King Gnu - MASCARA

King Gnu - MASCARA

King Gnu


kazaranai egao de
With an unadorned smile

  • 飾かざらない /kazaranai/：
    unadorned, unaffected (dictionary form: 飾る; negative form)
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
arikitari na kisu wo shite
Sharing an ordinary kiss

  • ありきたりな /arikitari na/：
    ordinary, commonplace; attributive form
  • キス /kisu/：
    kiss (from English: kiss)
  • して /shite/：
    doing; with キス, to kiss (dictionary form: する; te-form)
bonyou na rabu sutoorii ga choudo ii
An ordinary love story is just right

  • 凡庸ぼんような /bonyou na/：
    ordinary, mediocre
  • ラブストーリー /rabu sutoorii/：
    love story (from English: love story)
  • 丁度ちょうどいい /choudo ii/：
    just right, exactly suitable
owari ga aru no nara
If there is going to be an end

  • 終おわり /owari/：
    end, conclusion
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist, to be; used for inanimate things
  • のなら /no nara/：
    if it is the case that; conditional expression
hajimaranakya yokatta nante
Thinking, 「I wish it had never begun」

  • 始はじまらなきゃ /hajimaranakya/：
    if it does not begin (dictionary form: 始まる; colloquial contraction of なければ)
  • 良よかった /yokatta/：
    would have been better (past form of いい/良い; here expressing regret)
  • なんて /nante/：
    to think/say that; adds surprise, dismissal, or emotion to a quotation
ijikete bakari de
I do nothing but sulk

  • いじけて /ijikete/：
    sulking or shrinking from hurt/insecurity (dictionary form: いじける; te-form)
  • てばかりで /te bakari de/：
    doing nothing but; always doing, with で linking onward
wakarikitte ita
I had known it all along

  • わかりきっていた /wakarikitte ita/：
    had known completely (dictionary form: わかりきる; きる marks completeness and ていた a past state)
kawarikitte shimatta
Everything had changed completely

  • 変かわりきって /kawarikitte/：
    changed completely (dictionary form: 変わりきる; きる marks completeness)
  • てしまった /te shimatta/：
    ended up doing; completed entirely, often with regret
najimi no keshiki wo
The familiar scenery

  • 馴染なじみ /najimi/：
    familiarity; something or someone familiar
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery, view
kuraedo kuraedo
Though I consume and consume

  • 喰くらえど /kuraedo/：
    though one devours or gulps down (dictionary form: 喰らう, a rough form of 食べる/飲む; ど means although)
  • 喰くらえど喰くらえど /kuraedo kuraedo/：
    no matter how much one consumes; repetition stresses a fruitless repeated action
aji ga shinaku natte shimatta hibi no
In the days that had lost all their flavor

  • 味あじ /aji/：
    taste, flavor; figuratively, the savor of life
  • しなくなって /shinaku natte/：
    came to no longer do/be; negative しない plus なる marks a change of state
  • てしまった /te shimatta/：
    ended up; completed change with a nuance of regret
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day-to-day life
anata no sui mo amai mo wasureta mama de
Still having forgotten both the bitter and sweet sides of you

  • 貴女あなた /anata/：
    you; the spelling 貴女 specifically addresses a woman
  • 酸すいも甘あまいも /sui mo amai mo/：
    the sour and the sweet; an idiom for both good and bad experiences
  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    forgot, have forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れる; past form)
  • たままで /ta mama de/：
    remaining in the state after doing; past form plus まま marks an unchanged state
tsuyoku nareta naraba
If I could become stronger

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; adverbial form of 強い
  • なれた /nareta/：
    could become (past form of the potential なれる, from なる)
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if; conditional expression, slightly more formal than なら
sunao ni nareru kana
I wonder if I could be honest

  • 素直すなお /sunao/：
    honest, straightforward; also obedient or unresisting
  • になれる /ni nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
miesuita kanpeki na furi wa
That transparent pretense of perfection

  • 見みえすいた /miesuita/：
    transparent, obvious, easy to see through (past attributive form of 見えすく)
  • 完璧かんぺきな /kanpeki na/：
    perfect, flawless
  • フリ /furi/：
    pretense, pretending; usually written 振り
mou yamete
Stop it now

  • もう /mou/：
    already, now; here implying that enough is enough
  • やめて /yamete/：
    stop, quit (dictionary form: やめる; te-form used as a request or command)
makura wo nurashita
I soaked my pillow with tears

  • 枕まくら /makura/：
    pillow
  • 濡ぬらした /nurashita/：
    made wet, soaked (dictionary form: 濡らす; past form; 枕を濡らす commonly means to cry)
namida ga kawaita nara
Once the tears have dried

  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear, tears
  • 乾かわいた /kawaita/：
    dried (dictionary form: 乾く; past form)
  • たなら /ta nara/：
    if/once it has happened; past form plus なら sets completion as a condition
dekakeyou ka
Shall we go out?

