ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - イチジク煙/Fig Smoke

ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - イチジク煙/Fig Smoke

ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo)


kemuttai mama tsukamaete
Catch me while everything is still hazy

  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy; here also suggesting emotional ambiguity
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is; remaining in a certain state
  • つかまえて /tsukamaete/：
    catch, hold on to (dict. form: つかまえる, て-form used as a request)
wasurete kakumatte
Forget me, hide me away

  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    forget (dict. form: 忘れる, て-form used as a request)
  • 匿かくまって /kakumatte/：
    hide or shelter someone (dict. form: 匿う, て-form)
hanasu hodo akasenai ichijiku no mi
A fig whose truth I cannot reveal, the more I speak

  • 話はなすほど /hanasu hodo/：
    the more one speaks; verb + ほど marks increasing degree
  • 明あかせない /akasenai/：
    cannot reveal (dict. form: 明かす, negative potential)
  • 無花果いちじく /ichijiku/：
    fig
  • 実み /mi/：
    fruit; substance or content
tatoeba kachimake ni sayuu sarete mo
For example, even if I am swayed by winning and losing

  • 例たとえば /tatoeba/：
    for example
  • 勝かち負まけ /kachimake/：
    winning and losing, outcome
  • 左右さゆうされても /sayuu sarete mo/：
    even if influenced or swayed (dict. form: 左右される; ～ても means even if)
makeru yakuwari de katta ki ni nattari
Playing the loser, yet sometimes feeling as if I won

  • 負まける /makeru/：
    to lose, to be defeated
  • 役割やくわり /yakuwari/：
    role, duty
  • 勝かった気きになる /katta ki ni naru/：
    to feel as if one has won; ～た気になる means to feel as if one has done something
  • ～たり /tari/：
    lists representative actions or states, such as doing something
rifujin na raimu satosu sube
Unreasonable rhymes, and a way to make them understood

  • 理不尽りふじん /rifujin/：
    unreasonable, irrational
  • ライム /raimu/：
    rhyme
  • 悟さとす /satosu/：
    to make someone understand, to enlighten
  • 術すべ /sube/：
    means, way, method
kusaranaide giri yarisugosetari
Without growing bitter, sometimes I can just barely get through

  • 腐くさらないで /kusaranaide/：
    without rotting or becoming discouraged (dict. form: 腐る)
  • ギリ /giri/：
    barely, just at the limit; short for ギリギリ
  • やり過すごせたり /yarisugosetari/：
    sometimes manage to ride it out (dict. form: やり過ごす, potential + たり)
tokubetsu nante nai koto wakatteru kara
Because I know there is nothing special

  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/：
    special, exceptional
  • なんて /nante/：
    a particle adding emphasis, dismissal, or the sense of something like
  • ない事こと /nai koto/：
    the fact that there is none; 事 nominalizes the preceding phrase
  • わかってる /wakatteru/：
    understand, know (contraction of わかっている; dict. form: わかる)
  • から /kara/：
    because; marks a reason
higawari ja sakase wa shinai kara
Because I will not let it bloom if it changes day by day

  • 日替ひがわり /higawari/：
    changing daily, different each day
  • じゃ /ja/：
    colloquial では; here carrying the sense of if it is or with
  • 咲さかせはしない /sakase wa shinai/：
    will not let it bloom (dict. form: 咲かせる; ～はしない emphasizes negation)
ichiji ikku kemuttai mama no ogenki desu ka
Every moment, every phrase—a hazy 「How are you?」

  • 一いち時じ一句いっく /ichiji ikku/：
    every moment and every phrase; wordplay on 一字一句, every single word
  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy
  • お元気げんきですか /ogenki desu ka/：
    how are you; a polite inquiry about someone's well-being
kanchigai wa shinai ha da
I am the type who does not get the wrong idea

  • 勘違かんちがい /kanchigai/：
    misunderstanding, mistaken assumption
  • しない /shinai/：
    do not do (dict. form: する, negative form)
  • 派は /ha/：
    camp, type, school; ～派だ means to be the kind who
ogyougi yoku jukushita himitsu sodatte
The secret ripens and grows, well-behaved

  • お行儀ぎょうぎ良よく /ogyougi yoku/：
    in a well-behaved or proper manner
  • 熟じゅくした /jukushita/：
    ripened, matured (dict. form: 熟する, past attributive form)
  • 秘密ひみつ /himitsu/：
    secret
  • 育そだって /sodatte/：
    grow, develop (dict. form: 育つ, て-form with an implied continuation)
katte ni sukuwareteru da nante
To think I am being saved all on my own

  • 勝手かってに /katte ni/：
    on one's own, without permission, as one pleases
  • 救すくわれてる /sukuwareteru/：
    am being saved or comforted (dict. form: 救う; contraction of passive 救われている)
  • だなんて /da nante/：
    to think that; expresses surprise, disbelief, or self-consciousness
tashika na koto wa iwanai you ni
Trying not to say anything certain

  • 確たしかな /tashika na/：
    certain, reliable, definite
  • 言いわない /iwanai/：
    do not say (dict. form: 言う, negative form)
  • ように /you ni/：
    so as not to; marks an effort to avoid something
guuzen tonari ni iru you de
As though you just happen to be beside me

