King Gnu - 三文小説/A Lowly Novel

King Gnu - 三文小説/A Lowly Novel

King Gnu


kono sekai no dare mo ga
Everyone in this world

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 誰だれもが /dare mo ga/：
    everyone, no matter who
kimi wo wasuresatte mo
Even if they completely forget you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 忘わすれ去さって /wasure satte/：
    te-form of 忘れ去る; to forget completely
  • ～ても /temo/：
    even if; although
zuibun fuketa ne tte
Saying, “You have aged quite a bit”

  • 随分ずいぶん /zuibun/：
    considerably; quite
  • 老ふけた /fuketa/：
    past tense of 老ける; aged, looked older
  • ～って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker
kyou mo tonari de warau kara
Because today too, I will smile beside you

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; to smile
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
obienakute ii n da yo
You do not have to be afraid

  • 怯おびえなくて /obienakute/：
    negative te-form of 怯える; not be afraid
  • ～なくて良いい /nakute ii/：
    do not have to
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
sono mama no kimi de ii n da yo
You are fine just as you are

  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    just as it is; unchanged
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • ～で良いい /de ii/：
    to be fine as; ... is enough
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
fueta shiwa no kazu wo tonari de kazoe nagara
While counting the wrinkles that have multiplied beside you

  • 増ふえた /fueta/：
    past tense of 増える; increased
  • 皺しわ /shiwa/：
    wrinkle
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number; amount
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 数かぞえながら /kazoe nagara/：
    while counting
bokura no jinsei ga
Our lives

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life; one’s life
sanmon shousetsu da to shite mo
Even if they were nothing more than a cheap novel

  • 三さん文もん /sanmon/：
    three mon; figuratively cheap or worthless
  • 小説しょうせつ /shousetsu/：
    novel
  • ～だとしても /da to shite mo/：
    even supposing that; even if
nageuru ki wa nai ne
I have no intention of selling it off cheaply

  • 投なげ売うる /nageuru/：
    to sell off cheaply; dump
  • 気きは無ない /ki wa nai/：
    to have no intention of doing
nando demo kakinaosu yo
I will rewrite it as many times as it takes

  • 何度なんどでも /nando demo/：
    any number of times; again and again
  • 書かき直なおす /kakinaosu/：
    to rewrite; do over
dare mo ga ai makase
Everyone leaves themselves in the hands of love

  • 誰だれもが /dare mo ga/：
    everyone; no matter who
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 任まかせ /makase/：
    leaving something to; at the mercy of
itsumade mo samayou sadame
Fated to wander forever

  • いつまでも /itsumade mo/：
    forever; for all time
  • 彷徨さまよう /samayou/：
    to wander; roam
  • 定さだめ /sadame/：
    fate; destiny
kono hanashi no hate no
Beyond the end of this story

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 小説はなし /hanashi/：
    story; 小説 is given the special reading はなし here
  • 果はて /hate/：
    end; extremity
sono saki wo kakitasu yo
I will add what comes after that

  • その先さき /sono saki/：
    what lies beyond; after that
  • 書かき足たす /kakitasu/：
    to add in writing; write more
shinjitsu to mukiau tame ni wa
In order to face the truth

  • 真実しんじつ /shinjitsu/：
    truth; reality
  • 向むき合あう /mukiau/：
    to face; confront
  • ～ためには /tame ni wa/：
    in order to; if one is to
hitori ni naranakya ikenai toki ga aru
There are times when one must be alone

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person; alone
  • ならなきゃいけない /naranakya ikenai/：
    must become; colloquial form of ならなければいけない
  • 時ときがある /toki ga aru/：
    there are times when
ayamachi da to wakatte ite mo nao
Even knowing it is a mistake, still

  • 過あやまち /ayamachi/：
    mistake; fault
  • 分わかっていても /wakatte ite mo/：
    even knowing; although one understands
  • 尚なお /nao/：
    still; nevertheless
egaki tsuzuketai monogatari ga aru yo
There is a story I want to keep writing

  • 描えがき続つづけたい /egaki tsuzuketai/：
    want to keep depicting or writing
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story; tale
  • ～がある /ga aru/：
    there is; to exist
aa
Ah
dabun bakari no kyakuhon to
A script filled with nothing but poor writing

  • 駄文だぶん /dabun/：
    poor writing; a humble term for one’s writing
  • ～ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; full of
  • 脚本きゃくほん /kyakuhon/：
    script; screenplay
sanmon shibai ni itsumade mo
And this cheap play, forever

  • 三さん文もん芝居しばい /sanmon shibai/：
    cheap melodrama; shabby playacting
  • いつ迄までも /itsumade mo/：
    forever; no matter how long
tsukiatte itai no sa
I want to stay with it and play along

