YOASOBI - New me

YOASOBI - New me

YOASOBI


okimari no kyou ga
This same old, predictable today

  • お決きまり /okimari/：
    the usual routine, a predictable pattern
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
taikutsu na hibi ga
Those tedious days

  • 退屈たいくつ /taikutsu/：
    boredom, tediousness; a な-adjective here
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, everyday life
kawari hajimeta
Began to change

  • 変かわり始はじめた /kawari hajimeta/：
    began to change; past tense of 変わり始める, with verb stem + 始める meaning to begin doing
aru hi no monogatari
A story of one particular day

  • ある日ひ /aru hi/：
    one day, a certain day
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story, tale
koko kara kitto
Surely, from here on

  • ここから /koko kara/：
    from here, from this point on
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
kore made no donna watashi yori
Than any version of myself I have been until now

  • これまで /kore made/：
    until now, so far
  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of, any kind of
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me; here, a version of myself
  • どんな〜より /donna ... yori/：
    more than any ...; より marks the basis of comparison
zutto
By far

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    much, by far; intensifies a comparison here
watashi ni naru
I will become myself

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me, myself
  • 〜になる /ni naru/：
    to become ...
New me
New me
dondon jouzu ni natte iku
I keep getting better and better at it

  • どんどん /dondon/：
    steadily, rapidly, more and more
  • 上手じょうず /jouzu/：
    skillful, good at; a な-adjective
  • 〜になっていく /ni natte iku/：
    to keep becoming ...; indicates a change continuing onward
smile
Smile
itsumo aiso yoku
Always acting pleasant and friendly

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always, usually
  • 愛想良あいそよく /aiso yoku/：
    pleasantly and sociably; adverbial form of 愛想が良い
Day by day
Day by day
kosuri herashita
I wore it away

  • 擦こすり減へらした /kosuri herashita/：
    wore down, depleted; past tense of 擦り減らす
hontou no jibun nante
A so-called true self

  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, real, true
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • なんて /nante/：
    a thing like ..., so-called ...; conveys dismissal here
inai
Doesn't exist

  • 居いない /inai/：
    is not there, does not exist; negative form of 居る
usobuita
I declared with a feigned air

  • 嘯うそぶいた /usobuita/：
    boasted or declared with feigned indifference; past tense of 嘯く
I'm feeling good
「I’m feeling good.」
usotsuki na
That lying phrase

  • 嘘付うそつき /usotsuki/：
    liar, lying; here it describes the following words as false
  • 〜な /na/：
    linking form used when a な-adjective or adjective-like noun modifies what follows
I'm feeling you
「I’m feeling you.」
tamaranai wa
I can't stand it

  • たまらない /tamaranai/：
    unbearable, cannot stand it; an idiomatic negative form
Hey you
Hey you
koibito wa
What about a partner?

  • 恋人こいびと /koibito/：
    lover, romantic partner
deai toka wa dou
How about meeting someone?

  • 出会であい /deai/：
    encounter, meeting someone new
  • とか /toka/：
    things like ...; gives an example and softens the suggestion
  • どう /dou/：
    how; 〜はどう? means how about ...?
hajimatta
It began

  • 始はじまった /hajimatta/：
    began; past tense of 始まる
Bad day Bad things
Bad day, bad things
My boss Oh oh
My boss, oh, oh...
kirai na no hanashikakenaide
I hate it—don't talk to me

  • 嫌きらい /kirai/：
    dislike, hate; a な-adjective
  • 〜なの /na no/：
    explanatory or emphatic ending after a noun or な-adjective
  • 話はなしかけないで /hanashikakenaide/：
    don't speak to me; 話しかける in the negative request pattern ないで
fuyukai na osekkai de kimatta
An unpleasant bit of meddling sealed the deal

  • 不愉快ふゆかい /fuyukai/：
    unpleasant, disagreeable; a な-adjective
  • お節介せっかい /osekkai/：
    meddling, unwanted interference
  • 決きまった /kimatta/：
    was decided, became settled; past tense of 決まる
yuuutsu na yakusoku
A depressing appointment

  • 憂鬱ゆううつ /yuuutsu/：
    gloomy, depressing; a な-adjective
  • 約束やくそく /yakusoku/：
    promise, appointment, arrangement
sonna ichinichi ga hajimaru
That kind of day begins

  • そんな /sonna/：
    that kind of, such
  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    one day, a whole day
  • 始はじまる /hajimaru/：
    to begin, to start
machiawase wa
Our meeting place is

  • 待まち合あわせ /machiawase/：
    meeting by arrangement; the appointed time or place
asa no station
The station in the morning

  • 朝あさ /asa/：
    morning
itsumo yori mo kikazaru
I dress up more than usual

  • いつもよりも /itsumo yori mo/：
    more than usual; より marks comparison and も adds emphasis
  • 着飾きかざる /kikazaru/：
    to dress up, to adorn oneself
But not special
But not special
ukiashidatsu
Restless with excitement

  • 浮うき足立あしだつ /ukiashidatsu/：
    to become restless or excited, to be unable to settle down
watashi no
My

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
namae wo yobu
Calling my name

  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 呼よぶ /yobu/：
    to call, to summon
sono koe ni
At that voice

  • その /sono/：
    that; modifies the following noun
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
kao ageta
I looked up

  • 顔上かおあげた /kao ageta/：
    looked up; past tense of 顔を上げる, with を omitted in the lyric
I've met the unknown
I’ve met the unknown
I don't know what you mean at all
I don’t know what you mean at all
Oh I've met the unknown
Oh, I’ve met the unknown
nagai maegami no
The one with long bangs

  • 長ながい /nagai/：
    long
  • 前髪まえがみ /maegami/：
    bangs, fringe; the sentence-final の stands for the omitted person with long bangs
I've met the unknown
I’ve met the unknown
I've met him He's mysterious
I’ve met him, he’s mysterious
masaka no deai kara hajimaru monogatari
A story beginning with an utterly unexpected encounter

  • まさかの /masaka no/：
    unexpected, unbelievable; a colloquial modifier
  • 出会であい /deai/：
    encounter, meeting
  • 始はじまる /hajimaru/：
    to begin
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story, tale
hajimemashite wo kawashite kara
Ever since we exchanged our first hellos

  • 初はじめまして /hajimemashite/：
    nice to meet you; a set greeting on first meeting
  • 交かわして /kawashite/：
    exchanging with each other; て-form of 交わす
  • 〜てから /te kara/：
    after doing ..., since doing ...
atto iu ma ni ima
In the blink of an eye, now

  • あっという間まに /atto iu ma ni/：
    in the blink of an eye, before one knows it
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, the present
kazekiri kakedashita
We dashed off, cutting through the wind

  • 風切かぜきり /kazekiri/：
    cutting through the wind; vividly conveys moving fast
  • 駆かけ出だした /kakedashita/：
    dashed off, started running; past tense of 駆け出す
arikitari na hibi wo se ni futari
The two of us leave our ordinary days behind

  • ありきたり /arikitari/：
    ordinary, commonplace; takes な before a noun
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, everyday life
  • 背せに /se ni/：
    behind one's back; 〜を背に means leaving ... behind
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people, the two of us
machi wo nukeru
We make our way out of the city

  • 街まち /machi/：
    town, city streets
  • 抜ぬける /nukeru/：
    to pass through, to get out of
sou I've met the unknown
Yes, I’ve met the unknown

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right; affirms and links to what came before
I don't know what you mean at all
I don’t know what you mean at all
Oh I've met the unknown
Oh, I’ve met the unknown
dabotsuita shatsu no
The one in a baggy shirt

  • ダボついた /dabotsuita/：
    baggy, loose-fitting; past form of ダボつく used attributively
  • シャツ /shatsu/：
    shirt (from English: shirt); the sentence-final の stands for the omitted person in the shirt
I've met the unknown
I’ve met the unknown
Don't know what path I'd call my own
Don't know what path I'd call my own
arienai tenkai
An impossible turn of events

  • ありえない /arienai/：
    impossible, unbelievable; negative of ありえる or ありうる
  • 展開てんかい /tenkai/：
    development, turn of events, plot progression
demo
But

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however; marks contrast
anata ga kureta
What you gave me

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • くれた /kureta/：
    gave me, did for me; past tense of くれる
odoroki ni michita
Filled with surprises

  • 驚おどろき /odoroki/：
    surprise, amazement; noun related to 驚く
  • 満みちた /michita/：
    filled with; past attributive form of 満ちる in 〜に満ちた
awatadashii kyou ga
This hectic day

  • 慌あわただしい /awatadashii/：
    hectic, hurried, bustling
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
kizukasete kureta
Made me realize

  • 気付きづかせてくれた /kizukasete kureta/：
    made me realize; causative of 気付く plus てくれた, presenting it as something done for the speaker
watashi ga zutto
All along, I

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, continuously
hontou ni kirai datta no wa kitto
What I truly hated was surely

  • 本当ほんとうに /hontou ni/：
    truly, really
  • 嫌きらいだった /kirai datta/：
    hated; past form of the な-adjective 嫌い
  • 〜のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding clause and makes it the topic: what ... is
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
watashi jishin datta
My own self

  • 私自身わたしじしん /watashi jishin/：
    my own self; 自身 emphasizes the person themself
  • だった /datta/：
    past tense of だ: was
atarashii mainichi ni Take off
Take off into brand-new days

  • 新あたらしい /atarashii/：
    new, fresh
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/：
    every day, daily life
itsumo no watashi goto
Along with my usual self

  • いつもの /itsumo no/：
    usual, as always
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me, myself
  • 〜ごと /goto/：
    together with ..., the whole of ...
zenbu kowashite oh oh
Break it all apart, oh, oh

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 壊こわして /kowashite/：
    break, destroy; て-form of 壊す, linking onward
donna asu ga koyou to
Whatever kind of tomorrow may come

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of, whatever kind of
  • 明日あす /asu/：
    tomorrow; あす has a more literary tone than あした
  • 来こようと /koyou to/：
    even if it comes; volitional form of 来る plus と, forming a concessive whatever ... pattern
watashi wa watashi wo ikiru to
That I will live as myself

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, myself; repeated here to stress living one's own life
  • 私わたしを生いきる /watashi wo ikiru/：
    to live as my true self; a poetic use of 私 as the object of 生きる
sou kimeta no
That's what I decided

  • そう /sou/：
    so, that way; refers to living as herself
  • 決きめたの /kimeta no/：
    decided; past tense of 決める, with sentence-final の adding an explanatory, emphatic tone
sou I've met the unknown
Yes, I’ve met the unknown

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right
Unlocking doors all of my own
Unlocking doors all of my own
Oh I'll meet new unknowns
Oh, I’ll meet new unknowns
okimari no kyou wo
This same old, predictable today

  • お決きまり /okimari/：
    the usual routine, a predictable pattern
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
taikutsu na hibi wo
Those tedious days

  • 退屈たいくつ /taikutsu/：
    boredom, tediousness; a な-adjective here
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, everyday life
kaeru no wa kyou da
Today is the day to change them

  • 変かえる /kaeru/：
    to change something; a transitive verb
  • 〜のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and makes it the topic
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 〜だ /da/：
    plain copula meaning is; emphasizes that it is today
furikaeranaide
Without looking back

  • 振ふり返かえらないで /furikaeranaide/：
    without looking back, don't look back; 振り返る in the ないで form
koko kara hajimaru
Beginning from here

  • ここから /koko kara/：
    from here, from this point on
  • 始はじまる /hajimaru/：
    to begin, to start
watashi no monogatari
My story

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me, myself
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story, tale