ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - 蟹しゃぶふぁんく/Crab Shabu-Shabu Funk
katai kara de mamottetemo
硬い殻で 守ってても
Even if I protect myself with a hard shell
殻 /kara/:
shell; also suggesting an emotional barrier here
守ってても /mamottetemo/:
even if one keeps protecting (dict. form: 守る; contraction of 守っていても)
nakami wa yawaku furuete iru
中身は 柔く震えている
Inside, I am trembling softly
中身 /nakami/:
contents, what is inside
柔く /yawaku/:
softly, tenderly (dict. form: 柔い)
震えている /furuete iru/:
is trembling (dict. form: 震える; 〜ている marks an ongoing state)
tsumetai mizu de amaku nareru watashi
冷たい水で 甘くなれるわたし
I can grow sweet in cold water
冷たい /tsumetai/:
cold; also emotionally distant
甘くなれる /amaku nareru/:
can become sweet (甘い + くなる; なれる is the potential form of なる)
eru aa erabanakatta michi
LR 選ばなかった道
Left or right—the road I did not choose
LR(エルアール) /eru aa/:
initials for left and right, suggesting a fork in life's path
選ばなかった /erabanakatta/:
did not choose (dict. form: 選ぶ; past negative)
道 /michi/:
road, path; figuratively, a course in life
mae ga ushiro ni mo nariuru shi
前が後ろにも なりうるし
What is in front can also become the back, and...
後ろ /ushiro/:
back, behind
なりうる /nariuru/:
can become, may become (なる + うる expresses possibility)
〜し /shi/:
lists a reason or circumstance, often with an unfinished sense of 「and besides」
shiya wo hiroge kyou mo aruke yo kurashikku
視野を広げ 今日も歩けよ クラシック
Broaden your horizons and keep walking today—classic
視野 /shiya/:
field of vision, perspective
広げ /hiroge/:
broaden, expand (dict. form: 広げる; continuative form)
歩けよ /aruke yo/:
walk on (dict. form: 歩く; imperative with emphatic よ)
クラシック /kurashikku/:
classic, classical; classical music (from English 「classic/classical」)
nai kara nedari de kiri ga nai naa
ない殻ねだりで きりがないなぁ
Longing for a shell I don't have—it never ends
ない
殻ねだり /nai kara nedari/:
a pun replacing もの in ないものねだり (「wanting what one lacks」) with 殻 (「shell」)
きりがない /kiri ga nai/:
endless, having no end
zonbi ni nare ya shinai mirai da
ゾンビになれやしない未来だ
It is a future where I cannot even become a zombie
ゾンビ /zonbi/:
zombie (from English 「zombie」)
なれやしない /nare ya shinai/:
cannot possibly become (emphatic colloquial negative of なる)
nounai kattingu mi ga hosoru naa
脳内カッティング 身が細るなぁ
Cutting things up inside my head is wearing me thin
脳内 /nounai/:
inside one's head or mind
カッティング /kattingu/:
cutting; here, mentally cutting up or editing thoughts (from English 「cutting」)
身が
細る /mi ga hosoru/:
to grow thin; figuratively, to waste away from worry or strain
sekkaku nara zubutoku maishin da
折角なら図太く 邁進だ
If I am doing this at all, I will boldly forge ahead
折角 /sekkaku/:
with much effort, since the opportunity exists
〜なら /nara/:
if it is..., given that...; a conditional expression
図太く /zubutoku/:
boldly, thick-skinnedly, tenaciously (dict. form: 図太い)
邁進 /maishin/:
pressing boldly forward, forging ahead
nigeteru wake ja nain da
逃げてるわけじゃ ないんだ
It is not that I am running away
逃げてる /nigeteru/:
running away, avoiding (dict. form: 逃げる; contraction of 逃げている)
わけじゃない /wake ja nai/:
it is not that...; colloquial form of わけではない
〜んだ /n da/:
colloquial 〜のだ, used to explain or add emphasis
sutereo waido ni hirogarou yo
ステレオワイドに 広がろうよ
Let us spread out in wide stereo
ステレオワイド /sutereo waido/:
a wide stereo sound field (from English 「stereo wide」)
広がろう /hirogarou/:
let us spread out (dict. form: 広がる; volitional form)
dou yatte susundatte
どうやって進んだって
No matter how we move forward
どうやって /dou yatte/:
how, by what means
進んだって /susundatte/:
no matter how one proceeds (dict. form: 進む; 〜たって is colloquial 〜ても)
gooru ga aru
ゴールがある
There is a goal
ゴール /gooru/:
goal, finish line (from English 「goal」)
ある /aru/:
to exist, to have; mainly used for inanimate things
oishisa de arimasu you ni
美味しさで ありますように
May what awaits be delicious
美味しさ /oishisa/:
deliciousness (美味しい nominalized with 〜さ)
であります /de arimasu/:
formal polite form of である, meaning 「to be」
〜ように /you ni/:
sentence-final expression of a wish: 「may...」 or 「I hope...」
kani shabu fanku
蟹しゃぶふぁんく
Crab shabu-shabu funk
蟹しゃぶ /kani shabu/:
crab shabu-shabu, crab briefly swished in hot broth
ふぁんく /fanku/:
funk music; deliberately written in hiragana instead of the usual ファンク (from English 「funk」)
kani shabu fanku
蟹しゃぶふぁんく
Crab shabu-shabu funk
蟹しゃぶ /kani shabu/:
crab shabu-shabu, crab briefly swished in hot broth
ふぁんく /fanku/:
funk music; deliberately written in hiragana instead of the usual ファンク (from English 「funk」)
kani shabu fanku
蟹しゃぶふぁんく
Crab shabu-shabu funk
蟹しゃぶ /kani shabu/:
crab shabu-shabu, crab briefly swished in hot broth
ふぁんく /fanku/:
funk music; deliberately written in hiragana instead of the usual ファンク (from English 「funk」)
kani shabu fanku
蟹しゃぶふぁんく
Crab shabu-shabu funk
蟹しゃぶ /kani shabu/:
crab shabu-shabu, crab briefly swished in hot broth
ふぁんく /fanku/:
funk music; deliberately written in hiragana instead of the usual ファンク (from English 「funk」)
kani shabu fanku
蟹しゃぶふぁんく
Crab shabu-shabu funk
蟹しゃぶ /kani shabu/:
crab shabu-shabu, crab briefly swished in hot broth
ふぁんく /fanku/:
funk music; deliberately written in hiragana instead of the usual ファンク (from English 「funk」)