YOASOBI - モノトーン/Monotone

YOASOBI - モノトーン/Monotone

YOASOBI


zutto boku wa bokura wa
All along, I—and we—

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, always
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
hitori kiri no sekai wo ikite iru
live in worlds where each of us is alone

  • 一人ひとりきり /hitori kiri/：
    all alone; きり means only
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 生いきている /ikite iru/：
    to be living; dictionary form: 生きる; ている marks an ongoing state
tonari au sekai ni sotto fureru tabi
Whenever I gently touch the worlds beside mine

  • 隣となり合あう /tonari au/：
    to adjoin each other; 合う indicates mutual action
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • そっと /sotto/：
    gently, quietly
  • ふれる /fureru/：
    to touch, come into contact
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
omoi shirunda
I realize it all over again

  • 思おもい知しる /omoi shiru/：
    to realize fully, learn the hard way
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
omoi dasunda
I remember it

  • 思おもい出だす /omoi dasu/：
    to remember, recall
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
osanai koro no bokura wa
When we were young

  • 幼おさない /osanai/：
    young, little
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time, period
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
mujakisa ni mamorareta mama
we remained sheltered by our innocence

  • 無邪気むじゃきさ /mujakisa/：
    innocence; さ turns an adjective into a noun
  • 守まもられた /mamorareta/：
    was protected; dictionary form: 守る; passive form
  • まま /mama/：
    while remaining in that state, as is
yobi au namae to
With the names we called each other

  • 呼よび合あう /yobi au/：
    to call each other
  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
ashita no yakusoku
and promises for tomorrow

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • 約束やくそく /yakusoku/：
    promise, agreement
sore dake de sekai wa hitotsu da to omoeta
Just that was enough to make us think the world was one

  • それだけで /sore dake de/：
    with just that; だけ means only
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; general counter
  • と思おもえた /to omoeta/：
    could think, was able to feel; potential form of 思う
wakari aenai koto ga
Things we could not understand about each other

  • 分わかり合あえない /wakari aenai/：
    cannot understand each other; negative potential of 分かり合う
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
yurushi aenai koto ga
Things we could not forgive in each other

  • 許ゆるし合あえない /yurushi aenai/：
    cannot forgive each other; negative potential of 許し合う
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
hitotsu futatsu fuete iku
kept growing, one after another

  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; general counter
  • 二ふたつ /futatsu/：
    two; general counter
  • 増ふえていく /fuete iku/：
    to keep increasing; ていく shows a change continuing onward
sono tabi ni boku wa
And each time, I

  • その度たびに /sono tabi ni/：
    each time that happens
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
shinji aeru to kitai suru koto sae mo
even the hope that we could trust one another

  • 信しんじ合あえる /shinji aeru/：
    can trust each other; potential form of 信じ合う
  • 期待きたいする /kitai suru/：
    to expect, hope for
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
  • さえも /sae mo/：
    even, as much as
yamete shimatta
I gave it up entirely

  • やめてしまった /yamete shimatta/：
    ended up giving up; てしまう conveys completion or regret
zutto boku wa bokura wa
All along, I—and we—

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, always
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
sorezore betsu no sekai wo ikite iru
each live in separate worlds

  • それぞれ /sorezore/：
    each, respectively
  • 別べつ /betsu/：
    different, separate
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 生いきている /ikite iru/：
    to be living; dictionary form: 生きる; ている marks an ongoing state
chikazuita to omoeba
Just when I think we have drawn closer

  • 近付ちかづいた /chikazuita/：
    drew near; dictionary form: 近付く
  • と思おもえば /to omoeba/：
    just when one thinks; 思う in the conditional ば-form
hanarebanare ni
we drift apart again

  • 離はなれ離ばなれ /hanarebanare/：
    separated, apart
sou kurikaesu tabi
Every time that cycle repeats

  • そう /sou/：
    that way, so
  • 繰くり返かえす /kurikaesu/：
    to repeat
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
hitori kiri wo omoi shirunda
I am made to realize how alone I am

  • 一人ひとりきり /hitori kiri/：
    all alone; きり means only
  • 思おもい知しる /omoi shiru/：
    to realize fully, learn the hard way
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
boku ga bokura ga
Why I—why we—

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
sore demo dareka wo motomeru no wa
still seek someone even so is because

