星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 創造/Creation

星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 創造/Creation

星野源 (Hoshino Gen)


Let's take
Let's take
Something out of nothing
Something out of nothing
Out of the ordinary
Out of the ordinary
Breaking rules to create our own way
Breaking rules to create our own way
Playing every day
Playing every day
Let's chase
Let's chase
All the yellow magic
All the yellow magic
Till we count to a hundred
Till we count to a hundred
Running directly to you today
Running directly to you today
Playing over again
Playing over again
nanika tsukuridashou ze hijoushiki no teian
Let's create something—an unconventional proposal

  • 何なんか /nanika/：
    something
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
  • 非常識ひじょうしき /hijoushiki/：
    unconventional, contrary to common sense
  • 提案ていあん /teian/：
    proposal, suggestion
dare mo inai basho kara chokusetsu ni
Directly from a place where no one is

  • 誰だれもいない /dare mo inai/：
    no one is there; 誰も with a negative means nobody
  • いない /inai/：
    not present; negative form of いる
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point
  • 直接ちょくせつに /chokusetsu ni/：
    directly
ichi wo tsukuridashou ze sou sa YELLOW MAGIC
Let's create something unique—that's right, YELLOW MAGIC

  • 独いち /ichi/：
    something singular or unique; the lyric gives 独 the special reading ichi, one
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
iroasenu asobi wo kurikaeshite
Repeating play that never fades

  • 色褪いろあせぬ /iroasenu/：
    unfading; ぬ is a literary negative of 色褪せる
  • 遊あそび /asobi/：
    play, game, creative experimentation
  • 繰くり返かえして /kurikaeshite/：
    repeating; te-form of 繰り返す
boku wa umarekawatta ikudome no hajimari wa
I was reborn; this beginning, however many times it has been

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; a self-reference often used by men
  • 生うまれ変かわった /umarekawatta/：
    was reborn; past form of 生まれ変わる
  • 幾度いくど目め /ikudome/：
    the how-many-th time; 目 marks an ordinal
  • 始はじまり /hajimari/：
    beginning, start
yodomu kono sekai de asobu tame ni aru
It exists so that I can play in this stagnant world

  • 澱よどむ /yodomu/：
    to stagnate, to become dull or lifeless
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 遊あそぶ /asobu/：
    to play; here also to create freely
  • ために /tame ni/：
    in order to; indicates purpose
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist; ためにある means to exist for the purpose of
kubarareta hana tefuda wo nigiri
Gripping the flower cards dealt into my hand

  • 配くばられた /kubarareta/：
    was dealt or distributed; past passive of 配る
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower; with hand of cards, it also evokes hanafuda playing cards
  • 手札てふだ /tefuda/：
    a hand of cards; resources at one's disposal
  • 握にぎり /nigiri/：
    gripping; continuative form of 握る
kaeru unmei wo
I will change fate

  • 変かえる /kaeru/：
    to change, to alter
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate, destiny
aburete wa hamidashita
Left out, I spilled beyond the boundaries

  • あぶれて /aburete/：
    being left out or excluded; te-form of あぶれる
  • ては /te wa/：
    te-form plus topic marker, linking the condition to what follows
  • はみ出だした /hamidashita/：
    stuck out or went beyond; past form of はみ出す
yo wo zuraseba mannaka
Shift the world, and the edge becomes the center

  • 世よ /yo/：
    the world, society
  • ずらせば /zuraseba/：
    if one shifts it; conditional form of ずらす
  • 真まん中なか /mannaka/：
    the very center
nanika tsukuridashou ze hijoushiki na teian
Let's create something—an unconventional proposal

  • 何なんか /nanika/：
    something
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
  • 非常識ひじょうしきな /hijoushiki na/：
    unconventional; na-adjective modifying a noun
  • 提案ていあん /teian/：
    proposal, suggestion
dare mo minai basho kara hitosuji no
From a place no one looks, a single ray of—

  • 誰だれも見みない /dare mo minai/：
    no one sees or watches; 誰も with a negative means nobody
  • 見みない /minai/：
    does not see; negative form of 見る
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point
  • 一筋ひとすじ /hitosuji/：
    a single line or ray
michi wo tsukuridashou ze sou sa YELLOW MAGIC
Let's create the unknown—that's right, YELLOW MAGIC

  • 未知みち /michi/：
    the unknown
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
yamerarenai asobi wo kurikaeshita
I repeated the play I could not stop

  • やめられない /yamerarenai/：
    cannot stop; negative potential form of やめる
  • 遊あそび /asobi/：
    play, game, creative experimentation
  • 繰くり返かえした /kurikaeshita/：
    repeated; past form of 繰り返す
shinka wo kimi ni hazuremono ni sazukeru
I grant evolution to you, to the outsiders

  • 進化しんか /shinka/：
    evolution, development
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar form of address
  • 外はずれ者もの /hazuremono/：
    outsider, misfit
  • 授さずける /sazukeru/：
    to grant, to bestow, to teach
shi no fuchi kara kaetta
I returned from the brink of death

  • 死し /shi/：
    death
  • 淵ふち /fuchi/：
    abyss, brink; 死の淵 means the brink of death
  • から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point
  • 帰かえった /kaetta/：
    returned; past form of 帰る
ikasareta kono imi wa
The meaning of having been kept alive is—

  • 生いかされた /ikasareta/：
    was kept alive or spared; past passive of 生かす
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 意味いみ /imi/：
    meaning, significance
inochi to tomo ni asobu koto ni aru
It lies in playing while living life

  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    together with
  • 遊あそぶ /asobu/：
    to play, to create freely
  • ことにある /koto ni aru/：
    lies in doing; こと nominalizes the preceding verb
bokura fuzaketa ikimono moroku
We are playful living creatures, fragile—

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a group or plural
  • ふざけた /fuzaketa/：
    playful or fooling around; past form of ふざける used attributively
  • 生いき物もの /ikimono/：
    living creature
  • 脆もろく /moroku/：
    fragilely; adverbial form of 脆い
hishageta bunmei no
Of a civilization crushed out of shape—

  • ひしゃげた /hishageta/：
    crushed or flattened out of shape; past form of ひしゃげる
  • 文明ぶんめい /bunmei/：
    civilization
seiyaku no okunai de
Inside the confines of restrictions

  • 制約せいやく /seiyaku/：
    restriction, constraint
  • 屋内おくない /okunai/：
    indoors; figuratively, inside imposed limits
ki wo zurashite sotogawa
Shift your attention to the outside

  • 気きをずらして /ki wo zurashite/：
    shift one's attention or perspective; te-form of 気をずらす
  • 外側そとがわ /sotogawa/：
    the outside, outer side
mokka hineridashou ze hirameki no myouan
Right now, let's wring out a brilliant idea born of inspiration

  • 目下もっか /mokka/：
    at present, right now
  • 捻ひねり出だそう /hineridashou/：
    let's devise or wring out; volitional form of 捻り出す
  • 閃ひらめき /hirameki/：
    inspiration, flash of insight
  • 妙案みょうあん /myouan/：
    clever plan, brilliant idea
kareki saita basho kara
From the place where seasoned technology blossomed

  • 枯かれ技き /kareki/：
    a coined contraction evoking mature, well-understood technology and also sounding like withered tree
  • 咲さいた /saita/：
    bloomed; past form of 咲く
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point
te wo furu futsuu to
Together with the ordinary that waves its hand

  • 手てを振ふる /te wo furu/：
    to wave one's hand
  • 普通ふつう /futsuu/：
    ordinary, normal, conventional
batatsuku mirai wo suihei ni mita kouan
A concept formed by viewing the flustered future laterally

