ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 櫂/Oar

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 櫂/Oar

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


watashi ga hanareta yuutai ridatsu yuku ate wa nai no deshou ga
I slipped away—an out-of-body experience Though I suppose I have nowhere to go

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 離はなれた /hanareta/：
    left, separated (past form of 離れる)
  • 幽体ゆうたい離脱りだつ /yuutai ridatsu/：
    out-of-body experience; the spirit leaving the body
  • 行ゆく当あて /yuku ate/：
    somewhere to go; a destination
  • ない /nai/：
    not exist; have none
  • のでしょうが /no deshou ga/：
    I suppose ..., though ...; a conjectural phrase with a trailing contrast
utsukushii chou no hane wo te ni ireta mitai da kokoro ga hanarete yuutai ridatsu
It feels as though I have obtained beautiful butterfly wings My heart slips away—an out-of-body experience

  • 美うつくしい /utsukushii/：
    beautiful
  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • 羽根はね /hane/：
    feather; wing, here a butterfly's wing
  • 手てに入いれた /te ni ireta/：
    obtained, acquired (past form of 手に入れる)
  • みたいだ /mitai da/：
    seems like; as if
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; spirit
  • 離はなれて /hanarete/：
    leaving, separating (て-form of 離れる)
  • 幽体ゆうたい離脱りだつ /yuutai ridatsu/：
    out-of-body experience; the spirit leaving the body
harukaze no kanshoku ga shite sukoshi dake taiyou wo
Feeling the touch of the spring breeze For just a little while, the sun...

  • 春風はるかぜ /harukaze/：
    spring breeze
  • 感触かんしょくがして /kanshoku ga shite/：
    feeling a sensation or touch (て-form of 感触がする)
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; briefly
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/：
    sun
mite ita
I was watching it

  • 見みていた /mite ita/：
    was watching (past progressive form of 見る)
watashi ga hanareta yuutai ridatsu umi made ikitai no desu ga
I slipped away—an out-of-body experience Though I want to go all the way to the sea

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 離はなれた /hanareta/：
    left, separated (past form of 離れる)
  • 幽体ゆうたい離脱りだつ /yuutai ridatsu/：
    out-of-body experience; the spirit leaving the body
  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • まで /made/：
    as far as; up to
  • 行いきたい /ikitai/：
    want to go (desiderative form of 行く)
  • のですが /no desu ga/：
    although; though, with an explanatory and trailing tone
kanashimi ni aki no hizashi ga kakureta mitai da
The autumn sunlight seems to have hidden itself in sorrow

  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness; sorrow
  • 秋あき /aki/：
    autumn; fall
  • 日差ひざし /hizashi/：
    sunlight; rays of the sun
  • 隠かくれた /kakureta/：
    hid; disappeared from view (past form of 隠れる)
  • みたいだ /mitai da/：
    seems like; apparently
karada wo hanarete yuutai ridatsu
Leaving my body—an out-of-body experience

  • 身体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 離はなれて /hanarete/：
    leaving, separating (て-form of 離れる)
  • 幽体ゆうたい離脱りだつ /yuutai ridatsu/：
    out-of-body experience; the spirit leaving the body
harukaze ni mau no deshou ka
Will I dance upon the spring breeze?

  • 春風はるかぜ /harukaze/：
    spring breeze
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to dance; to flutter
  • のでしょうか /no deshou ka/：
    could it be that ...?; a tentative explanatory question
enogu ga afurete iku e no you ni
Like a painting whose colors keep spilling out

  • 絵えの具ぐ /enogu/：
    paint; coloring material
  • 溢あふれていく /afurete iku/：
    to keep overflowing or spread onward (溢れる + ていく)
  • 絵え /e/：
    picture; painting
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
anata no kai wo kashite
Lend me your oar

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you, written in kanji for a literary tone
  • 櫂かい /kai/：
    oar; paddle
  • 貸かして /kashite/：
    lend me (request using the て-form of 貸す)
kanashimu you ni koide yuku dake no
I only row onward as if grieving...

  • 悲かなしむ /kanashimu/：
    to grieve; to be sad
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; in such a way that
  • 漕こいでゆく /koide yuku/：
    to row onward or away (漕ぐ + てゆく)
  • だけの /dake no/：
    one who only ...; the phrase modifies 私 in the following line
watashi no ikari wo shitte
Know my anchor

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 錨いかり /ikari/：
    anchor; figuratively, something that holds one in place
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    know; understand me (request using the て-form of 知る)
nami yo yamanaide kure
O waves, please do not stop

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; waves
  • 止やまないでくれ /yamanaide kure/：
    please do not cease (negative request from 止む)
watashi no osoreta shiranai hito watashi wo waratta hito ga
The strangers I feared The people who laughed at me

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 恐おそれた /osoreta/：
    feared (past form of 恐れる)
  • 知しらない /shiranai/：
    unknown; unfamiliar (negative form of 知る)
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • 私わたしの恐おそれた /watashi no osoreta/：
    whom I feared; の replaces が as the subject marker inside a relative clause
  • 笑わらった /waratta/：
    laughed at; mocked (past form of 笑う)
nami no utsukushisa ni shinde shimattara ii noni
If only they would die in the beauty of the waves

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; waves
  • 美うつくしさ /utsukushisa/：
    beauty (美しい nominalized with さ)
  • 死しんでしまったら /shinde shimattara/：
    if they were to die; 死ぬ with completion/regret てしまう and conditional たら
  • いいのに /ii noni/：
    if only ...; expresses a frustrated or unrealized wish
watashi wo hanarete yuutai ridatsu umi made mukatta no desu ga
Leaving me behind—an out-of-body experience Though I headed toward the sea

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me; here, the self or body being left behind
  • 離はなれて /hanarete/：
    leaving, separating (て-form of 離れる)
  • 幽体ゆうたい離脱りだつ /yuutai ridatsu/：
    out-of-body experience; the spirit leaving the body
  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • まで /made/：
    as far as; up to
  • 向むかった /mukatta/：
    headed toward (past form of 向かう)
  • のですが /no desu ga/：
    although; though, with an explanatory and trailing tone
karada wo wasurete shimatta watashi ga imashita
There I was, having forgotten my body

  • 身体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 忘わすれてしまった /wasurete shimatta/：
    completely forgot; ended up forgetting (忘れる + てしまった)
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me; modified here by the preceding relative clause
  • いました /imashita/：
    was there; existed (polite past form of いる)
anata no kai wo kashite
Lend me your oar

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you, written in kanji for a literary tone
  • 櫂かい /kai/：
    oar; paddle
  • 貸かして /kashite/：
    lend me (request using the て-form of 貸す)
na mo nai mama ni shinde yuku dake no
I will only die away, still nameless...

  • 名なもない /na mo nai/：
    nameless; without even a name
  • ままに /mama ni/：
    while remaining; in the state of
  • 死しんでゆく /shinde yuku/：
    to die away; to pass on (死ぬ + てゆく)
  • だけの /dake no/：
    one who only ...; the phrase modifies 私 in the following line
watashi no koe wo shitte
Know my voice

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    know; understand me (request using the て-form of 知る)
nami yo yamanaide kure
O waves, please do not stop

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; waves
  • 止やまないでくれ /yamanaide kure/：
    please do not cease (negative request from 止む)
watashi no koe yo itte
My voice, go forth

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 行いって /itte/：
    go; go forth (て-form of 行く used as an urging command)
umi wo nomihosu sen no tori ni nare
Become a thousand birds that drink the sea dry

  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • 呑のみ干ほす /nomihosu/：
    to drink up; to drain dry
  • 千せん /sen/：
    one thousand; figuratively, a vast number
  • 鳥とり /tori/：
    bird
  • なれ /nare/：
    become; imperative form of なる, expressing a forceful wish
watashi no itami wo shitte
Know my pain

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain; hurt, physical or emotional
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    know; understand me (request using the て-form of 知る)
nami yo
O waves

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; waves, directly addressed here
anata no kai wo kashite
Lend me your oar

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you, written in kanji for a literary tone
  • 櫂かい /kai/：
    oar; paddle
  • 貸かして /kashite/：
    lend me (request using the て-form of 貸す)
kanashimu you ni koide yuku dake no
I only row onward as if grieving...

  • 悲かなしむ /kanashimu/：
    to grieve; to be sad
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; in such a way that
  • 漕こいでゆく /koide yuku/：
    to row onward or away (漕ぐ + てゆく)
  • だけの /dake no/：
    one who only ...; the phrase modifies 私 in the following line
watashi no ikari wo shitte
Know my anchor

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 錨いかり /ikari/：
    anchor; figuratively, something that holds one in place
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    know; understand me (request using the て-form of 知る)
nami yo yamanaide kure
O waves, please do not stop

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; waves
  • 止やまないでくれ /yamanaide kure/：
    please do not cease (negative request from 止む)
yamanaide kure
Please do not stop

  • 止やまないでくれ /yamanaide kure/：
    please do not cease (negative request from 止む)