ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - ポスト春/Post-Spring

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - ポスト春/Post-Spring

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


sensaa raito, hizashi
A sensor light, sunlight

  • センサーライト /sensaa raito/：
    sensor light
  • 日差ひざし /hizashi/：
    sunlight, rays of the sun
rinjin nashi, goutou biyori
No neighbors—a perfect day for robbery

  • 隣人りんじん無なし /rinjin nashi/：
    no neighbors; 無し is a literary or concise form of ない
  • 強盗日和ごうとうびより /goutou biyori/：
    a perfect day for robbery; 日和 means weather or a day suited to something
shinde shimatta mitai
It seems to have died

  • 死しんでしまった /shinde shimatta/：
    died; from 死ぬ, with 〜てしまう marking completion and often regret, in the past tense
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like, appears to
watashi no hen na machi ga
My strange city

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 変へんな /hen na/：
    strange, odd
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town, city, neighborhood
gaitou, shinya yoji
The street, four in the morning

  • 街頭がいとう /gaitou/：
    the street, roadside
  • 深夜しんや /shinya/：
    late at night, midnight hours
  • 四時よじ /yoji/：
    four o'clock
onsei nashi, Toukyou wa haru
No sound; it is spring in Tokyo

  • 音声無おんせいなし /onsei nashi/：
    no sound or audio; 無し is a literary or concise form of ない
  • 東京とうきょう /Toukyou/：
    Tokyo
  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring
tookii eiga no monokuro mitai
Like the monochrome of a talkie film

  • トーキー映画えいが /tookii eiga/：
    talking picture, talkie film
  • モノクロ /monokuro/：
    monochrome, black-and-white
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, resembling
kore kara no bokutachi wa
From now on, we

  • これから /kore kara/：
    from now on, hereafter
  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we, us; たち marks a group or plural
wakaru wake nai mono wo
As for things we could never possibly understand

  • 分わかる /wakaru/：
    to understand
  • わけない /wake nai/：
    there is no way that; colloquial shortening of わけがない
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, matter; here, something to be understood
wakaru tame no iiwake ni muchuu
Obsessed with excuses for trying to understand them

  • 分わかる /wakaru/：
    to understand
  • 為ため /tame/：
    for the purpose of; verb dictionary form + ため expresses purpose
  • 言いい訳わけ /iiwake/：
    excuse, justification
  • 夢中むちゅう /muchuu/：
    absorbed, obsessed; 〜に夢中 means engrossed in something
sayonara wo mairusutoon
Goodbye, in place of a milestone—

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye, farewell
  • マイルストーン /mairusutoon/：
    milestone, significant marker
no kawari ni oite oku yo
I'll leave it here

  • 代かわりに /kawari ni/：
    instead of, in place of
  • 置おいておく /oite oku/：
    to leave or set something in place; from 置く, with 〜ておく indicating preparation or leaving a result as is
machikado ni haru ga ochiru
Spring falls upon the street corners

  • 街角まちかど /machikado/：
    street corner
  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring
  • 落おちる /ochiru/：
    to fall, to descend
ryoushinteki ni ikiyo
Live conscientiously

  • 良心的りょうしんてきに /ryoushinteki ni/：
    conscientiously, fairly; 的 forms a na-adjectival expression
  • 生いきよ /ikiyo/：
    live; a literary or forceful imperative of 生きる
rinjin'ai, shingou wa matou
Love thy neighbor; let's wait for the light

  • 隣人愛りんじんあい /rinjin'ai/：
    love of one's neighbor, neighborly love
  • 信号しんごう /shingou/：
    signal; here, a traffic light
  • 待まとう /matou/：
    let's wait; the volitional form of 待つ
shinu nara densha wa tomenai you ni!
If you're going to die, make sure you don't stop the trains!

  • 死しぬなら /shinu nara/：
    if one is going to die; なら marks a hypothetical condition
  • 電車でんしゃ /densha/：
    train, electric train
  • 止とめない /tomenai/：
    not stop something; negative form of 止める
  • ように /you ni/：
    make sure that; sentence-final 〜ないように gives an admonition not to do something
haa, koroshite yaru yo
Hah, I'll kill you

  • 殺ころしてやる /koroshite yaru/：
    I'll kill you; from 殺す, with 〜てやる expressing a forceful or hostile determination
gaitou nyuusu, terebi
Street news, television

  • 街頭がいとうニュース /gaitou nyuusu/：
    street news; ニュース comes from English news
  • テレビ /terebi/：
    television, TV
sentaa hitto, jisatsu ganbou
A hit up the middle, suicidal urges

  • センターヒット /sentaa hitto/：
    a baseball hit to center field
  • 自殺願望じさつがんぼう /jisatsu ganbou/：
    suicidal desire, suicidal ideation
ningen sanka no pareedo mitai
Like a parade in praise of humanity

  • 人間讃歌にんげんさんか /ningen sanka/：
    a hymn or paean to humanity
  • パレード /pareedo/：
    parade, procession
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, resembling
kore kara no bokutachi wa
From now on, we

  • これから /kore kara/：
    from now on, hereafter
  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we, us; たち marks a group or plural
toomawashi na teki'i no
For indirect hostility,

  • 遠回とおまわしな /toomawashi na/：
    indirect, roundabout
  • 敵意てきい /teki'i/：
    hostility, animosity
yasashisou na iikae ni muchuu
Obsessed with gentle-sounding rephrasings

  • 優やさしそうな /yasashisou na/：
    seemingly gentle; adjective stem + そう expresses appearance or impression
  • 言いい換かえ /iikae/：
    rephrasing, paraphrase
  • 夢中むちゅう /muchuu/：
    absorbed, obsessed; 〜に夢中 means engrossed in something
kono uta wo mairusutoon
This song, in place of a milestone—

