米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 烏 - Raven/Raven
米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


kodomo no koro ni mite ita manga no sekai wa itsumo
The world of manga I saw as a child was always one where

  • 子供こども /kodomo/：
    child
  • ころ /koro/：
    time, period
  • 見みていた /mite ita/：
    was seeing, used to see; past progressive form of 見る
  • 漫画まんが /manga/：
    manga, comic
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always, usually
dare ka wo mamotte sukuu koto ga nan yori taisetsu datta
protecting and saving someone mattered more than anything

  • 誰だれか /dare ka/：
    someone
  • 守まもって /mamotte/：
    to protect; て-form of 守る linking to the next action
  • 救すくう /sukuu/：
    to save, rescue
  • こと /koto/：
    nominalizer turning the preceding action into a thing or act
  • 何なんより /nan yori/：
    more than anything, above all
  • 大切たいせつだった /taisetsu datta/：
    was important; past form of 大切だ
jibun no osanasa mo shirazu ooguchi tatakimakutte
unaware of my own childishness, endlessly shooting my mouth off

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • 幼おさなさ /osanasa/：
    childishness, youth; noun form of 幼い
  • 知しらず /shirazu/：
    without knowing; 知る + literary negative ず
  • 大口叩おおぐちたたきまくって /ooguchi tatakimakutte/：
    boasting relentlessly; 大口を叩く means to talk big, and まくる marks repeated or relentless action
shitatatta chi no kurosa wo mada oboete iru
I still remember the blackness of the blood that dripped

  • 滴したたった /shitatatta/：
    dripped; past form of 滴る
  • 血ち /chi/：
    blood
  • 黒くろさ /kurosa/：
    blackness; noun form of 黒い
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 憶おぼえている /oboete iru/：
    to remember, retain in memory; progressive-state form of 憶える
hoshi no namae wo shiru tabi bokura wa otona ni natta
Each time we learned the name of a star, we grew older

  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 知しる /shiru/：
    to know, learn
  • たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; plural of the masculine first-person 僕
  • 大人おとなになった /otona ni natta/：
    became an adult, grew up; past form of 大人になる
dare ni mo watasenai himitsu ga hitotsu zutsu fuete itta
Secrets we could share with no one increased one by one

  • 誰だれにも /dare ni mo/：
    anyone; with a negative verb, no one
  • 渡わたせない /watasenai/：
    cannot hand over or give; negative potential form of 渡す
  • 秘密ひみつ /himitsu/：
    secret
  • 一ひとつずつ /hitotsu zutsu/：
    one by one; ずつ marks equal distribution or gradual change
  • 増ふえていった /fuete itta/：
    kept increasing; past form of 増えていく
negau dake tsuyoku naru tabi nemuru no ga kowaku natta
Each time wishing alone made me stronger, I grew afraid to sleep

  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, pray
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, merely
  • 強つよくなる /tsuyoku naru/：
    to become stronger; い-adjective + くなる marks a change of state
  • たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
  • 眠ねむるのが /nemuru no ga/：
    the act of sleeping; の nominalizes 眠る and が marks what is feared
  • 怖こわくなった /kowaku natta/：
    became afraid; past form of 怖くなる
naa omae ni wa nani ga mieru?
Hey, what can you see?

  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; familiar and potentially rough
  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 見みえる /mieru/：
    to be visible, can be seen
ima dake wa dare no koe mo kikoenai basho e ikou
Just for now, let's go somewhere no one's voice can reach us

  • 今いまだけは /ima dake wa/：
    just for now, at least for this moment
  • 誰だれの声こえも /dare no koe mo/：
    anyone's voice; with a negative verb, no one's voice
  • 聞きこえない /kikoenai/：
    cannot be heard; negative form of 聞こえる
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    let's go; volitional form of 行く
yosegaki mo sotto tsukue ni shimatte sumiwataru aoi hou e
Tuck the farewell messages quietly into the desk and head toward the clear blue

  • 寄よせ書かき /yosegaki/：
    a collection of messages written by a group
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently, quietly
  • 机つくえ /tsukue/：
    desk
  • しまって /shimatte/：
    to put away; て-form of しまう
  • 澄すみ渡わたる /sumiwataru/：
    to be perfectly clear
  • 青あおい /aoi/：
    blue
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    direction, side
bokura wa kyou tada ichiwa no yumemigachi na karasu ni natte
Today, we become a single raven prone to dreaming

