ano - ミッドナイト全部大丈夫/Midnight, Everything Will Be Alright

ano - ミッドナイト全部大丈夫/Midnight, Everything Will Be Alright

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ojisan ga tateta biru nuida pin hiiru
A building put up by an older man, discarded stiletto heels

  • おじさん /ojisan/：
    uncle; an older or middle-aged man
  • 建たてた /tateta/：
    built; past form of 建てる, modifying ビル
  • ビル /biru/：
    building (from English: building)
  • 脱ぬいだ /nuida/：
    took off; past form of 脱ぐ
  • ピンヒール /pin hiiru/：
    stiletto heel (from English: pin heel)
wakamono ga tobioriru biru hitori futari yoru wa itsumo doori
A building young people jump from, one and then another; the night goes on as usual

  • 若者わかもの /wakamono/：
    young person; young people
  • 飛とび降おりる /tobioriru/：
    to jump down; formed from 飛ぶ and 降りる
  • ひとりふたり /hitori futari/：
    one person, two people; here suggesting one after another
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • いつも通どおり /itsumo doori/：
    as usual; ～通り means in accordance with or just like
ikiru tame no jeru neiru tekubi wa shinde iru
Gel nails to keep living, while the wrists are dead

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live; to survive
  • ため /tame/：
    for the purpose of; verb dictionary form + ため expresses purpose
  • ジェルネイル /jeru neiru/：
    gel nails (from English: gel nails)
  • 手首てくび /tekubi/：
    wrist; contrasted here with the decorative nails
  • 死しんでいる /shinde iru/：
    is dead; from 死ぬ, with ～ている marking a continuing state
mujihi ni nomikomu piru hitotsu futatsu kyou mo romantikku doori
Mercilessly swallowing pills, one and then two; romantic as ever today

  • 無慈悲むじひ /mujihi/：
    merciless; 無慈悲に means mercilessly
  • 飲のみ込こむ /nomikomu/：
    to swallow; also figuratively, to grasp or hold back words
  • ピル /piru/：
    pill; sometimes specifically a contraceptive pill (English: pill)
  • ひとつふたつ /hitotsu futatsu/：
    one, two; native Japanese counting words
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ロマンティック /romantikku/：
    romantic (from English: romantic)
  • 通どおり /doori/：
    just as; here it links romantic with as usual, creating an ironic tone
eien wa iranai ima wo mitsumetete yo
I do not need eternity; just keep your eyes on the present

  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity; forever
  • いらない /iranai/：
    do not need; negative form of いる meaning to need
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present moment
  • 見みつめてて /mitsumetete/：
    keep looking intently; contraction of 見つめていて, from 見つめる
boku ga boku ni tateta naka no yubi ga piisu ni naru
The middle finger I raised at myself turns into a peace sign

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; a usually masculine or boyish first-person pronoun
  • 立たてた /tateta/：
    raised; past form of 立てる, here referring to a finger
  • 中なかの指ゆび /naka no yubi/：
    the finger in the middle, meaning the middle finger; an insulting gesture here
  • ピース /piisu/：
    peace; also the two-finger peace or victory sign (English: peace)
  • ～になる /ni naru/：
    to become; to turn into
wagamama de ii kana kon'ya dake wa yurushite hodoite yurushite toketeku
May I be selfish? Just for tonight, forgive me, undo me, forgive me, as I melt away

  • わがまま /wagamama/：
    selfishness; selfish or willful
  • ～でいいかな /de ii kana/：
    would it be okay to be...; かな expresses wondering or uncertainty
  • 今夜こんや /kon'ya/：
    tonight
  • だけは /dake wa/：
    at least; just this one, with emphasis on a limited scope
  • 赦ゆるして /yurushite/：
    forgive me; te-form of 赦す, with a strong sense of pardoning
  • ほどいて /hodoite/：
    undo or untie me; te-form of ほどく
  • とけてく /toketeku/：
    melt or dissolve away; contraction of とけていく
middonaito maboroshi datte itsuka wa tokeru hazu da wa
Midnight—even an illusion is bound to dissolve someday

  • ミッドナイト /middonaito/：
    midnight (from English: midnight)
  • まぼろし /maboroshi/：
    illusion; phantom
  • だって /datte/：
    even; marks an emphatic example
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • とける /tokeru/：
    to melt, dissolve, or come undone; the hiragana spelling allows several nuances
  • はずだ /hazu da/：
    should; is expected or bound to
kowareru gurai dakishimete
Hold me so tightly I could break

  • 壊こわれる /kowareru/：
    to break; to be broken, an intransitive verb
  • ぐらい /gurai/：
    to the extent that; enough to
  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/：
    hold me tight; te-form of 抱きしめる
noroi wo kakete okure yo
Please cast a curse on me

