Vaundy - 気まぐれ/Whim

Vaundy - 気まぐれ/Whim

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museru hodo, mouretsu na
So intense it nearly makes me choke

  • むせる /museru/：
    to choke; to have difficulty breathing
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 猛烈もうれつな /mouretsu na/：
    fierce; extremely intense
jikan ga tatte iru
Time is passing

  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 経たっている /tatte iru/：
    from 経つ, for time to pass; ている marks an ongoing or resulting state
nodo no oku, teibou wa
Deep in my throat, the embankment

  • 喉のど /nodo/：
    throat
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    depths; inner part
  • 堤防ていぼう /teibou/：
    embankment; here, a figurative barrier in the throat
koke ga tsumatte
Is clogged with moss

  • 苔こけ /koke/：
    moss
  • 詰つまって /tsumatte/：
    from 詰まる, to become clogged or packed; the te-form links to what follows
sono dokidoki wo
That pounding feeling

  • その /sono/：
    that; referring to something near the listener or previously mentioned
wasurenu you
So I will not forget it

  • 忘わすれぬ /wasurenu/：
    from 忘れる, to forget; ぬ is a literary negative, meaning not to forget
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
kioku no nami ni
Among waves of memory

  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory
  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave; here, a metaphor for surging memories
magirenu you
So it will not be lost

  • 紛まぎれぬ /magirenu/：
    from 紛れる, to get mixed in or lost among things; ぬ marks negation
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
kimi no kimagure ni, sotto kata wo yose
At your whim, I gently lean my shoulder close

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 気きまぐれ /kimagure/：
    caprice; whim; fickleness
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently; quietly
  • 肩かた /kata/：
    shoulder
  • 寄よせ /yose/：
    from 寄せる, to draw or bring close; the continuative form links to the next phrase
futari asebamu jikan wo uta ni shiyou.
Let’s turn the time we spend perspiring together into a song

  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • あせばむ /asebamu/：
    to perspire; to become slightly sweaty; commonly written 汗ばむ
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 詩うた /uta/：
    poem or song; 詩 is read as uta here
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of する, expressing 「let’s do」 or 「I’ll do」
hyururi
With a soft swirl
kubimoto, kaze no oto
The sound of wind around my neck

  • 首元くびもと /kubimoto/：
    the area around the neck or collar
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
ima, suzushisa wo kanjite iru.
Right now, I feel the coolness

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 涼すずしさ /suzushisa/：
    coolness; さ turns the adjective 涼しい into a noun
  • 感かんじている /kanjite iru/：
    from 感じる, to feel; ている shows the feeling is ongoing
kimi no kimagure de, fuwaatto saku hana to
At your whim, a flower softly bursts into bloom

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 気きまぐれ /kimagure/：
    caprice; whim; fickleness
  • 咲さく /saku/：
    to bloom
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
sokode nariyamanu semi wo uta ni shiyou.
Let’s turn the cicadas that never stop singing there into a song

  • そこで /sokode/：
    there; then; in that situation
  • 鳴なり止やまぬ /nariyamanu/：
    from 鳴り止む, to stop sounding; ぬ makes it negative, 「never ceasing to sing」
  • 蝉せみ /semi/：
    cicada
  • 詩うた /uta/：
    poem or song; 詩 is read as uta here
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of する, expressing 「let’s do」 or 「I’ll do」
hyururi
With a soft swirl
yubisaki, fureru oto
The sound of fingertips touching

  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/：
    fingertip
  • 触ふれる /fureru/：
    to touch; to come into contact
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
mada, itoshisa wo kanjite iru mama.
Still holding on to this feeling of affection

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 愛いとしさ /itoshisa/：
    dearness; affection; さ turns 愛しい into a noun
  • 感かんじている /kanjite iru/：
    from 感じる, to feel; ている shows the feeling is ongoing
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining in a certain state; just as it is
kagamu hodo, kyouretsu na
So intense it makes me double over

  • かがむ /kagamu/：
    to bend down; to stoop
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 強烈きょうれつな /kyouretsu na/：
    intense; powerful
jikan ga tatte iru
Time is passing

  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 経たっている /tatte iru/：
    from 経つ, for time to pass; ている marks an ongoing or resulting state
suji nokoru, nyuusan wa
The lactic acid remaining in my muscles

  • 筋すじ /suji/：
    muscle; sinew; here referring to muscle tissue
  • 残のこる /nokoru/：
    to remain; to be left behind
  • 乳酸にゅうさん /nyuusan/：
    lactic acid
tamari tamatte
Keeps building and building

  • 溜たまり溜たまって /tamari tamatte/：
    from 溜まる, to accumulate; repetition emphasizes the buildup, and the te-form links onward
sono dokidoki ga
That pounding feeling

  • その /sono/：
    that; referring to something near the listener or previously mentioned
usurenu you
So it will not fade