  • 偶然ぐうぜん /guuzen/：
    by chance, coincidence
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to, beside
  • 居いる /iru/：
    to be, to exist; used for people or animals
  • ようで /you de/：
    as if, seeming; connective form of ようだ
sore kurai ga choudo yoku nigotteku
That much feels just right as everything grows hazy

  • それくらい /sore kurai/：
    about that much, to that extent
  • 丁度ちょうど良よく /choudo yoku/：
    just right, suitably
  • 濁にごってく /nigotteku/：
    grow cloudy or ambiguous (contraction of 濁っていく; dict. form: 濁る)
futomomo ni hasanda mama no
Still held between my thighs

  • 太ふともも /futomomo/：
    thigh
  • 挟はさんだ /hasanda/：
    held or placed between (dict. form: 挟む, past form)
  • ままの /mama no/：
    left in the same state; past verb + まま means remaining as it was
rikutsu ga jama wo suru hibi yo
Oh, these days when reason gets in the way

  • 理屈りくつ /rikutsu/：
    reasoning, logic, theory
  • 邪魔じゃまをする /jama wo suru/：
    to obstruct, to get in the way
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, daily life
toridasenaide iru yo ichiji ikku
I remain unable to draw it out, every single word

  • 取とり出だせない /toridasenai/：
    cannot take or bring out (dict. form: 取り出す, negative potential)
  • ～ないでいる /naide iru/：
    to remain without doing something
  • 一字いちじ一句いっく /ichiji ikku/：
    every single word and phrase
yawai kokoro tamoteru teido ni
Only to the extent that I can keep my heart soft

  • 柔やわい /yawai/：
    soft, tender; a colloquial form related to 柔らかい
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind, spirit
  • 保たもてる /tamoteru/：
    can maintain or preserve (dict. form: 保つ, potential form)
  • 程度ていどに /teido ni/：
    to the extent that, within the degree of
ryoushiki nante ate ni naranai kuse ni
Even though so-called common sense cannot be relied upon

  • 良識りょうしき /ryoushiki/：
    good sense, sound judgment
  • なんて /nante/：
    so-called, something like; here dismissive
  • 当あてにならない /ate ni naranai/：
    unreliable, cannot be counted on
  • くせに /kuse ni/：
    even though, despite; often conveys criticism or frustration
higawari ja sakase wa shinai kara
Because I will not let it bloom if it changes day by day

  • 日替ひがわり /higawari/：
    changing daily, different each day
  • じゃ /ja/：
    colloquial では; here carrying the sense of if it is or with
  • 咲さかせはしない /sakase wa shinai/：
    will not let it bloom (dict. form: 咲かせる; ～はしない emphasizes negation)
ichiji ikku kemuttai mama no ogenki desu ka
Every moment, every phrase—a hazy 「How are you?」

  • 一いち時じ一句いっく /ichiji ikku/：
    every moment and every phrase; wordplay on 一字一句, every single word
  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy
  • お元気げんきですか /ogenki desu ka/：
    how are you; a polite inquiry about someone's well-being
kanchigai wa shinai hada
Skin that does not get the wrong idea

  • 勘違かんちがい /kanchigai/：
    misunderstanding, mistaken assumption
  • しない /shinai/：
    do not do (dict. form: する, negative form)
  • 肌はだ /hada/：
    skin; replaces the earlier 派 in a sound-based wordplay
ogyougi yoku jukushita himitsu sodatte
The secret ripens and grows, well-behaved

  • お行儀ぎょうぎ良よく /ogyougi yoku/：
    in a well-behaved or proper manner
  • 熟じゅくした /jukushita/：
    ripened, matured (dict. form: 熟する, past attributive form)
  • 秘密ひみつ /himitsu/：
    secret
  • 育そだって /sodatte/：
    grow, develop (dict. form: 育つ, て-form with an implied continuation)
torisetsu yonderu kimi no
Your face as you read the instructions

  • 取説とりせつ /torisetsu/：
    instruction manual; short for 取扱説明書
  • 読よんでる /yonderu/：
    is reading (contraction of 読んでいる; dict. form: 読む)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar or intimate address
yokogao ni anshin suru
Your profile puts me at ease

  • 横顔よこがお /yokogao/：
    profile, side of the face
  • 安心あんしんする /anshin suru/：
    to feel relieved, to be at ease
mitoreteru mitomeru noni naze da
Why, when I admit that I am captivated by you?

  • 見惚みとれてる /mitoreteru/：
    am captivated, am gazing in admiration (contraction of 見惚れている)
  • 認みとめる /mitomeru/：
    to admit, acknowledge
  • のに /noni/：
    although, even though; marks contrast or frustration
  • 何故なぜ /naze/：
    why
konna yoru ga donna kanpou yori mo
A night like this, more than any herbal medicine

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of, such
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with ～よりも, any kind of
  • 漢方かんぽう /kanpou/：
    traditional Japanese herbal medicine
  • よりも /yori mo/：
    more than, compared with; も adds emphasis
kiku koto wakatteru
Do you know that it works?

