あいみょん (Aimyon) - いちについて/About One

あいみょん (Aimyon) - いちについて/About One

あいみょん (Aimyon)


kantan ni shiawase ni nareru houhou wo sagashiteru
I'm looking for a way to become happy easily

  • 簡単かんたんに /kantan ni/：
    easily; adverbial form of the na-adjective 簡単
  • 幸しあわせになる /shiawase ni naru/：
    to become happy; noun/na-adjective + になる marks a change of state
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • 方法ほうほう /houhou/：
    method, way
  • 探さがしてる /sagashiteru/：
    am looking for; colloquial contraction of 探している, from 探す
sonna kensaku bakari bakabakashii?
Is it foolish to keep making searches like that?

  • そんな /sonna/：
    that kind of; such
  • 検索けんさく /kensaku/：
    search, lookup
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; repeatedly doing the same kind of thing
  • 馬鹿馬鹿ばかばかしい /bakabakashii/：
    foolish, absurd, ridiculous
ii yo waratte
It's okay—go ahead and laugh

  • いい /ii/：
    good; also okay or permitted
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    laugh; te-form of 笑う, here functioning as a request or permissive command
toumei na hitomi de seken wo miraretara
If I could see the world through transparent, unclouded eyes

  • 透明とうめいな /toumei na/：
    transparent; here also pure and unbiased
  • 瞳ひとみ /hitomi/：
    pupil; eye
  • 世間せけん /seken/：
    the world; society
  • 見みられたら /miraretara/：
    if one could see; potential form of 見る plus the conditional たら
doko made mo raku ni nareru no darou ka
Would that let me feel at ease without limit?

  • どこまでも /doko made mo/：
    wherever; endlessly, as far as possible
  • 楽らくになる /raku ni naru/：
    to become comfortable or relieved; ～になる marks a change of state
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • のだろうか /no darou ka/：
    I wonder whether; explanatory の plus the tentative question だろうか
otosareta sekai ga sukoshi nukarunde ita
The world I was dropped into was a little muddy

  • 落おとされた /otosareta/：
    was dropped or cast down; past passive of 落とす
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little, slightly
  • 泥濘ぬかるんでいた /nukarunde ita/：
    was muddy; past continuous/resulting state of 泥濘む
hajime kara tsumazuita
I stumbled right from the start

  • はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning; から marks the starting point
  • つまづいた /tsumazuita/：
    stumbled or suffered a setback; past form of つまづく, also commonly spelled つまずく
pisutoru no oto wo dareka ga saegiru
Someone blocks out the sound of a pistol

  • ピストル /pisutoru/：
    pistol, handgun
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone; 誰 plus か denotes an unspecified person
  • 遮さえぎる /saegiru/：
    to block, interrupt, or shut out
kizutsukete katachi wo kaete iku ikikata de
By living in a way that wounds and keeps changing my shape

  • 傷きずつけて /kizutsukete/：
    hurting or wounding; te-form of 傷つける
  • 形かたち /katachi/：
    shape, form
  • 変かえていく /kaete iku/：
    to keep changing; 変える plus ～ていく for a change continuing onward
  • 生いき方かた /ikikata/：
    way of living; verb stem + 方 means a way of doing something
sou yatte ibasho wo mitsuketa yo
That is how I found a place where I belong

  • そうやって /sou yatte/：
    in that way; by doing so
  • 居い場所ばしょ /ibasho/：
    one's place; somewhere one belongs
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/：
    found; past form of 見つける
kawaritakute ikite
Wanting to change, I keep living

  • 変かわりたくて /kawaritakute/：
    wanting to change; 変わる + ～たい, with ～たくて linking to what follows or giving a reason
  • 生いきて /ikite/：
    living; te-form of 生きる, trailing into an implied continuation
handan ga nibuku naru zen no hashikure de yubi wo kiru
My judgment grows dull; I cut my finger on a mere fragment of goodness

  • 判断はんだん /handan/：
    judgment, decision
  • 鈍にぶくなる /nibuku naru/：
    to grow dull; i-adjective stem + くなる marks a change of quality
  • 善ぜん /zen/：
    goodness, virtue
  • 端はしくれ /hashikure/：
    a scrap or insignificant part; also a humble term for a member of a group
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
  • 切きる /kiru/：
    to cut; here, to cut one's finger
kimochi no warui egao ga kokoro namemawasu
A sickening smile licks all over my heart

  • 気持きもちの悪わるい /kimochi no warui/：
    unpleasant, creepy, or disgusting; often shortened to 気持ち悪い
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind, feelings; the object particle を is omitted after 心 here
  • 舐なめ回まわす /namemawasu/：
    to lick all over; here a metaphor for intrusively violating the heart
mou kudaite
Enough—shatter it now

  • もう /mou/：
    already; here conveying enough or at this point
  • 砕くだいて /kudaite/：
    shatter it; te-form of 砕く used as a request or command
doko ni demo aru you na
The sort that seems to exist everywhere

  • どこにでも /doko ni demo/：
    anywhere, everywhere; question word + でも gives an unrestricted meaning
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist or be present, for inanimate things
  • ような /you na/：
    like, such as, or seeming to be; modifies a following noun
okimari no fukou de
With the same old, predictable unhappiness

  • お決きまり /okimari/：
    the usual pattern or tired routine; お softens the expression and can sound ironic
  • 不幸ふこう /fukou/：
    unhappiness, misfortune
sono saki de kusaru ka wa jibun shidai na no ka
Is whether I rot beyond that point really up to me?

