ツユ (TUYU) - ロックな君とはお別れだ/Farewell to the Rocking You

ツユ (TUYU) - ロックな君とはお別れだ/Farewell to the Rocking You

ツユ (TUYU)


rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
da, da, dakara!
S-so, that's why!

  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore, that's why
boku ni me mo kurenaide saki bakari itte
Without even sparing me a glance, you keep going ahead

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me (often masculine)
  • 目めもくれない /me mo kurenai/：
    not even give a glance, pay no attention
  • ないで /naide/：
    without doing
  • 先さきばかり /saki bakari/：
    only ahead; nothing but what lies ahead
  • 行いって /itte/：
    going, moving on (dict. form: 行く)
kimi no sono sainou ni boku wa shitto shite
I'm jealous of that talent of yours

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 才能さいのう /sainou/：
    talent, ability
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 嫉妬しっとして /shitto shite/：
    being jealous (dict. form: 嫉妬する)
baka ni sun na yo hatameiwaku da
Don't make a fool of me; you're a nuisance to everyone around you

  • 馬鹿ばかにすんな /baka ni sun na/：
    don't make fun of me; colloquial contraction of 馬鹿にするな
  • 傍迷惑はためいわく /hatameiwaku/：
    a nuisance to people nearby
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
zutto boku wa kimi ni torawareta mama
All this time, I've remained captive to you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all the time, throughout
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 囚とらわれた /torawareta/：
    was captured, was bound (dict. form: 囚われる)
  • たまま /ta mama/：
    remaining in the state of having done something
itsudatte soko ni akogarete
I've always yearned for that place

  • いつだって /itsudatte/：
    always, at any time
  • 其処そこ /soko/：
    there, that place
  • 憧あこがれて /akogarete/：
    yearning for, admiring (dict. form: 憧れる)
demo shin ga orete ita kara
But because my core had already broken

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • 芯しん /shin/：
    core, inner resolve
  • 折おれていた /orete ita/：
    had been broken (dict. form: 折れる)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
zenbu, chuutohanpa ni natte
Everything ended up half-finished

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything, all
  • 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ /chuutohanpa/：
    half-finished, incomplete
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming, ending up as (dict. form: になる)
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
zutto boku wa magaimono to waraware
All along, I've been laughed at as an imitation

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, throughout
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 紛まがい物もの /magaimono/：
    imitation, fake
  • 笑わらわれ /waraware/：
    being laughed at (passive of 笑う)
itsumademo dasai sugata sarashite
Forever exposing my uncool, pathetic appearance

  • いつまでも /itsumademo/：
    forever, indefinitely
  • ダサい /dasai/：
    uncool, unfashionable
  • 姿すがた /sugata/：
    appearance, figure
  • 晒さらして /sarashite/：
    exposing, displaying (dict. form: 晒す)
rokku ja nai ne rokku ni ikitai ne
That's not rock, is it? I want to live like rock

  • ロック /rokku/：
    rock; also a defiant, authentic way of living
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • 生いきたい /ikitai/：
    want to live (dict. form: 生きる)
sou, dakara owakare da
Yes, that's why this is goodbye

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right
  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
jaa ne
See you

  • じゃあね /jaa ne/：
    see you, bye
sainou yutaka ni ikite kita tsumori datta
I thought I'd lived my life blessed with talent

  • 才能さいのう /sainou/：
    talent, ability
  • 豊ゆたかに /yutaka ni/：
    richly, abundantly (from 豊かだ)
  • 生いきてきた /ikite kita/：
    have lived up to now (生きる + てくる)
  • つもりだった /tsumori datta/：
    thought, believed oneself to be
yuutousei butte ita boro darake no rettousei da
I'm an inferior student full of flaws who pretended to be an honor student

  • 優等生ゆうとうせい /yuutousei/：
    honor student, model student
  • ぶっていた /butte ita/：
    was pretending to be, was acting like (dict. form: ぶる)
  • ボロだらけ /boro darake/：
    full of flaws, covered in tatters
  • 劣等生れっとうせい /rettousei/：
    poor student, underachiever
chokkan dakedo
It was only intuition, but

  • 直感ちょっかん /chokkan/：
    intuition, instinct
  • だけど /dakedo/：
    though, but
nantoka naru ki ga shite ita
I had a feeling things would somehow work out

