sae mo/：
    even ...; emphasizes an unexpected example
kakegaenai kioku no subete yo
All of those irreplaceable memories

  • 掛かけ替がえない /kakegaenai/：
    irreplaceable; commonly phrased as かけがえのない
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory; recollection
  • 総すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
watashi wo watashi tarashimete yo
Let it all make me who I am

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • たらしめて /tarashimete/：
    make it become; the て-form of たらしめる, used as a request
just u…
Just you…
mezameta toki no
From the moment I woke up—

  • 目め醒ざめた /mezameta/：
    woke up; past form of 目醒める, usually written 目覚める
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; moment; when
sono keshiki
That view

  • その /sono/：
    that; the one just mentioned
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery; view
anata no koe
Your voice

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice; sound
sono te no nukumori
The warmth of those hands

  • その /sono/：
    that; those
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 温ぬくもり /nukumori/：
    warmth
zenbu kumanaku oboete iru wa
I remember every bit of it, without exception

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 隈くまなく /kumanaku/：
    thoroughly; without omission
  • 憶おぼえている /oboete iru/：
    remember; from 憶える, usually written 覚える, plus ～ている for an ongoing state
toki ni unzari suru hodo ni
So vividly that at times I grow sick of it

  • 時ときに /toki ni/：
    sometimes; at times
  • 辟易うんざりする /unzari suru/：
    to be fed up; read here as うんざりする
  • ～程ほどに /~ hodo ni/：
    to the extent that ...
donna unmei datte
Whatever fate may come

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; whatever kind of
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
  • ～だって /~ datte/：
    even ...; no matter what ...
subete kono chiniku to nari odore
Let it all become this flesh and blood, and dance

  • 総すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 血肉ちにく /chiniku/：
    flesh and blood; something made part of oneself
  • ～となり /~ to nari/：
    become ...; continuative form of ～となる
  • 踊おどれ /odore/：
    dance; imperative form of 踊る
neji tondeitta
The screws came loose and flew away

  • 螺子ねじ /neji/：
    screw; in 螺子が飛ぶ, also a metaphor for losing control
  • トんでった /tondeitta/：
    flew away; colloquial contraction of 飛んでいった, with ト stylized in katakana
sonna mirai wo se ni
With such a future behind me

  • 其様そんな /sonna/：
    such; that kind of, usually written そんな
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 背せに /se ni/：
    behind one's back; with ... behind oneself
gokan wo togisumashite
Sharpen all five senses

  • 五感ごかん /gokan/：
    the five senses
  • 研とぎ澄すまして /togisumashite/：
    sharpen to the utmost; て-form of 研ぎ澄ます
dono watashi mo watashi yo
Every version of me is still me

  • どの～も /dono ~ mo/：
    every ...; whichever ...
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
ashita ni nareba ayamachi mo
When tomorrow comes, even my mistakes

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • ～になれば /~ ni nareba/：
    when it becomes ...; conditional form of なる
  • 過あやまち /ayamachi/：
    mistake; fault
dakishimetai kiseki no subete yo
Become every step of the path I want to embrace

  • 抱だきしめたい /dakishimetai/：
    want to embrace tightly; 抱きしめる plus ～たい
  • 軌跡きせき /kiseki/：
    trajectory; the path one has taken
  • 総すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
watashi wo watashi tarashimete yo
Let it all make me who I am

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • たらしめて /tarashimete/：
    make it become; the て-form of たらしめる, used as a request
tenjou naki kono machi dewa
In this city without a ceiling

  • 天井てんじょう /tenjou/：
    ceiling; upper limit
  • 無なき /naki/：
    without; literary attributive form of ない
  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; city streets
dare mo kare mo maigo ni narenai ne
No one can even become lost here

  • 誰だれも彼かれも /dare mo kare mo/：
    everyone; one and all
  • 迷子まいご /maigo/：
    lost person; lost child
  • ～になれない /~ ni narenai/：
    cannot become ...; negative potential form of ～になる
ukabu kurage no ippiki
A single floating jellyfish

  • 浮うかぶ /ukabu/：
    to float; to come to mind
  • 海月くらげ /kurage/：
    jellyfish
  • 一匹いっぴき /ippiki/：
    one animal; 匹 is a counter for small creatures
yokaze ni akaku tomoru no
Glowing red in the night breeze

  • 夜風よかぜ /yokaze/：
    night breeze
  • 赤あかく /akaku/：
    red; adverbial form of 赤い
  • 灯ともる /tomoru/：
    to be lit; to glow
ashita ni nareba kono bagu mo
When tomorrow comes, even this bug