  • その先さき /sono saki/：
    beyond that point; what lies ahead
  • 腐くさる /kusaru/：
    to rot or decay; figuratively, to sink into despair or corruption
  • ～かは /ka wa/：
    as for whether; turns an embedded yes/no question into the topic
  • 自分じぶん次第しだい /jibun shidai/：
    up to oneself; noun + 次第 means depending on that factor
  • なのか /na no ka/：
    is it really...?; an explanatory, questioning ending
nokosareta jikan ga aseri wo sasoi tomadou
The time left stirs impatience, and I lose my way

  • 残のこされた /nokosareta/：
    left or remaining; past passive of 残す
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 焦あせり /aseri/：
    impatience, anxiety; noun form derived from 焦る
  • 誘さそい /sasoi/：
    stirring or inviting; continuative form of 誘う
  • 戸惑とまどう /tomadou/：
    to be bewildered or at a loss
ikitakatta tooku made
I wanted to go all the way somewhere far away

  • 行いきたかった /ikitakatta/：
    wanted to go; past form of 行きたい, often suggesting an unrealized wish
  • 遠とおくまで /tooku made/：
    as far as a distant place; まで marks the endpoint
kiteki no oto sae dareka ga saegiru
Someone blocks out even the sound of the whistle

  • 汽笛きてき /kiteki/：
    steam whistle; a ship's or train's horn
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • さえ /sae/：
    even; emphasizes an extreme example
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 遮さえぎる /saegiru/：
    to block, interrupt, or shut out
unmei ga amari ni shizuka ni mushibande kuru
Fate comes eating away at me far too quietly

  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate, destiny
  • あまりに /amari ni/：
    too, excessively, so very
  • 静しずかに /shizuka ni/：
    quietly; adverbial form of the na-adjective 静か
  • 蝕むしばんでくる /mushibande kuru/：
    to come eating away or eroding; 蝕む + ～てくる shows a process approaching or developing toward the present
naze jiyuu wa yasashii furi wo shite
Why does freedom pretend to be kind

  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
  • 自由じゆう /jiyuu/：
    freedom
  • 優やさしい /yasashii/：
    kind, gentle
  • ふりをして /furi wo shite/：
    pretending to be; plain form + ふりをする means to put on an appearance, with the te-form linking onward
otoshiana wo tsukuru no
Only to set a pitfall?

  • 落おとし穴あな /otoshiana/：
    pitfall, trap
  • 作つくるの /tsukuru no/：
    to make or set?; sentence-ending の creates an explanatory question, completing the prior line's why...?
otosareta sekai ga sukoshi nukarunde ita
The world I was dropped into was a little muddy

  • 落おとされた /otosareta/：
    was dropped or cast down; past passive of 落とす
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little, slightly
  • 泥濘ぬかるんでいた /nukarunde ita/：
    was muddy; past continuous/resulting state of 泥濘む
hajime kara tsumazuita
I stumbled right from the start

  • はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning; から marks the starting point
  • つまづいた /tsumazuita/：
    stumbled or suffered a setback; past form of つまづく, also commonly spelled つまずく
pisutoru no oto wo dareka ga saegiru
Someone blocks out the sound of a pistol

  • ピストル /pisutoru/：
    pistol, handgun
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone; 誰 plus か denotes an unspecified person
  • 遮さえぎる /saegiru/：
    to block, interrupt, or shut out
kizutsukete katachi wo kaete iku ikikata de
By living in a way that wounds and keeps changing my shape

  • 傷きずつけて /kizutsukete/：
    hurting or wounding; te-form of 傷つける
  • 形かたち /katachi/：
    shape, form
  • 変かえていく /kaete iku/：
    to keep changing; 変える plus ～ていく for a change continuing onward
  • 生いき方かた /ikikata/：
    way of living; verb stem + 方 means a way of doing something
sou yatte ibasho wo mitsuketa yo
That is how I found a place where I belong

  • そうやって /sou yatte/：
    in that way; by doing so
  • 居い場所ばしょ /ibasho/：
    one's place; somewhere one belongs
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/：
    found; past form of 見つける
kawaritakute kawaritakute ikite
Wanting to change, longing to change, I keep living

  • 変かわりたくて /kawaritakute/：
    wanting to change; 変わる + ～たい, repeated for emphasis, with ～たくて linking onward or giving a reason
  • 生いきて /ikite/：
    living; te-form of 生きる, trailing into an implied continuation
kawaritakute ikite iku
Wanting to change, I will go on living

  • 変かわりたくて /kawaritakute/：
    wanting to change; 変わる + ～たい, with ～たくて giving the motivation for what follows
  • 生いきていく /ikite iku/：
    to go on living; ～ていく shows an action continuing from now into the future