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ただ /tada/：
    merely, simply
  • 一羽いちわ /ichiwa/：
    one bird; 羽 is a counter for birds
  • 夢見ゆめみがちな /yumemigachi na/：
    dreamy, prone to dreaming; がち marks a tendency
  • 烏からす /karasu/：
    crow, raven
  • なって /natte/：
    becoming; て-form of なる, linking to the next line
hikari wo ukete tsuzuku kono michi wo tadorinaoshite iku
We retrace this road stretching onward in the light

  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light
  • 受うけて /ukete/：
    receiving, bathed in; て-form of 受ける
  • 続つづく /tsuzuku/：
    to continue, stretch on
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
  • 辿たどり直なおしていく /tadorinaoshite iku/：
    to retrace from here onward; 辿り直す + ていく
fui ni monooki no oku kara mitsuketa furui kasetto
An old cassette I unexpectedly found in the back of the storeroom

  • 不意ふいに /fui ni/：
    suddenly, unexpectedly
  • 物置ものおき /monooki/：
    storeroom, storage shed
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    interior, back, depths
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/：
    found, discovered; past form of 見つける
  • 古ふるい /furui/：
    old
  • カセット /kasetto/：
    cassette tape
jikagaki sarete ita namae ga kusubunde kiekakete ita
The name written directly on it had dulled and was beginning to fade

  • 直書じかがき /jikagaki/：
    writing directly on an object
  • されていた /sarete ita/：
    had been done; past progressive passive form of する
  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 燻くすぶんで /kusubunde/：
    having grown dull or dark; て-form of 燻む
  • 消きえかけていた /kiekakete ita/：
    was beginning to disappear or fade; 消える + かける in the past progressive
keitai denwa no naka ni mada nokotteta shashin wa
The photos still left on my mobile phone

  • 携帯電話けいたいでんわ /keitai denwa/：
    mobile phone, cell phone
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 残のこってた /nokotteta/：
    was left, remained; colloquial contraction of 残っていた
  • 写真しゃしん /shashin/：
    photograph, photo
naze ka sono hotondo sora bakari datta
For some reason, nearly all of them were nothing but sky

  • 何故なぜか /naze ka/：
    for some reason
  • その /sono/：
    that, those; referring back to the photos
  • 殆ほとんど /hotondo/：
    almost, mostly
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • ばかりだった /bakari datta/：
    was nothing but; noun + ばかり with past だった
hito ga kirai na ano ko ni kizukeba kodomo ga dekita
Before I knew it, that kid who hated people had a child

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, people
  • 嫌きらいな /kirai na/：
    disliking, hating; attributive form of 嫌いだ
  • あの子こ /ano ko/：
    that child, that kid
  • 気付きづけば /kizukeba/：
    before one knows it, upon noticing; conditional form of 気付く
  • 子供こども /kodomo/：
    child
  • できた /dekita/：
    had, came to have; 子供ができる means to have or expect a child
onaji yume wo miteta aitsu wa kokoro wo kowashite itta
The one who shared the same dream gradually broke down inside

  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 見みてた /miteta/：
    was having or sharing; colloquial contraction of 見ていた in 夢を見る
  • あいつ /aitsu/：
    that person, that guy; casual and potentially rough
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind, spirit
  • 壊こわしていった /kowashite itta/：
    gradually broke or ruined; past form of 壊していく, here describing mental collapse
sayonara mo ienai mama ano hito wa inaku natta
Without even getting to say goodbye, that person was gone

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye, farewell
  • 言いえない /ienai/：
    cannot say, could not say; negative potential form of 言う
  • まま /mama/：
    while remaining in a state; ないまま means without doing something
  • あの人ひと /ano hito/：
    that person
  • いなくなった /inaku natta/：
    was gone, disappeared; past form of いなくなる, possibly implying death
naa soko kara wa nani ga mieru?
Hey, what can you see from there?

  • そこ /soko/：
    there
  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 見みえる /mieru/：
    to be visible, can be seen
kodomo no koro ni mita manga no sekai kara
From the world of manga I saw as a child

  • 子供こども /kodomo/：
    child
  • ころ /koro/：
    time, period
  • 見みた /mita/：
    saw; past form of 見る modifying 漫画の世界
  • 漫画まんが /manga/：
    manga, comic
  • 世界せかいから /sekai kara/：
    from the world; から marks the source and connects to the next line
dare ka no tame ni ikiru koto wo osowatta
I learned to live for someone else

  • 誰だれか /dare ka/：
    someone
  • 為ために /tame ni/：
    for the sake of, in order to
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • こと /koto/：
    nominalizer turning 生きる into the act or way of living
  • 教おそわった /osowatta/：
    learned, was taught; past form of 教わる
umaku ienai kedo boku ga umareta no wa
I can't put it well, but the reason I was born

