ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 魔性/Demonic Allure

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 魔性/Demonic Allure

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


kodoku to, natsu ga satta kaaten wo mimachigaeru
I mistake the curtains summer has left behind for loneliness

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness; solitude
  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • 去さった /satta/：
    left; went away. Dictionary form: 去さる
  • カーテン /kaaten/：
    curtain
  • 見間違みまちがえる /mimachigaeru/：
    to mistake one thing for another; A to B wo mimachigaeru means to mistake B for A
karappo no tamashii ga nantonaku nobi ni niteru
My empty soul somehow resembles a wildfire

  • 空からっぽ /karappo/：
    empty; hollow
  • 魂たましい /tamashii/：
    soul
  • 何なんとなく /nantonaku/：
    somehow; for no particular reason
  • 野火のび /nobi/：
    wildfire; field fire
  • 似にてる /niteru/：
    resembles; colloquial contraction of 似にている. Dictionary form: 似にる
kutsuhimo to sabishii kono kokoro wo mimachigaeru
I mistake this lonely heart for a shoelace

  • 靴紐くつひも /kutsuhimo/：
    shoelace
  • 寂さびしい /sabishii/：
    lonely
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
  • 見間違みまちがえる /mimachigaeru/：
    to mistake one thing for another; here, to mistake B for A
hodoku ryoute ni yuuyake nami no naka ni niteru
Sunset fills the hands undoing the laces; it feels like being inside the waves

  • ほどく /hodoku/：
    to undo; to untie, referring to the shoelace in the previous line
  • 両手りょうて /ryoute/：
    both hands
  • 夕焼ゆうやけ /yuuyake/：
    sunset glow; evening sky
  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; among
  • 似にてる /niteru/：
    resembles; colloquial contraction of 似にている. Dictionary form: 似にる
karakurenai ni mizu kukure
Dye the water deep crimson

  • 唐紅からくれない /karakurenai/：
    deep crimson; a literary, classical color term
  • 水みず /mizu/：
    water
  • くくれ /kukure/：
    dye it in mottled crimson; imperative of くくる, echoing the classical poetic image of water dyed like tie-dyed cloth
kono watashi wo omae no you ni kukure
Dye me the way you are

  • この /kono/：
    this; kono watashi emphatically means this very me
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a direct, rough form of address that can sound rude
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the same way as
  • くくれ /kukure/：
    dye it; imperative of くくる, continuing the classical image from the previous line
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある, expressing a forceful wish or command
machi wo nomikomu bakkuraito
Backlight that swallows the city whole

  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; city streets
  • 呑のみ込こむ /nomikomu/：
    to swallow; to engulf
  • バックライト /bakkuraito/：
    backlight
somero akairo, mashou no you ni
Stain it red, like a demonic allure

  • 染そめろ /somero/：
    dye it; imperative of 染そめる
  • 赤色あかいろ /akairo/：
    red; the color red
  • 魔性ましょう /mashou/：
    demonic nature; dangerously bewitching allure
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
kono sekai wo rubii no you ni kazare
Adorn this world like a ruby

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • ルビー /rubii/：
    ruby
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 飾かざれ /kazare/：
    adorn it; imperative of 飾かざる
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある
rojiura no randorii mo somero
Dye even the laundromat in the back alley

  • 路地裏ろじうら /rojiura/：
    back alley
  • ランドリー /randorii/：
    laundry; here, a laundromat
  • 染そめろ /somero/：
    dye it; imperative of 染そめる
sayonara wo iu mitai ni
As though saying goodbye

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye; farewell
  • 言いう /iu/：
    to say
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    as if; like, in a conversational comparison
kisai to, ki wo terau dake no omae wo mimachigaeru
I mistake you, merely chasing novelty, for a rare genius

  • 鬼才きさい /kisai/：
    rare genius; extraordinary talent
  • 奇きを衒てらう /ki wo terau/：
    to deliberately seek novelty; to act eccentric for effect
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; merely. Verb plus dake no plus noun describes someone or something that merely does the verb
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a direct, rough form of address
  • 見間違みまちがえる /mimachigaeru/：
    to mistake; here, to mistake a merely eccentric person for a genius
mashou to, sumiwatatta yuugure wa yake ni niteru
Demonic allure and a crystal-clear dusk look strangely alike

  • 魔性ましょう /mashou/：
    demonic nature; bewitching allure
  • 澄すみ渡わたった /sumiwatatta/：
    became perfectly clear; crystal-clear. Dictionary form: 澄すみ渡わたる
  • 夕暮ゆうぐれ /yuugure/：
    dusk; twilight
  • やけに /yake ni/：
    strangely; unusually; exceptionally
  • 似にてる /niteru/：
    resembles; colloquial contraction of 似にている. Dictionary form: 似にる
omaaju to, bunmyaku no nai inyou wo mimachigaeru
I mistake a contextless quotation for an homage

