ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - ルバート/Rubato

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - ルバート/Rubato

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


a, chotto tanoshii
Ah, this is kind of fun

  • ちょっと /chotto/：
    a little; somewhat
  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy
hana ga saku temae mitai
Like the moment just before a flower blooms

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 咲さく /saku/：
    to bloom
  • 手前てまえ /temae/：
    just before; in front of
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like; as if; seems
a, chotto kurushii
Ah, this hurts a little

  • ちょっと /chotto/：
    a little; somewhat
  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/：
    painful; distressing; suffocating
mizu wo wasureta sakana mitai
Like a fish that has forgotten water

  • 水みず /mizu/：
    water
  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    past form of 忘れる; forgot
  • 魚さかな /sakana/：
    fish
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like; as if
a, rubaato kizanderu
Ah, beating out a rubato rhythm

  • ルバート /rubaato/：
    rubato; expressive rhythmic flexibility (Italian: rubato)
  • 刻きざんでる /kizanderu/：
    colloquial form of 刻んでいる, from 刻む; beating out or marking a rhythm
watashi no kodou maachi mitai
My heartbeat is like a march

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat; pulsation
  • マーチ /maachi/：
    march; marching music
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like; as if
mero ga poppu janai kara
Because the melody is not pop

  • メロ /mero/：
    melody; short for メロディー (English: melody)
  • ポップ /poppu/：
    pop; popular and catchy (English: pop)
  • じゃない /janai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
sukoshi dasai kedo
So it is a little uncool, though

  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; slightly
  • ダサい /dasai/：
    uncool; unfashionable; lame
  • けど /kedo/：
    but; though, sometimes leaving the thought unfinished
watashi wasureyou to shite iru wa
I am trying to forget

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 忘わすれようとしている /wasureyou to shite iru/：
    is trying to forget; volitional form plus とする expresses an attempt
kanashii uta wo ai shite iru no
I love sad songs

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad; sorrowful
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 愛あいしている /ai shite iru/：
    to love; to be in love with
akiru kurai ni mawashite ita no
I used to play it until I nearly grew tired of it

  • 飽あきる /akiru/：
    to get tired of; to grow bored
  • くらいに /kurai ni/：
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 回まわしていた /mawashite ita/：
    from 回す; was spinning or repeatedly playing a record
sono rekoodo
That record

  • その /sono/：
    that; the one just mentioned
  • レコード /rekoodo/：
    record; vinyl record (English: record)
aki no nai mono wo
Something I would never tire of

  • 飽あきのない /aki no nai/：
    never boring; something one does not tire of
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; something
zutto sagashite ita wa
I had been searching all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 探さがしていた /sagashite ita/：
    from 探す; had been looking for
ohisama to no dakaapo kurai
Like a da capo with the sun

  • お日様ひさま /ohisama/：
    the sun; an affectionate, personified term
  • ダカーポ /dakaapo/：
    da capo; a direction to return to the beginning (Italian: da capo)
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent of; about as much as
tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii!
Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!

  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy
a, chotto kanashii
Ah, this is a little sad

  • ちょっと /chotto/：
    a little; somewhat
  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad; sorrowful
tsuki wo mikaketa yaken mitai
Like a stray dog that caught sight of the moon

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon; month
  • 見みかけた /mikaketa/：
    past form of 見かける; happened to see; caught sight of
  • 野犬やけん /yaken/：
    stray or feral dog
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like; as if
atto odoroku hodo ni marui
So round that it takes me by surprise

  • 驚おどろく /odoroku/：
    to be surprised; to be startled
  • ほどに /hodo ni/：
    to such an extent that
  • 丸まるい /marui/：
    round; circular
sukoshi kajittara dame kai
Would it be wrong to take a little bite?

  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; slightly
  • 齧かじったら /kajittara/：
    conditional form of 齧る; if I bite or nibble
  • 駄目だめ /dame/：
    no good; not allowed
daremo ga waratteru
Everyone is laughing

  • 誰だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone; anybody and everybody
  • 笑わらってる /waratteru/：
    colloquial form of 笑っている; is laughing
sonna ni kore wa poppu kai?
Is this really that pop?

  • そんなに /sonna ni/：
    that much; to that extent
  • これ /kore/：
    this; this thing
  • ポップ /poppu/：
    pop; popular and catchy (English: pop)
chigau, omae no zureta sensu wo
No, they are mocking your off-kilter taste

  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    to differ; no, that is not it
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; a rough or very familiar form of address
  • ずれた /zureta/：
    past or attributive form of ずれる; off-kilter; out of step
  • センス /sensu/：
    taste; aesthetic sense (English: sense)
baka ni shiten no sa
They are making fun of you

  • 馬鹿ばかにしてん /baka ni shiten/：
    colloquial form of 馬鹿にしている; is mocking or looking down on
watashi wasureyou to shite iru wa
I am trying to forget

