YOASOBI - Players

YOASOBI - Players

YOASOBI


Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on the legacy!
Set on the legacy!
Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on the legacy!
Set on the legacy!
kidou shita kyou ni utsumuita
I hung my head before another day that had booted up

  • 起動きどうした /kidou shita/：
    from 起動する, to start up or boot; した is the past form
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 俯うつむいた /utsumuita/：
    from 俯く, to hang or lower one's head; past form
itsu kara ka wakarikitta mainichi wo
At some point, each day became utterly predictable

  • いつからか /itsu kara ka/：
    since some unknown point; at some point
  • 分わかりきった /wakarikitta/：
    from 分かりきる, to be completely obvious or fully known; past attributive form
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/：
    every day; daily life
konashite iru
I simply go through the motions

  • こなしている /konashite iru/：
    from こなす, to handle or get through; ～ている marks an ongoing state, here going through routine
hajime kara nante dekinai
Starting over from the beginning is beyond me

  • はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning; from scratch
  • なんて /nante/：
    a thing like; adds a dismissive, surprised, or doubtful nuance
  • 出来できない /dekinai/：
    from 出来る, can or be able to; negative form
kioku no oku shimitsuita
Etched deep into my memory

  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    depths; inner part
  • 染しみ付ついた /shimitsuita/：
    from 染み付く, to soak in or become deeply ingrained; past form
sekai wo sukuidashita hiiroo ni
By the hero who saved the world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 救すくい出だした /sukuidashita/：
    from 救い出す, to rescue or save out of danger; past form
  • ヒーロー /hiiroo/：
    hero (English: hero)
ima mo miserareta mama de iru
I remain captivated even now

  • 今いまも /ima mo/：
    even now; still
  • 魅みせられた /miserareta/：
    from 魅せる, to captivate; passive past form, to have been enthralled
  • ままでいる /mama de iru/：
    to remain in a state; ～たまま means leaving or keeping something as it is
isshun no handan ga wakatsu unmei ni
Before a fate divided by a split-second decision

  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/：
    an instant; a moment
  • 判断はんだん /handan/：
    judgment; decision
  • 分わかつ /wakatsu/：
    to divide or separate; a literary form, here a decision splitting the course of fate
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
nigiru te ga asebamu
The hand gripping the controller grows sweaty

  • 握にぎる /nigiru/：
    to grip; to hold tightly
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 汗あせばむ /asebamu/：
    to become slightly sweaty
hirogeta chizu wo
At the map I had spread out

  • 広ひろげた /hirogeta/：
    from 広げる, to spread or unfold; past form
  • 地図ちず /chizu/：
    map
shinken ni mitsume tsuzukete ita
I kept staring at it in complete earnest

  • 真剣しんけんに /shinken ni/：
    seriously; intently
  • 見みつめ続つづけていた /mitsume tsuzukete ita/：
    from 見つめ続ける, to keep staring; ～続ける marks continuation and ～ていた a past ongoing action
ano hibi yo
Oh, those days

  • あの /ano/：
    that; those, referring to something distant or remembered
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; everyday times
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
hajime kara hajimeraretara
If I could begin again from the start

  • はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning; from scratch
  • 始はじめられたら /hajimeraretara/：
    from 始める, to begin; potential ～られる plus conditional ～たら means if one could begin
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
ano toki seebu shita mama no bokura wa
We, still left at the save point from back then

  • あの時とき /ano toki/：
    that time; back then
  • セーブした /seebu shita/：
    from セーブする, to save game progress (English: save); past form
  • したまま /shita mama/：
    left in the state after doing; ～たまま means remaining unchanged
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; 僕 is a commonly masculine first-person pronoun and ら makes it plural
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
nigiru te wo hanashi otona ni natta
We let go of what we held and became adults

  • 握にぎる手て /nigiru te/：
    a gripping hand; in the song's context, possibly the hand holding a controller
  • 離はなし /hanashi/：
    from 離す, to release or let go; conjunctive form
  • 大人おとなになった /otona ni natta/：
    became adults; ～になる means to become, here in the past form
mou ikkai mou ikkai dake de ii kara
One more time—just one more time is enough

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
  • だけでいい /dake de ii/：
    just ... is enough; all one needs is
  • から /kara/：
    because; here it gives the reason behind an implied request
atarashii namae wo irete
Enter a new name

  • 新あたらしい /atarashii/：
    new
  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 入いれて /irete/：
    from 入れる, to put in or enter; the て-form here works as a request or command
Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on the legacy!
Set on the legacy!
Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on the legacy!
Set on the legacy!
Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on the legacy!
Set on the legacy!
Play on! You and me!
Play on! You and me!
Set on my legacy!
Set on my legacy!
yume mo ai mo kibou mo
Dreams, love, and hope—all of them

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...; lists multiple items inclusively
itsumo kimi ga
It was always you

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or informal form of address
soko ni ita kimi ga
You, who were there with me

  • そこ /soko/：
    there; the place near the listener
  • いた /ita/：
    from いる, to be or exist for animate beings; past form
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or informal form of address
oshiete kureta
Who taught me all of that

  • 教おしえてくれた /oshiete kureta/：
    from 教える, to teach or tell; ～てくれる marks an action done for the speaker, here in the past
rifujin mo zetsubou mo
Both injustice and despair

  • 理不尽りふじん /rifujin/：
    unreasonable; unjust; absurdity
  • 絶望ぜつぼう /zetsubou/：
    despair; hopelessness
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...; includes both items
aa bokura wa
Ah, we

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; 僕 is a commonly masculine first-person pronoun and ら makes it plural
nando mo kimi to
Time and again, together with you

  • 何度なんども /nando mo/：
    many times; over and over
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or informal form of address
norikoete kita
We have overcome them and come this far

  • 乗のり越こえてきた /norikoete kita/：
    from 乗り越える, to overcome; ～てくる shows an action or progress continuing from the past to now
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
hajime kara yarinaosetara
If I could redo it all from the beginning

  • はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning; from scratch
  • やり直なおせたら /yarinaosetara/：
    from やり直す, to redo; potential plus ～たら means if one could do it over
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
ima yori zutto sugoi koto dekiru tte
Thinking I could do something far greater than I can now

  • 今いまより /ima yori/：
    than now; より marks the basis of comparison
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    far; much, intensifying a comparison
  • 凄すごい /sugoi/：
    amazing; impressive
  • 出来できる /dekiru/：
    can; to be able to do
  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker equivalent to と, marking what is said or thought
demo ne zettai ni
But you know, absolutely

  • でも /demo/：
    but; however
  • 絶対ぜったいに /zettai ni/：
    absolutely; definitely; with a negative, never
kimi nara kitto sonna koto iwanai
If it were you, you surely would never say that

  • 君きみなら /kimi nara/：
    if it were you; なら sets a person or situation as a condition
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
  • そんなこと /sonna koto/：
    such a thing; something like that
  • 言いわない /iwanai/：
    from 言う, to say; negative form
mou ikkai mou ikkai hora
One more time, one more time—come on

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
erabu kontenyuu
Choose Continue

  • 選えらぶ /erabu/：
    to choose; to select
  • コンテニュー /kontenyuu/：
    continue (English: continue); a game option for resuming after failure
shin no endo rooru made
Until the true end credits

  • 真しんの /shin no/：
    true; genuine
  • エンドロール /endo rooru/：
    end credits (English: end roll)
  • まで /made/：
    until; up to, marking an endpoint
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
dare demo nai boku wo erande
Choose me, no one else

  • 誰だれでもない /dare demo nai/：
    not just anyone; no one else, contrasted here with me
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; a first-person pronoun commonly used by men
  • 選えらんで /erande/：
    from 選ぶ, to choose; the て-form here expresses a request
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
saa ima wo seebu shite asu e to tsunage
Save this moment now and carry it onward to tomorrow

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present moment
  • セーブして /seebu shite/：
    from セーブする, to save game progress (English: save); て-form linking to the next action
  • 明日あす /asu/：
    tomorrow; あす is somewhat more literary than あした
  • へと /e to/：
    toward; emphasizes direction or the destination of a change
  • 繋つなげ /tsunage/：
    from 繋げる, to connect or carry forward; imperative form
mou ikkai mou ikkai
One more time, one more time

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
isamashiku susumu bokura ga hiiroo
We who bravely press forward are the heroes

  • 勇いさましく /isamashiku/：
    from 勇ましい, brave or valiant; adverbial form, bravely
  • 進すすむ /susumu/：
    to advance; to move forward
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • ヒーロー /hiiroo/：
    hero (English: hero)
mou ikkai mou ikkai dake de ii kara
One more time—just one more time is enough

  • もう一いっ回かい /mou ikkai/：
    one more time; again
  • だけでいい /dake de ii/：
    just ... is enough; all one needs is
  • から /kara/：
    because; here it gives the reason behind an implied request
kono namae wo shinjite
Believe in this name

  • この /kono/：
    this; modifies a noun near the speaker
  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 信しんじて /shinjite/：
    from 信じる, to believe or trust; the て-form here expresses a request
yume mo ai mo kibou mo
Dreams, love, and hope—all of them

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...; lists multiple items inclusively
yorokobi mo itsumo
And joy as well, always

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    joy; delight
  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
kono te de erande kita
I have always chosen them with these hands

  • この手てで /kono te de/：
    with these hands; by my own hand, with で marking the means
  • 選えらんできた /erande kita/：
    from 選ぶ, to choose; ～てくる shows choices made continuously from the past to now
tabiji no saki ni atta
They were waiting farther along the journey

  • 旅路たびじ /tabiji/：
    a journey or road traveled; figuratively, the course of life
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead; beyond; the future
  • あった /atta/：
    from ある, to exist for inanimate things; past form
rifujin mo zetsubou mo
Both injustice and despair

  • 理不尽りふじん /rifujin/：
    unreasonable; unjust; absurdity
  • 絶望ぜつぼう /zetsubou/：
    despair; hopelessness
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...; includes both items
kono urei mo kitto
Even this sorrow, surely

  • 憂うれい /urei/：
    sorrow; grief; anxiety, in a literary register
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
kimi wo omoeba
Whenever I think of you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or informal form of address
  • 想おもえば /omoeba/：
    from 想う, to think of or hold dear; ～えば is a conditional meaning if, whenever, or as long as
norikoerareru
I can overcome it

  • 乗のり越こえられる /norikoerareru/：
    from 乗り越える, to overcome; potential form meaning can overcome
bokura ga aishite kita
The adventures we have loved all this time

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 愛あいしてきた /aishite kita/：
    from 愛する, to love; ～てくる shows that the love has continued from the past to now
bouken no hibi wa
Those days of adventure

  • 冒険ぼうけん /bouken/：
    adventure
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; everyday times
zutto tomo ni aru
Will always remain with us

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always; continuously
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    together; with, in a somewhat literary register
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist; here, to remain present with someone or in their heart
saa tsuzuki wo ikou
Come on, let's continue the journey

  • つづき /tsuzuki/：
    the continuation; what comes next, usually written 続き
  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    from 行く, to go; volitional form meaning let's go or move onward