大森靖子 - 田中愛愛愛子/Tanaka Ai Ai Aiko

大森靖子 - 田中愛愛愛子/Tanaka Ai Ai Aiko




Tanaka Ai Ai Aiko ni naritai
I want to become Tanaka Ai Ai Aiko

  • 田中たなか愛愛あいあい愛子あいこ /Tanaka Ai Ai Aiko/:
    the name-like title; the three 愛 sounds also echo the singer aiko and the English word 「I」
  • なりたい /naritai/:
    want to become; from なる with the desiderative ~たい

dakedo ai ai ai amu hiroin janai
But I, I, I'm not the heroine

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but; however
  • アイアイアイアム /ai ai ai amu/:
    a Japanese rendering of 「I, I, I'm」, punning on the sound of 愛 (English: I, I, I'm)
  • ヒロイン /hiroin/:
    heroine (English: heroine)
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; colloquial form of ではない

tokubetsu janakya
If it isn't special

  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special; exceptional
  • じゃなきゃ /janakya/:
    if it is not; colloquial contraction of じゃなければ

kakimidasenai
I can't throw things into turmoil

  • かき乱みだせない /kakimidasenai/:
    cannot disturb or throw into disorder; negative potential form of かき乱す

utsu nannakya
If I don't become depressed

  • 鬱うつ /utsu/:
    depression; gloom
  • なんなきゃ /nannakya/:
    if one does not become; colloquial contraction of ならなきゃ

unmei janai
Then it isn't destiny

  • 運命うんめい /unmei/:
    fate; destiny
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; colloquial form of ではない

ai ai Aikosu iranai
Ai-ai-IQOS—I don't need it

  • アイアイアイコス /ai ai Aikosu/:
    wordplay joining repeated アイ sounds to the heated-tobacco brand IQOS (trademark: IQOS)
  • いらない /iranai/:
    do not need; negative form of いる, 「to need」

motto ai ai aisarenai riyuu wo futai shitai
I want to attach even more reasons why I can't be loved, loved, loved

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 愛あいされない /aisarenai/:
    not be loved; negative passive form of 愛する
  • 理由りゆう /riyuu/:
    reason; cause
  • 付帯ふたいしたい /futai shitai/:
    want to attach or append; from 付帯する

kemuri no naka aisareteru
Am I loved here in the smoke?

  • 煙けむり /kemuri/:
    smoke
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside; among
  • 愛あいされてる /aisareteru/:
    being loved; contraction of 愛されている, the passive progressive of 愛する

watashi janai
It isn't me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; colloquial form of ではない

shouko wa
The proof is—

  • 証拠しょうこ /shouko/:
    evidence; proof

haibura sabukaru nante magyaku ga
Polar opposites like high fashion and subculture

  • ハイブラ /haibura/:
    short for ハイブランド, a high-end or luxury brand (English: high brand)
  • サブカル /sabukaru/:
    short for サブカルチャー; subculture (English: subculture)
  • なんて /nante/:
    things like; marks an example, often with dismissive or surprised nuance
  • 真逆まぎゃく /magyaku/:
    the exact opposite; polar opposite

echiechi shita mitai na uta
A song as if they'd gotten naughty together

  • えちえちした /echiechi shita/:
    got sexy or naughty; past form of えちえちする, based on internet slang
  • みたいな /mitai na/:
    like; as though; seeming
  • 歌うた /uta/:
    song

ai ai ai ai
Love, love, love, love

  • 愛あい /ai/:
    love

aishite
Love me

  • あいして /aishite/:
    love me; the て-form of 愛する used as a request

motto yameba
Why not get even more broken?

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 病やめば /yameba/:
    if one becomes ill; conditional form of 病む, here suggesting 「why not…?」

motto shitte otona ni nattara
What if you learned more and grew up?

  • 知しって /shitte/:
    know; learn; て-form of 知る
  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult; grown-up
  • なったら /nattara/:
    if or when one becomes; たら-conditional of なる

dakedo seishun hiroo yume ni shisu
But the hero of youth dies in a dream

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but; however
  • 青春せいしゅん /seishun/:
    youth; adolescence
  • ヒーロー /hiroo/:
    hero (English: hero)
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 死しす /shisu/:
    to die; a literary or archaic equivalent of 死ぬ

toumei bakka kawaii
Are only transparent, pure things cute?