  • 呪のろい /noroi/：
    curse
  • 呪のろいをかける /noroi wo kakeru/：
    to cast a curse; ～をかける means to apply or place something on a target
  • ～ておくれ /te okure/：
    please do... for me; an old-fashioned or pleading equivalent of ～てくれ
hatarakedo girigiri seikatsu kuchiguse wa shine iya da
Though I work, I barely scrape by; my stock phrases are 「Drop dead」 and 「I hate this」

  • 働はたらけど /hatarakedo/：
    though I work; from 働く, using the literary concessive pattern realis form + ど
  • ギリギリ /girigiri/：
    barely; right at the limit, here describing scraping by
  • 生活せいかつ /seikatsu/：
    life; daily living, here a barely sustainable life
  • 口癖くちぐせ /kuchiguse/：
    habitual saying; stock phrase
  • 死しね /shine/：
    drop dead; a very harsh imperative form of 死ぬ
  • 嫌いやだ /iya da/：
    I hate it; I do not want to; expresses dislike or refusal
kaiwa darui shiranai papa hitori futari kawaii baggu koushin
Tiresome chats with strange sugar daddies, one and then another; another cute bag upgrade

  • 会話かいわ /kaiwa/：
    conversation
  • だるい /darui/：
    tiring; bothersome; a drag
  • 知しらない /shiranai/：
    unknown; unfamiliar; negative form of 知る
  • パパ /papa/：
    dad (from English: papa); in this context it can imply an older man providing money or gifts for companionship
  • かわいい /kawaii/：
    cute; pretty
  • バッグ /baggu/：
    bag; handbag (from English: bag)
  • 更新こうしん /koushin/：
    update; renewal; here it implies upgrading to a new bag
nee tsukaimichi nai namida wo dareka sukutte yo
Someone, please scoop up these tears that have nowhere to go

  • 使つかい道みち /tsukaimichi/：
    use; purpose; 使い道ない涙 colloquially omits の from 使い道のない涙, meaning tears with no use
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone; somebody
  • 掬すくって /sukutte/：
    scoop or cup up; te-form of 掬う, also evoking the homophone 救う, to save
ano hi tabesokoneta ai ga ima torokedasu
The love I missed out on tasting that day begins to melt now

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day
  • 食たべ損そこねた /tabesokoneta/：
    failed or missed the chance to eat; from 食べ損ねる, where verb stem + 損ねる means failing or missing the chance to do something
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love; pictured here as something that can be eaten and melted
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • とろけだす /torokedasu/：
    to begin melting; とろける plus ～だす, which marks the start of an action
bakemono de ii kana konna demo yurushite yurushite yurushite toketeku
Is it okay if I am a monster? Even like this, forgive me, forgive me, forgive me, as I melt away

  • 化ばけ物もの /bakemono/：
    monster; supernatural creature; figuratively, a frightening or extraordinary person
  • ～でいいかな /de ii kana/：
    is it okay to be...; a tentative question to oneself or another person
  • こんなでも /konna demo/：
    even like this; the implied noun, such as me, is omitted
  • 赦ゆるして /yurushite/：
    forgive me; te-form of 赦す, repeated to intensify the plea
  • とけてく /toketeku/：
    melt or dissolve away; contraction of とけていく
doushiyo mo nai toki ni wa ima dake nigedashite sa daijoubu daijoubu daijoubu sa
When nothing can be done, run away just for now; it is okay, it is okay, you will be okay

  • どうしよもない /doushiyo mo nai/：
    hopeless; nothing can be done; a colloquial or sung contraction of どうしようもない
  • 時ときには /toki ni wa/：
    when; in times when, with には highlighting the situation
  • 今いまだけ /ima dake/：
    just for now; only at this moment
  • 逃にげ出だして /nigedashite/：
    run away; te-form of 逃げ出す, conveying breaking away or starting to flee
  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶ /daijoubu/：
    all right; okay; things will be fine
middonaito maboroshi datte itsuka wa tokeru hazu da wa
Midnight—even an illusion is bound to dissolve someday

  • ミッドナイト /middonaito/：
    midnight (from English: midnight)
  • まぼろし /maboroshi/：
    illusion; phantom
  • だって /datte/：
    even; marks an emphatic example
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • とける /tokeru/：
    to melt, dissolve, or come undone
  • はずだ /hazu da/：
    should; is expected or bound to
dakishimete kowareru gurai
Hold me, tightly enough that I could break

  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/：
    hold me tight; te-form of 抱きしめる
  • 壊こわれる /kowareru/：
    to break; to be broken, an intransitive verb
  • ぐらい /gurai/：
    to the extent that; enough to
noroi wo kakete okure yo
Please cast a curse on me

  • 呪のろい /noroi/：
    curse
  • 呪のろいをかける /noroi wo kakeru/：
    to cast a curse; ～をかける means to apply or place something on a target
  • ～ておくれ /te okure/：
    please do... for me; an old-fashioned or pleading equivalent of ～てくれ
daijoubu
It is all right

  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶ /daijoubu/：
    all right; okay; often used to reassure someone