tuki. - SOS

tuki. - SOS

tuki.


fuantei fukakutei na twenty
An unstable, uncertain twenty-year-old

  • 不安定ふあんてい /fuantei/：
    unstable, unsettled
  • 不確定ふかくてい /fukakutei/：
    uncertain, undetermined
  • 20（トゥエンティ） /twenty/：
    the number twenty; sung in English and referring to age twenty
ashita ga hoshii kuse ni
Even though I want a tomorrow

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow; also suggesting the future here
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/：
    wanted, desired
  • くせに /kuse ni/：
    even though; often conveys blame, frustration, or self-reproach
okiagarenai
I cannot even get up

  • 起おき上あがれない /okiagarenai/：
    cannot get up; negative potential form of 起き上がる
futokutei tasuu e no shounin
Approval from an unspecified multitude

  • 不特定ふとくてい /futokutei/：
    unspecified, not limited to particular people
  • 多数たすう /tasuu/：
    a large number, the majority
  • 承認しょうにん /shounin/：
    approval, recognition
ai dake hoshii kuse ni
Even though all I want is love

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • 欲ほしいくせに /hoshii kuse ni/：
    even though one wants; くせに marks a frustrated contradiction
nani shiten darou
What am I doing?

  • なに /nani/：
    what; also written 何
  • してん /shiten/：
    colloquial contraction of しているの, from する, meaning doing
  • だろう /darou/：
    I wonder; expresses uncertainty or self-questioning
musunde hiraita
I closed my hands, then opened them

  • むすんで /musunde/：
    te-form of むすぶ, to tie or close; here, to close one's hands
  • ひらいた /hiraita/：
    opened; past form of ひらく
dainou to shounou
The cerebrum and the cerebellum

  • 大脳だいのう /dainou/：
    cerebrum
  • 小脳しょうのう /shounou/：
    cerebellum
shoudouteki kakinaguru bunmyaku mo naku
Impulsively scrawling, without even any context

  • 衝動的しょうどうてき /shoudouteki/：
    impulsive; used adverbially here with に omitted
  • 書かきなぐる /kakinaguru/：
    to scribble or scrawl roughly
  • 文脈ぶんみゃく /bunmyaku/：
    context, train of thought
  • もなく /mo naku/：
    without even; なく is the connective form of ない
SOS oozei ga
SOS—the crowd...

  • 大勢おおぜい /oozei/：
    many people, a crowd; the thought continues into the next lines
hiraite kaita rakugaki no you na
Like scribbles written after opening up

  • ひらいて /hiraite/：
    te-form of ひらく, to open
  • 書かいた /kaita/：
    wrote; past form of 書く
  • 落書らくがき /rakugaki/：
    graffiti, scribble, doodle
  • ような /you na/：
    like, resembling; used before a noun
moji tsuranatte inochi ga chitte iku
Characters link together as lives scatter away

  • 文字もじ /moji/：
    letters, written characters
  • 連つらなって /tsuranatte/：
    forming a sequence; te-form of 連なる, with subject marker が omitted
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 散ちっていく /chitte iku/：
    to scatter or fade away; ていく shows the change continuing
zoudai suru kirai
The swelling sense of “hate”

  • 増大ぞうだいする /zoudai suru/：
    to increase, swell, grow
  • 嫌きらい /kirai/：
    dislike, hatred
kinkyuu jitai da bokura
We are in an emergency

  • 緊急事態きんきゅうじたい /kinkyuu jitai/：
    emergency
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; 僕 plus the plural suffix ら
kakusei shite utau ai no kazu ga
The amount of love we amplify and sing

  • 拡声かくせいして /kakusei shite/：
    amplifying the voice; te-form of 拡声する
  • 歌うたう /utau/：
    to sing
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number, amount
zenzen tarinasuginda
Is nowhere near enough

  • 全然ぜんぜん /zenzen/：
    completely, at all; commonly used with a negative expression
  • 足たりなすぎんだ /tarinasuginda/：
    colloquial contraction of 足りなさすぎるんだ, meaning far too insufficient
hansuu nanka ja itami yamanai
Mere rumination will not stop the pain

  • 反芻はんすう /hansuu/：
    rumination; repeatedly turning something over in one's mind
  • なんかじゃ /nanka ja/：
    with something like that; dismissive, with じゃ contracted from では
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain
  • 止やまない /yamanai/：
    will not cease; negative form of 止む, read やむ here
zenbu wo hakidasunda
Let it all out

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 吐はき出だす /hakidasu/：
    to spit out; figuratively, to pour out pent-up words or feelings
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
shihou happou sakenda SOS ga
An SOS shouted in every direction

  • 四方八方しほうはっぽう /shihou happou/：
    all directions, every which way
  • 叫さけんだ /sakenda/：
    shouted; past form of 叫ぶ
hitori ja nai yo tte
Saying, “You are not alone”

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person, alone
  • 一人ひとりじゃないよって /hitori ja nai yo tte/：
    “you are not alone”; じゃない negates and って colloquially marks the quotation
dareka no kibou nan desu
Becomes hope for someone

