米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - LADY

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - LADY

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


tatoeba bokura futari kirameku eiga no you ni
Suppose the two of us were like a sparkling movie

  • 例たとえば /tatoeba/：
    for example; suppose
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a group or plural
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle; to glitter
  • 映画えいが /eiga/：
    movie; film
  • のように /no you ni/：
    like; as if; follows a noun to form a comparison
deai naosetara dou shitai
If we could meet all over again, what would you want to do?

  • 出会であいなおせたら /deai naosetara/：
    if we could meet anew; built from 出会う, なおす, the potential form, and conditional たら
  • どう /dou/：
    how; what way
  • したい /shitai/：
    want to do; from する, with たい expressing desire
nani mo nazomeite nai kyou wa kinou no tsuzuki
Nothing is mysterious; today is a continuation of yesterday

  • 何なにも～ない /nani mo ... nai/：
    nothing; 何も combines with a negative form for total negation
  • 謎なぞめいてない /nazomeite nai/：
    is not mysterious; from 謎めく, with colloquial ～ていない shortened to ～てない
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    yesterday
  • 続つづき /tsuzuki/：
    continuation; from the verb 続く
hibi wa tsuzuku tada bonyari
The days just go on in a haze

  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; day after day
  • 続つづく /tsuzuku/：
    to continue; to go on
  • ただ /tada/：
    just; merely
  • ぼんやり /bonyari/：
    vaguely; absentmindedly; here, in a haze
kasuka na ashioto shiitsu no oku basho
Faint footsteps, where the sheets are placed

  • 微かすかな /kasuka na/：
    faint; slight; attributive form of 微かだ
  • 足音あしおと /ashioto/：
    sound of footsteps
  • シーツ /shiitsu/：
    bedsheet; sheets
  • 置おく /oku/：
    to put; to place
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place; location
sore dake de subete wakatte shimau yo
From that alone, I end up understanding everything

  • それ /sore/：
    that; here, the everyday details in the previous line
  • だけで /dake de/：
    with only; merely by
  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
  • わかってしまう /wakatte shimau/：
    to end up understanding; ～てしまう marks completion and can imply something unintended or regrettable
miesuita uso mo kakushita hontou mo
Both the transparent lies and the truths you hid

  • 見みえ透すいた /miesuita/：
    obvious; transparent; past attributive form of 見え透く
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie
  • 隠かくした /kakushita/：
    hidden; concealed; past form of 隠す
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth; reality
  • ～も～も /mo ... mo/：
    both ... and; lists multiple things inclusively
sono subete itooshikatta
I cherished every bit of it

  • その /sono/：
    that; those; placed before a noun
  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
  • 愛いとおしかった /itooshikatta/：
    was dear and precious; past form of 愛おしい
redii warawanai de kiite
Lady, don't laugh—listen to me

  • レディー /redii/：
    lady; an affectionate form of address
  • 笑わらわないで /warawanai de/：
    do not laugh; from 笑う, with ～ないで expressing a negative request
  • 聞きいて /kiite/：
    listen; te-form of 聞く used here as a request
hanii mitsumeatte itakute
Honey, because I want us to keep gazing at each other

  • ハニー /hanii/：
    honey; sweetheart
  • 見みつめ合あって /mitsumeatte/：
    gazing at each other; te-form of 見つめ合う, where ～合う expresses a mutual action
  • ～ていたくて /te itakute/：
    because I want to keep doing; combines ～ている, desiderative たい, and connective くて
kimi to futari ittari kitari shitai dake
I only want to go back and forth with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • 行いったり来きたり /ittari kitari/：
    back and forth; from 行く and 来る, using ～たり～たりする for alternating or repeated actions
  • したい /shitai/：
    want to do; desiderative form of する
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
beibii kodomo mitai ni koi ga shitai
Baby, I want to fall in love like a child

  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; an affectionate form of address
  • 子供こども /kodomo/：
    child
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; in the manner of; a conversational comparison
  • 恋こいがしたい /koi ga shitai/：
    want to fall in love; ～がしたい expresses wanting an activity or experience
kakichirashite iku bokura no sutoorii rain
The storyline we keep scribbling out