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 忘わすれようとしている /wasureyou to shite iru/：
    is trying to forget; volitional form plus とする expresses an attempt
tanoshii uta mo ai shite iru no
I love happy songs too

  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 愛あいしている /ai shite iru/：
    to love; to be in love with
osoushiki no iei ni shimashou
Let us make it the memorial portrait at my funeral

  • お葬式そうしき /osoushiki/：
    funeral; お adds politeness
  • 遺影いえい /iei/：
    memorial portrait of the deceased
  • にしましょう /ni shimashou/：
    let us choose or make it; polite volitional form of にする
kono rekoodo
This record

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • レコード /rekoodo/：
    record; vinyl record (English: record)
ate no nai tabi wo zutto tsuzukete ita wa
I had kept traveling with no destination

  • 当あてのない /ate no nai/：
    aimless; with no destination or prospect
  • 旅たび /tabi/：
    journey; trip
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 続つづけていた /tsuzukete ita/：
    from 続ける; had been continuing
kamisama to no vivaache kurai
Like a vivace with God

  • 神かみ様さま /kamisama/：
    God; a deity, with the honorific 様
  • ヴィヴァーチェ /vivaache/：
    vivace; a lively, brisk tempo marking (Italian: vivace)
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent of; about as much as
tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii!
Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!

  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy
aa, anata mo waratteru?
Ah, are you laughing too?

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 笑わらってる /waratteru/：
    colloquial form of 笑っている; is laughing
a, mero ga poppu janai kara
Ah, because the melody is not pop

  • メロ /mero/：
    melody; short for メロディー (English: melody)
  • ポップ /poppu/：
    pop; popular and catchy (English: pop)
  • じゃない /janai/：
    is not; colloquial form of ではない
  • から /kara/：
    because; since
sukoshi tomeru kedo
So I will stop it for a moment, though

  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; slightly
  • 止とめる /tomeru/：
    to stop; to turn off or halt something
  • けど /kedo/：
    but; though, sometimes leaving the thought unfinished
watashi wasureyou to shite iru wa
I am trying to forget

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 忘わすれようとしている /wasureyou to shite iru/：
    is trying to forget; volitional form plus とする expresses an attempt
baka nari ni demo ai shite ita no
Even in my foolish way, I loved it

  • 馬鹿ばか /baka/：
    fool; foolishness
  • なりにでも /nari ni demo/：
    even if only in one's own way; なりに means in a manner fitting that person
  • 愛あいしていた /ai shite ita/：
    from 愛する; loved; had been loving
odoru mitai ni odotte ita no!
I was dancing as though I were dancing!

  • 踊おどるみたいに踊おどっていた /odoru mitai ni odotte ita/：
    was dancing as if dancing; 踊る means to dance, みたいに means as if, and 〜ていた marks past continuation
...?
...?
aki no nai mono wo
Something I would never tire of

  • 飽あきのない /aki no nai/：
    never boring; something one does not tire of
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; something
zutto sagashite ita wa
I had been searching all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 探さがしていた /sagashite ita/：
    from 探す; had been looking for
ohisama to no dakaapo kurai
Like a da capo with the sun

  • お日様ひさま /ohisama/：
    the sun; an affectionate, personified term
  • ダカーポ /dakaapo/：
    da capo; a direction to return to the beginning (Italian: da capo)
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent of; about as much as
tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii!
Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!

  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy
watashi wasureyou to shite iru wa
I am trying to forget

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 忘わすれようとしている /wasureyou to shite iru/：
    is trying to forget; volitional form plus とする expresses an attempt
hitotsu nokorazu ai shite ita noni
Even though I loved every last one

  • 一ひとつ残のこらず /hitotsu nokorazu/：
    every single one; without exception
  • 愛あいしていた /ai shite ita/：
    from 愛する; loved; had been loving
  • のに /noni/：
    even though; despite, often expressing regret or frustration
itsu no ma ni ka wasurete iku no
Before I know it, I keep forgetting

  • いつの間まにか /itsu no ma ni ka/：
    before one knows it; without noticing when
  • 忘わすれていく /wasurete iku/：
    to go on forgetting; 〜ていく marks a change continuing onward
ano rekoodo
That record

  • あの /ano/：
    that; a thing distant from both speakers or known to both
  • レコード /rekoodo/：
    record; vinyl record (English: record)
aki no nai mono wo
Something I would never tire of

  • 飽あきのない /aki no nai/：
    never boring; something one does not tire of
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; something
zutto sagashite ita wa
I had been searching all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 探さがしていた /sagashite ita/：
    from 探す; had been looking for
ohisama to no dakaapo kurai
Like a da capo with the sun

  • お日様ひさま /ohisama/：
    the sun; an affectionate, personified term
  • ダカーポ /dakaapo/：
    da capo; a direction to return to the beginning (Italian: da capo)
  • くらい /kurai/：
    to the extent of; about as much as
tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii! tanoshii!
Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!

  • 楽たのしい /tanoshii/：
    fun; enjoyable; happy