Ado - シンカ/Evolution

Ado - シンカ/Evolution

Ado


yuku saki ga tadashii ka dou ka mo
Not even knowing whether the path ahead is right

  • 行ゆく先さき /yuku saki/：
    one's destination, the road ahead, the future
  • 正ただしい /tadashii/：
    correct, right
  • かどうか /ka dou ka/：
    whether or not
nani mo shiranai de eranda ima
This present I chose without knowing anything

  • 何なにも～ない /nani mo... nai/：
    to know nothing; an interrogative plus mo and a negative makes a total negation
  • 知しらないで /shiranai de/：
    without knowing (dictionary form: 知る); nai de means without doing something
  • 選えらんだ /eranda/：
    chose (dictionary form: 選ぶ, past tense)
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, the present
tashika na mono wa nani mo nai
There is nothing certain

  • 確たしかな /tashika na/：
    certain, reliable
  • もの /mono/：
    thing
  • 何なにもない /nani mo nai/：
    there is nothing
hito wo katadoru fikushon jou
Upon a fiction shaped in the form of people

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, human being
  • 模かたどる /katadoru/：
    to model after, to shape in the form of
  • フィクション /fikushon/：
    fiction (from English: fiction)
  • 上じょう /jou/：
    on, in terms of; a suffix attached to a noun
inochi no kachi wa douka shite iku
The value of life keeps going awry

  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 価値かち /kachi/：
    value, worth
  • どうかしていく /douka shite iku/：
    to keep going wrong; douka shite iru means to be abnormal, and te iku shows continuing change
genjitsu wa tou ni okasarete iru
Reality has long since been corrupted

  • 現実げんじつ /genjitsu/：
    reality
  • とうに /tou ni/：
    long ago, already
  • 侵おかされている /okasarete iru/：
    has been invaded or corrupted (dictionary form: 侵す, passive continuing state)
kaika shita teorojii
A theology in bloom

  • 開花かいかした /kaika shita/：
    bloomed, flowered (dictionary form: 開花する)
  • テオロジー /teorojii/：
    theology (from English: theology)
te no hira de odori kusasu hito no douri
Dancing in a palm and disparaging others—such is human reason

  • 手てのひら /te no hira/：
    palm of the hand; dancing in someone's palm can mean being manipulated
  • 踊おどり /odori/：
    dancing (dictionary form: 踊る, continuative form)
  • 腐くさす /kusasu/：
    to disparage, to speak ill of
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, human being
  • 道理どうり /douri/：
    reason, principle, logic
taika shita karuchua
A culture in decline

  • 退化たいかした /taika shita/：
    degenerated, regressed (dictionary form: 退化する)
  • カルチュア /karuchua/：
    culture (from English: culture)
ikichi wo nomi hakidasareru hito no ishi
Drinking living blood, while the human will is spat out

  • 生いき血ち /ikichi/：
    fresh blood, the blood of a living being
  • 飲のみ /nomi/：
    drinking (dictionary form: 飲む, continuative form)
  • 吐はき出だされる /hakidasareru/：
    to be spat out (dictionary form: 吐き出す, passive form)
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, human being
  • 意志いし /ishi/：
    will, intention
nani mo kamo ubawareru
Everything is taken away

  • 何なにもかも /nani mo kamo/：
    everything, all things
  • 奪うばわれる /ubawareru/：
    to be robbed or taken away (dictionary form: 奪う, passive form)
open your eyes
Open your eyes
kono yo wa kyozou dore mo uso da
This world is an illusion; every bit of it is a lie

  • この世よ /kono yo/：
    this world, the world of the living
  • 虚像きょぞう /kyozou/：
    false image, illusion
  • どれも /dore mo/：
    every one of them, whichever one
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
sore demo komaku wo yurasu
Even so, it sets my eardrums trembling

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 鼓膜こまく /komaku/：
    eardrum
  • 揺ゆらす /yurasu/：
    to shake, to set vibrating
koe wa hontou nan da yo
But the voice is real

  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice, sound
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, real
  • なんだよ /nan da yo/：
    colloquial explanatory and emphatic form of no da, with yo adding assertion
inochi wo kizande kanadete
Carve your life into it and play it

  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 刻きざんで /kizande/：
    carve, engrave (dictionary form: 刻む, te-form)
  • 奏かなでて /kanadete/：
    play or perform music (dictionary form: 奏でる, te-form)
motomeru hodo toozakaru mono
Something that recedes the more you seek it

  • 求もとめる /motomeru/：
    to seek, to pursue
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; used here in the pattern the more..., the more...
  • 遠とおざかる /toozakaru/：
    to move away, to recede
  • もの /mono/：
    thing
sore demo mada te wo nobasu
Even so, I still reach out my hand

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 手てを伸のばす /te wo nobasu/：
    to reach out one's hand; figuratively, to reach for something
yo no yoku no shinka ni nomikomarenai de
Do not be swallowed by the deepening desires of the world