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • ～になれば /~ ni nareba/：
    when it becomes ...; conditional form of なる
  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 不具合ばぐ /bagu/：
    bug; malfunction, read here as バグ (English: bug)
itoshii mono deshou
Will probably become something dear

  • 愛いとしい /itoshii/：
    dear; beloved; endearing
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; nominalizer for an abstract matter
  • ～でしょう /~ deshou/：
    probably ...; surely ...; marks conjecture
error no umi oyogu no
Swimming through a sea of errors

  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • 泳およぐ /oyogu/：
    to swim; the route-marking particle を is omitted here
anata wa itsu datte
At every moment, you

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 何時いつだって /itsu datte/：
    always; at any time
ima ga ichiban shinsen sa
Are freshest in this very moment

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 一番いちばん /ichiban/：
    most; number one
  • 新鮮しんせん /shinsen/：
    fresh; vivid; new
wasurerannai yo
I can't forget it

  • 忘わすれらんない /wasurerannai/：
    cannot forget; colloquial contraction of 忘れられない, from 忘れる
kirihanasenai yo
I can't sever it from myself

  • 切きり離はなせない /kirihanasenai/：
    cannot separate or sever; negative potential form of 切り離す
zankoku na hodo ni jitsuzuki no hate
An end cruelly continuous with all that came before

  • 残酷ざんこく /zankoku/：
    cruel; brutal
  • ～ほどに /~ hodo ni/：
    to such an extent that ...
  • 地続じつづき /jitsuzuki/：
    connected by land; figuratively, unbroken and continuous
  • 涯はて /hate/：
    end; limit; edge
kono utsuwa ga ikiro to sasayaku ima
Now this vessel whispers, “Live”

  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 器うつわ /utsuwa/：
    vessel; here, the body that contains life
  • 生いきろ /ikiro/：
    live; imperative form of 生きる
  • 囁ささやく /sasayaku/：
    to whisper
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
gokan wo yobisamashite
Awaken all five senses

  • 五感ごかん /gokan/：
    the five senses
  • 呼よび覚さまして /yobisamashite/：
    awaken; て-form of 呼び覚ます
dono watashi mo watashi yo
Every version of me is still me

  • どの～も /dono ~ mo/：
    every ...; whichever ...
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
kowarekake no hibi sae mo
Even the days that were falling apart

  • 壊こわれかけ /kowarekake/：
    on the verge of breaking; from 壊れる plus ～かけ
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; daily life
  • ～さえも /~ sae mo/：
    even ...; emphasizes an unexpected example
kakegaenai kioku no subete yo
All of those irreplaceable memories

  • 掛かけ替がえない /kakegaenai/：
    irreplaceable; commonly phrased as かけがえのない
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory; recollection
  • 総すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
watashi wo watashi tarashimete yo
Let it all make me who I am

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • たらしめて /tarashimete/：
    make it become; the て-form of たらしめる, used as a request
dono watashi mo watashi yo
Every version of me is still me

  • どの～も /dono ~ mo/：
    every ...; whichever ...
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
ashita ni nareba ayamachi mo
When tomorrow comes, even my mistakes

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • ～になれば /~ ni nareba/：
    when it becomes ...; conditional form of なる
  • 過あやまち /ayamachi/：
    mistake; fault
dakishimetai kiseki no subete yo
Become every step of the path I want to embrace

  • 抱だきしめたい /dakishimetai/：
    want to embrace tightly; 抱きしめる plus ～たい
  • 軌跡きせき /kiseki/：
    trajectory; the path one has taken
  • 総すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
watashi wo watashi tarashimete yo
Let it all make me who I am

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • たらしめて /tarashimete/：
    make it become; the て-form of たらしめる, used as a request
jinsei wa gousei da
Life is a composite

  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life; one's lifetime
  • 合成ごうせい /gousei/：
    composition; synthesis; a composite
omae wa itsu datte shinsen sa
You are always fresh and new

  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a casual, potentially rough second-person pronoun
  • 何時いつだって /itsu datte/：
    always; at any time
  • 新鮮しんせん /shinsen/：
    fresh; vivid; new
sei mo kyou mo doukei da
Sanity and madness share the same form

  • 正せい /sei/：
    rightness; sanity; the normal
  • 狂きょう /kyou/：
    madness; insanity
  • 同型どうけい /doukei/：
    the same type or form
itsu datte omae shidai sa
It is always up to you

  • 何時いつだって /itsu datte/：
    always; at any time
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a casual, potentially rough second-person pronoun
  • ～次第しだい /~ shidai/：
    depending on ...; up to ...
just u…
Just you…