  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • マイルストーン /mairusutoon/：
    milestone, significant marker
no kawari ni oite oku yo
I'll leave it here

  • 代かわりに /kawari ni/：
    instead of, in place of
  • 置おいておく /oite oku/：
    to leave or set something in place; from 置く, with 〜ておく indicating preparation or leaving a result as is
machikado ni hana ga michiru
Flowers fill the street corners

  • 街角まちかど /machikado/：
    street corner
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower, blossom
  • 満みちる /michiru/：
    to fill, to become full
hihan mo hihyou mo yuki
Criticism and critique alike are snow

  • 批判ひはん /hihan/：
    criticism, condemnation
  • 批評ひひょう /hihyou/：
    critique, critical review
  • 雪ゆき /yuki/：
    snow; used metaphorically here
hyouron nashi, hyougen hiyori
No commentary; expression plays it safe

  • 評論無ひょうろんなし /hyouron nashi/：
    no commentary or critical essay; 無し is a literary or concise form of ない
  • 表現ひょうげん /hyougen/：
    expression, representation
  • 日和ひより /hiyori/：
    playing it safe or following the prevailing mood; the continuative form of 日和る, here modifying the idea of expression
mushou ni dareka wo onaguri shitai
I desperately want to give someone a beating

  • 無性むしょうに /mushou ni/：
    irresistibly, inexplicably, desperately
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone; an interrogative plus か forms an indefinite pronoun
  • お殴なぐりしたい /onaguri shitai/：
    want to beat someone; from 殴る with たい, ironically dressed in the polite pattern お + verb stem + する
rouakuteki eiga, hiniku,
A deliberately shocking film, irony,

  • 露悪的ろあくてき /rouakuteki/：
    deliberately flaunting ugliness or vice, intentionally shocking
  • 映画えいが /eiga/：
    film, movie
  • 皮肉ひにく /hiniku/：
    sarcasm, irony
kaikyuusen, ryuuketsu byousha
Class war, depictions of bloodshed

  • 階級戦かいきゅうせん /kaikyuusen/：
    class war, conflict between social classes
  • 流血りゅうけつ /ryuuketsu/：
    bloodshed, bleeding
  • 描写びょうしゃ /byousha/：
    depiction, description
bouryoku shoudou no daida mitai
Like a pinch hitter for violent impulses

  • 暴力衝動ぼうりょくしょうどう /bouryoku shoudou/：
    violent impulse, urge toward violence
  • 代打だいだ /daida/：
    pinch hitter; figuratively, a substitute or stand-in
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, resembling
iya, watashi no hou ga machigai
No, I'm the one who's wrong

  • 私わたしの方ほうが /watashi no hou ga/：
    I am the one who is more; Aの方が marks A as the stronger side of a comparison
  • 間違まちがい /machigai/：
    mistake, being wrong
C kyuu eiga no hinikuya mitai
Like a cynic from a C-grade movie

  • C級映画きゅうえいが /C kyuu eiga/：
    C-grade film, a very low-budget or low-quality movie
  • 皮肉屋ひにくや /hinikuya/：
    cynic, sarcastic person; 屋 can label someone characterized by a certain trait
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, resembling
utsukushikunai hibi no utsukushikunai yoru no,
Those unbeautiful days and unbeautiful nights—

  • 美うつくしくない /utsukushikunai/：
    not beautiful; negative form of 美しい
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, everyday life; 々 repeats the preceding kanji
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
utsukushisa no iikae no tochuu
Still searching for another way to phrase their beauty

  • 美うつくしさ /utsukushisa/：
    beauty; adjective stem + さ turns a quality into a noun
  • 言いい換かえ /iikae/：
    rephrasing, paraphrase
  • 途中とちゅう /tochuu/：
    midway, in the middle; 〜の途中 means in the course of something
kono uta wo mairusutoon
This song, in place of a milestone—

  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • マイルストーン /mairusutoon/：
    milestone, significant marker
no kawari ni oite oku yo
I'll leave it here

  • 代かわりに /kawari ni/：
    instead of, in place of
  • 置おいておく /oite oku/：
    to leave or set something in place; from 置く, with 〜ておく indicating preparation or leaving a result as is
sayonara, mata
Goodbye—see you again

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye, farewell
  • また /mata/：
    again; in a farewell, it can imply see you again
kore kara no bokutachi wa
From now on, we

  • これから /kore kara/：
    from now on, hereafter
  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we, us; たち marks a group or plural
wakaranakute ii mono wo
As for things it would be fine not to understand

  • 解わからなくていい /wakaranakute ii/：
    it is fine not to understand; 〜なくていい means one need not do something
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, matter; here, something that need not be understood
wakaru tame no shinkaron ni muchuu
Obsessed with a theory of evolution meant to explain them

  • 解わかる /wakaru/：
    to understand; read like 分かる, with this spelling emphasizing comprehension or solving
  • 為ため /tame/：
    for the purpose of; verb dictionary form + ため expresses purpose
  • 進化論しんかろん /shinkaron/：
    theory of evolution; here it can also suggest a theory explaining development and change
  • 夢中むちゅう /muchuu/：
    absorbed, obsessed; 〜に夢中 means engrossed in something
sayonara wo mairusutoon
Goodbye, in place of a milestone—

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye, farewell
  • マイルストーン /mairusutoon/：
    milestone, significant marker
no kawari ni oite oku yo
I'll leave it here

  • 代かわりに /kawari ni/：
    instead of, in place of
  • 置おいておく /oite oku/：
    to leave or set something in place; from 置く, with 〜ておく indicating preparation or leaving a result as is
machikado ni haru ga michiru
Spring fills the street corners

  • 街角まちかど /machikado/：
    street corner
  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring
  • 満みちる /michiru/：
    to fill, to become full