星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - Star

星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - Star

星野源 (Hoshino Gen)


hiiragi ni kamu tsuki
The moon bites into the holly

  • 柊ひいらぎ /hiiragi/：
    holly; an evergreen tree with prickly-edged leaves
  • 咬かむ /kamu/：
    to bite; here written with the less common kanji 咬 rather than 噛
  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
ibusarete hirou tane ni
In the seeds picked up after being wreathed in smoke

  • 燻いぶされて /ibusarete/：
    being smoked; the passive te-form of 燻す, linking to what follows
  • 拾ひろう /hirou/：
    to pick up
  • 種たね /tane/：
    seed; figuratively, the origin or germ of something
inori me ga naru
Prayer takes shape as a sprout

  • 祈いのり /inori/：
    prayer or wish; derived from the verb 祈る
  • 芽め /me/：
    bud or sprout
  • 成なる /naru/：
    to form or become; the kanji spelling emphasizes coming into being
mawaru hi no kou
The radiance of the turning days

  • 回まわる /mawaru/：
    to turn or revolve; here it describes the cycle of days
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day or sun
  • 煌こう /kou/：
    radiance or glitter; a poetic noun
youki tatsu ondo ga
The temperature that stirs the lively air

  • 陽気ようき /youki/：
    warmth or lively, cheerful air
  • 立たつ /tatsu/：
    to stand or rise; here, for an atmosphere welling up
  • 温度おんど /ondo/：
    temperature
mune ga mou sawagu
My heart is already stirring

  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest or heart
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 騒さわぐ /sawagu/：
    to make a commotion; 胸が騒ぐ means one's heart is restless or excited
abunai kisetsu
A dangerous, thrilling season

  • あぶない /abunai/：
    dangerous or risky; usually written 危ない
  • 季節きせつ /kisetsu/：
    season
kimi wo zutto matteta
I had been waiting for you all along

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar form of address
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a conversational contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
koko de zutto matteta
I had been waiting right here all along

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; the kanji spelling of ここ
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
haru wa muda wo tsure
Spring brings waste and idle abundance

  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring
  • 無駄むだ /muda/：
    waste, futility, or idle excess
  • 連つれ /tsure/：
    bringing along; the continuative form of 連れる, joining to the next line
inochi wa kagayaita
Life shone

  • いのち /inochi/：
    life; usually written 命
  • 輝かがやいた /kagayaita/：
    shone; the past form of 輝く
hana ga saki matte wa
As flowers bloom and dance

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 咲さき /saki/：
    blooming; the continuative form of 咲く, linking actions
  • 舞まっては /matte wa/：
    as they dance; from 舞う, with ～ては indicating each time or as the action occurs
kage wa bi wo tsukutta
Shadows created beauty

  • 影かげ /kage/：
    shadow
  • 美び /bi/：
    beauty as an abstract concept
  • 創つくった /tsukutta/：
    created; the past form of 創る, whose kanji emphasizes creation
kawaru kono hoshi de
On this ever-changing planet

  • 変かわる /kawaru/：
    to change
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star; here also the planet on which we live
shi wo te ni
With a beginning in hand

  • 始し /shi/：
    beginning; intentionally read shi to form a homophonic sequence with 詩, 私, and 死
  • 手てに /te ni/：
    in hand; ～を手に means to take or hold something in one's hand
jiri no mukou ni
Beyond the sea fog

  • 海霧じり /jiri/：
    sea fog; here given the special lyric reading jiri
  • 向むこう /mukou/：
    the other side, beyond, or ahead
tobinotte warau tabi ni
Leaping aboard a journey filled with laughter

  • 飛とび乗のって /tobinotte/：
    leaping aboard; the te-form of 飛び乗る
  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; here it describes a journey filled with laughter
  • 旅たび /tabi/：
    journey or trip
kumo ga nagareru
The clouds drift by

  • 雲くも /kumo/：
    cloud
  • 流ながれる /nagareru/：
    to flow, pass, or drift
ai to chiri yo
O love and dust

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 塵ちり /chiri/：
    dust or specks of dirt
kasanare bondana
Overlap, O Obon altar

  • 重かさなれ /kasanare/：
    overlap; the imperative of 重なる, expressing a wish or invocation
  • 盆棚ぼんだな /bondana/：
    an altar or shelf prepared for ancestral spirits during Obon
mune ga takanaru
My heart pounds

  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest or heart
  • 高鳴たかなる /takanaru/：
    to pound with excitement or nervousness
samenai kisetsu
A season that never wakes

  • 醒さめない /samenai/：
    not waking or sobering; the negative form of 醒める
  • 季節きせつ /kisetsu/：
    season
kimi wo zutto matteta
I had been waiting for you all along

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar form of address
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
koko de zutto matteta
I had been waiting right here all along

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; the kanji spelling of ここ
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
natsu ga uro wo kure
Summer gives us rain and dew

  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • 雨露うろ /uro/：
    rain and dew; figuratively, life-giving blessings
  • くれ /kure/：
    gives to us; a poetic continuative form of くれる, understood like くれて
inochi wa kagayaita
Life shone

  • いのち /inochi/：
    life; usually written 命
  • 輝かがやいた /kagayaita/：
    shone; the past form of 輝く
hana ga saki matte wa
As flowers bloom and dance

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 咲さき /saki/：
    blooming; the continuative form of 咲く, linking actions
  • 舞まっては /matte wa/：
    as they dance; from 舞う, with ～ては indicating each time or as the action occurs
kage wa bi wo tsukutta
Shadows created beauty

  • 影かげ /kage/：
    shadow
  • 美び /bi/：
    beauty as an abstract concept
  • 創つくった /tsukutta/：
    created; the past form of 創る
yakeru kono hoshi de
On this scorching planet

  • 焼やける /yakeru/：
    to burn, be scorched, or be heated by the sun; here describing the planet
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star or planet
shi wo te ni
With a poem in hand

  • 詩し /shi/：
    poem; part of the homophonic shi sequence with 始, 私, and 死
  • 手てに /te ni/：
    in hand; ～を手に means to hold or obtain something
mabuta iro dono sora mo
Eyelid-colored—every sky alike

  • 瞼まぶた色いろ /mabuta iro/：
    eyelid color; a poetic compound suggesting the color seen behind closed eyelids
  • どの～も /dono...mo/：
    every ... or no matter which ..., with no exception
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
namida wa ryoushi
Tears are quanta

  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear
  • 量子りょうし /ryoushi/：
    quantum; the smallest discrete unit in physics, used here metaphorically
bokura wa
As for us

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; 僕 made plural with ら
tada ite
Simply being here

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply or merely
  • いて /ite/：
    being or staying; the te-form of いる, continuing into the next line
michiru mama
Just as fullness wells up

  • 満みちる /michiru/：
    to fill, become full, or wax
  • ～まま /mama/：
    remaining in a state or letting something continue as it is
kimi wo zutto matteta
I had been waiting for you all along

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar form of address
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
koko de zutto matteta
I had been waiting right here all along

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; the kanji spelling of ここ
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    was waiting; a contraction of 待っていた, from 待つ
aki ga koi wo tsuge
Autumn announces love

  • 秋あき /aki/：
    autumn
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love or longing
  • 告つげ /tsuge/：
    announcing; the continuative form of 告げる, joining to the next line
inochi wa kagayaita
Life shone

  • いのち /inochi/：
    life; usually written 命
  • 輝かがやいた /kagayaita/：
    shone; the past form of 輝く
hana ga saki matte wa
As flowers bloom and dance

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 咲さき /saki/：
    blooming; the continuative form of 咲く, linking actions
  • 舞まっては /matte wa/：
    as they dance; from 舞う, with ～ては indicating each time or as the action occurs
kage wa bi wo tsukutta
Shadows created beauty

  • 影かげ /kage/：
    shadow
  • 美び /bi/：
    beauty as an abstract concept
  • 創つくった /tsukutta/：
    created; the past form of 創る
fusagu fuyu wo ake
Open the winter that shuts everything in

  • 塞ふさぐ /fusagu/：
    to block, close off, or obstruct; here describing winter
  • 冬ふゆ /fuyu/：
    winter
  • 開あけ /ake/：
    open; the imperative form of 開ける
shi wo te ni
With the self in hand

  • 私し /shi/：
    I or the self; unusually read shi here to continue the homophonic sequence 始・詩・私・死
  • 手てに /te ni/：
    in hand; ～を手に means to take or hold something
suki wo gen ni
With what I love as my source

  • 好すき /suki/：
    liking or what one loves; used here as a noun meaning passion
  • 源げん /gen/：
    source, origin, or wellspring
  • ～を源げんに /wo gen ni/：
    with ... as the source, driving force, or starting point
kimi wo zutto motteta
I had carried you with me all along

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; a familiar form of address
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 持もってた /motteta/：
    had held or carried; a contraction of 持っていた, from 持つ
koko ni zutto motteta
I had kept you right here all along

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; the kanji spelling of ここ, possibly referring to the heart
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along or continuously
  • 持もってた /motteta/：
    had kept; a contraction of 持っていた, from 持つ
owaru kono basho de
In this place that is coming to an end

  • 終おわる /owaru/：
    to end; here describing the place
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place or location
watashi wa kagayaita
I shone

  • わたし /watashi/：
    I or me; usually written 私
  • 輝かがやいた /kagayaita/：
    shone; the past form of 輝く
hana ga saki matte wa
As flowers bloom and dance

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 咲さき /saki/：
    blooming; the continuative form of 咲く, linking actions
  • 舞まっては /matte wa/：
    as they dance; from 舞う, with ～ては indicating each time or as the action occurs
kage wa bi wo tsukutta
Shadows created beauty

  • 影かげ /kage/：
    shadow
  • 美び /bi/：
    beauty as an abstract concept
  • 創つくった /tsukutta/：
    created; the past form of 創る
ikiru kono hoshi de
On this living planet

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live; here it can also describe the planet as living
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star or planet
shi wo te ni
With death in hand

  • 死し /shi/：
    death; completes the homophonic shi sequence with 始, 詩, and 私
  • 手てに /te ni/：
    in hand; ～を手に means to hold or obtain something