  • 効きく /kiku/：
    to work, to be effective
  • こと /koto/：
    nominalizes 効く, making it the fact that it works
  • わかってる /wakatteru/：
    know, understand (contraction of わかっている; rising intonation makes a question)
wakatteru wakatteru noni naze da
I know, I know—so why?

  • わかってる /wakatteru/：
    know, understand (contraction of わかっている; dict. form: わかる)
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite; marks an unexpected contrast
  • 何故なぜ /naze/：
    why
ki no mayoi da to iikikasete
Telling myself it is only a passing fancy

  • 気きの迷まよい /ki no mayoi/：
    a passing fancy, momentary lapse in judgment
  • だと /da to/：
    だ plus quotative と, marking the preceding content as what is said or thought
  • 言いい聞きかせて /iikikasete/：
    tell or persuade, here oneself (dict. form: 言い聞かせる, て-form)
chikuri to enryo suru hodo itandeku kajitsu
The more I hold back, the more the fruit stings and spoils

  • 遠慮えんりょする /enryo suru/：
    to hold back, show restraint, be reserved
  • ～ほど /hodo/：
    the more, the more; indicates a proportional change
  • 傷いたんでく /itandeku/：
    grow damaged, spoiled, or hurt (contraction of 傷んでいく; dict. form: 傷む)
  • 果実かじつ /kajitsu/：
    fruit; here also a metaphor for ripening feelings or a secret
akarasama ni hikareteku
I am becoming openly drawn to you

  • あからさまに /akarasama ni/：
    openly, plainly, without concealment
  • 惹ひかれてく /hikareteku/：
    become increasingly drawn or attracted (contraction of 惹かれていく)
konna meikaku na kimochi
Feelings this unmistakably clear

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of, such
  • 明確めいかくな /meikaku na/：
    clear, definite, explicit
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling, emotion, state of mind
gomakasenai noni naa
Even though I cannot hide them anymore

  • 誤魔化ごまかせない /gomakasenai/：
    cannot conceal or gloss over (dict. form: 誤魔化す, negative potential)
  • のに /noni/：
    even though; at sentence end often conveys regret or frustration
hidamari ja sakase wa shinai kara
Because I will not let it bloom in the sunlight

  • 陽ひだまり /hidamari/：
    sunny spot, patch of warm sunlight
  • じゃ /ja/：
    colloquial では; here indicating the setting or condition in
  • 咲さかせはしない /sakase wa shinai/：
    will not let it bloom (dict. form: 咲かせる; ～はしない emphasizes negation)
ichiji ikku kemuttai mama no ogenki desu ka
Every moment, every phrase—a hazy 「How are you?」

  • 一いち時じ一句いっく /ichiji ikku/：
    every moment and every phrase; wordplay on 一字一句, every single word
  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy
  • お元気げんきですか /ogenki desu ka/：
    how are you; a polite inquiry about someone's well-being
katakuzure shinai you ni
So that it will not lose its shape

  • 型崩かたくずれ /katakuzure/：
    loss of shape, deformation
  • しない /shinai/：
    not do or occur (dict. form: する, negative form)
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that not, in order to avoid a result
ogyougi yoku jukushita himitsu ga ii
I prefer a secret that has ripened properly

  • お行儀ぎょうぎ良よく /ogyougi yoku/：
    in a well-behaved or proper manner
  • 熟じゅくした /jukushita/：
    ripened, matured (dict. form: 熟する, past attributive form)
  • 秘密ひみつ /himitsu/：
    secret
  • ～がいい /ga ii/：
    prefer, want; expresses a preference
kemuttai mama tsukamaete
Catch me while everything is still hazy

  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy; here also suggesting emotional ambiguity
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is; remaining in a certain state
  • つかまえて /tsukamaete/：
    catch, hold on to (dict. form: つかまえる, て-form used as a request)
wasurete kakumatte
Forget me, hide me away

  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    forget (dict. form: 忘れる, て-form used as a request)
  • 匿かくまって /kakumatte/：
    hide or shelter someone (dict. form: 匿う, て-form)
kemuttai mama tsukamaete
Catch me while everything is still hazy

  • 煙けむったい /kemuttai/：
    smoky, hazy; here also suggesting emotional ambiguity
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is; remaining in a certain state
  • つかまえて /tsukamaete/：
    catch, hold on to (dict. form: つかまえる, て-form used as a request)
wasurete kakumatte
Forget me, hide me away

  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    forget (dict. form: 忘れる, て-form used as a request)
  • 匿かくまって /kakumatte/：
    hide or shelter someone (dict. form: 匿う, て-form)
hanasu hodo akasenai ichiji ikku no mi
The fruit of every word and phrase that I cannot reveal, the more I speak

  • 話はなすほど /hanasu hodo/：
    the more one speaks; verb + ほど marks increasing degree
  • 明あかせない /akasenai/：
    cannot reveal (dict. form: 明かす, negative potential)
  • 一字いちじ一句いっく /ichiji ikku/：
    every single word and phrase
  • 実み /mi/：
    fruit; substance or content, echoing the earlier fig imagery