  • 世よ /yo/：
    the world, society
  • 欲よく /yoku/：
    desire, greed
  • 深化しんか /shinka/：
    deepening, intensification; a homophone of the title Shinka
  • 飲のみ込こまれないで /nomikomarenai de/：
    do not be swallowed up (dictionary form: 飲み込む, negative passive te-form)
egaite ite
Keep on drawing

  • 描えがいていて /egaite ite/：
    keep drawing or depicting (dictionary form: 描く; te ite requests continuation)
kataru ni ochita gengaku no
Of a pedantry that gave itself away in speaking

  • 語かたるに落おちる /kataru ni ochiru/：
    to give oneself away while talking; ochita is the past form
  • 衒学げんがく /gengaku/：
    pedantry, a display of learning
chi no kayowanu imiteeshon
An imitation with no human warmth

  • 血ちの通かよわぬ /chi no kayowanu/：
    lacking human warmth; nu is a literary negative equivalent to nai
  • イミテーション /imiteeshon/：
    imitation (from English: imitation)
zaiaku wa yagate donka shite iku
The sense of evil will eventually grow numb

  • 罪悪ざいあく /zaiaku/：
    evil, sin, guilt
  • やがて /yagate/：
    before long, eventually
  • 鈍化どんかしていく /donka shite iku/：
    to grow dull or numb; te iku shows an ongoing change
itami wa tou ni shoushitsu shite iru
The pain has long since vanished

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain, suffering
  • とうに /tou ni/：
    long ago, already
  • 消失しょうしつしている /shoushitsu shite iru/：
    has disappeared (dictionary form: 消失する, resulting state)
maita katasutorofi
The catastrophe that was sown

  • 蒔まいた /maita/：
    sowed (dictionary form: 蒔く); figuratively, caused the seeds of trouble
  • カタストロフィ /katasutorofi/：
    catastrophe (from English: catastrophe)
mata uso de ooi sore mo hito rashii
Covering it with lies again—that too is human

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
  • 覆おおい /ooi/：
    covering, concealing (dictionary form: 覆う, continuative form)
  • それ /sore/：
    that, that thing
  • 人ひとらしい /hito rashii/：
    characteristically human; rashii marks a typical quality
saika e itaru made mokushita mama
Remaining silent until calamity is reached

  • 災禍さいか /saika/：
    calamity, disaster
  • 至いたる /itaru/：
    to reach, to result in
  • まで /made/：
    until
  • 黙もくした /mokushita/：
    kept silent (dictionary form: 黙する)
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining in a state, while still
douse wa itsuka kuiru dake da
In the end, all we will do someday is regret it

  • どうせ /douse/：
    anyway, in the end
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 悔くいる /kuiru/：
    to regret, to repent
  • だけだ /dake da/：
    all that happens is, merely
seikai wa doko ni aru
Where is the right answer?

  • 正解せいかい /seikai/：
    correct answer
  • どこにある /doko ni aru/：
    where something is; aru expresses the existence of an inanimate thing
open your eyes
Open your eyes
hontou no koto mo iwanakya uso da
If you do not tell the truth, that too is a lie

  • 本当ほんとうの事こと /hontou no koto/：
    the truth, what is real
  • 言いわなきゃ /iwanakya/：
    if one does not say (dictionary form: 言う; nakya contracts nakereba)
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
kotoba ni shite oto ni shite
Put it into words, put it into sound

  • 言葉ことばにする /kotoba ni suru/：
    to put into words; shite is the te-form
  • 音おとにする /oto ni suru/：
    to turn into sound; shite is the te-form
tada tsutaete hoshii n da yo
I simply want you to convey it

  • ただ /tada/：
    just, simply
  • 伝つたえて欲ほしい /tsutaete hoshii/：
    want someone to convey it; verb te-form plus hoshii expresses a wish for another's action
  • んだよ /n da yo/：
    colloquial explanatory and emphatic form of no da, with yo adding assertion
koukai mo kunou mo itami mo
The regret, the anguish, and the pain too

  • 後悔こうかい /koukai/：
    regret
  • 苦悩くのう /kunou/：
    anguish, distress
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain, suffering
  • も…も…も /mo... mo... mo/：
    lists multiple items with the sense of both... and...
machigai no nai kotae dake ja
If all there is are answers with no mistakes

  • 間違まちがいのない /machigai no nai/：
    without mistakes, error-free
  • 答こたえ /kotae/：
    answer, response
  • だけじゃ /dake ja/：
    if it is only...; ja is the colloquial form of de wa, with the thought continuing
kanjou wa sou hakarenai
Emotion cannot be measured that way

  • 感情かんじょう /kanjou/：
    emotion, feeling
  • そう /sou/：
    that way, like that
  • 測はかれない /hakarenai/：
    cannot be measured (dictionary form: 測る, negative potential)
yugami nai shinka ja
With evolution that has no distortion

  • 歪ゆがみない /yugami nai/：
    without distortion or deviation
  • 進化しんか /shinka/：
    evolution, development; a homophone of the title Shinka
  • じゃ /ja/：
    colloquial de wa; here it sets a condition, with the thought continuing
kono yuragi datte egakenai darou
Then even this wavering could not be portrayed, could it?

