Ado - KIRA/Finery

Ado - KIRA/Finery

Ado


mou ikutabi, ikusotabi kanda shitakuchibiru ni
On the lower lip I've bitten countless times, dozens of times

  • もう /mou/：
    already; here emphasizing how many times it has happened
  • 幾度いくたび /ikutabi/：
    how many times; many times
  • 幾十度いくそたび /ikusotabi/：
    dozens of times; an old-fashioned, literary expression
  • 噛かんだ /kanda/：
    bitten; past form of 噛かむ, modifying the lower lip
  • 下唇したくちびる /shitakuchibiru/：
    lower lip
nijinda tetsu no aji, mou akiaki shite iru
I'm thoroughly sick of the taste of iron seeping out

  • 滲にじんだ /nijinda/：
    seeped or oozed; past form of 滲にじむ, implying blood from the bitten lip
  • 鉄てつの味あじ /tetsu no aji/：
    the taste of iron; here, the metallic taste of blood
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 飽あき飽あきしている /akiaki shite iru/：
    to be thoroughly fed up; 飽あき飽あきする with ～している marking an ongoing state
usuyami no umi wo mitsumete iru
I'm gazing at the sea in the dim light

  • 薄闇うすやみ /usuyami/：
    dimness, half-light, twilight gloom
  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea, ocean
  • 見みつめている /mitsumete iru/：
    to be gazing or staring; 見みつめる in the ongoing ～ている form
dareka ga sasayaku no ga kikoeru
I can hear someone whispering

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone; 誰だれ, who, plus か makes an indefinite person
  • 囁ささやく /sasayaku/：
    to whisper
  • ～のが聞きこえる /no ga kikoeru/：
    to be able to hear something happening; の nominalizes the action and 聞きこえる means it is audible
motto saki e, motto jiyuu ni,
“Farther ahead, more freely,

  • もっと /motto/：
    more, further
  • 先さきへ /saki e/：
    ahead, onward; へ marks the direction of movement
  • 自由じゆうに /jiyuu ni/：
    freely; 自由じゆう plus に forms an adverb
mada shiranai basho e
to a place still unknown.”

  • まだ～ない /mada nai/：
    not yet; まだ paired with a negative form
  • 知しらない /shiranai/：
    not know, unknown; negative form of 知しる
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
kira, mi ni matotta kira
Finery—the finery draped upon the body

  • 綺羅きら /kira/：
    fine silks, splendid clothing, or richly dressed people; here it also evokes the uniform and each person's brilliance
  • 身みに纏まとった /mi ni matotta/：
    worn or draped on the body; past form of 纏まとう, modifying 綺羅きら
hoshi wa sorezore ni suiheisen wo kazaru
Each star adorns the horizon in its own way

  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star; here it can also symbolize each person who shines
  • それぞれに /sorezore ni/：
    each, respectively, each in their own way
  • 水平線すいへいせん /suiheisen/：
    horizon
  • 飾かざる /kazaru/：
    to decorate, adorn
kira, narabitatta kira
Finery—the finery standing side by side

  • 綺羅きら /kira/：
    fine silks, splendid clothing, or richly dressed people; here it also evokes the uniform and each person's brilliance
  • 並ならび立たった /narabitatta/：
    stood side by side; past form of 並ならび立たつ, modifying 綺羅きら
ametsuchi ayanasu
Heaven and earth weave a splendid pattern

  • あめつち /ametsuchi/：
    heaven and earth; an old-fashioned word also meaning the whole world
  • 綾あやなす /ayanasu/：
    to weave or form a beautiful pattern; used of things intertwining into a splendid scene
kitto kono mama doko ni datte yukeru
Surely, if we keep going like this, we can go anywhere

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • このまま /kono mama/：
    just as things are; here, if we continue like this
  • どこにだって /doko ni datte/：
    anywhere; an interrogative plus だって gives an all-inclusive meaning
  • 行ゆける /yukeru/：
    can go; potential form of 行ゆく
youyou to yomu norito
Triumphantly reciting a sacred prayer

  • 揚々ようようと /youyou to/：
    triumphantly, proudly, in high spirits; often used in 意気揚々いきようよう
  • 誦よむ /yomu/：
    to recite or chant aloud; a literary spelling related to 読よむ
  • 祝詞のりと /norito/：
    a Shinto ritual prayer or liturgy recited to the deities
kono yume wa waraeru ka?
Is this dream something to laugh at?

