ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - プレイシック/Play Sick

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - プレイシック/Play Sick

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


zenbu iya ni natta
Everything had become unbearable

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 嫌いや /iya/：
    unpleasant; disliked; unwilling
  • なった /natta/：
    from なる, to become; past form meaning became
bokutachi wa ureita
We grieved

  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we; 僕 is a commonly masculine first-person pronoun and たち marks a group
  • 憂うれいた /ureita/：
    from 憂う, to grieve or worry; past form
sanjuu hachido no taion mitai ni
Like a body temperature of 38°C

  • 38℃さんじゅうはちど /sanjuu hachido/：
    38 degrees Celsius; 度 is read ど for temperature
  • 体温たいおん /taion/：
    body temperature
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if; the adverbial form of みたいだ
ashita wa haremasu ka ne
Will it be sunny tomorrow, I wonder?

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • 晴はれます /haremasu/：
    from 晴れる, to clear up or become sunny; polite form
  • 〜ますかね /masu ka ne/：
    a polite pattern for wondering aloud or gently seeking agreement
sore yori yappari, doko ka e ikimasen ka
More importantly, after all, shall we go somewhere?

  • それより /sore yori/：
    rather than that; more importantly; used to change the subject
  • やっぱり /yappari/：
    as expected; after all; colloquial form of やはり
  • 何処どこか /doko ka/：
    somewhere
  • 行いきませんか /ikimasen ka/：
    from 行く, to go; 〜ませんか is a polite invitation meaning shall we go
koi wo shite imashita
I was in love

  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love; 恋をする means to fall in love or be in love
  • していました /shite imashita/：
    from する, to do; 〜ていました marks a continuing past action or state, here was in love
ano koro no bokutachi ni
With who we were back then

  • あの /ano/：
    that; refers to something distant from both speaker and listener or in memory
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time; period; あの頃 means back then
  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we; us
hare no aima ni
In a break of clear weather

  • 晴はれ /hare/：
    clear weather; sunshine
  • 合間あいま /aima/：
    interval; break; a gap between things
machi wo aruiteru mitai
It feels like we are walking through town

  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; streets
  • 歩あるいてる /aruiteru/：
    from 歩く, to walk; contraction of 歩いている, meaning is walking
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like; as if
hora ne, ame ga yanda ze
See? The rain has stopped

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 止やんだ /yanda/：
    from 止む, to stop; often used when rain, snow, or wind stops; past form
kore sa akapera mitai da ne
This is kind of like a cappella, isn't it?

  • これ /kore/：
    this; something near the speaker
  • アカペラ /akapera/：
    unaccompanied singing; a cappella (Italian: a cappella)
  • みたいだ /mitai da/：
    to seem like; to be as if
zenbu iya ni naru kurai
Enough to make me hate everything

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 嫌いやになる /iya ni naru/：
    to become fed up; to come to hate something
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent that; so much that
rokotsu na ripiito de
In a blatant repeat

  • 露骨ろこつ /rokotsu/：
    blatant; explicit; undisguised
  • リピート /ripiito/：
    repetition; replay (English: repeat)
nemutta okita
Slept, woke up

  • 眠ねむった /nemutta/：
    from 眠る, to sleep; past form
  • 起おきた /okita/：
    from 起きる, to get up or wake; past form
bokutachi no urei wa
Our melancholy

  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we; us
  • 憂うれい /urei/：
    sorrow; melancholy; anxiety
nante iu ka, hari mitai
How should I put it? It is like a needle

  • なんて言いうか /nante iu ka/：
    how should I put it; a conversational phrase used while searching for words
  • 針はり /hari/：
    needle; also a clock hand
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like; as if
ashita wa ame desu ka ne
Will it rain tomorrow, I wonder?

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain; 雨です here means the weather will be rainy
  • 〜ですかね /desu ka ne/：
    a polite pattern for wondering whether something is so
sore yori saita himawari wo sagashimasen ka
More importantly, shall we look for a blooming sunflower?

