tuki. - 孤独の鯨/The Lonely Whale

tuki. - 孤独の鯨/The Lonely Whale

tuki.


yasashii hito mo iru wa
There are kind people too

  • 優やさしい /yasashii/：
    kind, gentle
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist, to be; used for people and animals
miryokuteki na hito mo iru wa
There are attractive people too

  • 魅力的みりょくてき /miryokuteki/：
    attractive, charming
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist, to be; used for people and animals
demo onaji merodii wo
But that same melody

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same, identical
  • メロディー /merodii/：
    melody
utatte kureta no wa kimi dake
You were the only one who sang it for me

  • 歌うたってくれた /utatte kureta/：
    sang for me; past form of 歌う plus てくれる, which marks an action done for the speaker
  • のは…だけ /no wa... dake/：
    the only one who...; の nominalizes the preceding action and だけ means only
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
lalalalalalala...
La, la-la-la, la-la-la...
utau you ni kimi no na wo yobu
I call your name as if I were singing

  • 歌うたう /utau/：
    to sing
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if, like
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 名な /na/：
    name; a literary or poetic word
  • 呼よぶ /yobu/：
    to call, to call out; also to name
kodoku na kujira no you ni
Like a lonely whale

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude; lonely
  • 鯨くじら /kujira/：
    whale
  • のように /no you ni/：
    like, in the manner of
kimi wo utatte iru
I am singing about you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 歌うたっている /utatte iru/：
    to be singing; ている marks an ongoing or continuing action
sabishisa ni nareru yoru wa naku
There is no night when I grow used to loneliness

  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/：
    loneliness; the noun form of 寂しい made with さ
  • 慣なれる /nareru/：
    to get used to, to become accustomed to
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • なく /naku/：
    without there being; connective form of ない linking to the next line
tsuki no yoru ni hoeru
So I howl on a moonlit night

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 吠ほえる /hoeru/：
    to howl, to roar; originally used of an animal's cry
tomadou koto mo aru wa
Sometimes I feel bewildered too

  • 戸惑とまどう /tomadou/：
    to be bewildered, to be at a loss
  • こともある /koto mo aru/：
    there are times when; sometimes
kokoro ga tokeru koto ni
At the way my heart is beginning to thaw

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • 解とける /tokeru/：
    to loosen, to thaw; here, for emotional tension or guardedness to dissolve
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, fact; after a verb it nominalizes the preceding action or state
wasurekaketa merodii wo
That melody I had almost forgotten

  • 忘わすれかけた /wasurekaketa/：
    had almost forgotten; verb stem plus かける means partly done or on the verge of happening
  • メロディー /merodii/：
    melody
omoidaseru no wa mou boku dake
Now I am the only one who can remember it

  • 思おもい出だせる /omoidaseru/：
    to be able to remember; potential form of 思い出す
  • のは…だけ /no wa... dake/：
    the only one who...; の nominalizes what precedes and だけ means only
  • もう /mou/：
    already, now; also any more depending on context
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
lalalalalalala...
La, la-la-la, la-la-la...
kyou mo tada kimi no na wo yobu
Today again, I simply call your name

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ただ /tada/：
    simply, just; here emphasizing doing nothing but this
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 名な /na/：
    name; a literary or poetic word
  • 呼よぶ /yobu/：
    to call, to call out; also to name
kodoku na kujira no yoru ni
On the lonely whale's night

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude; lonely
  • 鯨くじら /kujira/：
    whale
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
dare ga utatte iru
Who is singing?

  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • 歌うたっている /utatte iru/：
    to be singing; ている marks an ongoing or continuing action
sabishisa ni narete shimau nara
If I end up growing used to loneliness

  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/：
    loneliness; the noun form of 寂しい made with さ
  • 慣なれてしまう /narete shimau/：
    to end up getting used to; てしまう marks completion and often carries regret or resignation
  • なら /nara/：
    if, if it is the case that
tsuki no yoru mo toberu
Then I can fly even on a moonlit night

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 飛とべる /toberu/：
    to be able to fly; potential form of 飛ぶ
lalalalalalala...
La-la-la, la-la...
kodoku na kujira no you ni
Like a lonely whale

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude; lonely
  • 鯨くじら /kujira/：
    whale
  • のように /no you ni/：
    like, in the manner of
kimi wo utatte iru
I am singing about you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 歌うたっている /utatte iru/：
    to be singing; ている marks an ongoing or continuing action
sabishisa ni nareru yoru wa naku
There is no night when I grow used to loneliness

  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/：
    loneliness; the noun form of 寂しい made with さ
  • 慣なれる /nareru/：
    to get used to, to become accustomed to
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • なく /naku/：
    without there being; connective form of ない linking to the next line
tsuki no yoru ni hoeru
So I howl on a moonlit night

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 吠ほえる /hoeru/：
    to howl, to roar; originally used of an animal's cry
lalalalalalala...
La-la-la, la-la...