Ado - ロックスター/Rock Star

Ado - ロックスター/Rock Star

Ado


nanika kaenakya tte ikiisoide wa
Thinking I had to change something, I kept rushing through life

  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 変かえなきゃ /kaenakya/：
    have to change (dictionary form: 変える; なきゃ is a colloquial shortening of なければならない)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と; here it marks a thought
  • 生いき急いそいでは /ikiisoide wa/：
    rushing recklessly through life (dictionary form: 生き急ぐ); the て-form + は links to what follows and emphasizes this state
warawarenagara yume wo mita
I dreamed while being laughed at

  • 笑わらわれながら /warawarenagara/：
    while being laughed at (dictionary form: 笑う; 笑われる is passive and ながら means 「while」)
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 見みた /mita/：
    saw; in 夢を見る, it means to dream (dictionary form: 見る)
raito no hikari wa hane no you de sa
The light from the spotlight was like wings

  • ライト /raito/：
    light; here, a stage light (English: light)
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light, radiance
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing
  • よう /you/：
    like, as if; noun + のよう forms a comparison
Ah yume ni mita kimi wa rokkunrooru sutaa
Ah, you whom I saw in my dreams were a rock 'n' roll star

  • 夢ゆめに見みた /yume ni mita/：
    seen in a dream; also long dreamed of (dictionary form: 夢に見る)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (an intimate form of address)
  • ロックンロールスター /rokkunrooru sutaa/：
    rock 'n' roll star
zenbu omou you konaseru nara
If you could handle everything exactly as you wished

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 思おもう様よう /omou you/：
    as one wishes; よう indicates a manner or way
  • こなせる /konaseru/：
    can handle or accomplish skillfully (dictionary form: こなす; potential form)
  • なら /nara/：
    if; a conditional expression
kitto sekai wa hibikanai
Then surely the world would not resonate

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 響ひびかない /hibikanai/：
    does not echo or resonate (dictionary form: 響く; negative form)
ooku no kodoku mo kasane aeba
If many people's loneliness is layered together

  • 多おおく /ooku/：
    many, much (dictionary form: 多い); 多くの modifies a noun
  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude
  • 重かさね合あえば /kasane aeba/：
    if (they) overlap or are layered together (dictionary form: 重ね合う; ば conditional)
ai tomo ieru houkou ni naru
They become a roar that could even be called love

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • とも言いえる /tomo ieru/：
    could even be called; can also be said to be (言える is the potential form of 言う)
  • 咆哮ほうこう /houkou/：
    roar, howl
  • になる /ni naru/：
    to become
konya atashi wa rokkusutaa
Tonight, I'm a rock star

  • 今夜こんや /konya/：
    tonight
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, me; a casual feminine form usually written 私
  • ロックスター /rokkusutaa/：
    rock star
asobitarinai
I haven't had enough fun

  • 遊あそび足たりない /asobitarinai/：
    have not played or had enough fun; the stem of 遊ぶ plus the negative of 足りる expresses insufficiency
yume wo mitetai no
I want to keep dreaming

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 見みてたい /mitetai/：
    want to keep seeing (dictionary form: 見る); a colloquial shortening of 見ていたい; in 夢を見る it means to dream
Hey you hitori ja nai no sa
Hey you, you're not alone

  • 一人ひとりじゃない /hitori ja nai/：
    not alone; じゃない is the colloquial negative form of ではない
nemurenai no nara
If you can't sleep

  • 眠ねむれない /nemurenai/：
    cannot sleep (dictionary form: 眠る; negative of the potential form 眠れる)
  • のなら /no nara/：
    if that is the case; sets a condition based on the preceding situation
saa uta wo utaou ze
Come on, let's sing a song

  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 歌うたおう /utaou/：
    let's sing (dictionary form: 歌う; volitional form used for a proposal)
aa mou arekore urusakutte sa
Oh, enough already—they're making a fuss about this and that

  • あれこれ /arekore/：
    this and that; various things
  • 五月蝿うるさくって /urusakutte/：
    being noisy or annoying (dictionary form: うるさい; 五月蝿い is an unusual ateji spelling, and くって is an emphatic colloquial form of くて)
kitto yatsura wa kiri ga nai
Those people surely never know when to stop

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 奴やつら /yatsura/：
    those guys; 奴 is a rough way to refer to someone, and ら marks the plural
  • キリがない /kiri ga nai/：
    endless, with no end in sight; キリ is also commonly written 切り
aisu beki mono wa mieteru kara
Because I can see what deserves to be loved

  • 愛あいすべき /aisu beki/：
    that should or deserves to be loved (dictionary form: 愛する; べき means should or ought to)
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; can also refer broadly to a person or an abstract object
  • 見みえてる /mieteru/：
    can see, is visible; colloquial shortening of 見えている (dictionary form: 見える)
  • から /kara/：
    because; marks a reason or cause
jogen wa iranai
I don't need advice

  • 助言じょげん /jogen/：
    advice, counsel
  • いらない /iranai/：
    do not need (dictionary form: いる, written 要る; negative form)
kimi to atashi de ii
You and I are all we need

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (an intimate form of address)
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, me; a casual feminine form usually written 私
  • でいい /de ii/：
    is fine; is enough; expresses accepting a choice as sufficient
konya atashi wa rokkusutaa
Tonight, I'm a rock star

  • 今夜こんや /konya/：
    tonight
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, me; a casual feminine form usually written 私
  • ロックスター /rokkusutaa/：
    rock star
kagayaku toki wa eien ja nai no
The time when we shine doesn't last forever

  • 輝かがやく /kagayaku/：
    to shine, sparkle
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time, moment; after a verb, 「when ...」
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity, forever
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
chou ga tobitatsu aida wa
While the butterfly is taking flight

  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • 飛とび立たつ /tobitatsu/：
    to take off, fly away; figuratively, to set out
  • 間あいだ /aida/：
    while, during; verb + 間 means during the time an action continues
utattetai dake yo
I just want to keep singing

  • 歌うたってたい /utattetai/：
    want to keep singing; colloquial shortening of 歌っていたい (dictionary form: 歌う)
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
konya atashi wa rokkusutaa
Tonight, I'm a rock star

  • 今夜こんや /konya/：
    tonight
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, me; a casual feminine form usually written 私
  • ロックスター /rokkusutaa/：
    rock star
asobitarinai
I haven't had enough fun

  • 遊あそび足たりない /asobitarinai/：
    have not played or had enough fun; the stem of 遊ぶ plus the negative of 足りる expresses insufficiency
yume wo mitetai no
I want to keep dreaming

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 見みてたい /mitetai/：
    want to keep seeing (dictionary form: 見る); a colloquial shortening of 見ていたい; in 夢を見る it means to dream
Hey you hitori ja nai no sa
Hey you, you're not alone

  • 一人ひとりじゃない /hitori ja nai/：
    not alone; じゃない is the colloquial negative form of ではない
nemurenai no nara
If you can't sleep

  • 眠ねむれない /nemurenai/：
    cannot sleep (dictionary form: 眠る; negative of the potential form 眠れる)
  • のなら /no nara/：
    if that is the case; sets a condition based on the preceding situation
saa uta wo utaou ze
Come on, let's sing a song

  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 歌うたおう /utaou/：
    let's sing (dictionary form: 歌う; volitional form used for a proposal)
ima kono toki dake wa sou sa
At least for this moment—yes, that's right

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time, moment
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just; here it limits the statement to this moment
  • そう /sou/：
    so, that way; そうさ here means 「yes, that's right」
I'm a rock 'n' roll star
I'm a rock 'n' roll star
konya atashi wa rokkusutaa
Tonight, I'm a rock star

  • 今夜こんや /konya/：
    tonight
  • アタシ /atashi/：
    I, me; a casual feminine form usually written 私
  • ロックスター /rokkusutaa/：
    rock star