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 求もとめる /motomeru/：
    to seek, long for
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding phrase and makes it the topic
kodoku wo tada sunao ni
we are not grown enough simply and honestly

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude
  • ただ /tada/：
    simply, merely
  • 素直すなお /sunao/：
    honest, accepting
ukeireta mama
to accept our loneliness as it is

  • 受うけ入いれた /ukeireta/：
    accepted; dictionary form: 受け入れる
  • まま /mama/：
    while remaining in that state, as is
ikite ikeru hodo
and go on living with it

  • 生いきていける /ikite ikeru/：
    can go on living; potential form of 生きていく
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that
otona janai kara
because we are not that grown-up

  • 大人おとな /otona/：
    adult, grown-up
  • じゃない /janai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
kyoushitsu no ushiro ni harareta
Posted at the back of the classroom

  • 教室きょうしつ /kyoushitsu/：
    classroom
  • 後うしろ /ushiro/：
    back, behind
  • 貼はられた /harareta/：
    was posted, was stuck up; passive of 貼る
chigau iro de egakareta onaji keshiki tachi
were the same scenes drawn in different colors

  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    to differ, be different
  • 色いろ /iro/：
    color
  • 描えがかれた /egakareta/：
    was drawn, depicted; passive of 描く
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery, view
  • たち /tachi/：
    plural suffix indicating a group
bokura wa daremo ga
Every one of us

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    everyone, anyone; with a negative, no one
sorezore de chigau
is different in our own way

  • それぞれ /sorezore/：
    each, respectively
  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    to differ, be different
sukoshi no zure mo naku kasanaru koto wa nai noni
though we can never overlap without even the slightest difference

  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little, slightly
  • ズレ /zure/：
    gap, misalignment; from the verb ずれる
  • もなく /mo naku/：
    without even; なく is the connective form of ない
  • 重かさなる /kasanaru/：
    to overlap, coincide
  • ことはない /koto wa nai/：
    there is no case of, never
  • のに /noni/：
    although, even though
egaite iru risou kara dore dake
Yet we judge by how far

  • 描えがいている /egaite iru/：
    is drawing or envisioning; dictionary form: 描く
  • 理想りそう /risou/：
    ideal
  • どれだけ /dore dake/：
    how much, to what extent
hanarete iru ka de hakaru you na
we fall from the ideals we envision

  • 離はなれている /hanarete iru/：
    is distant, is apart; dictionary form: 離れる
  • かで /ka de/：
    か embeds a question, while で marks the basis of judgment
  • 測はかる /hakaru/：
    to measure, gauge
  • ような /you na/：
    like, such as; modifies a noun by comparison
ai ni niseta hitoriyogari wa
That self-righteousness disguised as love

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 似にせた /niseta/：
    made to resemble, imitated; dictionary form: 似せる
  • 一人ひとりよがり /hitoriyogari/：
    self-righteousness, self-centered assumption
ikisugita naimono nedari
was an excessive craving for what I did not have

  • 行いき過すぎた /ikisugita/：
    went too far, was excessive; dictionary form: 行き過ぎる
  • ないものねだり /naimono nedari/：
    craving what one does not have
tashikameru tabi iya ni natte
Each time I checked, I grew sick of it

  • 確たしかめる /tashikameru/：
    to check, make sure
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
  • 嫌いやになって /iya ni natte/：
    became sick of it; dictionary form: 嫌になる
motomeru tabi migatte ni natte
Each time I asked for more, I became selfish

  • 求もとめる /motomeru/：
    to seek, long for
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
  • 身勝手みがってになって /migatte ni natte/：
    became selfish; dictionary form: 身勝手になる
ushinau tabi okubyou ni natta
Each time I lost something, I grew afraid

  • 失うしなう /ushinau/：
    to lose
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever
  • 臆病おくびょうになった /okubyou ni natta/：
    became afraid or timid; dictionary form: 臆病になる
ima yori ooku wa nozomanai kara
I will not ask for more than we have now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • より /yori/：
    than; marks a basis of comparison
  • 多おおく /ooku/：
    more, much; adverbial form of 多い
  • 望のぞまない /nozomanai/：
    do not wish for; dictionary form: 望む
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
ima yori tooku e wa ikanaide
so please do not go any farther away

