denchuu ni burasagatta mama no hatsukoi wa
電柱にぶら下がったままの初恋は
My first love, still hanging from a utility pole
電柱 /denchuu/:
utility pole
ぶら
下がった /burasagatta/:
hung, dangled; dictionary form: ぶら下がる
〜たまま /ta mama/:
remaining in the state produced by an action
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
shibire wo kikashite niranderu
痺れをきかして睨んでる
Letting the numbness take hold, it glares at me
痺れ /shibire/:
numbness; also evokes 痺れを切らす, to lose patience
きかして /kikashite/:
making something take effect; dictionary form: きかす (利かす)
睨んでる /niranderu/:
is glaring; dictionary form: 睨む; contraction of 睨んでいる
sonna mon ka to kiba wo muite iu no sa
「そんなもんか?」と牙をむいて言うのさ
It bares its fangs and says, 「Is that all?」
そんなもん /sonna mon/:
that sort of thing, all there is; colloquial form of そんなもの
〜か /ka/:
question marker; here it makes a taunting rhetorical question
牙をむいて /kiba wo muite/:
baring one's fangs; dictionary form: 牙をむく
〜のさ /no sa/:
sentence ending that explains or emphasizes a statement
are wa maboroshi ka
あれは幻か?
Was that an illusion?
あれ /are/:
that, something distant from both speaker and listener
幻 /maboroshi/:
illusion, phantom
yoru ni nareba beranda kara
夜になればベランダから
When night falls, from the balcony
〜になれば /ni nareba/:
when it becomes; conditional form of 〜になる
ベランダ /beranda/:
balcony, veranda (English: veranda)
〜から /kara/:
from, marking an origin or starting point
kikoete kuru
聞こえてくる
I can hear it coming
聞こえてくる /kikoete kuru/:
to come into earshot; 聞こえる means to be audible, and 〜てくる marks movement toward the speaker or an emerging change
ayamachi toka sonna no wo mazeta
過ちとかそんなのを混ぜた
Mixed with mistakes and things like that
過ち /ayamachi/:
mistake, wrongdoing
〜とか /toka/:
things like, used to give examples
そんなの /sonna no/:
that kind of thing; の stands in for the implied noun
混ぜた /mazeta/:
mixed in; dictionary form: 混ぜる
koukai wo uta ni shita you na jumon ga
後悔を歌にしたような呪文が
A spell that sounds as though regret were turned into song
歌にした /uta ni shita/:
turned into a song; dictionary form: 歌にする
〜ような /you na/:
like, as though; used before a noun
呪文 /jumon/:
spell, incantation
hatsukoi ga naite iru
初恋が泣いている
My first love is crying
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
泣いている /naite iru/:
is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action
omotteru yorimo chikaku de
思ってるよりも近くで
Closer than I think
思ってる /omotteru/:
think, am thinking; dictionary form: 思う; contraction of 思っている
〜よりも /yorimo/:
even more than, used for an emphasized comparison
近く /chikaku/:
nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い
hatsukoi ga sora wo nurasu
初恋が空を濡らす
My first love wets the sky
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
濡らす /nurasu/:
to wet, to soak; here the tears of first love are likened to rain
moshimo kono yoru ga ano ko wo ubau nara
もしもこの夜があの子を奪うなら
If this night is going to take that girl away
もしも /moshimo/:
if, supposing; more emphatic than もし
この /kono/:
this, used before a noun near the speaker
あの
子 /ano ko/:
that girl, that person; 子 can refer familiarly to a young person
奪う /ubau/:
to take away, to steal
〜なら /nara/:
if, supposing that; conditional expression
sore mo ii kamo na
それもいいかもな
Maybe that would be all right too
それ /sore/:
that; here it refers to the situation in the previous line
〜かも /kamo/:
maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない
chiisai koro kara no mama no iitsuke wa
小さい頃からのママの言いつけは
What Mom has always told me since I was little
小さい /chiisai/:
small; here, young
〜からの /kara no/:
from, or since, used to modify a noun
ママ /mama/:
mom (English: mama)
言いつけ /iitsuke/:
instruction, admonition; derived from 言いつける
imasara da keredo hibiku yo
今更だけれど響くよ
Only now, though, her words resonate with me
今更 /imasara/:
at this late stage, only now
〜だけれど /da keredo/:
although, but; marks a contrast
響く /hibiku/:
to echo, to resonate emotionally
sonna mono yo to beni wo hiite iu no sa
「そんなものよ」と紅を引いて言うのさ
Putting on lipstick, she says, 「That's just how it is」
そんなもの /sonna mono/:
that sort of thing; here, that's simply how things are
紅を
引いて /beni wo hiite/:
putting on lipstick; dictionary form: 紅を引く; 紅 means rouge or lipstick
〜のさ /no sa/:
sentence ending that explains or emphasizes a statement
are wa hontou na no ka
あれは本当なのか?
Was that really true?