  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream; also an aspiration or ideal
  • 笑わらえるか /waraeru ka/：
    is it laughable, or can one laugh at it? 笑わらえる is the potential of 笑わらう, and final か marks a question
shousou wo kurai kusubutte iru mune no nokoribi
The embers in my chest, feeding on impatience and still smoldering

  • 焦燥しょうそう /shousou/：
    impatience, agitation, anxiety
  • 喰くらい /kurai/：
    devouring or feeding on; continuative form of the rough verb 喰くらう
  • 燻くすぶっている /kusubutte iru/：
    smoldering without fully catching fire; 燻くすぶる in the ongoing ～ている form, also used figuratively of pent-up feelings
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart; often the seat of one's feelings
  • 残のこり火び /nokoribi/：
    remaining embers; figuratively, passion or resolve not yet extinguished
ore wa akirame ga warui no sa
I'm just not the type to give up easily

  • 俺おれ /ore/：
    I, me; a rough, casual first-person pronoun often associated with masculine speech
  • 諦あきらめが悪わるい /akirame ga warui/：
    reluctant to give up, unable to let go; literally, bad at giving up
  • ～のさ /no sa/：
    a casual sentence ending that explains or emphatically asserts something
kokoro no soto de sae usobuku
Even outside my heart, I make a brazen declaration

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind, inner feelings
  • 外そと /soto/：
    outside; 心こころの外そと suggests bringing an inner thought out into the open
  • ～でさえ /de sae/：
    even at or even in; さえ highlights an unexpected or extreme case
  • うそぶく /usobuku/：
    to boast or declare brazenly as if unconcerned; also to feign ignorance
motto saki e, motto jiyuu ni,
“Farther ahead, more freely,

  • もっと /motto/：
    more, further
  • 先さきへ /saki e/：
    ahead, onward; へ marks the direction of movement
  • 自由じゆうに /jiyuu ni/：
    freely; 自由じゆう plus に forms an adverb
soko ni ashiato wa nai
there are no footprints there.”

  • そこ /soko/：
    there; a place away from the speaker or already mentioned
  • 足跡あしあと /ashiato/：
    footprint, trail; figuratively, a path or achievement left by predecessors
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no; は marks the topic and ない expresses nonexistence
kira, me wo ubatta kira
Finery—the finery that captivated every eye

  • 綺羅きら /kira/：
    fine silks, splendid clothing, or richly dressed people; here it also evokes the uniform and each person's brilliance
  • 目めを奪うばった /me wo ubatta/：
    captivated the eye; past form of the idiom 目めを奪うばう, modifying 綺羅きら
shadatsu na idetachi
A stylish, refined appearance

  • 洒脱しゃだつな /shadatsu na/：
    stylish, refined, and unaffected
  • 出いで立たち /idetachi/：
    attire, appearance, or getup; a literary expression
nani yori mo mabayuku
More dazzling than anything else

  • 何なによりも /nani yori mo/：
    more than anything, above all; より marks comparison and も broadens the scope
  • 目映まばゆく /mabayuku/：
    dazzlingly, radiantly; continuative form of 目映まばゆい
kira, mi ni matotta kira
Finery—the finery draped upon the body

  • 綺羅きら /kira/：
    fine silks, splendid clothing, or richly dressed people; here it also evokes the uniform and each person's brilliance
  • 身みに纏まとった /mi ni matotta/：
    worn or draped on the body; past form of 纏まとう, modifying 綺羅きら
hoshi wa sorezore ni suiheisen wo kazaru
Each star adorns the horizon in its own way

  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star; here it can also symbolize each person who shines
  • それぞれに /sorezore ni/：
    each, respectively, each in their own way
  • 水平線すいへいせん /suiheisen/：
    horizon
  • 飾かざる /kazaru/：
    to decorate, adorn
kira, narabitatta kira
Finery—the finery standing side by side

  • 綺羅きら /kira/：
    fine silks, splendid clothing, or richly dressed people; here it also evokes the uniform and each person's brilliance
  • 並ならび立たった /narabitatta/：
    stood side by side; past form of 並ならび立たつ, modifying 綺羅きら
ametsuchi ayanasu
Heaven and earth weave a splendid pattern

  • あめつち /ametsuchi/：
    heaven and earth; an old-fashioned word also meaning the whole world
  • 綾あやなす /ayanasu/：
    to weave or form a beautiful pattern; used of things intertwining into a splendid scene
kitto kono mama doko ni datte yukeru
Surely, if we keep going like this, we can go anywhere

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • このまま /kono mama/：
    just as things are; here, if we continue like this
  • どこにだって /doko ni datte/：
    anywhere; an interrogative plus だって gives an all-inclusive meaning
  • 行ゆける /yukeru/：
    can go; potential form of 行ゆく
doko ni datte yukeru
We can go anywhere

  • どこにだって /doko ni datte/：
    anywhere; an interrogative plus だって gives an all-inclusive meaning
  • 行ゆける /yukeru/：
    can go; potential form of 行ゆく