藤井風 (Fuji Kaze) - grace

藤井風 (Fuji Kaze) - grace





koe wo karashite sakebu kotoba mo nakute
I wore my voice hoarse, yet had no words to cry out

  • 声こえ /koe/:
    voice
  • 枯からして /karashite/:
    making something wither; here, wearing one's voice hoarse (て-form of 枯らす)
  • 叫さけぶ /sakebu/:
    to shout; to cry out
  • 言葉ことばもなくて /kotoba mo nakute/:
    having no words either; なくて is the て-form of ない

watashi wa tada mi wo hiita ano kage kara
I simply withdrew from that shadow

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • ただ /tada/:
    simply; merely
  • 身みを引ひいた /mi wo hiita/:
    withdrew; stepped back (past form of 身を引く)
  • あの /ano/:
    that (before a noun)
  • 陰かげ /kage/:
    shadow; shade

iki wo kirashite kawasu kotoba mo nakute
Out of breath, with no words to exchange

  • 息いきを切きらして /iki wo kirashite/:
    out of breath; panting (て-form of 息を切らす)
  • 交かわす /kawasu/:
    to exchange; to trade
  • 言葉ことばもなくて /kotoba mo nakute/:
    having no words either; なくて is the て-form of ない

watashi wa tada hohoenda shizuka ni me wo tojita
I merely smiled and quietly closed my eyes

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • ただ /tada/:
    simply; merely
  • 微笑ほほえんだ /hohoenda/:
    smiled (past form of 微笑む)
  • 静しずかに /shizuka ni/:
    quietly; peacefully
  • 目めを閉とじた /me wo tojita/:
    closed one's eyes (past form of 目を閉じる)

tasukete kamisama
Help me, God

  • 助たすけて /tasukete/:
    help me; save me (request using the て-form of 助ける)
  • 神かみ様さま /kamisama/:
    God; a deity, with the honorific 様

watashi no naka ni iru nara
If you are within me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside; within
  • いるなら /iru nara/:
    if you are there; いる plus the conditional なら

nidoto kono basho wo
Never again from this place

  • 二に度どと /nidoto/:
    never again; normally used with a negative expression
  • この /kono/:
    this (before a noun)
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/:
    place; location

hanarenaide
Don't leave

  • 離はなれないで /hanarenaide/:
    don't leave; negative request form of 離れる

dakedo saru no wa itsumo watashi datta
But I was always the one who left

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but; however
  • 去さる /saru/:
    to leave; to depart
  • 去さるのは /saru no wa/:
    as for leaving; の nominalizes the verb
  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • 私わたしだった /watashi datta/:
    it was me; だった is the past form of だ

anata wa itsumo soba ni ite kureta
You were always there by my side

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • 側そば /soba/:
    side; nearby
  • いてくれた /ite kureta/:
    stayed there for me; past form of いてくれる

tadaima asahi
I'm home, morning sun

  • ただいま /tadaima/:
    I'm home; a set phrase said upon returning
  • 朝日あさひ /asahi/:
    morning sun; rising sun

okaeri yuuhi
Welcome home, evening sun

  • おかえり /okaeri/:
    welcome home; shortened form of お帰りなさい
  • 夕日ゆうひ /yuuhi/:
    evening sun; setting sun

yatto tomo ni mawari hajimeru
At last, we begin to revolve together

  • やっと /yatto/:
    at last; finally
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/:
    together
  • 廻まわり始はじめる /mawari hajimeru/:
    to begin revolving; 廻る plus 始める

atashi ni aete yokatta
I'm glad I got to meet myself

  • あたし /atashi/:
    I; a casual form of わたし
  • 会あえて /aete/:
    being able to meet (て-form of the potential 会える)
  • 良よかった /yokatta/:
    was good; I'm glad (past form of 良い)

yatto jiyuu ni natta
At last, I became free

  • やっと /yatto/:
    at last; finally
  • 自由じゆう /jiyuu/:
    freedom; free
  • 自由じゆうになった /jiyuu ni natta/:
    became free; past form of ~になる

namida mo kagayaki hajimeta
Even my tears began to shine

  • 涙なみだ /namida/:
    tear; tears
  • 輝かがやき始はじめた /kagayaki hajimeta/:
    began to shine; 輝く plus 始める in the past tense

ashita ni nareba sayonara
When tomorrow comes, it will be goodbye

  • 明日あした /ashita/:
    tomorrow
  • 明日あしたになれば /ashita ni nareba/:
    when tomorrow comes; ば-conditional of なる
  • さよなら /sayonara/:
    goodbye; farewell

aa hakanai sekai da
Ah, what a fleeting world this is

  • 儚はかない /hakanai/:
    fleeting; transient; fragile
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • だ /da/:
    plain copula; is

nani ga arou tomo
No matter what may happen

  • 何なに /nani/:
    what
  • 何なにがあろうとも /nani ga arou tomo/:
    no matter what happens; ~ようとも means even if or no matter

subete anata no
It is all your

  • 全すべて /subete/:
    all; everything
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • あなたの /anata no/:
    your; it modifies grace on the next line

grace
grace


iki mo dekizu ni obieta hibi wa haruka
The days when I was too afraid even to breathe are far away

