YOASOBI - オリオン/Orion
YOASOBI


nanigenai / arienai koto
Something casual / something impossible

  • 何気なにげない /nanigenai/：
    casual; nonchalant; unintentional
  • あり得えない /arienai/：
    impossible; unbelievable (dictionary form: あり得る)
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter; nominalizer
kudaranai / yuzurenai kara
It's trivial / but I can't give in

  • くだらない /kudaranai/：
    trivial; worthless; ridiculous
  • 譲ゆずれない /yuzurenai/：
    cannot concede; cannot compromise (dictionary form: 譲る, negative potential)
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
waraenai waraenai
I can't laugh, I can't laugh

  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    cannot laugh (dictionary form: 笑う, negative potential)
itsu no ma ni konna ni
Before I knew it, this much

  • いつの間まに /itsu no ma ni/：
    before one knows it; when
  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much; so
kawaritai / kawarenai futari
The two of us want to change / but cannot change

  • 変かわりたい /kawaritai/：
    want to change (dictionary form: 変わる; ～たい expresses desire)
  • 変かわれない /kawarenai/：
    cannot change (dictionary form: 変わる, negative potential)
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
wakaranai / wakaranai mama
Not knowing / still not understanding

  • 分わからない /wakaranai/：
    do not know; do not understand (dictionary form: 分かる)
  • 解わからない /wakaranai/：
    cannot comprehend (dictionary form: 解る; spelling emphasizes comprehension)
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining as is; still in a state
surechigai motsureau
Passing each other by, becoming entangled

  • すれ違ちがい /surechigai/：
    passing by each other; misunderstanding (dictionary form: すれ違う)
  • もつれ合あう /motsureau/：
    to become entangled with each other; ～合う indicates mutual action
futatsu no kousei
Two fixed stars

  • 二ふたつ /futatsu/：
    two; native Japanese counter
  • 恒星こうせい /kousei/：
    fixed star; self-luminous star
seotta unmei
The fate we carried

  • 背負せおった /seotta/：
    carried; shouldered (dictionary form: 背負う, past tense)
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
I don't know 'bout everything
I don't know about everything
If you carry guilt or sin
If you carry guilt or sin
Resolutions aren't in me
Resolutions aren't in me
But I can see
But I can see
Ties that bind us won't astray
The ties that bind us won't go astray
Knowin' deep inside your veins
Knowing it lies deep inside your veins
Tell me how'd it break away?
Tell me, how did it break away?
konna bakarashii mirai
Such a ridiculous future

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; such
  • 馬鹿ばからしい /bakarashii/：
    absurd; ridiculous
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
sukui wa nai no?
Is there no salvation?

  • 救すくい /sukui/：
    help; salvation (from 救う)
  • ないの？ /nai no?/：
    is there not?; final の asks for explanation or confirmation
zankoku na mokushiroku
A cruel apocalypse

  • 残酷ざんこくな /zankoku na/：
    cruel; merciless
  • 黙示録もくしろく /mokushiroku/：
    apocalypse; Book of Revelation
nee doushite
Hey, why?

  • どうして /doushite/：
    why; how come
konna ketsumatsu wo
An ending like this

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; such
  • 結末けつまつ /ketsumatsu/：
    ending; conclusion
nozonde nanka inai yo
I never wanted it at all

  • 望のぞんで /nozonde/：
    wishing for; wanting (dictionary form: 望む, te-form)
  • なんか /nanka/：
    something like; with a negative, adds dismissive emphasis
  • いない /inai/：
    negative of いる; forms ～ていない, indicating an action has not occurred or continued
shitteru
I know

  • 知しってる /shitteru/：
    know (dictionary form: 知る; contraction of 知っている)
watashi kizuiteta
I had noticed

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 気付きづいてた /kizuiteta/：
    had noticed; had realized (dictionary form: 気付く; contraction of 気付いていた)
yozora ni yorisoi narabu
Nestling close together in the night sky

  • 夜空よぞら /yozora/：
    night sky
  • 寄より添そい /yorisoi/：
    nestling close; staying beside (dictionary form: 寄り添う, continuative form)
  • 並ならぶ /narabu/：
    to line up; to stand side by side
ano hoshi no you ni
Like that star

  • あの /ano/：
    that; that over there
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
kitto kitto
Surely, surely

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
hontou wa futari
In truth, the two of us

  • 本当ほんとうは /hontou wa/：
    in truth; actually
  • 二人ふたり /futari/：
    two people; the two of us
zutto zutto
All along, all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously; by far
omoiatte ita noni
Even though we had cared for each other

  • 想おもい合あっていた /omoiatte ita/：
    had been caring for each other (dictionary form: 想い合う; ～合う is mutual and ～ていた marks a continuing past state)
  • のに /noni/：
    although; even though, often expressing regret
dore dake toki ga sugite mo
No matter how much time passes

  • どれだけ /dore dake/：
    how much; with ～ても, no matter how much
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; occasion
  • 過すぎても /sugite mo/：
    even if it passes (dictionary form: 過ぎる; ～ても marks concession)
tatoe dore dake hanarete ite mo
Even if we are separated, no matter how far

  • たとえ /tatoe/：
    even if; supposing
  • どれだけ /dore dake/：
    how much; how far
  • 離はなれていても /hanarete ite mo/：
    even if we remain apart (dictionary form: 離れる; ～ていても marks a continuing concessive state)
kimi to ikita ano hibi wa ima demo
Even now, the days I lived with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar form of address
  • 生いきた /ikita/：
    lived (dictionary form: 生きる, past tense)
  • あの /ano/：
    that; those
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; daily life
  • 今いまでも /ima demo/：
    even now; still today
haruka saki no hoshi no you ni kirakira
Glittering like a star far in the distance

  • 遥はるか /haruka/：
    far away; distant
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead; beyond; future
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
watashi mou namida misenai kara
I won't show my tears anymore

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • もう /mou/：
    already; with a negative, no longer
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • 見みせない /misenai/：
    will not show (dictionary form: 見せる, negative)
  • から /kara/：
    because; here also gives the reason for the speaker's resolve
watashi dare yori tsuyoku naru kara
Because I'll become stronger than anyone

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 誰だれより /dare yori/：
    more than anyone; より marks the basis of comparison
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly (dictionary form: 強い, adverbial form)
  • なる /naru/：
    to become
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
itsuka hareta sora no shita de hora
Someday, beneath a clear sky, look

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 晴はれた /hareta/：
    cleared; sunny (dictionary form: 晴れる, past form modifying 空)
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 下した /shita/：
    below; beneath, as in 空の下で
mata issho ni warai aitai kara
Because I want us to laugh together again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/：
    together
  • 笑わらい合あいたい /warai aitai/：
    want to laugh together (dictionary form: 笑い合う; ～合う is mutual and ～たい expresses desire)
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
nee kimi wa oboete iru?
Hey, do you remember?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar form of address
  • 覚おぼえている /oboete iru/：
    remember (dictionary form: 覚える; ～ている marks a continuing state)
osanai koro no nakimushi datta
I was a crybaby when I was little

  • 幼おさない /osanai/：
    young; little; childish
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time; period; around
  • 泣なき虫むし /nakimushi/：
    crybaby
  • だった /datta/：
    past form of だ; was
watashi no koto gyutto
How you held me tightly...

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • こと /koto/：
    matter concerning; 私のこと here means me as a person
dakishimete kureta koto
That you held me close

  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/：
    holding tightly; embracing (dictionary form: 抱きしめる, te-form)
  • くれた /kureta/：
    did for me (dictionary form: くれる; ～てくれる marks an action done for the speaker)
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; nominalizes the preceding action
nee kimi wa oboete iru?
Hey, do you remember?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar form of address
  • 覚おぼえている /oboete iru/：
    remember (dictionary form: 覚える; ～ている marks a continuing state)
itsuka hanarebanare ni natta tte
Even if someday we end up separated