  • 書かき散ちらしていく /kakichirashite iku/：
    to keep scribbling out; from 書き散らす, with ～ていく showing continuation forward
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a group or plural
  • ストーリーライン /sutoorii rain/：
    storyline; plot line
tatoeba docchi ka hitori hidoi fukou ga osoi
Suppose one of us is struck by terrible misfortune

  • 例たとえば /tatoeba/：
    for example; suppose
  • どっちか /docchi ka/：
    one or the other; conversational form of どちらか
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person
  • ひどい /hidoi/：
    terrible; severe; cruel
  • 不幸ふこう /fukou/：
    misfortune; unhappiness
  • 襲おそい /osoi/：
    strikes or attacks, connecting to the next line; continuative form of 襲う
nido to aenaku nattara
If we became unable to ever see each other again

  • 二度にどと～ない /nido to ... nai/：
    never again; used with a negative form
  • 会あえなくなったら /aenaku nattara/：
    if we became unable to meet; combines the negative potential of 会う, ～なくなる, and conditional たら
kangaeta yasaki ni nakete shimau kurai
The moment I think of it, I could almost cry

  • 考かんがえた /kangaeta/：
    thought; considered; past form of 考える
  • 矢先やさきに /yasaki ni/：
    just as; the very moment that something has happened or is about to happen
  • 泣なけてしまう /nakete shimau/：
    to find oneself crying; 泣ける here means tears come involuntarily, and ～てしまう adds an uncontrollable nuance
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent that; enough to
hibi wa tsuzuku issou tashika ni
The days go on, all the more surely

  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; day after day
  • 続つづく /tsuzuku/：
    to continue; to go on
  • 一層いっそう /issou/：
    even more; all the more
  • 確たしかに /tashika ni/：
    surely; certainly; adverbial form of 確かだ
itsumo no kurai kao chiipu na zaregoto
That usual gloomy face, those cheap empty words

  • いつもの /itsumo no/：
    usual; as always
  • 暗くらい /kurai/：
    dark; here, gloomy or sullen
  • 顔かお /kao/：
    face; expression
  • チープな /chiipu na/：
    cheap; shallow
  • 戯言ざれごと /zaregoto/：
    nonsense; idle talk
misugosu you ni mata yasashii n darou
You would probably be kind again, as if letting it pass

  • 見過みすごす /misugosu/：
    to overlook; to let pass
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; in such a way that; here describing manner
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 優やさしい /yasashii/：
    kind; gentle
  • んだろう /n darou/：
    probably; I suppose; conversational のだろう, expressing explanatory conjecture
miesuita uso mo kakushita hontou mo
Both the transparent lies and the truths you hid

  • 見みえ透すいた /miesuita/：
    obvious; transparent; past attributive form of 見え透く
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie
  • 隠かくした /kakushita/：
    hidden; concealed; past form of 隠す
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth; reality
  • ～も～も /mo ... mo/：
    both ... and; lists multiple things inclusively
sono me kara tsutawatte kita
It all came through in your eyes

  • その /sono/：
    that; here, その目 means your eyes or your gaze
  • 目め /me/：
    eye; gaze
  • 伝つたわってきた /tsutawatte kita/：
    came through and reached me; from 伝わる, with ～てくる showing movement or change toward the speaker
hippattari kamitsuitari kizutsuita furi shite mitari
Tugging, biting, and sometimes pretending to be hurt

  • 引ひっ張ぱったり /hippattari/：
    doing things such as pulling; from 引っ張る, with ～たり listing representative actions
  • 噛かみ付ついたり /kamitsuitari/：
    doing things such as biting or snapping at someone; from 噛み付く, with ～たり
  • 傷きずついた /kizutsuita/：
    was hurt; past form of 傷つく
  • ふりして /furi shite/：
    pretending to; shortened from ～ふりをする, with を omitted in the lyric
  • してみたり /shite mitari/：
    sometimes trying to do; ～てみる marks an attempt and たり lists it among other actions
asu no asa ni mochikoshitari uwatsuitari shite
Putting things off until tomorrow morning and getting carried away

  • 明日あす /asu/：
    tomorrow; あす is slightly more formal or literary than あした
  • 朝あさ /asa/：
    morning
  • 持もち越こしたり /mochikoshitari/：
    doing things such as carrying something over or postponing it; from 持ち越す, with ～たり
  • 浮うわついたり /uwatsuitari/：
    sometimes becoming flighty, restless, or carried away; from 浮つく
  • ～たり～たりして /tari ... tari shite/：
    doing things such as ... and ...; lists actions and connects onward with the te-form
omoikiri kizutsukitai itsu made mo soba ni itai
I want to be hurt fully; I want to stay by your side forever