  • 息いき /iki/:
    breath; breathing
  • できずに /dekizu ni/:
    without being able to; ~ずに is equivalent to ~ないで
  • 怯おびえた /obieta/:
    was frightened (past form of 怯える)
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days; day after day
  • 遥はるか /haruka/:
    far away; distant

kanata no sora e tobashita
I sent them flying into the distant sky

  • 彼方かなた /kanata/:
    beyond; the distance
  • 空そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 飛とばした /tobashita/:
    sent flying; cast away (past form of 飛ばす)

ima ya muteki
Now I am invincible

  • 今いまや /ima ya/:
    now; by now
  • 無敵むてき /muteki/:
    invincible; unbeatable

anata wa watashi watashi wa anata
You are me, and I am you

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I; me, written here in hiragana

minna onaji to kizuita toki kara
Ever since I realized we are all the same

  • みんな /minna/:
    everyone; all
  • 同おなじ /onaji/:
    same; identical
  • 気付きづいた /kizuita/:
    noticed; realized (past form of 気付く)
  • 時ときから /toki kara/:
    since the time when; from the moment

bokura wa
We

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/:
    we; us, with the plural suffix ら

mina hitoshiku hikatteru
We all shine equally

  • みな /mina/:
    everyone; all
  • 等ひとしく /hitoshiku/:
    equally; く-form of 等しい
  • 光ひかってる /hikatteru/:
    is shining; contraction of 光っている (from 光る)

nani ga dekiru kana
I wonder what I can do

  • 何なに /nani/:
    what
  • できる /dekiru/:
    can do; to be able to

ai ni shitagau no naraba
If I follow love

  • 愛あい /ai/:
    love
  • 従したがう /shitagau/:
    to follow; to obey
  • のならば /no naraba/:
    if it is the case that; a conditional expression

dekinai koto nado
Things I cannot do and the like

  • 出来できない /dekinai/:
    cannot do; negative form of 出来る
  • こと /koto/:
    thing; matter; nominalizer
  • など /nado/:
    and the like; such a thing as

nani mo nai sa
There is nothing at all

  • 何なにもない /nani mo nai/:
    there is nothing; here, there is nothing one cannot do

soto no sekai ni zutto sagashiteta
I had been searching all along in the outside world

  • 外そと /soto/:
    outside; exterior
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; continuously
  • 探さがしてた /sagashiteta/:
    had been searching; contraction of 探していた (from 探す)

shinjitsu wa itsumo kono mune no naka
The truth has always been inside this heart

  • 真実しんじつ /shinjitsu/:
    truth; reality
  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • この /kono/:
    this (before a noun)
  • 胸むね /mune/:
    chest; heart
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside; within

matasete gomen
Sorry to have kept you waiting

  • 待またせて /matasete/:
    making someone wait; て-form of the causative 待たせる
  • ごめん /gomen/:
    sorry; a casual apology

itsumo arigato
Thank you, always

  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always
  • ありがと /arigato/:
    thanks; casual shortened form of ありがとう

ai ni iku yo
I'm coming to see you

  • 会あいにいく /ai ni iku/:
    to go and meet; verb stem plus に行く expresses purpose

hitotsu ni narou
Let us become one

  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/:
    one; one thing
  • 一ひとつになろう /hitotsu ni narou/:
    let's become one; なろう is the volitional form of なる

atashi ni aete yokatta
I'm glad I got to meet myself

  • あたし /atashi/:
    I; a casual form of わたし
  • 会あえて /aete/:
    being able to meet (て-form of the potential 会える)
  • 良よかった /yokatta/:
    was good; I'm glad (past form of 良い)

yatto jiyuu ni natta
At last, I became free

  • やっと /yatto/:
    at last; finally
  • 自由じゆう /jiyuu/:
    freedom; free
  • 自由じゆうになった /jiyuu ni natta/:
    became free; past form of ~になる

namida mo kagayaki hajimeta
Even my tears began to shine

  • 涙なみだ /namida/:
    tear; tears
  • 輝かがやき始はじめた /kagayaki hajimeta/:
    began to shine; 輝く plus 始める in the past tense

ashita ni nareba sayonara
When tomorrow comes, it will be goodbye

  • 明日あした /ashita/:
    tomorrow
  • 明日あしたになれば /ashita ni nareba/:
    when tomorrow comes; ば-conditional of なる
  • さよなら /sayonara/:
    goodbye; farewell

aa hakanai sekai da
Ah, what a fleeting world this is

  • 儚はかない /hakanai/:
    fleeting; transient; fragile
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • だ /da/:
    plain copula; is

nani ga arou tomo
No matter what may happen

  • 何なに /nani/:
    what
  • 何なにがあろうとも /nani ga arou tomo/:
    no matter what happens; ~ようとも means even if or no matter

subete anata no grace
It is all your grace

  • すべて /subete/:
    all; everything
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • あなたの /anata no/:
    your; の marks possession or modification

nani ga arou tomo
No matter what may happen

  • 何なに /nani/:
    what
  • 何なにがあろうとも /nani ga arou tomo/:
    no matter what happens; ~ようとも means even if or no matter

subete atashi no
It is all my

  • すべて /subete/:
    all; everything
  • あたし /atashi/:
    I; a casual form of わたし
  • あたしの /atashi no/:
    my; it modifies grace on the next line

grace
grace