  • 付つき合あっていたい /tsukiatte itai/：
    want to keep accompanying or going along with
  • ～のさ /no sa/：
    explanatory, emphatic sentence ending
aa
Ah
kimi no bukiyou na
Your awkward

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 不器用ぶきよう /bukiyou/：
    awkward; clumsy; inarticulate
hyoujou ya kotoba hitotsu de
With just one expression or a single word

  • 表情ひょうじょう /hyoujou/：
    facial expression
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; words; language
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; a single thing
  • ～一ひとつで /hitotsu de/：
    with just one; by one alone
sukuwareru boku ga iru kara
Because there is a me who is saved by it

  • 救すくわれる /sukuwareru/：
    passive of 救う; to be saved or comforted
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist; be (for animate beings)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
ano koro no kagayaki ga
The radiance of those days

  • あの頃ころ /ano koro/：
    those days; that time
  • 輝かがやき /kagayaki/：
    radiance; brilliance
iki wo hisometa to shite mo
Even if it has quietly hidden itself away

  • 息いきを潜ひそめた /iki wo hisometa/：
    past tense of 息を潜める; held its breath, lay low
  • ～たとしても /ta to shite mo/：
    even supposing that; even if
zuibun fuketa ne tte
Saying, “You have aged quite a bit”

  • 随分ずいぶん /zuibun/：
    considerably; quite
  • 老ふけた /fuketa/：
    past tense of 老ける; aged, looked older
  • ～って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker
asu mo tonari de warau kara
Because tomorrow too, I will smile beside you

  • 明日あす /asu/：
    tomorrow
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; to smile
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
kanashimanaide ii n da yo
You do not have to be sad

  • 悲かなしまないで /kanashimanaide/：
    negative form of 悲しむ; do not grieve
  • ～ないで良いい /naide ii/：
    do not have to
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
sono mama no kimi ga ii n da yo
I want you just as you are

  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    just as it is; unchanged
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • ～が良いい /ga ii/：
    to prefer; ... is good
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
sugiyuku byoushin wo tonari de kazoe nagara
While counting the passing seconds beside you

  • 過すぎゆく /sugiyuku/：
    to pass away; literary form of 過ぎてゆく
  • 秒針びょうしん /byoushin/：
    second hand of a clock
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 数かぞえながら /kazoe nagara/：
    while counting
tomedo naku nagaruru namida ame ga
The endless, flowing rain of tears

  • 止とめどなく /tomedo naku/：
    endlessly; without stopping
  • 流ながるる /nagaruru/：
    to flow; archaic attributive form, equivalent to 流れる
  • 泪なみだ雨あめ /namida ame/：
    rain of tears; 泪 is a variant of 涙
shousetsu no you ni jinsei wo nanshou ni mo
Like a novel, dividing life into many chapters

  • 小説しょうせつ /shousetsu/：
    novel
  • ～のように /no you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life; one’s life
  • 何章なんしょうにも /nanshou ni mo/：
    into many chapters
kugitte kureru kara
Because it divides it up for us

  • 区切くぎって /kugitte/：
    te-form of 区切る; divide, punctuate
  • ～てくれる /te kureru/：
    to do something for the speaker’s benefit
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
oroka da to wakatte ite mo nao
Even knowing it is foolish, still

  • 愚おろか /oroka/：
    foolish; stupid
  • 分わかっていても /wakatte ite mo/：
    even knowing; although one understands
  • 尚なお /nao/：
    still; nevertheless
agaki tsuzukenakya ikenai monogatari ga aru yo
There is a story in which we must keep struggling

  • 足掻あがき続つづけなきゃいけない /agaki tsuzukenakya ikenai/：
    must keep struggling; colloquial contraction of 足掻き続けなければいけない
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story; tale
  • ～がある /ga aru/：
    there is; to exist
aa
Ah
tachitsukushita
Who stood there frozen

  • 立たち尽つくした /tachitsukushita/：
    past tense of 立ち尽くす; stood frozen or rooted to the spot
ano hi no tayorinai senaka wo
That uncertain back from that day

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day
  • 頼たよりない /tayorinai/：
    unreliable; uncertain; helpless-looking
  • 背中せなか /senaka/：
    back; figure seen from behind
ima nara tsuyoku oshite miseru kara
Now, I will show you I can give it a firm push

  • 今いまなら /ima nara/：
    if it is now; now that things are different
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; firmly
  • 押おして /oshite/：
    te-form of 押す; push
  • ～て見みせる /te miseru/：
    will definitely do; show that one can
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; also conveys reassurance here
aa
Ah
boku no kudaranai
My silly

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me
  • くだらない /kudaranai/：
    silly; trivial; worthless
hyoujou ya kotoba hitotsu de
With just one expression or a single word

  • 表情ひょうじょう /hyoujou/：
    facial expression
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; words; language
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; a single thing
  • ～一ひとつで /hitotsu de/：
    with just one; by one alone
hohoenda kimi ga iru kara
Because you were there, smiling because of it

  • 微笑ほほえんだ /hohoenda/：
    past tense of 微笑む; smiled
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist; be (for animate beings)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
aa
Ah
dabun bakari no kyakuhon to
A script filled with nothing but poor writing

  • 駄文だぶん /dabun/：
    poor writing; a humble term for one’s writing
  • ～ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; full of
  • 脚本きゃくほん /kyakuhon/：
    script; screenplay
sanmon shibai ni itsumade mo
And this cheap play, forever

  • 三さん文もん芝居しばい /sanmon shibai/：
    cheap melodrama; shabby playacting
  • いつ迄までも /itsumade mo/：
    forever; no matter how long
tsukiatte itai no sa
I want to stay with it and play along

  • 付つき合あっていたい /tsukiatte itai/：
    want to keep accompanying or going along with
  • ～のさ /no sa/：
    explanatory, emphatic sentence ending
aa
Ah
kimi no bukiyou na
Your awkward

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 不器用ぶきよう /bukiyou/：
    awkward; clumsy; inarticulate
hyoujou ya kotoba hitotsu de
With just one expression or a single word

  • 表情ひょうじょう /hyoujou/：
    facial expression
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; words; language
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; a single thing
  • ～一ひとつで /hitotsu de/：
    with just one; by one alone
sukuwareru boku ga iru kara
Because there is a me who is saved by it

  • 救すくわれる /sukuwareru/：
    passive of 救う; to be saved or comforted
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist; be (for animate beings)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
aa
Ah
tachitsukushita
Who stood there frozen

  • 立たち尽つくした /tachitsukushita/：
    past tense of 立ち尽くす; stood frozen or rooted to the spot
ano hi no tayorinai senaka wo
That uncertain back from that day

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day
  • 頼たよりない /tayorinai/：
    unreliable; uncertain; helpless-looking
  • 背中せなか /senaka/：
    back; figure seen from behind
ima nara tsuyoku oshite miseru kara
Now, I will show you I can give it a firm push

  • 今いまなら /ima nara/：
    if it is now; now that things are different
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly; firmly
  • 押おして /oshite/：
    te-form of 押す; push
  • ～て見みせる /te miseru/：
    will definitely do; show that one can
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; also conveys reassurance here
aa
Ah
boku no kudaranai
My silly

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me
  • くだらない /kudaranai/：
    silly; trivial; worthless
hyoujou ya kotoba hitotsu de
With just one expression or a single word

  • 表情ひょうじょう /hyoujou/：
    facial expression
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; words; language
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; a single thing
  • ～一ひとつで /hitotsu de/：
    with just one; by one alone
hohoenda kimi ga iru kara
Because you were there, smiling because of it

  • 微笑ほほえんだ /hohoenda/：
    past tense of 微笑む; smiled
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いる /iru/：
    to exist; be (for animate beings)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
kono sekai no dare mo ga
Everyone in this world

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 誰だれもが /dare mo ga/：
    everyone, no matter who
kimi wo wasuresatte mo
Even if they completely forget you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 忘わすれ去さって /wasure satte/：
    te-form of 忘れ去る; to forget completely
  • ～ても /temo/：
    even if; although
zuibun fuketa ne tte
Saying, “You have aged quite a bit”

  • 随分ずいぶん /zuibun/：
    considerably; quite
  • 老ふけた /fuketa/：
    past tense of 老ける; aged, looked older
  • ～って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker
kyou mo tonari de warau kara
Because today too, I will smile beside you

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; to smile
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
obienakute ii n da yo
You do not have to be afraid

  • 怯おびえなくて /obienakute/：
    negative te-form of 怯える; not be afraid
  • ～なくて良いい /nakute ii/：
    do not have to
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
sono mama no kimi de ii n da yo
You are fine just as you are

  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    just as it is; unchanged
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • ～で良いい /de ii/：
    to be fine as; ... is enough
  • ～んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic sentence ending
fueta shiwa no kazu wo tonari de kazoe nagara
While counting the wrinkles that have multiplied beside you

  • 増ふえた /fueta/：
    past tense of 増える; increased
  • 皺しわ /shiwa/：
    wrinkle
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number; amount
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    beside; next to
  • 数かぞえながら /kazoe nagara/：
    while counting