  • 何なんとかなる /nantoka naru/：
    to work out somehow, to be manageable
  • 気きがしていた /ki ga shite ita/：
    had a feeling (dict. form: 気がする)
mattou nanka ja nai kedo tokubetsu ni naritakatta
I wasn't proper or respectable, but I wanted to become special

  • 真まっ当とう /mattou/：
    proper, respectable, honest
  • なんか /nanka/：
    things like; adds dismissive emphasis
  • じゃないけど /ja nai kedo/：
    although it is not; colloquial form of ではないけれど
  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/：
    special, exceptional
  • なりたかった /naritakatta/：
    wanted to become (dict. form: なる)
hashitteru yo hashitteru yo
I'm running, I'm running

  • 走はしってる /hashitteru/：
    running (contraction of 走っている; dict. form: 走る)
migaiteru yo migaiteru yo
I'm polishing myself, I'm polishing myself

  • 磨みがいてる /migaiteru/：
    polishing, honing (contraction of 磨いている; dict. form: 磨く)
hikattenai ne
But you're not shining, are you?

  • 光ひかってない /hikattenai/：
    not shining (contraction of 光っていない; dict. form: 光る)
kotoba ja nanto demo ieru kara sa
Because words can be made to say anything

  • 言葉ことばじゃ /kotoba ja/：
    in words; じゃ is the colloquial form of では
  • 何なんとでも /nanto demo/：
    in any way, whatever one likes
  • 言いえる /ieru/：
    can say (potential form of 言う)
  • からさ /kara sa/：
    because, you know; さ adds casual emphasis
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
zutto boku wa kimi ni hanasareta mama
All this time, I've remained left behind by you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all the time, throughout
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 離はなされた /hanasareta/：
    was left behind, was separated (passive past of 離す)
  • たまま /ta mama/：
    remaining in a resulting state
itsu no hi ka soko ni oitsukitai
Someday, I want to catch up and reach that place

  • いつの日ひか /itsu no hi ka/：
    someday, one day
  • 其処そこ /soko/：
    there, that place
  • 追おいつきたい /oitsukitai/：
    want to catch up (dict. form: 追いつく)
demo kado ga kakete ita kara
But because my edges had already chipped away

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • 角かど /kado/：
    corner, edge; figuratively, distinctiveness
  • 欠かけていた /kakete ita/：
    had been chipped, was lacking (dict. form: 欠ける)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
zenbu, chuutohanpa ni natte
Everything ended up half-finished

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything, all
  • 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ /chuutohanpa/：
    half-finished, incomplete
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming, ending up as (dict. form: になる)
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
zutto boku wa hikyoumono to waraware
All along, I've been laughed at as a coward

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, throughout
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 卑怯者ひきょうもの /hikyoumono/：
    coward, dishonorable person
  • 笑わらわれ /waraware/：
    being laughed at (passive of 笑う)
itsu kara ka subete mienaku natte
At some point, I became unable to see anything

  • いつからか /itsu kara ka/：
    from some point, before one knew it
  • すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 見みえなくなって /mienaku natte/：
    becoming unable to see (from 見える + なくなる)
rokku ja nai ne rokku ni ikitai ne
That's not rock, is it? I want to live like rock

  • ロック /rokku/：
    rock; also a defiant, authentic way of living
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • 生いきたい /ikitai/：
    want to live (dict. form: 生きる)
sou, dakara owakare da
Yes, that's why this is goodbye

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right
  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
jaa ne
See you

  • じゃあね /jaa ne/：
    see you, bye
kawatta kara kawatta kara
Because I've changed, because I've changed

  • 変かわった /kawatta/：
    changed (dict. form: 変わる)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
satotta kara satotta kara
Because I've realized it, because I've realized it

  • 悟さとった /satotta/：
    realized, grasped (dict. form: 悟る)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
wakattenai ne
You don't understand, do you?