  • オマージュ /omaaju/：
    homage; a respectful creative tribute
  • 文脈ぶんみゃく /bunmyaku/：
    context
  • ない /nai/：
    not existing; here, without context
  • 引用いんよう /inyou/：
    quotation; citation
  • 見間違みまちがえる /mimachigaeru/：
    to mistake; here, to mistake a contextless quotation for an homage
himawari to, furimuite iru anata wo mimachigaeru
I mistake you as you turn around for a sunflower

  • 向日葵ひまわり /himawari/：
    sunflower
  • 振ふり向むいている /furimuite iru/：
    is turning around; dictionary form: 振ふり向むく, with ている marking an ongoing action or resulting state
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; softer than omae
  • 見間違みまちがえる /mimachigaeru/：
    to mistake; here, to mistake the person turning around for a sunflower
tada kurenai anata de are
Just be the you upon whom dusk never falls

  • ただ /tada/：
    just; only, here with the sense of a sole wish
  • 暮くれない /kurenai/：
    does not grow dark; does not end. Dictionary form: 暮くれる. Its sound echoes the ending of 唐紅からくれない, creating wordplay
  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • であれ /de are/：
    be; imperative of である, a literary form expressing a forceful wish or command
kono watashi mo omae no you ni kaware
Let me change to become like you too

  • この /kono/：
    this; kono watashi emphasizes this very me
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a direct, rough form of address
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the same way as
  • 変かわれ /kaware/：
    change; imperative of 変かわる, sounding like a forceful command or exhortation to oneself
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある
yama mo nomikomu pinsupotto
A pin spotlight that swallows even the mountains

  • 山やま /yama/：
    mountain
  • 呑のみ込こむ /nomikomu/：
    to swallow; to engulf
  • ピンスポット /pinsupotto/：
    pin spotlight; a narrow-beam spotlight
yamero, terasu na watashi no kao wo
Stop—don't shine on my face

  • やめろ /yamero/：
    stop it; imperative of やめる, with a forceful tone
  • 照てらすな /terasu na/：
    do not illuminate; dictionary form: 照てらす. A dictionary-form verb plus な is a forceful prohibition
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 顔かお /kao/：
    face
kono sekai wo rubii no you ni kazare
Adorn this world like a ruby

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • ルビー /rubii/：
    ruby
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 飾かざれ /kazare/：
    adorn it; imperative of 飾かざる
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある
gomitame mo rootarii mo somero
Dye the garbage dump and the traffic circle too

  • ゴミ溜だめ /gomitame/：
    garbage dump; rubbish heap
  • ロータリー /rootarii/：
    traffic circle; rotary
  • 染そめろ /somero/：
    dye it; imperative of 染そめる
akairo, mashou no you ni
Red, like a demonic allure

  • 赤色あかいろ /akairo/：
    red; the color red, completing the previous line's command to dye
  • 魔性ましょう /mashou/：
    demonic nature; bewitching allure
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
kono watashi wo omae no you ni kukure
Dye me the way you are

  • この /kono/：
    this; kono watashi emphatically means this very me
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a direct, rough form of address that can sound rude
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the same way as
  • くくれ /kukure/：
    dye it; imperative of くくる, continuing the classical image of crimson-dyed water
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある
hito mo nomikomu appaaraito
Uplight that swallows people too

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • 呑のみ込こむ /nomikomu/：
    to swallow; to engulf
  • アッパーライト /appaaraito/：
    uplight; lighting directed upward from below
yamero, terasu na watashi igai wo
Stop—don't shine on anyone but me

  • やめろ /yamero/：
    stop it; imperative of やめる, with a forceful tone
  • 照てらすな /terasu na/：
    do not illuminate; dictionary form: 照てらす. A dictionary-form verb plus な is a forceful prohibition
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 以外いがい /igai/：
    other than; except for. Watashi igai means anyone or anything other than me
kono sekai wo rubii no you ni kazare
Adorn this world like a ruby

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • ルビー /rubii/：
    ruby
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 飾かざれ /kazare/：
    adorn it; imperative of 飾かざる
akaaka, akaku are
Vividly, brilliantly—be red

  • 赤々あかあか /akaaka/：
    vividly red; glowing crimson
  • 赤あかくあれ /akaku are/：
    be red; the adverbial form of 赤あかい plus the imperative of ある
sono jiai mo furachi mo zenbu somero
Dye all of that compassion and wickedness

  • その /sono/：
    that; used before a noun
  • 慈愛じあい /jiai/：
    benevolent love; compassion
  • 不埒ふらち /furachi/：
    lawlessness; insolence; immorality
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 染そめろ /somero/：
    dye it; imperative of 染そめる
akairo, mashou no you ni
Red, like a demonic allure

  • 赤色あかいろ /akairo/：
    red; the color red, completing the previous line's command to dye
  • 魔性ましょう /mashou/：
    demonic nature; bewitching allure
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if