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • より /yori/：
    than; marks a basis of comparison
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away; adverbial form of 遠い
  • 行いかないで /ikanaide/：
    do not go; ないで is a negative request
sou yatte aimai na kyori wo tamotsu koto ga
I told myself that keeping this vague distance

  • そうやって /sou yatte/：
    doing it that way
  • 曖昧あいまい /aimai/：
    vague, ambiguous
  • 距離きょり /kyori/：
    distance
  • 保たもつ /tamotsu/：
    to keep, maintain
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
otona ni naru koto da to omoikonda
was what it meant to grow up

  • 大人おとな /otona/：
    adult, grown-up
  • になる /ni naru/：
    to become
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
  • 思おもい込こんだ /omoikonda/：
    convinced oneself, assumed; dictionary form: 思い込む
boku wa boku wa
But I—I

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
kizutsuku koto kara nigete iru dake de
was only running away from being hurt

  • 傷付きずつく /kizutsuku/：
    to get hurt
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter; also nominalizes a preceding phrase
  • 逃にげている /nigete iru/：
    is running away, is avoiding; dictionary form: 逃げる
  • だけで /dake de/：
    merely, just by
hontou wa tada
The truth is, I simply

  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, one's true feelings
  • ただ /tada/：
    simply, merely
ima demo mada
even now, still

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
shinjitainda
want to believe

  • 信しんじたい /shinjitai/：
    want to believe; たい expresses desire
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
zutto boku wa bokura wa
All along, I—and we—

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, always
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
daremo ga betsu no sekai wo ikite iru
everyone lives in a different world

  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    everyone, anyone; with a negative, no one
  • 別べつ /betsu/：
    different, separate
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 生いきている /ikite iru/：
    to be living; dictionary form: 生きる; ている marks an ongoing state
dakara te wo tsunaide
That is why we hold hands

  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 繋つないで /tsunaide/：
    holding, connecting; dictionary form: 繋ぐ
sou kotoba wo kawashite
and exchange words like this

  • そう /sou/：
    that way, so
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
  • 交かわして /kawashite/：
    exchanging; dictionary form: 交わす
hitori kiri de wa nai yo to
telling each other, 「You are not alone」

  • 一人ひとりきり /hitori kiri/：
    all alone; きり means only
  • ではない /de wa nai/：
    is not; a negative expression
otagai ni gomakashi aunda
to help each other gloss over the truth

  • お互たがい /otagai/：
    each other, mutually
  • 誤魔化ごまかし合あう /gomakashi au/：
    to deceive or gloss things over for each other
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
itsuka itsuka
Someday, someday

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
kono mijuku na kodoku ni tsutsumarete
wrapped in this immature loneliness

  • 未熟みじゅく /mijuku/：
    immature, unripe
  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude
  • 包つつまれて /tsutsumarete/：
    being enveloped; passive form of 包む
oboeta samishisa to itami no bun dake
in proportion to the loneliness and pain we came to know

  • 覚おぼえた /oboeta/：
    felt, came to know; dictionary form: 覚える
  • 寂さみしさ /samishisa/：
    loneliness; さ turns an adjective into a noun
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain
  • 分ぶんだけ /bun dake/：
    in proportion to that amount, as much as
yasashiku naretara
if we could become that much kinder

  • 優やさしくなれたら /yasashiku naretara/：
    if I could become kinder; たら marks a condition
hito wo shinjiraretara
if we could trust other people

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, other people
  • 信しんじられたら /shinjiraretara/：
    if I could believe; potential form plus the たら conditional
zutto boku mo kimi mo
All along, both you and I

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, always
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often used by males)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
daremo ga hitori da
everyone is alone

  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    everyone, anyone; with a negative, no one
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person, alone
wakari aitai to
Wanting to understand one another

  • 分わかり合あいたい /wakari aitai/：
    want to understand each other; たい expresses desire
yorisoi atta kokoro ga
our hearts drew close

  • 寄より添そい合あった /yorisoi atta/：
    drew close to each other; dictionary form: 寄り添い合う
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
fureru sono toki
and in the moment they touched

  • ふれる /fureru/：
    to touch, come into contact
  • その時とき /sono toki/：
    at that moment
isshun kono sekai wa hitotsu ni mieta
for an instant, this world looked like one

  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/：
    an instant, a moment
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; general counter
  • 見みえた /mieta/：
    looked, appeared; dictionary form: 見える