  • わかってない /wakattenai/：
    not understanding (contraction of わかっていない; dict. form: わかる)
kotoba ja nanto demo ieru kara sa
Because words can be made to say anything

  • 言葉ことばじゃ /kotoba ja/：
    in words; じゃ is the colloquial form of では
  • 何なんとでも /nanto demo/：
    in any way, whatever one likes
  • 言いえる /ieru/：
    can say (potential form of 言う)
  • からさ /kara sa/：
    because, you know; さ adds casual emphasis
boku nante taka ga shireta teido ni batten
Someone like me amounts to nothing more than this—marked wrong

  • 僕ぼくなんて /boku nante/：
    someone like me; なんて adds dismissive emphasis
  • たかが知しれた /taka ga shireta/：
    of limited worth, nothing much; a set expression
  • 程度ていど /teido/：
    degree, level, extent
  • ×（ばってん） /batten/：
    a cross mark indicating wrong, failure, or rejection
kimi no ashimoto ni sugaru teido ni batten
Reduced to clinging at your feet—marked wrong

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 足元あしもと /ashimoto/：
    at one's feet, underfoot
  • 縋すがる /sugaru/：
    to cling to, to depend on
  • 程度ていど /teido/：
    degree, extent
  • ×（ばってん） /batten/：
    a cross mark indicating wrong, failure, or rejection
naitatte kimi wa zettai furimukanai yo na
Even if I cry, you'll never turn around, will you?

  • 泣ないたって /naitatte/：
    even if one cries (たって is colloquial ても; dict. form: 泣く)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 絶対ぜったい /zettai/：
    absolutely; with a negative, never
  • 振ふり向むかない /furimukanai/：
    will not turn around, look back (dict. form: 振り向く)
  • よな /yo na/：
    right?, isn't that so?; seeking confirmation
mou zenbu wakatteru yo
I already understand everything

  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything, all
  • わかってる /wakatteru/：
    understand, know (contraction of わかっている; dict. form: わかる)
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
zutto boku wa kimi ni torawarete ita
All this time, I had been captive to you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all the time, throughout
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 囚とらわれていた /torawarete ita/：
    had been captured, had remained bound (dict. form: 囚われる)
itsudatte soko ni akogarete
I've always yearned for that place

  • いつだって /itsudatte/：
    always, at any time
  • 其処そこ /soko/：
    there, that place
  • 憧あこがれて /akogarete/：
    yearning for, admiring (dict. form: 憧れる)
demo shin ga orete ita kara
But because my core had already broken

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • 芯しん /shin/：
    core, inner resolve
  • 折おれていた /orete ita/：
    had been broken (dict. form: 折れる)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
zenbu, chuutohanpa ni natte
Everything ended up half-finished

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything, all
  • 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ /chuutohanpa/：
    half-finished, incomplete
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming, ending up as (dict. form: になる)
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
kitto boku wa hana ni wa narenai kedo
I'm sure I can never become a flower, but

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower; figuratively, something admired and radiant
  • にはなれない /ni wa narenai/：
    cannot become; negative potential of なる, with contrastive は
  • けど /kedo/：
    but, although
zassou no gotoku korondemo fumaretemo tachiagaru
Like a weed, even if I fall or get trampled, I'll stand back up

  • 雑草ざっそう /zassou/：
    weed, wild grass
  • 如ごとく /gotoku/：
    like, in the manner of; literary equivalent of ように
  • 転ころんでも /korondemo/：
    even if I fall (dict. form: 転ぶ; ても is concessive)
  • 踏ふまれても /fumaretemo/：
    even if trampled (passive of 踏む + ても)
  • 立たち上あがる /tachiagaru/：
    to stand up, rise again
rokku ni ikitai ne
I want to live like rock

  • ロック /rokku/：
    rock; also a defiant, authentic way of living
  • 生いきたい /ikitai/：
    want to live (dict. form: 生きる)
sou, dakara owakare da
Yes, that's why this is goodbye

  • そう /sou/：
    yes, that's right
  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
jaa ne
See you

  • じゃあね /jaa ne/：
    see you, bye
kimi ga ita kara
Because you were there

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 居いた /ita/：
    was there, existed (past of 居る, used for animate beings)
  • から /kara/：
    because, since
boku wa koko ni tatte iru
I am standing here

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here, this place
  • 立たっている /tatte iru/：
    am standing (dict. form: 立つ)
boku wa koko ni tatte iru
I am standing here

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here, this place
  • 立たっている /tatte iru/：
    am standing (dict. form: 立つ)
rokku na kimi to wa owakare da
It's farewell to the rocking you

  • ロックな /rokku na/：
    rock-like, having a rock spirit
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting