米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 1991

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 1991

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


kimi no koe ga kikoeta you na ki ga shite boku wa furimuita
I thought I heard your voice, so I turned around

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice; sound
  • 聞きこえた /kikoeta/：
    past form of 聞こえる; heard; was audible
  • ような /you na/：
    like; as if; seeming
  • 気きがして /ki ga shite/：
    from 気がする; feeling that; having the sense that
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 振ふり向むいた /furimuita/：
    past form of 振り向く; turned around; looked back
naintiin naintiwan boku wa umareta kutsu bakari mitsumete ikite ita
In 1991, I was born; I lived with my eyes fixed only on my shoes

  • 1991ナインティーンナインティワン /naintiin naintiwan/：
    the year 1991, read as the Japanese rendering of nineteen ninety-one
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 生うまれた /umareta/：
    past form of 生まれる; was born
  • 靴くつ /kutsu/：
    shoes
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    only; nothing but
  • 見みつめて /mitsumete/：
    te-form of 見つめる; gazing at; staring at
  • 生いきていた /ikite ita/：
    from 生きる; was living; had lived
itsumo waratte kakushita kienai kizu to sabishisa wo
I always smiled and hid the scars and loneliness that would not fade

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always; usually
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    te-form of 笑う; smiling; with a smile
  • 隠かくした /kakushita/：
    past form of 隠す; hid; concealed
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    negative form of 消える; not disappearing; unfading
  • 傷きず /kizu/：
    wound; scar; emotional hurt
  • 寂さびしさ /sabishisa/：
    loneliness; noun form of 寂しい
naintiin naintiwan koi wo shite ita hikaru kako wo nozoku you ni
In 1991, I was in love, as though peering into a shining past

  • 1991ナインティーンナインティワン /naintiin naintiwan/：
    the year 1991, read as the Japanese rendering of nineteen ninety-one
  • 恋こいをしていた /koi wo shite ita/：
    from 恋をする; was in love
  • 光ひかる /hikaru/：
    to shine; to glow
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • 覗のぞく /nozoku/：
    to peek; to peer into
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; like; in such a way that
nee konna ni kantan na koto ni kizukenakatta nda
I had failed to notice something this simple

  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much; so; to this extent
  • 簡単かんたんな /kantan na/：
    simple; easy
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter; nominalizer
  • 気きづけなかった /kizukenakatta/：
    past negative potential of 気づく; could not notice; failed to realize
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ; explanatory or emphatic ending
yasashiku nante nakatta
I was never kind at all

  • 優やさしく /yasashiku/：
    adverbial form of 優しい; kindly; gently
  • なんて /nante/：
    emphatic particle often conveying dismissal; anything like
  • なかった /nakatta/：
    past form of ない; was not; did not exist
boku wa tada itsumademo kimi to itakatta
I simply wanted to stay with you forever

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • ただ /tada/：
    just; simply; merely
  • いつまでも /itsumademo/：
    forever; always; indefinitely
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いたかった /itakatta/：
    past form of いたい, from いる; wanted to be or stay
yuki no you ni hirari hirari ochiru sakura
Cherry blossoms fluttering down like snow

  • 雪ゆき /yuki/：
    snow
  • のように /no you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 落おちる /ochiru/：
    to fall; to drop
  • 桜さくら /sakura/：
    cherry blossom; cherry tree
kimi no inai jinsei wo taerareru darou ka
Could I endure a life without you?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いない /inai/：
    negative form of いる; not present; absent
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life; human life
  • 耐たえられる /taerareru/：
    potential form of 耐える; can endure; can bear
  • だろうか /darou ka/：
    I wonder whether; could it be that
doko de dare to nani wo shite ite mo koko ja nakatta
Wherever I was, whoever I was with, whatever I was doing, this was not where I belonged

  • どこ /doko/：
    where; what place
  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • していても /shite ite mo/：
    from する; even if doing; no matter what one is doing
  • ここ /koko/：
    here; this place
  • じゃなかった /ja nakatta/：
    colloquial past negative of だ; was not
  • 疑問詞ぎもんし＋ても /gimonshi plus temo/：
    interrogative plus ても; no matter where, who, or what
ikite itaku mo shinitaku mo nakatta
I wanted neither to live nor to die

  • 生いきていたく /ikite itaku/：
    adverbial form of 生きていたい; wanting to remain alive
  • 死しにたく /shinitaku/：
    adverbial form of 死にたい; wanting to die
  • 〜たくもなかった /taku mo nakatta/：
    did not want to; repeated to mean neither wanted to do one thing nor another
itsumo tooku wo mite iru furi shite nakisakebitakatta
I always pretended to gaze into the distance, when I wanted to cry out

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always; usually
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away; the distance
  • 見みている /mite iru/：
    progressive form of 見る; looking; watching
  • ふりして /furi shite/：
    from ふりをする; pretending; acting as if
  • 泣なき叫さけびたかった /nakisakebitakatta/：
    past desiderative of 泣き叫ぶ; wanted to cry out
naintiin naintiwan koi wo shite ita sugita kako ni sugaru you ni
In 1991, I was in love, as though clinging to a past already gone

  • 1991ナインティーンナインティワン /naintiin naintiwan/：
    the year 1991, read as the Japanese rendering of nineteen ninety-one
  • 恋こいをしていた /koi wo shite ita/：
    from 恋をする; was in love
  • 過すぎた /sugita/：
    past form of 過ぎる; passed; gone by
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • 縋すがる /sugaru/：
    to cling to; to depend on
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; like; in such a way that
nee chiisaku yuraida hate ni bokura deatta nda
At the end of that faint wavering, we met

  • 小ちいさく /chiisaku/：
    adverbial form of 小さい; slightly; faintly
  • 揺ゆらいだ /yuraida/：
    past form of 揺らぐ; wavered; swayed
  • 果はてに /hate ni/：
    at the end of; after going through
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 出会であった /deatta/：
    past form of 出会う; met; encountered
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ; explanatory or emphatic ending
iki ga dekinakatta
I could not breathe

  • 息いき /iki/：
    breath; breathing
  • できなかった /dekinakatta/：
    past negative of できる; could not; was unable to
boku wa tada itsumademo
I simply wanted, forever...

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • ただ /tada/：
    just; simply; merely
  • いつまでも /itsumademo/：
    forever; always; indefinitely
  • 文ぶんの続つづき /bun no tsuzuki/：
    the sentence runs into the next lyric, which supplies the predicate 君といたかった
kimi to itakatta
I wanted to stay with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いたかった /itakatta/：
    past form of いたい, from いる; wanted to be or stay
yuki no you ni hirari hirari ochiru sakura
Cherry blossoms fluttering down like snow

  • 雪ゆき /yuki/：
    snow
  • のように /no you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 落おちる /ochiru/：
    to fall; to drop
  • 桜さくら /sakura/：
    cherry blossom; cherry tree
kimi no inai jinsei wo taerareru darou ka
Could I endure a life without you?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いない /inai/：
    negative form of いる; not present; absent
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life; human life
  • 耐たえられる /taerareru/：
    potential form of 耐える; can endure; can bear
  • だろうか /darou ka/：
    I wonder whether; could it be that
naintiin naintiwan boku wa matataku you ni koi wo shita
In 1991, I fell in love as fleetingly as a blink

  • 1991ナインティーンナインティワン /naintiin naintiwan/：
    the year 1991, read as the Japanese rendering of nineteen ninety-one
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 瞬またたく /matataku/：
    to blink; to twinkle
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; like; in such a way that
  • 恋こいをした /koi wo shita/：
    past form of 恋をする; fell in love; loved
naintiin naintiwan itsumo yumemiru you ni ikite ita
In 1991, I lived as though I were always dreaming

  • 1991ナインティーンナインティワン /naintiin naintiwan/：
    the year 1991, read as the Japanese rendering of nineteen ninety-one
  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always; usually
  • 夢見ゆめみる /yumemiru/：
    to dream; to envision
  • ように /you ni/：
    as if; like; in such a way that
  • 生いきていた /ikite ita/：
    from 生きる; was living; had lived