  • それより /sore yori/：
    rather than that; more importantly; used to change the subject
  • 咲さいた /saita/：
    from 咲く, to bloom; the past form modifies sunflower, meaning bloomed or blooming
  • 向日葵ひまわり /himawari/：
    sunflower
  • 探さがしませんか /sagashimasen ka/：
    from 探す, to look for; 〜ませんか makes a polite invitation, shall we look
koi wo shite imashita
I was in love

  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love; 恋をする means to fall in love or be in love
  • していました /shite imashita/：
    from する, to do; 〜ていました marks a continuing past action or state, here was in love
kirekake no denkyuu ni
With a light bulb about to burn out

  • 切きれかけ /kirekake/：
    about to break or fail; from 切れる; verb stem plus かけ means partly done or on the verge of, here nearly burned out
  • 電球でんきゅう /denkyuu/：
    light bulb
tsuki no akari de
By moonlight

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 灯あかり /akari/：
    light; illumination; 月の灯り means moonlight
machi wo oyoideru mitai
It feels like we are swimming through town

  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; streets
  • 泳およいでる /oyoideru/：
    from 泳ぐ, to swim; contraction of 泳いでいる; metaphorically moving through the streets
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like; as if
hito to hito no sukima wo kimi to, ibitsu na kurooru de ne
With you, through the gaps between people, in a crooked crawl stroke

  • 人ひとと人ひとの隙間すきま /hito to hito no sukima/：
    the gaps between people; openings in a crowd
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar second-person pronoun
  • いびつ /ibitsu/：
    distorted; misshapen; uneven
  • クロール /kurooru/：
    the front crawl swimming stroke (English: crawl)
zenbu iya ni naru kurai!
Enough to make me hate everything!

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 嫌いやになる /iya ni naru/：
    to become fed up; to come to hate something
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent that; so much that
hare ni kasa wo kakagete
Raising an umbrella to the clear sky

  • 晴はれ /hare/：
    clear weather; sunshine
  • 傘かさ /kasa/：
    umbrella
  • 掲かかげて /kakagete/：
    from 掲げる, to raise or hold aloft; te-form linking to what follows
bokura inotteru mitai
It feels like we are praying

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら pluralizes a personal pronoun
  • 祈いのってる /inotteru/：
    from 祈る, to pray; contraction of 祈っている, meaning are praying
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like; as if
hibi to hibi no sukima de
In the gaps between one day and the next

  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; day after day; 々 repeats the preceding kanji
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/：
    gap; opening; here a figurative interval within everyday life
tama ni hiku kaze mitai ni ne
Like a cold one catches now and then

  • たまに /tama ni/：
    occasionally; once in a while
  • 風邪かぜを引ひく /kaze wo hiku/：
    to catch a cold; a set phrase; in the lyric 風邪 is modified by 引く, giving a cold one catches
  • みたいに /mitai ni/：
    like; as if; the adverbial form of みたいだ
tada no hiruma ni
On an ordinary afternoon

  • ただの /tada no/：
    mere; ordinary; nothing more than
  • 昼間ひるま /hiruma/：
    daytime; during the day
machi wo aruiteru mitai
It feels like we are walking through town

  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; streets
  • 歩あるいてる /aruiteru/：
    from 歩く, to walk; contraction of 歩いている, meaning is walking
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like; as if
hora ne, ame ga yanda ze
See? The rain has stopped

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 止やんだ /yanda/：
    from 止む, to stop; often used when rain, snow, or wind stops; past form
kore sa akapera mitai da ne
This is kind of like a cappella, isn't it?

  • これ /kore/：
    this; something near the speaker
  • アカペラ /akapera/：
    unaccompanied singing; a cappella (Italian: a cappella)
  • みたいだ /mitai da/：
    to seem like; to be as if
getsuyoubi no bokura hareyaka
On Monday, we are bright and cheerful

  • 月曜日げつようび /getsuyoubi/：
    Monday
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 晴はれやか /hareyaka/：
    bright; cheerful; lighthearted; free of gloom
iwayuru kebyou de ne
With what you would call playing sick

  • いわゆる /iwayuru/：
    so-called; what is commonly called
  • 仮病けびょう /kebyou/：
    pretending to be ill; playing sick; the title comes from the English phrase play sick