  • 出でかけよう /dekakeyou/：
    let us go out (volitional form of 出かける)
  • ようか /you ka/：
    shall we; volitional plus a question marker makes a suggestion
masukara hagareta mama
With my mascara still flaking off

  • マスカラ /masukara/：
    mascara (from English: mascara)
  • 剥はがれた /hagareta/：
    peeled or flaked off (dictionary form: 剥がれる; past form)
  • たまま /ta mama/：
    remaining as it is after something happened; an unchanged state
muimi na shigusa sae
Even the meaningless gestures

  • 無意味むいみな /muimi na/：
    meaningless, pointless
  • 仕草しぐさ /shigusa/：
    gesture, manner, movement
  • さえ /sae/：
    even; emphasizes an unexpected example
kirazu ni tarenagashita
Were streamed uncut

  • 切きらずに /kirazu ni/：
    without cutting or editing (dictionary form: 切る; ずに means without doing)
  • 垂たれ流ながした /tarenagashita/：
    streamed or let flow without filtering (dictionary form: 垂れ流す; past form)
sonna dokyumentarii ga choushi ii
That kind of documentary suits me just fine

  • そんな /sonna/：
    that kind of; referring to what was just described
  • ドキュメンタリー /dokyumentarii/：
    documentary; here, an unvarnished record of life (from English: documentary)
  • 調子ちょうしいい /choushi ii/：
    in good form, fitting well; colloquial form with が omitted internally
nasakenai sugata mo yama hodo miseta kedo
Though I showed you countless pathetic sides of me

  • 情なさけない /nasakenai/：
    pathetic, shameful, miserable
  • 姿すがた /sugata/：
    appearance, figure, state
  • 山やまほど /yama hodo/：
    a mountain of, countless; idiomatic expression
  • 見みせた /miseta/：
    showed (dictionary form: 見せる; past form)
  • けど /kedo/：
    though, but; colloquial contrast, with the following thought sometimes omitted
kuyande bakari irarenai ne
We cannot keep doing nothing but regretting it

  • 悔くやんで /kuyande/：
    regretting, mourning (dictionary form: 悔やむ; te-form)
  • てばかり /te bakari/：
    doing nothing but; continually doing
  • いられない /irarenai/：
    cannot remain in that state (negative potential of いる)
wakaranakatta
I did not understand

  • わからなかった /wakaranakatta/：
    did not know or understand (dictionary form: わかる; negative past form)
kaware ya shinakatta
I could not change at all

  • 変かわれ /kaware/：
    be able to change (from potential form 変われる, dictionary form 変わる)
  • やしなかった /ya shinakatta/：
    did not at all; emphatic colloquial や from は combined with a negative
atarimae no shiawase wo
The ordinary happiness we took for granted

  • 当あたり前まえ /atarimae/：
    natural, taken for granted; also ordinary
  • 仕合しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness, good fortune; an alternative spelling of 幸せ with a nuance of fate or circumstance
kuraedo kuraedo
Though I consume and consume

  • 喰くらえど /kuraedo/：
    though one devours or gulps down (dictionary form: 喰らう, a rough form of 食べる/飲む; ど means although)
  • 喰くらえど喰くらえど /kuraedo kuraedo/：
    no matter how much one consumes; repetition stresses a fruitless repeated action
mitasarenaku natte shimatta hibi no
In the days when nothing could satisfy me anymore

  • 満みたされなく /mitasarenaku/：
    not being fulfilled or satisfied (negative adverbial form of passive 満たされる, from 満たす)
  • なくなって /naku natte/：
    came to no longer be; negative form plus なる marks a change of state
  • てしまった /te shimatta/：
    ended up; completed change with regret or resignation
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day-to-day life
anata no sui mo amai mo wasureta mama de
Still having forgotten both the bitter and sweet sides of you

  • 貴女あなた /anata/：
    you; the spelling 貴女 specifically addresses a woman
  • 酸すいも甘あまいも /sui mo amai mo/：
    the sour and the sweet; an idiom for both good and bad experiences
  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    forgot, have forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れる; past form)
  • たままで /ta mama de/：
    remaining in the state after doing; past form plus まま marks an unchanged state
tsuyoku nareta naraba
If I could become stronger

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; adverbial form of 強い
  • なれた /nareta/：
    could become (past form of potential なれる, from なる)
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if; conditional expression, slightly more formal than なら
yasashiku nareru kana
I wonder if I could become kinder

  • 優やさしく /yasashiku/：
    kindly, gently; adverbial form of 優しい
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
miesuita uso de
With an obvious lie

  • 見みえすいた /miesuita/：
    transparent, obvious, easy to see through (past attributive form of 見えすく)
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
chakashite bakari de
I keep making light of it

