月詠み (Tsukuyomi) - 世界の歩き方/How to Walk Through the World

月詠み (Tsukuyomi) - 世界の歩き方/How to Walk Through the World

月詠み (Tsukuyomi)


aruki hajimeta toki kara kyou no hi made
From the moment I began walking up until today

  • 歩あるき始はじめた /aruki hajimeta/：
    began walking; dictionary form: 歩き始める; a verb stem plus 始める means to begin doing something
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; moment; when
  • から /kara/：
    from; starting at
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • まで /made/：
    until; up to
mienai nanika wo oikakete
Chasing something unseen

  • 見みえない /mienai/：
    cannot be seen; negative form of 見える, to be visible
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 追おいかけて /oikakete/：
    chasing; te-form of 追いかける, to chase
doko made iku no nan no tame ikiru no
How far will I go? What am I living for?

  • どこまで /doko made/：
    how far; to where
  • 往いく /iku/：
    to go; a literary spelling of 行く
  • 何なんの為ため /nan no tame/：
    for what purpose; why
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
ienai mama ni ashi wo tometa
Unable to say it, I stopped in my tracks

  • 言いえない /ienai/：
    cannot say; negative potential form of 言う
  • まま /mama/：
    while remaining in a state; as it is
  • 脚あし /ashi/：
    leg; step
  • 止とめた /tometa/：
    stopped; past form of 止める
aa
Ah—
kanseikei wa nohouzu de kansei to kuichigattari
The finished form is unrestrained and sometimes at odds with my sensibilities

  • 完成形かんせいけい /kanseikei/：
    completed form; final form
  • 野放図のほうず /nohouzu/：
    unrestrained; unchecked
  • 感性かんせい /kansei/：
    sensibility; sensitivity
  • 食くい違ちがったり /kuichigattari/：
    sometimes differs or conflicts; from 食い違う, with たり listing an example
daremo risou wo nozomu yaku mo sanso mo toriau
Everyone longs for the ideal, competing for roles and even oxygen

  • だれも /daremo/：
    everyone; with an affirmative predicate it means everybody
  • 理想りそう /risou/：
    ideal
  • 望のぞむ /nozomu/：
    to desire; to hope for
  • 役やく /yaku/：
    role; part; duty
  • 酸素さんそ /sanso/：
    oxygen
  • 取とり合あう /toriau/：
    to compete for; to scramble for
ano hi kara yakitsuite kienai
It has been seared into me since that day and will not disappear

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day
  • から /kara/：
    from; since
  • 焼やき付ついて /yakitsuite/：
    seared or imprinted; te-form of 焼き付く
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    does not disappear; negative form of 消える
monitaa no saki no nanika
Something beyond the monitor

  • モニター /monitaa/：
    monitor; screen (English: monitor)
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead; beyond; the other side
  • なにか /nanika/：
    something
tatoeba kako ni modoreba dou shiyou ka
What would I do if, for example, I went back to the past?

  • 例たとえば /tatoeba/：
    for example; supposing
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • 戻もどれば /modoreba/：
    if I return; conditional form of 戻る
  • どうしようか /dou shiyou ka/：
    what should I do; volitional しよう plus か expresses deliberation
dokoka de wasureta yume wo erande mitara
What if I tried choosing the dream I forgot somewhere?

  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere
  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    forgot; past form of 忘れる
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 選えらんでみたら /erande mitara/：
    if I tried choosing; from 選ぶ, with てみる for trying and たら for a condition
angai umaku itte
It might go surprisingly well

  • 案外あんがい /angai/：
    unexpectedly; surprisingly
  • 上手うまく /umaku/：
    well; successfully; adverbial form of うまい
  • いって /itte/：
    going or turning out; te-form of いく in うまくいく, to go well
demo betsu no sekai no kimi wa ima no kimi ni naritai kamo
But the you in another world might want to become the you of today

  • でも /demo/：
    but; however
  • 別べつ /betsu/：
    different; another
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present
  • なりたい /naritai/：
    want to become; たい-form of なる
  • かも /kamo/：
    maybe; perhaps; casual shortening of かもしれない
daremo ga shiranai sekai no arukikata
How to walk through a world no one knows

  • だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone; with a negative predicate, no one
  • 識しらない /shiranai/：
    does not know; from 識る, an emphatic spelling of 知る stressing recognition or understanding
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 歩あるき方かた /arukikata/：
    way of walking; a verb stem plus 方 means the way to do something
mienai kotae wo oikakete
Chasing an answer I cannot see

  • 見みえない /mienai/：
    cannot be seen; negative form of 見える
  • 答こたえ /kotae/：
    answer
  • 追おいかけて /oikakete/：
    chasing; te-form of 追いかける
doko made itte mo nan no tame ikite mo
No matter how far I go, no matter what I live for

  • どこまで /doko made/：
    how far; to where
  • 往いっても /itte mo/：
    even if I go; from 往く, with ても meaning even if
  • 何なんの為ため /nan no tame/：
    for what purpose
  • 生いきても /ikite mo/：
    even if I live; from 生きる, with ても marking concession
ienai kizu wa fueru keredo
The wounds that will not heal keep multiplying, but

  • 癒いえない /ienai/：
    does not heal; negative form of 癒える
  • 傷きず /kizu/：
    wound; hurt
  • 増ふえる /fueru/：
    to increase; to multiply
  • けれど /keredo/：
    but; although; at sentence end it can leave the contrast unfinished
ikou
Let us go

  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    let us go; volitional form of 行く
daiji ni nigirishime yugande ita kibou
The hope I held dear and clutched tightly had become warped