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 揺ゆらぎ /yuragi/：
    wavering, fluctuation, instability
  • だって /datte/：
    even, even something like
  • 描えがけない /egakenai/：
    cannot depict (dictionary form: 描く, negative potential)
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, would; also seeks confirmation
bagu mamire de hikouritsu de
Riddled with bugs and inefficient,

  • バグ /bagu/：
    a software bug or defect (from English: bug)
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or riddled with, often something undesirable
  • 非効率ひこうりつ /hikouritsu/：
    inefficiency
yagate oite ikare touta sareru
Eventually left behind and selected out

  • やがて /yagate/：
    before long, eventually
  • 置おいて行いかれ /oite ikare/：
    to be left behind (dictionary phrase: 置いて行く, passive continuative form)
  • 淘汰とうたされる /touta sareru/：
    to be eliminated or selected out (dictionary form: 淘汰する, passive form)
subete wa itsuka kieyuku
Everything will someday fade away

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 消きえゆく /kieyuku/：
    to fade away; yuku is a literary reading of iku showing gradual change
wakatte ite mo
Even knowing that

  • わかっていても /wakatte ite mo/：
    even while knowing (dictionary form: わかる; te ite mo expresses concession)
iki wo suru no wa doushite
Why do we breathe?

  • 息いきをする /iki wo suru/：
    to breathe
  • のは /no wa/：
    no nominalizes the preceding action, and wa makes it the topic
  • どうして /doushite/：
    why, for what reason
open your eyes
Open your eyes
kono yo wa kyozou dore mo uso da
This world is an illusion; every bit of it is a lie

  • この世よ /kono yo/：
    this world, the world of the living
  • 虚像きょぞう /kyozou/：
    false image, illusion
  • どれも /dore mo/：
    every one of them, whichever one
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
sore demo komaku wo yurasu
Even so, it sets my eardrums trembling

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 鼓膜こまく /komaku/：
    eardrum
  • 揺ゆらす /yurasu/：
    to shake, to set vibrating
koe wa hontou nan da yo
But the voice is real

  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice, sound
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, real
  • なんだよ /nan da yo/：
    colloquial explanatory and emphatic form of no da, with yo adding assertion
inochi wo kizande kanadete
Carve your life into it and play it

  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 刻きざんで /kizande/：
    carve, engrave (dictionary form: 刻む, te-form)
  • 奏かなでて /kanadete/：
    play or perform music (dictionary form: 奏でる, te-form)
kokoro wa kyokou doko ni mo nai
The heart is a fiction; it exists nowhere

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind, spirit
  • 虚構きょこう /kyokou/：
    fiction, fabrication
  • どこにもない /doko ni mo nai/：
    nowhere; an interrogative plus ni mo and a negative expresses total negation
sore demo ima mune wo utsu
Even so, it moves my heart now

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, the present
  • 胸むねを打うつ /mune wo utsu/：
    to move or touch someone's heart
soko ni aru shinka wo miushinawanai de
Do not lose sight of the true worth that is there

  • そこにある /soko ni aru/：
    existing there, that is there
  • 真価しんか /shinka/：
    true worth or real ability; a homophone of the title Shinka
  • 見失みうしなわないで /miushinawanai de/：
    do not lose sight of (dictionary form: 見失う; negative te-form used as a request)
ikite ite hoshii
I want you to stay alive

  • 生いきていて /ikite ite/：
    to stay alive (dictionary form: 生きる; te iru expresses a continuing state)
  • てほしい /te hoshii/：
    want someone to do something; here, a wish for the other person to live
aa itsuka mezame no hi ga kite
Ah, someday the day of awakening will come

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 目覚めざめ /mezame/：
    awakening
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 来きて /kite/：
    come, arrive (dictionary form: 来る, te-form continuing into the next line)
itami mo yorokobi mo
Both pain and joy

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain, suffering
  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    joy, delight
  • も…も /mo... mo/：
    both... and..., listing two items
sou subete ga uso nara
Yes, if all of it is a lie

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
  • なら /nara/：
    if it is, if that is the case
aa hirari mau chou ni natte
Ah, becoming a butterfly that flutters in dance

  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to dance, flutter, or whirl
  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • になって /ni natte/：
    becoming (dictionary form: ni naru, te-form continuing into the next line)
mazatte iku utsutsu to yume no naka
Blending into the midst of waking reality and dreams

  • 混まざっていく /mazatte iku/：
    to blend in progressively (dictionary form: 混ざる; te iku shows continuing change)
  • 現うつつ /utsutsu/：
    waking reality, consciousness, often contrasted with dreams
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, amid
boku no na wo yonde
Call my name

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me; commonly masculine and relatively informal
  • 名な /na/：
    name; a literary or poetic term
  • 呼よんで /yonde/：
    call (dictionary form: 呼ぶ, te-form used as a request)