あいみょん (Aimyon) - 初恋が泣いている/First Love Is Crying




denchuu ni burasagatta mama no hatsukoi wa
My first love, still hanging from a utility pole

  • 電柱でんちゅう /denchuu/:
    utility pole
  • ぶらがった /burasagatta/:
    hung, dangled; dictionary form: ぶら下がる
  • 〜たまま /ta mama/:
    remaining in the state produced by an action
  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love

shibire wo kikashite niranderu
Letting the numbness take hold, it glares at me

  • しびれ /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)
  • にらんでる /niranderu/:
    is glaring; dictionary form: 睨む; contraction of 睨んでいる

sonna mon ka to kiba wo muite iu no sa
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
  • きばをむいて /kiba wo muite/:
    baring one's fangs; dictionary form: 牙をむく
  • う /iu/:
    to say
  • 〜のさ /no sa/:
    sentence ending that explains or emphasizes a statement

are wa maboroshi ka
Was that an illusion?

  • あれ /are/:
    that, something distant from both speaker and listener
  • まぼろし /maboroshi/:
    illusion, phantom
  • 〜か /ka/:
    question marker

yoru ni nareba beranda kara
When night falls, from the balcony

  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 〜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
I can hear it coming

  • 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
Mixed with mistakes and things like that

  • あやまち /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
  • ぜた /mazeta/:
    mixed in; dictionary form: 混ぜる

koukai wo uta ni shita you na jumon ga
A spell that sounds as though regret were turned into song

  • 後悔こうかい /koukai/:
    regret
  • うたにした /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
  • 呪文じゅもん /jumon/:
    spell, incantation

hatsukoi ga naite iru
My first love is crying

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • いている /naite iru/:
    is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action

omotteru yorimo chikaku de
Closer than I think

  • おもってる /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
  • ちかく /chikaku/:
    nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い

hatsukoi ga sora wo nurasu
My first love wets the sky

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 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
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
  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • あの /ano ko/:
    that girl, that person; 子 can refer familiarly to a young person
  • うばう /ubau/:
    to take away, to steal
  • 〜なら /nara/:
    if, supposing that; conditional expression

sore mo ii kamo na
Maybe that would be all right too

  • それ /sore/:
    that; here it refers to the situation in the previous line
  • いい /ii/:
    good, all right
  • 〜かも /kamo/:
    maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない

chiisai koro kara no mama no iitsuke wa
What Mom has always told me since I was little

  • ちいさい /chiisai/:
    small; here, young
  • ころ /koro/:
    time, period
  • 〜からの /kara no/:
    from, or since, used to modify a noun
  • ママ /mama/:
    mom (English: mama)
  • いつけ /iitsuke/:
    instruction, admonition; derived from 言いつける

imasara da keredo hibiku yo
Only now, though, her words resonate with me

  • 今更いまさら /imasara/:
    at this late stage, only now
  • 〜だけれど /da keredo/:
    although, but; marks a contrast
  • ひびく /hibiku/:
    to echo, to resonate emotionally

sonna mono yo to beni wo hiite iu no sa
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
  • べにいて /beni wo hiite/:
    putting on lipstick; dictionary form: 紅を引く; 紅 means rouge or lipstick
  • う /iu/:
    to say
  • 〜のさ /no sa/:
    sentence ending that explains or emphasizes a statement

are wa hontou na no ka
Was that really true?

  • あれ /are/:
    that; here it refers to what Mom said
  • 本当ほんとう /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
When will it be, from the balcony

  • いつ /itsu/:
    when
  • 〜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
I hear coming

  • 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
That the devil chanted in my dream

  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • なか /naka/:
    inside; 夢の中で means in a dream
  • 悪魔あくま /akuma/:
    devil, demon
  • となえた /tonaeta/:
    chanted, recited; dictionary form: 唱える

hen na jumon ga kieru no darou ka
Will that strange spell ever disappear?

  • へんな /hen na/:
    strange, odd
  • 呪文じゅもん /jumon/:
    spell, incantation
  • 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
My first love is crying

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • いている /naite iru/:
    is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action

omoi mo yoranai wakare no
Of a breakup I never saw coming

  • おもいもよらない /omoi mo yoranai/:
    unexpected, never imagined; dictionary expression: 思いもよらない
  • わかれ /wakare/:
    parting, breakup; derived from 別れる

kioku kara nukedasezu ni
Unable to break free from the memory

  • 記憶きおく /kioku/:
    memory
  • 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
My heart, which has dwelled on it for far too long

  • 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
  • こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind, feelings

hora kou shite yabureteku
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
  • やぶれてく /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
「Do you love me?」「I love you」

  • あいしてる /aishiteru/:
    love, I love you; dictionary form: 愛する; contraction of 愛している

aishiteru aishiteru
「Do you love me?」「I love you」

  • あいしてる /aishiteru/:
    love, I love you; dictionary form: 愛する; contraction of 愛している

hatsukoi ga naite iru
My first love is crying

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • いている /naite iru/:
    is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action

omotteru yorimo chikaku de
Closer than I think

  • おもってる /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
  • ちかく /chikaku/:
    nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い

hatsukoi ga naite iru
My first love is crying

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • いている /naite iru/:
    is crying; dictionary form: 泣く; 〜ている marks an ongoing action

omotteru yorimo motto chikaku de
Even closer than I think

  • おもってる /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
  • ちかく /chikaku/:
    nearby, close; derived from the adjective 近い

hatsukoi ga sora wo nurasu
My first love wets the sky

  • 初恋はつこい /hatsukoi/:
    first love
  • そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 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
If that girl is going to vanish from this world

  • もしも /moshimo/:
    if, supposing; more emphatic than もし
  • この /kono yo/:
    this world, the world of the living
  • あの /ano ko/:
    that girl, that person; 子 can refer familiarly to a young person
  • える /kieru/:
    to disappear, to vanish
  • 〜なら /nara/:
    if, supposing that; conditional expression

sore mo ii kamo na
Maybe that would be all right too

  • それ /sore/:
    that; here it refers to the situation in the previous line
  • いい /ii/:
    good, all right
  • 〜かも /kamo/:
    maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない

wasurerareru nara
If I can forget her

  • わすれられる /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
Maybe that would be all right too

  • それ /sore/:
    that; here it refers to being able to forget her
  • いい /ii/:
    good, all right
  • 〜かも /kamo/:
    maybe, perhaps; colloquial shortening of 〜かもしれない