  • 大事だいじに /daiji ni/：
    carefully; dearly; with importance
  • 握にぎり締しめ /nigirishime/：
    clutch tightly; stem form of 握り締める
  • 歪ゆがんでいた /yugande ita/：
    had become warped; from 歪む, with ていた marking a continuing past state
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
takaku tobou to sureba fukaku ochite shimau
The higher I try to fly, the farther I end up falling

  • 高たかく /takaku/：
    high; adverbial form of 高い
  • 飛とぼうとすれば /tobou to sureba/：
    if I try to fly; volitional 飛ぼう plus とする expresses an attempt, with すれば as the conditional
  • 深ふかく /fukaku/：
    deeply; adverbial form of 深い
  • 落おちてしまう /ochite shimau/：
    end up falling; from 落ちる, with てしまう marking completion or an unwanted result
deisui wo susutte mo hana ni narenai
Even if I sip muddy water, I cannot become a flower

  • 泥水でいすい /deisui/：
    muddy water; read deisui here, also commonly read doromizu
  • 啜すすっても /susutte mo/：
    even if I sip; from 啜る, with ても meaning even if
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • なれない /narenai/：
    cannot become; negative potential form of なる
omoi doori janai
It does not go the way I want

  • 思おもい通どおり /omoi doori/：
    as one wishes; as expected
  • じゃない /janai/：
    is not; casual form of ではない
yume no mata yume no naka
Inside a dream within a dream

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • また /mata/：
    again; further; here 夢のまた夢 means a dream within a dream
  • なか /naka/：
    inside; within
nani wo tsuzuru
What will you write?

  • なに /nani/：
    what
  • 綴つづる /tsuzuru/：
    to write; to compose; to string words together
「　　　　」
doko ni todoku
Where will it reach?

  • どこ /doko/：
    where
  • 届とどく /todoku/：
    to reach; to be delivered
yume wa mada yume no mama susumu
The dream remains a dream and keeps moving forward

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining as; while still in a state
  • 進すすむ /susumu/：
    to advance; to move forward
tomaranai mono wa korobu keredo keshiki wa kawaru
Those who never stop will fall, but the scenery will change

  • 止とまらない /tomaranai/：
    does not stop; negative form of 止まる
  • 者もの /mono/：
    person; one who
  • 転ころぶ /korobu/：
    to fall down; to stumble
  • けれど /keredo/：
    but; however
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery; view
  • 変かわる /kawaru/：
    to change
imasara wakatta
Only now did I understand

  • 今更いまさら /imasara/：
    only now; at this late stage
  • わかった /wakatta/：
    understood; past form of わかる
umarete kita imi ga shinenai riyuu ga
The meaning of being born, and the reason I cannot die

  • 生うまれてきた /umarete kita/：
    was born and came into this life; from 生まれる with てくる indicating movement or continuation toward the present
  • 意味いみ /imi/：
    meaning; significance
  • 死しねない /shinenai/：
    cannot die; negative potential form of 死ぬ
  • 理由りゆう /riyuu/：
    reason
shitagaki sura mo nai nanika ga mitai nda
I want to see something that does not even have a rough draft

  • 下書したがき /shitagaki/：
    rough draft
  • すら /sura/：
    even; not even
  • 無ない /nai/：
    does not exist; there is no
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 見みたい /mitai/：
    want to see; たい-form of 見る
  • んだ /nda/：
    casual form of のだ, used for explanation or emphasis
omou mama kakidasou
Let us draw it out just as we feel

  • 思おもうまま /omou mama/：
    as one wishes; just as one thinks
  • 描かき出だそう /kakidasou/：
    let us depict or draw it out; volitional form of 描き出す
atogaki de arekore katareba ii
We can talk about this and that in the afterword

  • 後書あとがき /atogaki/：
    afterword; postscript
  • あれこれ /arekore/：
    this and that; various things
  • 語かたればいい /katareba ii/：
    it is enough to tell it; from 語る, with ばいい meaning one only needs to or may do so
bokura wa shitte iru sekai no arukikata
We know how to walk through the world

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら pluralizes a personal pronoun
  • 識しっている /shitte iru/：
    know; from 識る, an emphatic spelling of 知る, with ている marking a continuing state
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 歩あるき方かた /arukikata/：
    way of walking; a verb stem plus 方 means the way to do something
dakara kyou koko made kitaro
That is why we have made it this far today, right?

  • だから /dakara/：
    so; therefore
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • ここまで /koko made/：
    this far; up to here
  • 来きたろ /kitaro/：
    came or made it here, right; casual contraction of 来ただろう, from 来る
hajimari no hi no yuku ate mo negai mo
Both the destination and the wishes from the day it all began

  • はじまり /hajimari/：
    beginning; start
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 行ゆく宛あて /yuku ate/：
    destination; somewhere to go
  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish; hope
doremo yotei to chigau keredo
None of them went according to plan, but

  • どれも /doremo/：
    every one; all; with a negative predicate, none
  • 予定よてい /yotei/：
    plan; schedule
  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    to differ; to be different
  • けれど /keredo/：
    but; although; here it leads into the next line
hora koe ga suru no
Listen, I can hear a voice

  • 声こえがする /koe ga suru/：
    to hear a voice; a sensory noun plus がする means to perceive a sound, smell, or feeling
sore demo tte
Saying, 「Even so」

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so; nevertheless
  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker equivalent to と; here it marks what the voice says
are kara mada owaranai yume no tochuu
Since then, we are still midway through a dream that has not ended

  • あれから /are kara/：
    since then; after that
  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 終おわらない /owaranai/：
    does not end; negative form of 終わる
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 途中とちゅう /tochuu/：
    on the way; midway through
mirai no hi no kako wo ima kaete misete
Change now the past of some future day, and show me that you can

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    past
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 変かえてみせて /kaete misete/：
    change it and prove you can; from 変える, with てみせる expressing determination to accomplish something for others to see