  • 透明とうめい /toumei/:
    transparent; also evoking purity or untaintedness here
  • ばっか /bakka/:
    nothing but; only; colloquial form of ばかり
  • かわいい /kawaii/:
    cute; adorable

motto fukaku motto chitte
Go deeper, scatter even more

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 深ふかく /fukaku/:
    deeply; adverbial form of 深い
  • 散ちって /chitte/:
    scatter; fall; て-form of 散る

dakara nani tte yuu
And say, 「So what?」

  • だから何なに /dakara nani/:
    so what?
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker equivalent to と
  • ゆう /yuu/:
    colloquial spelling of 言う; to say

datte watashi ga hoshii no wa
Because what I want is

  • だって /datte/:
    because; used here to give a reason
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/:
    wanted; desired
  • ~のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes the preceding phrase and makes it the topic: 「what… is」

motto attouteki na hametsu na no
A far more overwhelming ruin

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 圧倒的あっとうてき /attouteki/:
    overwhelming; overpowering
  • 破滅はめつ /hametsu/:
    ruin; destruction; downfall
  • なの /na no/:
    explanatory or emphatic ending, roughly 「it is…」

koroshite ageyokka
「Want me to kill you?」

  • 殺ころして /koroshite/:
    kill; て-form of 殺す
  • ~てあげる /te ageru/:
    do something for someone; creates a darkly ironic benefactive nuance with 「kill」
  • よっか /yokka/:
    colloquial contraction of ようか, offering 「shall I…?」

oyasumi
Good night

  • おやすみ /oyasumi/:
    good night; shortened form of おやすみなさい

sore wa aiai aiko ga utatteru
That's what aiai aiko is singing

  • それ /sore/:
    that; that thing
  • 歌うたってる /utatteru/:
    is singing; contraction of 歌っている, from 歌う

dakara ai ai ai amu hiroin janai
So I, I, I'm not the heroine

  • だから /dakara/:
    so; therefore
  • アイアイアイアム /ai ai ai amu/:
    a Japanese rendering of 「I, I, I'm」, punning on 愛 (English: I, I, I'm)
  • ヒロイン /hiroin/:
    heroine (English: heroine)
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; colloquial form of ではない

naku no ga heta sakebisugite
I'm bad at crying and I scream too much

  • 泣なく /naku/:
    to cry; to weep
  • ~のが下手へた /no ga heta/:
    be poor at doing…; の nominalizes the verb
  • 叫さけびすぎて /sakebisugite/:
    scream too much; 叫ぶ plus ~すぎる in the て-form

keisatsu toka yobarechau shi
People end up calling the police on me, and all that

  • 警察けいさつ /keisatsu/:
    police
  • とか /toka/:
    things like; for example
  • 呼よばれちゃう /yobarechau/:
    end up being called; contraction of 呼ばれてしまう, passive of 呼ぶ
  • し /shi/:
    and; gives one among multiple reasons

shousoku fumei no koi wa naniiro datta no
What color was the love that went missing?

  • 消息しょうそく不明ふめい /shousoku fumei/:
    missing; whereabouts unknown
  • 恋こい /koi/:
    romantic love
  • 何色なにいろ /naniiro/:
    what color
  • だったの /datta no/:
    was it…?; past of だ with explanatory or questioning の

shitakute yatteru uchi wa
As long as you're doing it simply because you want to

  • したくて /shitakute/:
    wanting to do; て-form of したい, from する
  • やってる /yatteru/:
    be doing; contraction of やっている, from やる
  • うちは /uchi wa/:
    while; as long as a state continues

ai ai ai ai
Love, love, love, love

  • 愛あい /ai/:
    love

ai janai
It isn't love

  • 愛あい /ai/:
    love
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; colloquial form of ではない

konton sekaijuu ga teki de
Chaos—the whole world is my enemy

  • 混沌こんとん /konton/:
    chaos; confusion
  • 世界せかい中じゅう /sekaijuu/:
    the whole world; throughout the world
  • 敵てき /teki/:
    enemy; opponent

otona wa itai na
Being an adult hurts

  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult; grown-up
  • 痛いたい /itai/:
    painful; also embarrassing or cringeworthy in colloquial use
  • な /na/:
    sentence-ending particle expressing reflection or feeling

kasurikizu tsuu ka chimeishou darake
Not scratches so much as fatal wounds everywhere