  • 上手うまく /umaku/：
    well, skillfully; adverbial form of 上手い
  • 言いえない /ienai/：
    cannot say or express; negative potential form of 言う
  • けど /kedo/：
    though, but; conversational contrast marker
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me; commonly used by men
  • 生うまれた /umareta/：
    was born; past form of 生まれる
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding clause and makes it the topic, leading into the next line
dare ka no tame ja nakatta n da
was not for anyone else's sake

  • 誰だれか /dare ka/：
    someone, anyone
  • 為ため /tame/：
    sake, benefit; 誰かの為 means for someone's sake
  • じゃなかった /ja nakatta/：
    was not; conversational past negative form of だ
  • んだ /n da/：
    conversational form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
kamifubuki wo chirasou ano kuuseki wo megakete
Let's scatter confetti, aiming it at that empty seat

  • 紙吹雪かみふぶき /kamifubuki/：
    confetti
  • 散ちらそう /chirasou/：
    let's scatter; volitional form of 散らす
  • あの /ano/：
    that; used before a noun
  • 空席くうせき /kuuseki/：
    empty seat, vacant place
  • 目掛めがけて /megakete/：
    aiming at, heading for; て-form of 目掛ける
sarachi ni natta kouen de hitasura hi ga kureru made
At the park reduced to bare ground, on and on until sunset

  • 更地さらち /sarachi/：
    vacant lot, cleared land
  • なった /natta/：
    became; past form of なる, modifying 公園
  • 公園こうえん /kouen/：
    park
  • ひたすら /hitasura/：
    single-mindedly, continuously
  • 日ひが暮くれるまで /hi ga kureru made/：
    until the sun sets; まで marks the endpoint in time
jibun no osanasa mo shirazu ooguchi tatakimakutte
unaware of my own childishness, endlessly shooting my mouth off

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • 幼おさなさ /osanasa/：
    childishness, youth; noun form of 幼い
  • 知しらず /shirazu/：
    without knowing; 知る + literary negative ず
  • 大口叩おおぐちたたきまくって /ooguchi tatakimakutte/：
    boasting relentlessly; 大口を叩く means to talk big, and まくる marks repeated or relentless action
shitatatta chi no kurosa wo mada oboete iru
I still remember the blackness of the blood that dripped

  • 滴したたった /shitatatta/：
    dripped; past form of 滴る
  • 血ち /chi/：
    blood
  • 黒くろさ /kurosa/：
    blackness; noun form of 黒い
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 憶おぼえている /oboete iru/：
    to remember, retain in memory; progressive-state form of 憶える
ima dake wa dare no koe mo kikoenai basho e ikou
Just for now, let's go somewhere no one's voice can reach us

  • 今いまだけは /ima dake wa/：
    just for now, at least for this moment
  • 誰だれの声こえも /dare no koe mo/：
    anyone's voice; with a negative verb, no one's voice
  • 聞きこえない /kikoenai/：
    cannot be heard; negative form of 聞こえる
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    let's go; volitional form of 行く
yosegaki mo sotto tsukue ni shimatte sumiwataru aoi hou e
Tuck the farewell messages quietly into the desk and head toward the clear blue

  • 寄よせ書かき /yosegaki/：
    a collection of messages written by a group
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently, quietly
  • 机つくえ /tsukue/：
    desk
  • しまって /shimatte/：
    to put away; て-form of しまう
  • 澄すみ渡わたる /sumiwataru/：
    to be perfectly clear
  • 青あおい /aoi/：
    blue
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    direction, side
bokura wa kyou tada ichiwa no yumemigachi na karasu ni natte
Today, we become a single raven prone to dreaming

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ただ /tada/：
    merely, simply
  • 一羽いちわ /ichiwa/：
    one bird; 羽 is a counter for birds
  • 夢見ゆめみがちな /yumemigachi na/：
    dreamy, prone to dreaming; がち marks a tendency
  • 烏からす /karasu/：
    crow, raven
  • なって /natte/：
    becoming; て-form of なる, linking to the next line
hokori mamire de tsuzuku rojiura wo tadorinaoshite iku
We retrace the dust-covered back alleys stretching onward

  • 埃ほこり /hokori/：
    dust
  • まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared with, often something dirty or unpleasant
  • 続つづく /tsuzuku/：
    to continue, stretch on
  • 路地裏ろじうら /rojiura/：
    back alley
  • 辿たどり直なおしていく /tadorinaoshite iku/：
    to retrace from here onward; 辿り直す + ていく