tuki. - シーソー/Seesaw

tuki. - シーソー/Seesaw

tuki.


kimi wo motto shiritakute
Because I want to know you better

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • もっと /motto/：
    more, further
  • 知しりたくて /shiritakute/：
    wanting to know; from 知る, with the て-form indicating a reason
chikazukou to suru n da yo
So I try to get closer to you

  • 近ちかづこうとする /chikazukou to suru/：
    to try to get closer; volitional form plus とする expresses an attempt
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial form of のだ, used for explanation or emphasis
uwatsuita kokoro no sei
It's because of my restless heart

  • 浮うわついた /uwatsuita/：
    restless or flighty; past form of 浮つく modifying 心
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • せい /sei/：
    fault, cause; often used for a negative result
kimi wa omoku natte shizumu n da
You grow heavy and sink down

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 重おもくなって /omoku natte/：
    becoming heavy; い-adjective stem plus くなる expresses a change
  • 沈しずむ /shizumu/：
    to sink
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial explanatory form of のだ
kimi ga sotto chikayotte
You quietly come closer

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 近寄ちかよって /chikayotte/：
    coming closer; て-form of 近寄る, linking to the next line
ushirometakute kyori wo toru
Feeling guilty, I keep my distance

  • 後うしろめたくて /ushirometakute/：
    feeling guilty; て-form of 後ろめたい indicating a reason
  • 距離きょり /kyori/：
    distance
  • 距離きょりをとる /kyori wo toru/：
    to keep or create distance
doushite kou nacchatta kana
I wonder how things ended up like this

  • どうして /doushite/：
    why, how come
  • こう /kou/：
    like this, this way
  • なっちゃった /nacchatta/：
    ended up becoming; contraction of なってしまった, often implying regret
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder; marks self-questioning or uncertainty
mukiaenai boku ga warukatta n da
I was at fault for being unable to face you

  • 向むき合あえない /mukiaenai/：
    unable to face; potential negative of 向き合う
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 悪わるかった /warukatta/：
    was wrong or at fault; past form of 悪い
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial explanatory form of のだ
ippo zutsu de ii kara sa
It's fine if we take it one step at a time

  • 一いっ歩ぽ /ippo/：
    one step
  • ずつ /zutsu/：
    each, at a time; indicates equal distribution or gradual progress
  • でいい /de ii/：
    is fine, will do
  • から /kara/：
    because; here it gives a reassuring reason
see no de chikayoru kanji de sa
Like moving closer together on the count of three

  • 近寄ちかよる /chikayoru/：
    to approach, to come closer
  • 感かんじ /kanji/：
    feeling, manner; 感じで means in that sort of way
shiisoo mitai ne koi suru tte
Falling in love is like a seesaw, isn't it?

  • シーソー /shiisoo/：
    seesaw
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, similar to; expresses a comparison
  • 恋こいする /koi suru/：
    to fall in love, to be in love
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
she's so beautiful ai suru tte
She's so beautiful—that's what it means to love

  • 愛あいする /ai suru/：
    to love, to cherish
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
otagai douji ni chikazukanakya ne
We have to move closer to each other at the same time

  • お互たがい /otagai/：
    each other, mutually
  • 同時どうじ /douji/：
    at the same time
  • 近ちかづかなきゃ /chikazukanakya/：
    have to get closer; contraction of 近づかなければならない
wakariaenai
Otherwise, we can't understand each other

  • わかりあえない /wakariaenai/：
    unable to understand each other; potential negative of わかりあう
jibun no koto ga wakaranai
I don't understand myself

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • こと /koto/：
    matter, things about; 自分のこと means oneself or things about oneself
  • わからない /wakaranai/：
    do not understand; negative form of わかる
ashimoto ga obotsukanai
I'm unsteady on my feet

  • 足元あしもと /ashimoto/：
    one's feet, footing
  • おぼつかない /obotsukanai/：
    unsteady, uncertain, unreliable
kimi ga chikazuite shimaeba
If you end up coming closer

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 近ちかづいてしまえば /chikazuite shimaeba/：
    if you end up getting closer; てしまう plus the conditional ば
mata baransu ga kuzurechau n da
The balance will fall apart again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • バランス /baransu/：
    balance
  • 崩くずれちゃう /kuzurechau/：
    will collapse or lose balance; contraction of 崩れてしまう
  • んだ /n da/：
    colloquial explanatory form of のだ
kitto mazu wa jibun no koto
Surely, first of all, I need to start with myself

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • まずは /mazu wa/：
    first of all, to begin with
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, self
  • 事こと /koto/：
    matter, things about; 自分の事 refers to oneself
chanto aishite agenakya ne
I have to learn to love myself properly

  • ちゃんと /chanto/：
    properly, diligently
  • 愛あいして /aishite/：
    to love; て-form of 愛する
  • てあげる /te ageru/：
    to do something for someone; here, to give love to oneself
  • なきゃ /nakya/：
    contraction of なければならない, meaning must or have to
shiisoo mitai ne koi suru tte
Falling in love is like a seesaw, isn't it?

  • シーソー /shiisoo/：
    seesaw
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, similar to; expresses a comparison
  • 恋こいする /koi suru/：
    to fall in love, to be in love
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
she's so beautiful ai suru tte
She's so beautiful—that's what it means to love

  • 愛あいする /ai suru/：
    to love, to cherish
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
otagai douji ni chikazukanakya ne
We have to move closer to each other at the same time

  • お互たがい /otagai/：
    each other, mutually
  • 同時どうじ /douji/：
    at the same time
  • 近ちかづかなきゃ /chikazukanakya/：
    have to get closer; contraction of 近づかなければならない
sasaeaenai
Otherwise, we can't support each other

  • 支ささえ合あえない /sasaeaenai/：
    unable to support each other; potential negative of 支え合う
kimi ga inaku naru sono mae ni
Before you're gone

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, often used for a peer or someone close
  • 居いなくなる /inaku naru/：
    to be gone; いない changes to いなく before なる
  • その前まえに /sono mae ni/：
    before that, before something happens
ippo zutsu fumidaseru you ni
So that I can step forward, one step at a time

  • 一いっ歩ぽ /ippo/：
    one step
  • ずつ /zutsu/：
    each, at a time; indicates gradual progress
  • 踏ふみ出だせる /fumidaseru/：
    can step forward; potential form of 踏み出す
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that; expresses an aim of achieving a state
ukiagattari shizundari
Rising and sinking in turn

  • 浮うき上あがったり /ukiagattari/：
    rising or floating up; たり-form of 浮き上がる
  • 沈しずんだり /shizundari/：
    sinking; たり-form of 沈む, paired to list alternating actions
  • たり～たり /tari tari/：
    lists representative actions or states, often translated as sometimes... and sometimes...
sono naka de kimochi tashikameteru
Amid it all, I'm making sure of how we feel

  • その中なかで /sono naka de/：
    within that, amid those circumstances
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling, emotion, sentiment
  • 確たしかめてる /tashikameteru/：
    am checking or making sure; contraction of 確かめている
shiisoo mitai ne koi suru tte
Falling in love is like a seesaw, isn't it?

  • シーソー /shiisoo/：
    seesaw
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, similar to; expresses a comparison
  • 恋こいする /koi suru/：
    to fall in love, to be in love
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
she's so beautiful ai suru tte
She's so beautiful—that's what it means to love

  • 愛あいする /ai suru/：
    to love, to cherish
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
tokei no hari ga mawaru hodo fukaku
Deeper as the hands of the clock go around

  • 時計とけい /tokei/：
    clock, watch
  • 針はり /hari/：
    needle, hand of a clock
  • まわる /mawaru/：
    to turn, to go around
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; here, increasingly as something progresses
  • 深ふかく /fukaku/：
    deeply, more deeply; adverbial form of 深い
wakariaitai
I want us to understand each other

  • 解わかり合あいたい /wakariaitai/：
    want to understand each other; 解り合う plus the desire form たい
shiisoo mitai ne koi suru tte
Falling in love is like a seesaw, isn't it?

  • シーソー /shiisoo/：
    seesaw
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, similar to; expresses a comparison
  • 恋こいする /koi suru/：
    to fall in love, to be in love
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
she's so beautiful ai suru tte
She's so beautiful—that's what it means to love

  • 愛あいする /ai suru/：
    to love, to cherish
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic marker, equivalent to というのは
takusan matasete shimatta keredo
Though I've kept you waiting for so long

  • たくさん /takusan/：
    a lot; here, for a long time
  • 待またせて /matasete/：
    making someone wait; て-form of the causative 待たせる, from 待つ
  • てしまった /te shimatta/：
    indicates a completed action, often with regret or apology
  • けれど /keredo/：
    although, but; marks a contrast
dakishimeru yo
I'll hold you tight

  • 抱だきしめる /dakishimeru/：
    to hold tight, to embrace