幾田りら - スパークル/Sparkle

幾田りら - スパークル/Sparkle

幾田りら


kirameite kietetta
It sparkled and then disappeared

  • 煌きらめいて /kirameite/：
    from 煌めく, to sparkle
  • 消きえてった /kietetta/：
    colloquial contraction of 消えていった; faded away
hitohira no koi no ketsumatsu wa
The ending of that single-petaled love

  • ひとひら /hitohira/：
    one petal; one thin piece
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
  • 結末けつまつ /ketsumatsu/：
    ending; outcome
okkochiteku you na
As though I were falling down

  • 落おっこちてく /okkochiteku/：
    colloquial contraction of 落っこちていく; to fall down
  • ような /you na/：
    like; as if
gokochi ga shita no wa
The reason I had that sensation

  • 心地ごこち /gokochi/：
    feeling; sensation
  • した /shita/：
    from する; in 心地がする, to feel
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding clause and marks it as the topic
me to me ga atta toki deshita
Was when our eyes met

  • 目め /me/：
    eye; gaze
  • 目めが合あった /me ga atta/：
    from 目が合う, for eyes to meet
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; moment
  • でした /deshita/：
    past polite form of です; was
honno isshun no koto
It was only a fleeting moment

  • ほんの /honno/：
    mere; only
  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/：
    an instant; a moment
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter
kitto komarasetchau desho?
It would surely trouble you, wouldn't it?

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
  • 困こまらせちゃう /komarasetchau/：
    contraction of 困らせてしまう; would end up troubling someone
  • でしょ /desho/：
    casual form of でしょう; probably, right?
zenbu tsutaete shimaeba
If I were to tell you everything

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything; all
  • 伝つたえて /tsutaete/：
    from 伝える, to convey; tell
  • てしまえば /te shimaeba/：
    conditional of てしまう; if one ends up doing
kuzurete iku mono bakari ga
All I can think of are the things that would fall apart

  • 崩くずれていく /kuzurete iku/：
    from 崩れる; to keep collapsing or falling apart
  • もの /mono/：
    thing
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; only
atama wo meguru meguru
They circle and circle through my head

  • 頭あたま /atama/：
    head; mind
  • めぐる /meguru/：
    to circle; to run through one's mind
kimi ga itooshiku omou no wa watashi ja nai kamo to
Thinking that the one you hold dear might not be me

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 愛いとおしく思おもう /itooshiku omou/：
    to hold dear; to cherish
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • じゃない /ja nai/：
    casual form of ではない; is not
  • かも /kamo/：
    short for かもしれない; might; perhaps
dokoka de zutto kanjite iru noni
Even though somewhere inside, I've felt it all along

  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; continuously
  • 感かんじている /kanjite iru/：
    from 感じる; to be feeling
  • のに /noni/：
    even though; despite
noboseta hoo wo yokaze ni makasete
Leaving my flushed cheeks to the night breeze

  • のぼせた /noboseta/：
    from のぼせる; flushed or overheated
  • 頬ほお /hoo/：
    cheek
  • 夜風よかぜ /yokaze/：
    night breeze
  • 任まかせて /makasete/：
    from 任せる; to entrust; leave to
hiyashite
Cooling them down

  • 冷ひやして /hiyashite/：
    from 冷やす; to cool something down
kirameite kietetta
It sparkled and then disappeared

  • 煌きらめいて /kirameite/：
    from 煌めく, to sparkle
  • 消きえてった /kietetta/：
    colloquial contraction of 消えていった; faded away
hitohira no koi no ketsumatsu wa
The ending of that single-petaled love

  • ひとひら /hitohira/：
    one petal; one thin piece
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
  • 結末けつまつ /ketsumatsu/：
    ending; outcome
itai hodo hajime kara kimatte itan da
It had been decided from the start, painfully so

  • 痛いたい /itai/：
    painful
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 始はじめから /hajime kara/：
    from the beginning
  • 決きまっていた /kimatte ita/：
    from 決まる; had already been decided
  • んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ
sore demo kimi no yokogao itooshiku natte
Even so, your profile grew dearer to me

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so; nevertheless
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 横顔よこがお /yokogao/：
    profile; side of the face
  • 愛いとおしくなって /itooshiku natte/：
    to grow dear; to become cherished
ukanda ni moji ga kakemeguru
The two characters that surfaced race through my mind

  • 浮うかんだ /ukanda/：
    from 浮かぶ; surfaced; came to mind
  • 二に文字もじ /ni moji/：
    two written characters
  • 駆かけめぐる /kakemeguru/：
    to race around; rush through one's mind
koe ni dekizu
Unable to put them into words

  • 声こえに出来できず /koe ni dekizu/：
    unable to voice it; ず is a literary negative connective
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 出来できる /dekiru/：
    to be able to; can
konna chikaku ni iru noni
Even though you're this close to me

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; this
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby; close
  • いる /iru/：
    to be; to exist for animate beings
  • のに /noni/：
    even though; despite
itsumo tooku wo mite iru ne
You're always looking far away

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away; the distance
  • 見みている /mite iru/：
    from 見る; to be looking
  • ね /ne/：
    sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or adding warmth
hontou no kimi ga shiritai no
I want to know the real you

  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth; real
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 知しりたい /shiritai/：
    from 知る; want to know
  • の /no/：
    sentence-ending explanatory particle
nante ieru wake nai kedo
Though there's no way I could say that

  • なんて /nante/：
    something like that; such a thing
  • 言いえる /ieru/：
    potential form of 言う; can say
  • わけない /wake nai/：
    there is no way; impossible
  • けど /kedo/：
    but; though
yawarakai koe adokenai shigusa
Your gentle voice, your innocent gestures

  • 柔やわらかい /yawarakai/：
    soft; gentle
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • あどけない /adokenai/：
    innocent; childlike
  • 仕草しぐさ /shigusa/：
    gesture; mannerism
kimi ni muchuu ni natte
I became completely absorbed in you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 夢中むちゅうになる /muchuu ni naru/：
    to become absorbed in; be crazy about
mawari ga motto mienaku natte iku
Everything around me keeps fading further from view

  • 周まわり /mawari/：
    surroundings; around
  • もっと /motto/：
    more; even more
  • 見みえなくなっていく /mienaku natte iku/：
    to gradually become unable to see
mada soba ni itai tte
That I still want to stay by your side

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 側そば /soba/：
    side; nearby
  • いたい /itai/：
    from いる; want to stay
  • って /tte/：
    casual quotation marker
ieru you na kyori ni naretara
If only we could become close enough for me to say it

  • 言いえる /ieru/：
    potential form of 言う; can say
  • ような /you na/：
    such that; of the kind that
  • 距離きょり /kyori/：
    distance; emotional closeness
  • なれたら /naretara/：
    from なる; if we could become
kirameite kietetta
It sparkled and then disappeared

  • 煌きらめいて /kirameite/：
    from 煌めく, to sparkle
  • 消きえてった /kietetta/：
    colloquial contraction of 消えていった; faded away
yozora wo hashirisaru hoshi no you ni
Like a star racing away across the night sky

  • 夜空よぞら /yozora/：
    night sky
  • 走はしり去さる /hashirisaru/：
    to race away
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if
hitotoki no shiawase nogasanai you ni
So as not to let this momentary happiness escape

  • ひととき /hitotoki/：
    a moment; a short while
  • 幸しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness
  • 逃のがさない /nogasanai/：
    from 逃す; not let escape; not miss
  • ないように /nai you ni/：
    so as not to; in order not to
matataki mo oshii hodo kimi wo mite ita
I watched you so intently that even blinking felt too precious to waste

  • 瞬またたき /matataki/：
    blink; blinking
  • 惜おしい /oshii/：
    too precious to waste; regrettable
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that; so much that
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • みていた /mite ita/：
    from みる; was watching
kitto itsuka dokoka e
Surely, someday, somewhere

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; certainly
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere
iku no deshou?
You'll go away, won't you?

  • 行いく /iku/：
    to go
  • のでしょう /no deshou/：
    probably; I suppose, with explanatory nuance
itsudatte yamerareru hazu no koi ni
In a love I should be able to stop at any time

  • いつだって /itsudatte/：
    anytime; always
  • 止やめられる /yamerareru/：
    potential form of 止める; can stop or give up
  • はず /hazu/：
    supposed to; expected to
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
yume wo mitsuzukete wa
I keep on dreaming

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 見み続つづけて /mitsuzukete/：
    from 見続ける; to keep seeing or dreaming
  • ては /te wa/：
    whenever; repeatedly doing and then
samenaide to negatte shimau
And end up wishing I would not wake

  • 覚さめないで /samenaide/：
    from 覚める; don't wake up
  • 願ねがって /negatte/：
    from 願う; to wish; hope
  • てしまう /te shimau/：
    to end up doing; do unintentionally or completely
aimai mo kowai mo nigirishimete
Clutching both the uncertainty and the fear

  • 曖昧あいまい /aimai/：
    ambiguity; uncertainty
  • 怖こわい /kowai/：
    scary; fear
  • 握にぎり締しめて /nigirishimete/：
    from 握り締める; to clutch tightly
kimi ga suki sore dake ga
I love you; that alone

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 好すき /suki/：
    fond of; to like or love
  • それだけ /sore dake/：
    that alone; only that
uso no nai watashi no kimochi de
Is my honest, unfeigned feeling

  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie; falsehood
  • 嘘うそのない /uso no nai/：
    without lies; sincere
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling; sentiment
itakute mo wakatte ite mo
Even if it hurts, even if I understand

  • 痛いたくても /itakute mo/：
    even if it hurts
  • 分わかっていても /wakatte ite mo/：
    even though I know or understand
kawari wa shinain da
It will not change

  • 変かわりはしない /kawari wa shinai/：
    will not change at all; emphatic negative
  • んだ /n da/：
    explanatory or emphatic form of のだ
kurushisa mo itooshisa mo
Both the pain and the tenderness

  • 苦くるしさ /kurushisa/：
    pain; anguish, nominalized from 苦しい
  • 愛いとおしさ /itooshisa/：
    dearness; tenderness, nominalized from 愛おしい
  • も～も /mo mo/：
    both...and...
zenbu kimi kara moraete yokatta
I'm glad I received all of it from you

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    everything; all
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 貰もらえて /moraete/：
    potential form of 貰う; being able to receive
  • 良よかった /yokatta/：
    from 良い; was good; I'm glad
wasurenai yo hibi wo
I won't forget those days

  • 忘わすれない /wasurenai/：
    from 忘れる; will not forget
  • よ /yo/：
    sentence-ending particle adding emphasis
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; daily life
koi wo shita imi wo
Nor the meaning of having fallen in love

  • 恋こいをした /koi wo shita/：
    from 恋をする; fell in love
  • 意味いみ /imi/：
    meaning; significance
okkochite iku you na
As though I were falling down

  • 落おっこちていく /okkochite iku/：
    from 落っこちる; to keep falling down
  • ような /you na/：
    like; as if
gokochi ga shita no wa
The reason I had that sensation

  • 心地ごこち /gokochi/：
    feeling; sensation
  • した /shita/：
    from する; in 心地がする, to feel
  • のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding clause and marks it as the topic
me to me ga atta toki deshita
Was when our eyes met

  • 目め /me/：
    eye; gaze
  • 目めが合あった /me ga atta/：
    from 目が合う, for eyes to meet
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; moment
  • でした /deshita/：
    past polite form of です; was
honno isshun no koto
It was only a fleeting moment

  • ほんの /honno/：
    mere; only
  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/：
    an instant; a moment
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter