米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - Pale Blue

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - Pale Blue





zutto
All along

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; continuously

koi wo shite ita
I was in love

  • 恋こいをしていた /koi wo shite ita/:
    was in love; had been in love


kore de sayonara anata no koto ga nani yori mo taisetsu deshita
This is goodbye; you meant more to me than anything

  • これで /kore de/:
    with this; now; at this point
  • さよなら /sayonara/:
    goodbye; farewell
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • こと /koto/:
    matters concerning someone; everything about you
  • 何なによりも /nani yori mo/:
    more than anything; above all
  • 大切たいせつでした /taisetsu deshita/:
    was important; was precious

nozomi doori no owari ja nakatta anata wa dou desu ka
It wasn't the ending I had hoped for; how about you?

  • 望のぞみ通どおり /nozomi doori/:
    as hoped; as wished
  • 終おわり /owari/:
    end; ending
  • じゃなかった /ja nakatta/:
    was not; colloquial past negative
  • どうですか /dou desu ka/:
    how is it; how about you

tomodachi ni sura modorenai kara watashi sora wo mite imashita
Because we can't even go back to being friends, I kept looking at the sky

  • 友達ともだち /tomodachi/:
    friend
  • すら /sura/:
    even; as much as
  • 戻もどれない /modorenai/:
    cannot go back; cannot return
  • から /kara/:
    because; since
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 空そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 見みていました /mite imashita/:
    was looking; kept watching

saigo kurai mata harumeku you na kirei na sayonara shimashou
At least at the end, let's say a beautiful goodbye, as though spring were returning

  • 最後さいご /saigo/:
    last; end
  • くらい /kurai/:
    at least; if nothing else
  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 春はるめく /harumeku/:
    to become springlike
  • ような /you na/:
    like; as if; seeming
  • 綺麗きれいな /kirei na/:
    beautiful; graceful; clean
  • さよならしましょう /sayonara shimashou/:
    let's say goodbye

sore wa mizu mo yarazu kareta eederuwaisu kurozumidasu mimikazari
It was an edelweiss left unwatered and withered, an earring beginning to tarnish

  • それ /sore/:
    that; it
  • 水みず /mizu/:
    water
  • やらず /yarazu/:
    without giving; without watering
  • 枯かれた /kareta/:
    withered; dried up
  • エーデルワイス /eederuwaisu/:
    edelweiss (German: Edelweiß)
  • 黒くろずみだす /kurozumidasu/:
    to begin to blacken or tarnish
  • 耳飾みみかざり /mimikazari/:
    earring; ear ornament

konna tsumaranai eiga nado mou oshimai na no ni
A dull movie like this is already over, and yet

  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of; like this
  • つまらない /tsumaranai/:
    boring; dull; trivial
  • 映画えいが /eiga/:
    movie; film
  • など /nado/:
    such as; a thing like
  • もう /mou/:
    already; anymore
  • おしまい /oshimai/:
    the end; finished
  • なのに /na no ni/:
    even though; and yet

endorooru no tochuu de kanashiku natta
Halfway through the end credits, I grew sad

  • エンドロール /endorooru/:
    end credits (from English “end” and “roll”)
  • 途中とちゅう /tochuu/:
    on the way; in the middle of
  • 悲かなしくなった /kanashiku natta/:
    became sad

nee kono omoi wa nani
What is this feeling?

  • この /kono/:
    this; used before a noun
  • 思おもい /omoi/:
    feeling; thought; affection
  • 何なに /nani/:
    what

anata ga misueta mirai ni watashi mo itai
I want to be there too, in the future you have fixed your eyes on

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 見据みすえた /misueta/:
    fixed one's eyes on; contemplated
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • いたい /itai/:
    want to be; want to stay

hanasaki ga fureru kurai ni anata wo mitsumetai
I want to gaze at you from close enough for the tips of our noses to touch

  • 鼻先はなさき /hanasaki/:
    tip of the nose
  • 触ふれる /fureru/:
    to touch; to come into contact
  • くらいに /kurai ni/:
    to the extent that; so close that
  • 見みつめたい /mitsumetai/:
    want to gaze at

harisakeru hodo no itami wo sakebitai no ni
Though I want to cry out this pain so intense it could tear me apart

  • 張はり裂さける /harisakeru/:
    to burst; to be torn apart
  • ほどの /hodo no/:
    to such an extent; enough to
  • 痛いたみ /itami/:
    pain; hurt
  • 叫さけびたい /sakebitai/:
    want to shout; want to cry out
  • のに /no ni/:
    although; even though; and yet

watashi anata ni koi wo shita hanataba to issho ni
I fell in love with you, together with the bouquet

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 恋こいをした /koi wo shita/:
    fell in love; loved
  • 花束はなたば /hanataba/:
    bouquet
  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/:
    together; along with

zutto
All along

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; continuously

koi wo shite ita
I was in love

  • 恋こいをしていた /koi wo shite ita/:
    was in love; had been in love


hareta hi no asa anata no koto ga doko made mo taisetsu deshita
On the morning of a clear day, you were precious to me beyond measure

  • 晴はれた /hareta/:
    clear; sunny
  • 日ひ /hi/:
    day
  • 朝あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • こと /koto/:
    matters concerning someone; everything about you
  • どこまでも /doko made mo/:
    to any extent; endlessly; through and through
  • 大切たいせつでした /taisetsu deshita/:
    was important; was precious

ienai de ita kotoba kawashiatta waraeru kurai odayaka ni
We exchanged the words we'd been unable to say, so calmly it was almost laughable

  • 言いえないでいた /ienai de ita/:
    had been unable to say; had left unsaid
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words; language
  • 交かわし合あった /kawashiatta/:
    exchanged with each other
  • 笑わらえる /waraeru/:
    can laugh; laughable
  • くらい /kurai/:
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 穏おだやかに /odayaka ni/:
    calmly; peacefully; gently

sore wa hidoku take no zureta ootokuchuuru hotsurete iku botan no ana
It was haute couture with a badly mismatched length, a buttonhole steadily fraying

  • それ /sore/:
    that; it
  • 酷ひどく /hidoku/:
    badly; severely; terribly
  • 丈たけ /take/:
    garment length
  • ずれた /zureta/:
    shifted; mismatched; out of alignment
  • オートクチュール /ootokuchuuru/:
    haute couture (French: haute couture)
  • 解ほつれていく /hotsurete iku/:
    to go on fraying; to unravel gradually
  • ボタン /botan/:
    button (English: button)
  • 穴あな /ana/:
    hole; buttonhole

konna chiguhagu na butai wa mou shimetai na no ni
I want to bring this mismatched stage to a close, and yet

  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of; like this
  • ちぐはぐな /chiguhagu na/:
    mismatched; inconsistent; out of step
  • 舞台ぶたい /butai/:
    stage; scene
  • もう /mou/:
    already; now; anymore
  • 締しめたい /shimetai/:
    want to close; want to bring to an end
  • なのに /na no ni/:
    even though; and yet

epiroogu no serifu ga ienaku natta
I found myself unable to say the epilogue's lines

  • エピローグ /epiroogu/:
    epilogue (English: epilogue)
  • 台詞せりふ /serifu/:
    line; dialogue
  • 言いえなくなった /ienaku natta/:
    became unable to say

nee anata wo mitsumete ita
I was gazing at you

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 見みつめていた /mitsumete ita/:
    was gazing at; kept looking at

dore dake umarekawarou to mo imi ga nai kurai
No matter how many times I may be reborn, it would be almost meaningless

  • どれだけ /dore dake/:
    how much; no matter how many
  • 生うまれ変かわろう /umarekawarou/:
    may be reborn; may be born again
  • とも /to mo/:
    even if; no matter whether
  • 意味いみ /imi/:
    meaning; significance
  • 意味いみがない /imi ga nai/:
    meaningless; pointless
  • くらい /kurai/:
    to the extent that; so much that

dokoka michibikareru you ni anata to deaitai
I want to meet you somewhere, as though guided there

  • どこか /dokoka/:
    somewhere; somehow
  • 導みちびかれる /michibikareru/:
    to be guided; to be led
  • ように /you ni/:
    as if; as though
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 出会であいたい /deaitai/:
    want to meet; want to encounter

imasara iitai koto nante hitotsu mo nai no ni
Though by now there isn't a single thing I want to say

  • 今更いまさら /imasara/:
    now, after all this time; at this late stage
  • 言いいたい /iitai/:
    want to say
  • こと /koto/:
    thing; matter
  • なんて /nante/:
    a thing like; such as; emphatic
  • 一ひとつもない /hitotsu mo nai/:
    not even one; none at all
  • のに /no ni/:
    although; even though; and yet

watashi anata ni koi wo shita kurushisa to issho ni
I fell in love with you, together with the anguish

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 恋こいをした /koi wo shita/:
    fell in love; loved
  • 苦くるしさ /kurushisa/:
    pain; anguish; distress
  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/:
    together; along with

zutto
All along

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along; continuously

anata no ude sono mune no naka
Your arms, there against your chest

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 腕うで /ude/:
    arm; embrace
  • その /sono/:
    that; your; used before a noun
  • 胸むね /mune/:
    chest; heart
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside; within

tsuyoku hikiau inryoku de
By the powerful gravity drawing us together

  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/:
    strongly; powerfully
  • 引ひき合あう /hikiau/:
    to pull toward each other; to attract each other
  • 引力いんりょく /inryoku/:
    gravity; attraction

arifurete itai awaku aoi merodi
I want us to remain ordinary, a pale blue melody

  • 有あり触ふれていたい /arifurete itai/:
    want to remain ordinary; want to be commonplace
  • 淡あわく /awaku/:
    faintly; lightly; palely
  • 青あおい /aoi/:
    blue; green; inexperienced
  • メロディ /merodi/:
    melody (English: melody)

ikanaide koko ni ite soba de
Don't go; stay here, by my side

  • 行いかないで /ikanaide/:
    don't go
  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • いて /ite/:
    stay; be here
  • 側そば /soba/:
    side; nearby

nani mo iwanai mama de
Without saying anything

  • 何なにも /nani mo/:
    anything; nothing when used with a negative
  • 言いわない /iwanai/:
    not say; do not speak
  • ままで /mama de/:
    while remaining; as it is; without changing

wasurerarenai kurai ni dakishimete
Hold me so tightly that I can never forget

  • 忘わすれられない /wasurerarenai/:
    cannot forget; unforgettable
  • くらいに /kurai ni/:
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/:
    hold me tight; embrace me

zutto zutto
Always, always

  • ずっと /zutto/:
    always; continuously

koi wo shite iru
I am still in love

  • 恋こいをしている /koi wo shite iru/:
    am in love; remain in love