  • 思おもいきり /omoikiri/：
    to one's heart's content; fully; with all one's might
  • 傷きずつきたい /kizutsukitai/：
    want to be hurt; desiderative form of 傷つく
  • いつまでも /itsu made mo/：
    forever; no matter how long
  • そば /soba/：
    beside; nearby
  • いたい /itai/：
    want to be or stay; desiderative form of いる
ima sugu yukue wo kuramasou
Let's disappear without a trace right now

  • 今いますぐ /ima sugu/：
    right now; immediately
  • 行方ゆくえをくらます /yukue wo kuramasu/：
    to disappear without a trace; to conceal one's whereabouts
  • くらまそう /kuramasou/：
    let's conceal or disappear; volitional form of くらます
redii nani mo iwanai de
Lady, don't say anything

  • レディー /redii/：
    lady; an affectionate form of address
  • 何なにも～ない /nani mo ... nai/：
    nothing; 何も combines with a negative form for total negation
  • 言いわないで /iwanai de/：
    do not say; from 言う, with ～ないで expressing a negative request
hanii boku no te wo totte kure
Honey, take my hand

  • ハニー /hanii/：
    honey; sweetheart
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; a generally masculine, casual pronoun
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 取とってくれ /totte kure/：
    take it for me; from 取る, with ～てくれ making a direct request, often masculine in tone
kimi igai ni kangaerarenai dake
I simply cannot think of anyone but you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 以外いがい /igai/：
    except for; other than
  • 考かんがえられない /kangaerarenai/：
    cannot think of or imagine; negative potential form of 考える
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; simply
beibii ano koro mitai ni koi ga shitai
Baby, I want to fall in love like we did back then

  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; an affectionate form of address
  • あの /ano/：
    that; placed before a noun, often referring to something distant or remembered
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time; period
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; in the manner of; a conversational comparison
  • 恋こいがしたい /koi ga shitai/：
    want to fall in love; ～がしたい expresses wanting an activity or experience
kakichirashite iku odoritsuzukeru
We keep scribbling it out and keep on dancing

  • 書かき散ちらしていく /kakichirashite iku/：
    to keep scribbling out; from 書き散らす, with ～ていく showing continuation forward
  • 踊おどり続つづける /odoritsuzukeru/：
    to keep dancing; verb stem plus 続ける expresses continuing an action
redii warawanai de kiite
Lady, don't laugh—listen to me

  • レディー /redii/：
    lady; an affectionate form of address
  • 笑わらわないで /warawanai de/：
    do not laugh; from 笑う, with ～ないで expressing a negative request
  • 聞きいて /kiite/：
    listen; te-form of 聞く used here as a request
hanii mitsumeatte itakute
Honey, because I want us to keep gazing at each other

  • ハニー /hanii/：
    honey; sweetheart
  • 見みつめ合あって /mitsumeatte/：
    gazing at each other; te-form of 見つめ合う, where ～合う expresses a mutual action
  • ～ていたくて /te itakute/：
    because I want to keep doing; combines ～ている, desiderative たい, and connective くて
kimi to futari ittari kitari shitai dake
I only want to go back and forth with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
  • 行いったり来きたり /ittari kitari/：
    back and forth; from 行く and 来る, using ～たり～たりする for alternating or repeated actions
  • したい /shitai/：
    want to do; desiderative form of する
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
beibii kodomo mitai ni koi ga shitai
Baby, I want to fall in love like a child

  • ベイビー /beibii/：
    baby; an affectionate form of address
  • 子供こども /kodomo/：
    child
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; in the manner of; a conversational comparison
  • 恋こいがしたい /koi ga shitai/：
    want to fall in love; ～がしたい expresses wanting an activity or experience
kakichirashite iku bokura no sutoorii rain
The storyline we keep scribbling out

  • 書かき散ちらしていく /kakichirashite iku/：
    to keep scribbling out; from 書き散らす, with ～ていく showing continuation forward
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a group or plural
  • ストーリーライン /sutoorii rain/：
    storyline; plot line