  • 薄うすれぬ /usurenu/：
    from 薄れる, to fade or weaken; ぬ marks negation
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
gouu ni utare
Battered by a downpour

  • 豪雨ごうう /gouu/：
    torrential rain; downpour
  • 打うたれ /utare/：
    from 打つ, to strike; continuative form of the passive 打たれる, 「to be battered」
sabirenu you
So it will not rust

  • 錆さびれぬ /sabirenu/：
    from 錆びる, to rust; 錆びれる is a colloquial potential form and ぬ negates it, conveying 「so it cannot rust」
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
kimi no kimagure ni, sotto kata wo yose
At your whim, I gently lean my shoulder close

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 気きまぐれ /kimagure/：
    caprice; whim; fickleness
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently; quietly
  • 肩かた /kata/：
    shoulder
  • 寄よせ /yose/：
    from 寄せる, to draw or bring close; the continuative form links to the next phrase
futari asebamu jikan wo uta ni shiyou.
Let’s turn the time we spend perspiring together into a song

  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • あせばむ /asebamu/：
    to perspire; to become slightly sweaty; commonly written 汗ばむ
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 詩うた /uta/：
    poem or song; 詩 is read as uta here
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of する, expressing 「let’s do」 or 「I’ll do」
hyururi
With a soft swirl
kubimoto, kaze no oto
The sound of wind around my neck

  • 首元くびもと /kubimoto/：
    the area around the neck or collar
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
ima, suzushisa wo kanjite iru kara
Because right now, I feel the coolness

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 涼すずしさ /suzushisa/：
    coolness; さ turns the adjective 涼しい into a noun
  • 感かんじている /kanjite iru/：
    from 感じる, to feel; ている shows the feeling is ongoing
  • から /kara/：
    at the end of a clause, gives a reason: because
kono dokidoki ga
This pounding feeling

  • この /kono/：
    this; referring to something close to the speaker or a present feeling
togirenu you
So it will not be interrupted

  • 途切とぎれぬ /togirenu/：
    from 途切れる, to break off or be interrupted; ぬ marks negation
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
ashita mo sono saki mo
Tomorrow, and beyond that too

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • その先さき /sono saki/：
    beyond that; the future after that
utaeru you
So we can keep singing

  • 歌うたえる /utaeru/：
    potential form of 歌う, to sing; 「can sing」
  • よう /you/：
    after a negative or other verb form, marks a purpose or desired outcome
kimi no kimagure ni, sotto kata wo yose
At your whim, I gently lean my shoulder close

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 気きまぐれ /kimagure/：
    caprice; whim; fickleness
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently; quietly
  • 肩かた /kata/：
    shoulder
  • 寄よせ /yose/：
    from 寄せる, to draw or bring close; the continuative form links to the next phrase
futari asebamu jikan wo uta ni shiyou.
Let’s turn the time we spend perspiring together into a song

  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • あせばむ /asebamu/：
    to perspire; to become slightly sweaty; commonly written 汗ばむ
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 詩うた /uta/：
    poem or song; 詩 is read as uta here
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of する, expressing 「let’s do」 or 「I’ll do」
hyururi
With a soft swirl
kubimoto, kaze no oto
The sound of wind around my neck

  • 首元くびもと /kubimoto/：
    the area around the neck or collar
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
ima, suzushisa wo kanjite iru.
Right now, I feel the coolness

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 涼すずしさ /suzushisa/：
    coolness; さ turns the adjective 涼しい into a noun
  • 感かんじている /kanjite iru/：
    from 感じる, to feel; ている shows the feeling is ongoing
kimi no kimagure de, fuwaatto saku hana wo
The flower that softly blooms at your whim

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 気きまぐれ /kimagure/：
    caprice; whim; fickleness
  • 咲さく /saku/：
    to bloom
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
toki wo tome mata sore wo uta ni shiyou.
Let’s stop time and turn that moment into a song again

  • 時とき /toki/：
    time
  • 止とめ /tome/：
    from 止める, to stop something; the continuative form links onward
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • それ /sore/：
    that; here referring to the flower and the preceding moment
  • 詩うた /uta/：
    poem or song; 詩 is read as uta here
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of する, expressing 「let’s do」 or 「I’ll do」
hyururi
With a soft swirl
yubisaki, fureru oto
The sound of fingertips touching

  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/：
    fingertip
  • 触ふれる /fureru/：
    to touch; to come into contact
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
mada, itoshisa wo kanjite itai kara.
Because I still want to keep feeling this affection

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 愛いとしさ /itoshisa/：
    dearness; affection; さ turns 愛しい into a noun
  • 感かんじていたい /kanjite itai/：
    from 感じる, to feel; ていたい expresses wanting to keep feeling that way
  • から /kara/：
    at the end of a clause, gives a reason: because