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 離はなれ離ばなれ /hanarebanare/：
    separated; scattered apart
  • になったって /ni natta tte/：
    even if it becomes; ～たって is a colloquial concessive equivalent to ～ても
kanarazu kaette kuru tte
That you would surely come back

  • 必かならず /kanarazu/：
    surely; without fail
  • 帰かえってくる /kaette kuru/：
    to come back (帰る + くる, returning toward the speaker)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker equivalent to と
itte kureta koto
That you said it to me

  • 言いって /itte/：
    saying (dictionary form: 言う, te-form)
  • くれた /kureta/：
    did for me (dictionary form: くれる; ～てくれる marks an action done for the speaker)
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; nominalizes the preceding clause
I don't know 'bout everything
I don't know about everything
If you carry guilt or sin
If you carry guilt or sin
Resolutions aren't in me
Resolutions aren't in me
But I can see
But I can see
Ties that bind us won't astray
The ties that bind us won't go astray
Knowin' deep inside your veins
Knowing it lies deep inside your veins
Tell me how'd it break away?
Tell me, how did it break away?
Still, I could say
Still, I could say...
We don't know 'bout everything
We don't know about everything
We differ in how we think
We differ in how we think
Somethin' that'll always be
Something that will always be
Remember these
Remember these
Ties that bind us won't astray
The ties that bind us won't go astray
Isolation, no, we gleam
Isolation? No, we gleam
Constellation, like a dream
A constellation, like a dream
with you and me
...with you and me
hitori seoi tsuzukete kita n da yo ne
You've kept carrying it all alone, haven't you?

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person; alone
  • 背負せおい続つづけてきた /seoi tsuzukete kita/：
    have kept carrying until now (dictionary form: 背負い続ける; ～てくる marks continuation up to the present)
  • んだよね /n da yo ne/：
    colloquial のだ for explanation, plus よね for assertion and confirmation
donna toki mo
At all times

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, any kind of
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; occasion
nee wasurenaide
Hey, don't forget

  • 忘わすれないで /wasurenaide/：
    please do not forget (dictionary form: 忘れる; ～ないで is a negative request)
doko ni ite mo
Wherever you may be

  • どこ /doko/：
    where; with ～ても, wherever
  • 居いても /ite mo/：
    even if one is; wherever one stays (dictionary form: 居る; ～ても marks concession)
kimi no koto wo omou hito ga iru koto
That there is someone who thinks of you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar form of address
  • こと /koto/：
    in 君のこと, the person you; final こと nominalizes the clause and links it to 忘れないで
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of; to care for, with emotional emphasis
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; someone
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist; to be, for people or animals
ashita ga mienai hodo no yamiyo ni
Into a dark night so deep tomorrow cannot be seen

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow; figuratively, the future
  • 見みえない /mienai/：
    cannot be seen (dictionary form: 見える, negative)
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; so ... that
  • 闇夜やみよ /yamiyo/：
    dark night; pitch-black night
mayoikonde shimatte mo
Even if you end up wandering into it

  • 迷まよい込こんで /mayoikonde/：
    wandering into; losing one's way into (dictionary form: 迷い込む, te-form)
  • しまっても /shimatte mo/：
    even if one ends up doing it; ～てしまう indicates completion or regret and ～ても marks concession
hora ne kanarazu
You see, surely

  • 必かならず /kanarazu/：
    surely; without fail
mitsukedasu kara
Because I will find you

  • 見みつけ出だす /mitsukedasu/：
    to find out; to track down, with ～出す emphasizing achieving the result
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
hitori ja nai yo
You are not alone

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person; alone
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
tsuyoku musunda icchokusen
A firmly joined straight line

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; firmly (dictionary form: 強い, adverbial form)
  • 結むすんだ /musunda/：
    tied; connected (dictionary form: 結ぶ, past tense)
  • 一直線いっちょくせん /icchokusen/：
    a straight line; straight ahead
tobidashita houimou
Breaking out of the encirclement