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
  • なんです /nan desu/：
    colloquial form of なのです, adding explanation or emphasis
herupu mii herupu mii
Help me, help me

  • ヘルプミー /herupu mii/：
    help me
todoiteru yo
I hear you; your call is reaching me

  • 届とどいてる /todoiteru/：
    colloquial form of 届いている, from 届く, meaning has reached or is getting through
ima sugu iku kara mattete
I am coming right now, so wait for me

  • 今いますぐ /ima sugu/：
    right now, immediately
  • 行いくから /iku kara/：
    because I am coming/going; から gives the reason for what follows
  • 待まってて /mattete/：
    colloquial contraction of 待っていて, meaning wait for me
bukakkou na kono parabora de
With this clumsy, ungainly parabolic dish

  • 不格好ぶかっこう /bukakkou/：
    awkward-looking, clumsy, ungainly
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • パラボラ /parabora/：
    parabola; here, a parabolic antenna or dish
okuridasu bokura no merodi
Sending out our melody

  • 送おくり出だす /okuridasu/：
    to send out, dispatch, or transmit
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us
  • メロディ /merodi/：
    melody
fuan de hiraita
Opened out of anxiety

  • 不安ふあん /fuan/：
    anxiety, unease; で marks the cause here
  • 開ひらいた /hiraita/：
    opened; past form of 開く, modifying the next line
setsumon to kaitou
Questions and answers

  • 設問せつもん /setsumon/：
    a set question, test or survey question
  • 回答かいとう /kaitou/：
    answer, response
seishinteki fusagari kakaeta manma
Still carrying a mental blockage

  • 精神的せいしんてき /seishinteki/：
    mental, psychological
  • 塞ふさがり /fusagari/：
    blockage or being closed off; noun form related to 塞がる
  • 抱かかえた /kakaeta/：
    carried or held; past form of 抱える
  • まんま /manma/：
    colloquial form of まま, meaning remaining as-is or still in a state
SOS dou sureba
SOS—what should I do?

  • どう /dou/：
    how, what way
  • どうすれば /dou sureba/：
    what should one do; すれば is the conditional form of する
kodoku moudoku mushibanda aijou
Love eaten away by loneliness and deadly poison

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude
  • 猛毒もうどく /moudoku/：
    deadly poison; figuratively, something deeply harmful
  • 蝕むしばんだ /mushibanda/：
    eroded or ate away at; past form of 蝕む
  • 愛情あいじょう /aijou/：
    love, affection
dare datte kiraitakunai noni
Even though no one wants to hate

  • 誰だれだって /dare datte/：
    anyone, everyone; with a negative, no one
  • 嫌きらいたくないのに /kiraitakunai noni/：
    even though one does not want to hate; from 嫌う + たくない + のに
houkai suru kitai
Expectations collapse

  • 崩壊ほうかいする /houkai suru/：
    to collapse, fall apart
  • 期待きたい /kitai/：
    expectation, hope
zoudai suru kitai
Expectations grow

  • 増大ぞうだいする /zoudai suru/：
    to increase, swell, grow
  • 期待きたい /kitai/：
    expectation, hope
kinkyuu jitai da bokura
We are in an emergency

  • 緊急事態きんきゅうじたい /kinkyuu jitai/：
    emergency
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; 僕 plus the plural suffix ら
kakusei shite utau ai no kazu ga
The amount of love we amplify and sing

  • 拡声かくせいして /kakusei shite/：
    amplifying the voice; te-form of 拡声する
  • 歌うたう /utau/：
    to sing
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number, amount
zenzen tarinasuginda
Is nowhere near enough

  • 全然ぜんぜん /zenzen/：
    completely, at all; commonly used with a negative expression
  • 足たりなすぎんだ /tarinasuginda/：
    colloquial contraction of 足りなさすぎるんだ, meaning far too insufficient
hansuu nanka ja itami yamanai
Mere rumination will not stop the pain

  • 反芻はんすう /hansuu/：
    rumination; repeatedly turning something over in one's mind
  • なんかじゃ /nanka ja/：
    with something like that; dismissive, with じゃ contracted from では
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain
  • 止やまない /yamanai/：
    will not cease; negative form of 止む, read やむ here
zenbu wo hakidasunda
Let it all out

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 吐はき出だす /hakidasu/：
    to spit out; figuratively, to pour out pent-up words or feelings
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
shihou happou sakenda SOS ga
An SOS shouted in every direction

  • 四方八方しほうはっぽう /shihou happou/：
    all directions, every which way
  • 叫さけんだ /sakenda/：
    shouted; past form of 叫ぶ
hitori ja nai yo tte
Saying, “You are not alone”

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    one person, alone
  • 一人ひとりじゃないよって /hitori ja nai yo tte/：
    “you are not alone”; じゃない negates and って colloquially marks the quotation
dareka no kibou nan desu
Becomes hope for someone

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
  • なんです /nan desu/：
    colloquial form of なのです, adding explanation or emphasis
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