  • バタつく /batatsuku/：
    to bustle about in a fluster, to flap or be unstable
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 水平すいへいに /suihei ni/：
    horizontally or laterally; suggesting lateral thinking beyond convention
  • 見みた /mita/：
    saw or viewed; past form of 見る
  • 考案こうあん /kouan/：
    a devised plan or design
tohou mo nai manabi wo kurikaeshite
Repeating an unimaginably vast process of learning

  • 途方とほうもない /tohou mo nai/：
    extraordinary, immense beyond imagination
  • 学まなび /manabi/：
    learning, lessons learned
  • 繰くり返かえして /kurikaeshite/：
    repeating; te-form of 繰り返す
toki no taikai de kensou no namima de
In the ocean of time, amid the waves of clamor

  • 時とき /toki/：
    time
  • 大海たいかい /taikai/：
    ocean, vast sea
  • 喧騒けんそう /kensou/：
    clamor, noise, bustle
  • 波間なみま /namima/：
    between the waves
odoroita egao misete
Show me your surprised smile

  • 驚おどろいた /odoroita/：
    surprised; past form of 驚く used attributively
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
  • 見みせて /misete/：
    show me; te-form of 見せる used as a request
mokka hashiridashou ze mono tsukuru bouken
Right now, let's start running on an adventure of making things

  • 目下もっか /mokka/：
    at present, right now
  • 走はしり出だそう /hashiridashou/：
    let's start running; volitional form of 走り出す
  • 物もの作つくる /mono tsukuru/：
    to make things; colloquial omission of を from 物を作る
  • 冒険ぼうけん /bouken/：
    adventure
arienai sa
It could never happen

  • あり得えない /arienai/：
    impossible, cannot happen; negative of あり得る
subete wa bakageteta mousou
Everything was once a ridiculous fantasy

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 馬鹿ばかげてた /bakageteta/：
    was ridiculous; contraction of 馬鹿げていた, from 馬鹿げる
  • 妄想もうそう /mousou/：
    delusion, wild fantasy
arawareru yousou me no mae no fuukei
A form appears—the scenery before my eyes

  • 現あらわれる /arawareru/：
    to appear, to emerge
  • 様相ようそう /yousou/：
    aspect, appearance, state of affairs
  • 目めの前まえ /me no mae/：
    before one's eyes
  • 風景ふうけい /fuukei/：
    scenery, landscape
tasuki daita asobi wo kurikaeshi
Holding the relay sash, repeating our play

  • 襷たすき /tasuki/：
    a sash or relay sash; here symbolizing an inherited legacy
  • 抱だいた /daita/：
    held or embraced; past form of 抱く
  • 遊あそび /asobi/：
    play, game, creative experimentation
  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/：
    repeating; continuative form of 繰り返す
kurikaeshi
Again and again

  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/：
    repetition; again and again
nanika tsukuridashou ze hijoushiki no teian
Let's create something—an unconventional proposal

  • 何なんか /nanika/：
    something
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
  • 非常識ひじょうしき /hijoushiki/：
    unconventional, contrary to common sense
  • 提案ていあん /teian/：
    proposal, suggestion
dare mo inai basho kara chokusetsu ni
Directly from a place where no one is

  • 誰だれもいない /dare mo inai/：
    no one is there; 誰も with a negative means nobody
  • いない /inai/：
    not present; negative form of いる
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place, location
  • から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point
  • 直接ちょくせつに /chokusetsu ni/：
    directly
ichi wo tsukuridashou ze sou sa YELLOW MAGIC
Let's create something unique—that's right, YELLOW MAGIC

  • 独いち /ichi/：
    something singular or unique; the lyric gives 独 the special reading ichi, one
  • 創つくり出だそう /tsukuridashou/：
    let's create; volitional form of 創り出す
iroasenu asobi wo kurikaeshite
Repeating play that never fades

  • 色褪いろあせぬ /iroasenu/：
    unfading; ぬ is a literary negative of 色褪せる
  • 遊あそび /asobi/：
    play, game, creative experimentation
  • 繰くり返かえして /kurikaeshite/：
    repeating; te-form of 繰り返す