あれ /are/:
that; here it refers to what Mom said
本当 /hontou/:
true, real
〜なのか /na no ka/:
whether it really is; の adds an explanatory tone and か marks a question
itsu ni nareba beranda kara
いつになればベランダから
When will it be, from the balcony
〜になれば /ni nareba/:
when it becomes; conditional form of 〜になる; with いつ, it means when will it finally be
ベランダ /beranda/:
balcony, veranda (English: veranda)
〜から /kara/:
from, marking an origin or starting point
kikoete kuru
聞こえてくる
I hear coming
聞こえてくる /kikoete kuru/:
to come into earshot; 聞こえる means to be audible, and 〜てくる marks movement toward the speaker or an emerging change
yume no naka de akuma ga tonaeta
夢の中で悪魔が唱えた
That the devil chanted in my dream
中 /naka/:
inside; 夢の中で means in a dream
悪魔 /akuma/:
devil, demon
唱えた /tonaeta/:
chanted, recited; dictionary form: 唱える
hen na jumon ga kieru no darou ka
変な呪文が消えるのだろうか
Will that strange spell ever disappear?
変な /hen na/:
strange, odd
呪文 /jumon/:
spell, incantation
消える /kieru/:
to disappear, to go out
〜のだろうか /no darou ka/:
I wonder whether; combines explanatory のだ, speculative だろう, and question marker か
hatsukoi ga naite iru
初恋が泣いている
My first love is crying
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
泣いている /naite iru/:
is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action
omoi mo yoranai wakare no
思いもよらない別れの
Of a breakup I never saw coming
思いもよらない /omoi mo yoranai/:
unexpected, never imagined; dictionary expression: 思いもよらない
別れ /wakare/:
parting, breakup; derived from 別れる
kioku kara nukedasezu ni
記憶から抜け出せずに
Unable to break free from the memory
抜け
出せずに /nukedasezu ni/:
without being able to break free; dictionary form: 抜け出す; 抜け出せる is the potential form, and 〜ずに means without doing
hikizurisugita kokoro ga
引きずりすぎた心が
My heart, which has dwelled on it for far too long
引きずりすぎた /hikizurisugita/:
dwelt on it too long; dictionary form: 引きずる; 〜すぎる means to do something excessively
心 /kokoro/:
heart, mind, feelings
hora kou shite yabureteku
ほらこうして破れてく
Look, it is tearing apart like this
こうして /kou shite/:
like this, in this way; can describe a manner or how a result comes about
破れてく /yabureteku/:
is tearing apart; dictionary form: 破れる; contraction of 破れていく, where 〜ていく marks a continuing change
aishiteru aishiteru
「愛してる?」「愛してる」
「Do you love me?」「I love you」
愛してる /aishiteru/:
love, I love you; dictionary form: 愛する; contraction of 愛している
aishiteru aishiteru
「愛してる?」「愛してる」
「Do you love me?」「I love you」
愛してる /aishiteru/:
love, I love you; dictionary form: 愛する; contraction of 愛している
hatsukoi ga naite iru
初恋が泣いている
My first love is crying
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
泣いている /naite iru/:
is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action
omotteru yorimo chikaku de
思ってるよりも近くで
Closer than I think
思ってる /omotteru/:
think, am thinking; dictionary form: 思う; contraction of 思っている
〜よりも /yorimo/:
even more than, used for an emphasized comparison
近く /chikaku/:
nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い
hatsukoi ga naite iru
初恋が泣いている
My first love is crying
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
泣いている /naite iru/:
is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action
omotteru yorimo motto chikaku de
思ってるよりももっと近くで
Even closer than I think
思ってる /omotteru/:
think, am thinking; dictionary form: 思う; contraction of 思っている
〜よりも /yorimo/:
even more than, used for an emphasized comparison
もっと /motto/:
more, even more
近く /chikaku/:
nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い
hatsukoi ga sora wo nurasu
初恋が空を濡らす
My first love wets the sky
初恋 /hatsukoi/:
first love
濡らす /nurasu/:
to wet, to soak; here the tears of first love are likened to rain
moshimo kono yo kara ano ko ga kieru nara
もしもこの世からあの子が消えるなら
If that girl is going to vanish from this world
もしも /moshimo/:
if, supposing; more emphatic than もし
この
世 /kono yo/:
this world, the world of the living
あの
子 /ano ko/:
that girl, that person; 子 can refer familiarly to a young person
消える /kieru/:
to disappear, to vanish
〜なら /nara/:
if, supposing that; conditional expression
sore mo ii kamo na
それもいいかもな
Maybe that would be all right too
それ /sore/:
that; here it refers to the situation in the previous line
〜かも /kamo/:
maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない
wasurerareru nara
忘れられるなら
If I can forget her
忘れられる /wasurerareru/:
can forget; dictionary form: 忘れる; 〜られる is the potential form here
〜なら /nara/:
if, supposing that; conditional expression
sore mo ii kamo na
それもいいかもな
Maybe that would be all right too
それ /sore/:
that; here it refers to being able to forget her
〜かも /kamo/:
maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない