Mrs. GREEN APPLE - クスシキ/Mysterious

Mrs. GREEN APPLE - クスシキ/Mysterious

Mrs. GREEN APPLE


maka fushigi da
It is utterly mysterious

  • 摩訶不思議まかふしぎ /maka fushigi/：
    utterly mysterious; makā derives from Sanskrit mahā, meaning great
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is
kotodama wa makoto ka
Are the powers of words real?

  • 言霊ことだま /kotodama/：
    kotodama; the mystical power believed to dwell in words
  • 誠まこと /makoto/：
    truth, reality; sincerity
itsuwatteru aitsu wa
That fellow who is lying

  • 偽いつわってる /itsuwatteru/：
    lying, deceiving; contraction of 偽っている (dictionary form: 偽る)
  • 彼奴あいつ /aitsu/：
    that guy, that fellow; casual or rough
ten ni ochite itta
Fell away into the heavens

  • 天てん /ten/：
    heaven, the sky
  • 堕おちて /ochite/：
    falling, lapsing; te-form of 堕ちる, paradoxically paired with heaven here
  • いった /itta/：
    went away; after a te-form indicates movement away or progression
tte kiitan dakedo mo
That is what I heard, though

  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 聞きいた /kiita/：
    heard; past form of 聞く
  • んだけども /n dakedo mo/：
    casual form of のだけれども, giving background with a trailing though
aitsu wa doumo
Yet that fellow apparently

  • 彼奴あいつ /aitsu/：
    that guy, that fellow
  • どうも /doumo/：
    somehow, apparently
minna ni aisareteta rashii
Seems to have been loved by everyone

  • 皆みんな /minna/：
    everyone
  • 愛あいされてた /aisareteta/：
    had been loved; contraction of 愛されていた, past passive progressive of 愛する
  • らしい /rashii/：
    apparently, it seems; hearsay or evidence-based supposition
kanjitai omoi wa
The feelings one wishes to feel

  • 感かんじたい /kanjitai/：
    want to feel; 感じる plus the desire form たい
  • 思おもい /omoi/：
    thought, feeling, sentiment
yue ni jiyuu jizai da
And therefore they are completely free

  • 故ゆえに /yue ni/：
    therefore, consequently; literary
  • 自由自在じゆうじざい /jiyuu jizai/：
    perfectly free, completely at will
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is
kushiki jutsu kara tenjita
Transformed from a wondrous art

  • 奇くしき /kushiki/：
    wondrous, mysterious; an archaic attributive form and the source of the title
  • 術じゅつ /jutsu/：
    art, technique, means
  • 転てんじた /tenjita/：
    changed, transformed; past form of 転じる
mahoroba
An ideal land

  • まほろば /mahoroba/：
    an ideal, splendid land; an old poetic word
anata ga iru
You are here

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 居いる /iru/：
    to be, to exist; used for people and animals
sore dake de kyou mo
That alone, today as well

  • それ /sore/：
    that; here, the fact that you are here
  • だけで /dake de/：
    just by, merely with
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
ikiru itami wo omoishirasareru
I am made painfully aware of the hurt of living

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 傷いたみ /itami/：
    hurt, pain; written with 傷 to stress a wound
  • 思おもい知しらされる /omoishirasareru/：
    to be made keenly aware; causative-passive of 思い知る
aishiteru to gomen ne no sa tte
The difference between I love you and I am sorry

  • 愛あいしてる /aishiteru/：
    I love you; contraction of 愛している (dictionary form: 愛する)
  • ごめんね /gomen ne/：
    I am sorry; ね softens the phrase
  • 差さ /sa/：
    difference, gap
  • って /tte/：
    casual topic marker, like というものは
marude tsuki to taiyou ne
It is just like the moon and the sun

  • まるで /marude/：
    just like, as if
  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/：
    sun
mata ashita aeru kara ii ya tte
Thinking, It is fine, since we can meet again tomorrow

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • 会あえる /aeru/：
    can meet; potential form of 会う
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
  • いいや /ii ya/：
    oh well, never mind
  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker for the thought
nani hitotsu manabi ya shinai tamashii mo
Even the soul that never learns a single thing

  • 何一なにひとつ /nani hitotsu/：
    a single thing; with a negative, not one thing
  • 学まなびやしない /manabi ya shinai/：
    will not learn at all; emphatic negative of 学ぶ, equivalent to 学びはしない
  • 魂たましひ /tamashii/：
    soul; たましひ is the historical kana spelling of modern たましい
anata wo mata omou
Will think of you again

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you; the kanji spelling has a more literary tone
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of, to long for; 想 emphasizes emotion
konse mo
In this life too

  • 今世こんせ /konse/：
    this life, the present existence; contrasted with 来世
houshi da
It is devotion

  • 奉仕ほうし /houshi/：
    service, devotion
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is
kou shitai toka yori
Rather than things like what I want to do

  • こう /kou/：
    like this, this way
  • したい /shitai/：
    want to do; する in the desire form
  • とか /toka/：
    things like, for example
  • より /yori/：
    rather than, compared with
kou shite hoshii ga kikitai
I want to hear how you want me to act

  • こうして /kou shite/：
    do it this way; こう plus the te-form of する
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/：
    in て欲しい, to want someone to do something
  • 聞ききたい /kikitai/：
    want to hear; desire form of 聞く
omoi no hoka jibun jiku no sekai
A world more self-centered than expected

  • 思おもいの外ほか /omoi no hoka/：
    unexpectedly, contrary to expectation
  • 自分じぶん軸じく /jibun jiku/：
    a stance centered on one's own values and wishes
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
isshuu han mawatta ai wo kuraitai
I want to devour a love that has gone one and a half turns around

  • 一周いっしゅう半はん /isshuu han/：
    one and a half turns
  • 廻まわった /mawatta/：
    went around, revolved; past form of 廻る, a variant spelling of 回る
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 喰くらいたい /kuraitai/：
    want to devour or take in; desire form of the rough verb 喰らう
watashi ni kiku kusuri wa doko da
Where is the medicine that works on me?

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 効きく /kiku/：
    to work, to be effective
  • 薬くすり /kusuri/：
    medicine, remedy; also metaphorical here
  • 何処どこ /doko/：
    where
baka ni iwaserya
If you let a fool tell it

  • 馬鹿ばか /baka/：
    fool, idiot; foolishness
  • 言いわせりゃ /iwaserya/：
    if you let someone say it, in someone's view; contraction of 言わせれば
kono yo wa gokuraku da
This world is paradise

  • この世よ /kono yo/：
    this world, this life
  • 極楽ごくらく /gokuraku/：
    paradise, the Pure Land; a place of perfect comfort
  • だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is
shoujiki ni narenai
I cannot be honest

  • 正直しょうじき /shoujiki/：
    honest, frank
  • なれない /narenai/：
    cannot become; negative potential form of なる
watashi wa itsuka
Someday, I

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
sunao ni nareru ano ko ni kitto
Surely, by that girl who can be honest

  • 素直すなお /sunao/：
    honest, straightforward, obedient
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • あの子こ /ano ko/：
    that child, girl, or person
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly; continues into the next line
iroiro to okurete wa ubawareru
I fall behind in many ways and have things taken from me

  • 色々いろいろと /iroiro to/：
    in various ways
  • 遅おくれては /okurete wa/：
    falling behind and then; 遅れる plus ては linking a consequence
  • 奪うばわれる /ubawareru/：
    to be deprived, to have something taken; passive of 奪う
aishiteru to daisuki no sa tte
The difference between I love you and I like you so much

  • 愛あいしてる /aishiteru/：
    I love you; contraction of 愛している
  • 大好だいすき /daisuki/：
    to like very much, to love
  • 差さ /sa/：
    difference, gap
  • って /tte/：
    casual topic marker, like というものは
marude tsuki to getsumen ne
It is just like the moon and its surface

  • まるで /marude/：
    just like, as if
  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    the moon; its whole image seen from afar
  • 月面げつめん /getsumen/：
    the lunar surface; similar to yet distinct from the moon as a whole
mata nonda kotoba ga me wo dashite
The words I swallowed sprout once again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 呑のんだ /nonda/：
    swallowed; past form of 呑む, figuratively holding back words
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
  • 芽めを出だして /me wo dashite/：
    sprouting, budding; te-form of 芽を出す
karada no naka ni zutto nokoreba
If they remain inside my body forever

  • 身体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, continuously
  • 残のこれば /nokoreba/：
    if it remains; conditional form of 残る
kizukeba kojireru koi moyou
Before I know it, love becomes tangled

  • 気きづけば /kizukeba/：
    before one knows it; conditional of 気づく used idiomatically
  • 拗こじれる /kojireru/：
    to become complicated or tangled
  • 恋こい模様もよう /koi moyou/：
    the state or pattern of a romance
mekureba tsugi no shou
Turn the page and there is the next chapter

  • めくれば /mekureba/：
    if or when one turns the page; conditional of めくる
  • 次つぎ /tsugi/：
    next
  • 章しょう /shou/：
    chapter
ishi ni natta anata no uta wo
The song of you who turned to stone

  • 石いし /ishi/：
    stone; turning to stone may suggest death, silence, or permanence
  • なった /natta/：
    became; past form of なる
  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
kuchizusande arukou
Let us hum it as we walk

  • 口くちずさんで /kuchizusande/：
    humming; te-form of 口ずさむ, showing an accompanying action
  • 歩あるこう /arukou/：
    let us walk; volitional form of 歩く
hitori ja nai tte waraou
Let us smile and say we are not alone

  • ひとり /hitori/：
    one person, alone
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; casual form of ではない
  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker
  • 笑わらおう /waraou/：
    let us smile or laugh; volitional form of 笑う
buatsume no tsugi no hon
The next, rather thick book

  • 分厚ぶあつめ /buatsume/：
    on the thick side; 分厚い plus め, meaning somewhat
  • 次つぎ /tsugi/：
    next
  • 本ほん /hon/：
    book; continuing the metaphor of life as a book
yamai ni natta watashi no uta wo
The song of me who became an illness

  • 病やまい /yamai/：
    illness, affliction; more literary than 病気
  • なった /natta/：
    became; past form of なる
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
kuchizusande arukou
Let us hum it as we walk

  • 口くちずさんで /kuchizusande/：
    humming; te-form of 口ずさむ, showing an accompanying action
  • 歩あるこう /arukou/：
    let us walk; volitional form of 歩く
hitori no yoru wo arukou
Let us walk through the night alone

  • ひとり /hitori/：
    one person, alone
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 歩あるこう /arukou/：
    let us walk; volitional form of 歩く
aishiteru yo
I love you

  • 愛あいしてる /aishiteru/：
    I love you; contraction of 愛している
gomen ne
I am sorry

  • ごめんね /gomen ne/：
    I am sorry; ね softens the apology and seeks understanding
jaa ne
See you

  • じゃあね /jaa ne/：
    see you, bye; a casual farewell
marude yoru no taiyou ne
It is just like the sun at night

  • まるで /marude/：
    just like, as if
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/：
    sun; sun at night is a paradoxical image joining incompatibles
kusushiki jikan no nagare de
Within the mysterious flow of time

  • クスシキ /kusushiki/：
    wondrous, mysterious; from archaic 奇しき, with katakana emphasizing the title and wordplay
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 流ながれ /nagare/：
    flow, passage; nominal form related to 流れる
taisetsu wo mitsuketa tamashii mo
Even the soul that found what is precious

  • 大切たいせつ /taisetsu/：
    important, precious; nominalized here as what is precious
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/：
    found, discovered; past form of 見つける
  • 魂たましひ /tamashii/：
    soul; たましひ is the historical kana spelling of modern たましい
anata wo mata omou
Will think of you again

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you; the kanji spelling has a literary tone
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of, to long for; 想 emphasizes emotion
raise mo
In the next life too

  • 来世らいせ /raise/：
    the next life; contrasted with 今世