  • 飛とび出だした /tobidashita/：
    leapt out; dashed out (dictionary form: 飛び出す, past tense)
  • 包囲ほうい網もう /houimou/：
    encirclement; surrounding net
sou nando hanarete mo
Yes, no matter how many times we part

  • 何度なんど /nando/：
    how many times; with ～ても, no matter how many times
  • 離はなれても /hanarete mo/：
    even if we part (dictionary form: 離れる; ～ても marks concession)
mata koko de aeru to
That we could meet here again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; usually written ここ
  • 会あえる /aeru/：
    can meet (dictionary form: 会う, potential form)
shinjite ita yo
I believed it

  • 信しんじていた /shinjite ita/：
    had believed; was believing (dictionary form: 信じる; ～ていた marks a continuing past state)
kono machi wo ootta ano kumo wo
Those clouds that covered this city

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; city; streets
  • 覆おおった /ootta/：
    covered; shrouded (dictionary form: 覆う, past tense)
  • あの /ano/：
    that; those
  • 雲くも /kumo/：
    cloud
issho ni ugatsu n da
We'll pierce through them together

  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/：
    together
  • 穿うがつ /ugatsu/：
    to pierce; to bore through
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial のだ, used for explanation, emphasis, or resolve
nee itsu no hi ka
Hey, someday

  • いつの日ひか /itsu no hi ka/：
    someday; one day
kitto kitto
Surely, surely

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
yorisoi narabu
Nestling close, side by side

  • 寄より添そい /yorisoi/：
    nestling close; staying beside (dictionary form: 寄り添う, continuative form)
  • 並ならぶ /narabu/：
    to line up; to stand side by side
ano hoshi no you ni
Like that star

  • あの /ano/：
    that; that over there
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
dore dake toki ga sugite mo
No matter how much time passes

  • どれだけ /dore dake/：
    how much; with ～ても, no matter how much
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; occasion
  • 過すぎても /sugite mo/：
    even if it passes (dictionary form: 過ぎる; ～ても marks concession)
tatoe dore dake hanarete ite mo
Even if we are separated, no matter how far

  • たとえ /tatoe/：
    even if; supposing
  • どれだけ /dore dake/：
    how much; how far
  • 離はなれていても /hanarete ite mo/：
    even if we remain apart (dictionary form: 離れる; ～ていても marks a continuing concessive state)
kimi wa hitori kiri ja nai n da yo
You are not all alone

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; familiar form of address
  • 一人ひとりきり /hitori kiri/：
    all alone; きり means only
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • んだよ /n da yo/：
    colloquial のだよ, used to explain and emphasize to the listener
kazasu yubisaki de hora nazoreba
Look, if you trace it with your raised fingertip

  • かざす /kazasu/：
    to hold up; to raise overhead
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/：
    fingertip
  • なぞれば /nazoreba/：
    if one traces (dictionary form: なぞる, ば-conditional)
watashi mou namida misenai kara
I won't show my tears anymore

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • もう /mou/：
    already; with a negative, no longer
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • 見みせない /misenai/：
    will not show (dictionary form: 見せる, negative)
  • から /kara/：
    because; here also gives the reason for the speaker's resolve
watashi dare yori tsuyoku naru kara
Because I'll become stronger than anyone

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 誰だれより /dare yori/：
    more than anyone; より marks the basis of comparison
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly (dictionary form: 強い, adverbial form)
  • なる /naru/：
    to become
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
itsuka kono sora ga hareta hi ni wa
Someday, when this sky clears

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 晴はれた /hareta/：
    cleared (dictionary form: 晴れる, past form modifying 日)
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day; ～た日には means on the day or occasion when something happens
mata issho ni warai aeru
We can laugh together again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/：
    together
  • 笑わらい合あえる /warai aeru/：
    can laugh together (dictionary form: 笑い合う, potential form)
sou shinjiteru
That is what I believe

  • そう /sou/：
    so; that way, referring to the preceding statement
  • 信しんじてる /shinjiteru/：
    believe (dictionary form: 信じる; contraction of 信じている)