  • 茶化ちゃかして /chakashite/：
    making light of, joking away (dictionary form: 茶化す; te-form)
  • てばかりで /te bakari de/：
    doing nothing but; repeatedly doing, while linking to what follows
kanashimi no ame wo
The rain of sorrow

  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness, sorrow; noun derived from 悲しい
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain; here a metaphor for overwhelming sorrow and tears
  • 悲かなしみの雨あめ /kanashimi no ame/：
    rain of sorrow; noun plus の modifies another noun
marumaru nomihoshitara
Once I drink every last drop

  • 丸々まるまる /marumaru/：
    entirely, wholly, every bit
  • 飲のみ干ほした /nomihoshita/：
    drank up, drained completely (dictionary form: 飲み干す; past form)
  • たら /tara/：
    if, when, once; conditional based on a completed action
dekakeyou ka
Shall we go out?

  • 出でかけよう /dekakeyou/：
    let us go out (volitional form of 出かける)
  • ようか /you ka/：
    shall we; volitional plus a question marker makes a suggestion
deatta futari no mama
Still the two people who first met

  • 出会であった /deatta/：
    met, encountered (dictionary form: 出会う; past form)
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; here, the two of us
  • のまま /no mama/：
    remaining as; still in the same state
owaranai yume no hazama wo kirisaita
It tore through the gap within an endless dream

  • 終おわらない /owaranai/：
    endless, not ending (dictionary form: 終わる; negative form)
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 狭間はざま /hazama/：
    gap, interval, space between two things
  • 切きり裂さいた /kirisaita/：
    slashed or tore apart (dictionary form: 切り裂く; past form)
hitosuji no massugu na hitomi
A single unwavering, honest gaze

  • 一筋ひとすじ /hitosuji/：
    one streak or ray; also wholehearted devotion
  • 真まっ直すぐな /massugu na/：
    straight; also honest, direct, unwavering
  • 瞳ひとみ /hitomi/：
    pupil, eye; also gaze
kurushii hodo ni mune wo tsuranuita
It pierced my chest so deeply it hurt

  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/：
    painful, distressing; also physically hard to breathe
  • ほどに /hodo ni/：
    to the extent that, so much that; marks degree
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, breast; figuratively, the heart
  • 貫つらぬいた /tsuranuita/：
    pierced through (dictionary form: 貫く; past form)
kuraedo kuraedo
Though I consume and consume

  • 喰くらえど /kuraedo/：
    though one devours or gulps down (dictionary form: 喰らう, a rough form of 食べる/飲む; ど means although)
  • 喰くらえど喰くらえど /kuraedo kuraedo/：
    no matter how much one consumes; repetition stresses a fruitless repeated action
mitasarenu hara
A stomach that cannot be satisfied

  • 満みたされぬ /mitasarenu/：
    unsatisfied (passive 満たされる from 満たす plus classical negative ぬ, equivalent to 満たされない)
  • 腹はら /hara/：
    belly, stomach; here also a metaphor for inner desire
utarete utarete
Beaten again and again

  • 打うたれて /utarete/：
    being struck or beaten (te-form of passive 打たれる, from 打つ)
  • 打うたれて打うたれて /utarete utarete/：
    struck over and over; repetition emphasizes continuing blows
bisho nure no mama
Still soaking wet

  • びしょ濡ぬれ /bisho nure/：
    soaking wet, drenched; from rain or tears
  • のまま /no mama/：
    remaining in the same state, still
arikitari na mainichi ni
In the ordinary everyday routine

  • ありきたりな /arikitari na/：
    ordinary, commonplace; attributive form
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/：
    every day, everyday life
tarite tarite tarinai bokura
We have enough and enough, yet it is never enough

  • 足たりて /tarite/：
    being enough, sufficient (dictionary form: 足りる; te-form)
  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    not enough, insufficient (dictionary form: 足りる; negative form)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら is a casual plural marker
  • 足たりて足たりて足たりない /tarite tarite tarinai/：
    enough and enough, yet not enough; repetition and negation express insatiability
tsuyoku nareta naraba
If I could become stronger

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; adverbial form of 強い
  • なれた /nareta/：
    could become (past form of potential なれる, from なる)
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if; conditional expression, slightly more formal than なら
otagai yuruseru kana
I wonder if we could forgive each other

  • お互たがい /otagai/：
    each other, mutually; お is a polite/natural prefix
  • 許ゆるせる /yuruseru/：
    can forgive (potential form of 許す)
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
miesuita youchi na furi wa
That transparent childish pretense

  • 見みえすいた /miesuita/：
    transparent, obvious, easy to see through (past attributive form of 見えすく)
  • 幼稚ようちな /youchi na/：
    childish, immature
  • フリ /furi/：
    pretense, pretending; usually written 振り
mou yamete
Stop it now

  • もう /mou/：
    already, now; here implying that enough is enough
  • やめて /yamete/：
    stop, quit (dictionary form: やめる; te-form used as a request or command)
makura wo nurashita
I soaked my pillow with tears

  • 枕まくら /makura/：
    pillow
  • 濡ぬらした /nurashita/：
    made wet, soaked (dictionary form: 濡らす; past form; 枕を濡らす commonly means to cry)
namida ga kawaita nara
Once the tears have dried

  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear, tears
  • 乾かわいた /kawaita/：
    dried (dictionary form: 乾く; past form)
  • たなら /ta nara/：
    if/once it has happened; past form plus なら sets completion as a condition
dekakeyou ka
Shall we go out?

  • 出でかけよう /dekakeyou/：
    let us go out (volitional form of 出かける)
  • ようか /you ka/：
    shall we; volitional plus a question marker makes a suggestion
masukara hagareta mama (ano koro no futari no mama)
With my mascara still flaking off (「still the two of us as we were back then」)

  • マスカラ /masukara/：
    mascara (from English: mascara)
  • 剥はがれた /hagareta/：
    peeled or flaked off (dictionary form: 剥がれる; past form)
  • あの頃ころ /ano koro/：
    back then, those days
  • 二人ふたりのまま /futari no mama/：
    remaining the two of us as we were; まま marks an unchanged state
tsuyoku nareta naraba
If I could become stronger

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; adverbial form of 強い
  • なれた /nareta/：
    could become (past form of potential なれる, from なる)
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if; conditional expression, slightly more formal than なら
yasashiku nareru kana
I wonder if I could become kinder

  • 優やさしく /yasashiku/：
    kindly, gently; adverbial form of 優しい
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become; potential form of なる
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
miesuita uso de
With an obvious lie

  • 見みえすいた /miesuita/：
    transparent, obvious, easy to see through (past attributive form of 見えすく)
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
chakashite bakari de
I keep making light of it

  • 茶化ちゃかして /chakashite/：
    making light of, joking away (dictionary form: 茶化す; te-form)
  • てばかりで /te bakari de/：
    doing nothing but; repeatedly doing, while linking to what follows
kanashimi no ame wo
The rain of sorrow

  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness, sorrow; noun derived from 悲しい
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain; here a metaphor for overwhelming sorrow and tears
  • 悲かなしみの雨あめ /kanashimi no ame/：
    rain of sorrow; noun plus の modifies another noun
marumaru nomihoshitara
Once I drink every last drop

  • 丸々まるまる /marumaru/：
    entirely, wholly, every bit
  • 飲のみ干ほした /nomihoshita/：
    drank up, drained completely (dictionary form: 飲み干す; past form)
  • たら /tara/：
    if, when, once; conditional based on a completed action
dekakeyou ka
Shall we go out?

  • 出でかけよう /dekakeyou/：
    let us go out (volitional form of 出かける)
  • ようか /you ka/：
    shall we; volitional plus a question marker makes a suggestion
deatta futari no mama
Still the two people who first met

  • 出会であった /deatta/：
    met, encountered (dictionary form: 出会う; past form)
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; here, the two of us
  • のまま /no mama/：
    remaining as; still in the same state
kazaranai egao de
With an unadorned smile

  • 飾かざらない /kazaranai/：
    unadorned, unaffected (dictionary form: 飾る; negative form)
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
arikitari na kisu wo shite
Sharing an ordinary kiss

  • ありきたりな /arikitari na/：
    ordinary, commonplace; attributive form
  • キス /kisu/：
    kiss (from English: kiss)
  • して /shite/：
    doing; with キス, to kiss (dictionary form: する; te-form)
bonyou na rabu sutoorii ga choudo ii
An ordinary love story is just right

  • 凡庸ぼんような /bonyou na/：
    ordinary, mediocre
  • ラブストーリー /rabu sutoorii/：
    love story (from English: love story)
  • 丁度ちょうどいい /choudo ii/：
    just right, exactly suitable
owari ga aru no nara
If there is going to be an end

  • 終おわり /owari/：
    end, conclusion
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist, to be; used for inanimate things
  • のなら /no nara/：
    if it is the case that; conditional expression
hajimaranakya yokatta nante
Thinking, 「I wish it had never begun」

  • 始はじまらなきゃ /hajimaranakya/：
    if it does not begin (dictionary form: 始まる; colloquial contraction of なければ)
  • 良よかった /yokatta/：
    would have been better (past form of いい/良い; here expressing regret)
  • なんて /nante/：
    to think/say that; adds surprise, dismissal, or emotion to a quotation
ijikete bakari de
I do nothing but sulk

  • いじけて /ijikete/：
    sulking or shrinking from hurt/insecurity (dictionary form: いじける; te-form)
  • てばかりで /te bakari de/：
    doing nothing but; always doing, with で linking onward