ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - 蟹しゃぶふぁんく/Crab Shabu-Shabu Funk

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
Even if I protect myself with a hard shell

  • 硬かたい /katai/:
    hard, solid
  • 殻から /kara/:
    shell; also suggesting an emotional barrier here
  • 守まもってても /mamottetemo/:
    even if one keeps protecting (dict. form: 守る; contraction of 守っていても)

nakami wa yawaku furuete iru
Inside, I am trembling softly

  • 中身なかみ /nakami/:
    contents, what is inside
  • 柔やわく /yawaku/:
    softly, tenderly (dict. form: 柔い)
  • 震ふるえている /furuete iru/:
    is trembling (dict. form: 震える; 〜ている marks an ongoing state)

tsumetai mizu de amaku nareru watashi
I can grow sweet in cold water

  • 冷つめたい /tsumetai/:
    cold; also emotionally distant
  • 水みず /mizu/:
    water
  • 甘あまくなれる /amaku nareru/:
    can become sweet (甘い + くなる; なれる is the potential form of なる)
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me

eru aa erabanakatta michi
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
  • 選えらばなかった /erabanakatta/:
    did not choose (dict. form: 選ぶ; past negative)
  • 道みち /michi/:
    road, path; figuratively, a course in life

mae ga ushiro ni mo nariuru shi
What is in front can also become the back, and...

  • 前まえ /mae/:
    front, ahead
  • 後うしろ /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
Broaden your horizons and keep walking today—classic

  • 視野しや /shiya/:
    field of vision, perspective
  • 広ひろげ /hiroge/:
    broaden, expand (dict. form: 広げる; continuative form)
  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • 歩あるけよ /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
Longing for a shell I don't have—it never ends

  • ない殻からねだり /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
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)
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future

nounai kattingu mi ga hosoru naa
Cutting things up inside my head is wearing me thin

  • 脳内のうない /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」)
  • 身みが細ほそる /mi ga hosoru/:
    to grow thin; figuratively, to waste away from worry or strain

sekkaku nara zubutoku maishin da
If I am doing this at all, I will boldly forge ahead

  • 折角せっかく /sekkaku/:
    with much effort, since the opportunity exists
  • 〜なら /nara/:
    if it is..., given that...; a conditional expression
  • 図太ずぶとく /zubutoku/:
    boldly, thick-skinnedly, tenaciously (dict. form: 図太い)
  • 邁進まいしん /maishin/:
    pressing boldly forward, forging ahead

nigeteru wake ja nain da
It is not that I am running away

  • 逃にげてる /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
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」)
  • 広ひろがろう /hirogarou/:
    let us spread out (dict. form: 広がる; volitional form)

dou yatte susundatte
No matter how we move forward

  • どうやって /dou yatte/:
    how, by what means
  • 進すすんだって /susundatte/:
    no matter how one proceeds (dict. form: 進む; 〜たって is colloquial 〜ても)

gooru ga aru
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
May what awaits be delicious

  • 美味おいしさ /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
Crab shabu-shabu funk

  • 蟹かにしゃぶ /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
Crab shabu-shabu funk

  • 蟹かにしゃぶ /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
Crab shabu-shabu funk

  • 蟹かにしゃぶ /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
Crab shabu-shabu funk

  • 蟹かにしゃぶ /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
Crab shabu-shabu funk

  • 蟹かにしゃぶ /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」)