  • かすり傷きず /kasurikizu/:
    graze; scratch; minor wound
  • つーか /tsuu ka/:
    or rather; colloquial contraction of というか
  • 致命傷ちめいしょう /chimeishou/:
    fatal wound; decisive blow
  • だらけ /darake/:
    covered with; full of, usually something undesirable

zenzen itsumo yabakute
I'm always completely messed up

  • 全然ぜんぜん /zenzen/:
    completely; at all, also used colloquially with affirmative expressions
  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always; usually
  • やばくて /yabakute/:
    awful; dangerous; intense; て-form of やばい

motto sekai motto tan ni
World, just a little more—more simply

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • 単たんに /tan ni/:
    simply; merely

watashi ni narete yo
Get used to me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 慣なれて /narete/:
    get used to; て-form of 慣れる used here as a request
  • よ /yo/:
    sentence-ending particle adding emphasis or urging

datte watashi ga hoshii no wa
Because what I want is

  • だって /datte/:
    because; used here to give a reason
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/:
    wanted; desired
  • ~のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes the preceding phrase and makes it the topic

motto attouteki na owari na no
A far more overwhelming ending

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 圧倒的あっとうてき /attouteki/:
    overwhelming; overpowering
  • 終おわり /owari/:
    end; ending
  • なの /na no/:
    explanatory or emphatic ending

oto mo hikari mo nai
There is neither sound nor light

  • 音おと /oto/:
    sound
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light; radiance
  • ~も~もない /mo mo nai/:
    neither… nor…; no… and no…

dokidoki
My heart pounds

motto yameba
Why not get even more broken?

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 病やめば /yameba/:
    if one becomes ill; conditional form of 病む, here suggesting 「why not…?」

motto shitte otona ni nattara
What if you learned more and grew up?

  • 知しって /shitte/:
    know; learn; て-form of 知る
  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult; grown-up
  • なったら /nattara/:
    if or when one becomes; たら-conditional of なる

dakedo sabukaru hiroo yume ni shisu
But the subculture hero dies in a dream

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but; however
  • サブカル /sabukaru/:
    short for サブカルチャー; subculture (English: subculture)
  • ヒーロー /hiroo/:
    hero (English: hero)
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 死しす /shisu/:
    to die; a literary or archaic equivalent of 死ぬ

warau tenshi bakka kawaii
Are only smiling angels cute?

  • 笑わらう /warau/:
    to laugh; to smile
  • 天使てんし /tenshi/:
    angel
  • ばっか /bakka/:
    nothing but; only; colloquial form of ばかり
  • かわいい /kawaii/:
    cute; adorable

motto fukaku motto chitte
Go deeper, scatter even more

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 深ふかく /fukaku/:
    deeply; adverbial form of 深い
  • 散ちって /chitte/:
    scatter; fall; て-form of 散る

dakara nani tte yuu
And say, 「So what?」

  • だから何なに /dakara nani/:
    so what?
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation marker equivalent to と
  • ゆう /yuu/:
    colloquial spelling of 言う; to say

datte watashi ga hoshii no wa
Because what I want is

  • だって /datte/:
    because; used here to give a reason
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/:
    wanted; desired
  • ~のは /no wa/:
    nominalizes the preceding phrase and makes it the topic

motto attouteki na hametsu na no
A far more overwhelming ruin

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 圧倒的あっとうてき /attouteki/:
    overwhelming; overpowering
  • 破滅はめつ /hametsu/:
    ruin; destruction; downfall
  • なの /na no/:
    explanatory or emphatic ending

koroshite ageyokka
「Want me to kill you?」

  • 殺ころして /koroshite/:
    kill; て-form of 殺す
  • ~てあげる /te ageru/:
    do something for someone; creates a darkly ironic benefactive nuance with 「kill」
  • よっか /yokka/:
    colloquial contraction of ようか, offering 「shall I…?」

oyasumi
Good night

  • おやすみ /oyasumi/:
    good night; shortened form of おやすみなさい