Mrs. GREEN APPLE - 天国/Heaven

Mrs. GREEN APPLE - 天国/Heaven





moshimo
If only...

  • もしも /moshimo/:
    if; supposing

boku dake no sekai naraba sou
If this were a world that belonged only to me, yes

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • ならば /naraba/:
    if it is; formal conditional form of なら

dareka wo uramu koto nante
Something like resenting someone

  • 誰だれか /dareka/:
    someone; somebody
  • 恨うらむ /uramu/:
    to resent; to hold a grudge against
  • こと /koto/:
    thing; nominalizes the preceding verb
  • なんて /nante/:
    something like; adds dismissal, surprise, or emphasis

shiranaide sunda noni doushitemo
I could have gotten by without ever knowing, and yet, no matter what...

  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/:
    from 知る; without knowing
  • 済すんだ /sunda/:
    past form of 済む; managed to get by; ~ないで済む means to avoid having to do something
  • のに /noni/:
    although; even though; expresses contrast or regret
  • どうしても /doushitemo/:
    no matter what; by any means; often used with a negative

doushitemo
No matter what

  • どうしても /doushitemo/:
    no matter what; by any means

anata no koto ga yurusenai
I cannot forgive you

  • 貴方あなた /anata/:
    you; a literary kanji spelling
  • 事こと /koto/:
    matter; in 人+のこと, everything concerning that person
  • 許ゆるせない /yurusenai/:
    negative potential of 許す; cannot forgive or allow

yoru wa tada nagai
The night is simply endless

  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • ただ /tada/:
    simply; merely
  • 永ながい /nagai/:
    long; written with 永 to emphasize enduring time

hito wa sutekirenai
People cannot completely let go

  • 人ひと /hito/:
    person; people
  • 捨すてきれない /sutekirenai/:
    from 捨てる; ~きる means to do completely, so the negative means unable to discard completely

migurushii ne
How unsightly

  • 見苦みぐるしい /migurushii/:
    unsightly; disgraceful

kono go ni oyonde nao
Even at this late stage, still...

  • この期ごに及およんで /kono go ni oyonde/:
    at this late stage; even now that things have come to this
  • 尚なお /nao/:
    still; yet; furthermore

asahi ni kokoro ugoite iru
My heart is still moved by the morning sun

  • 朝日あさひ /asahi/:
    morning sun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart; mind; feelings
  • 心こころ動うごいている /kokoro ugoite iru/:
    from 心動く; to be emotionally moved; ~ている marks an ongoing state

dakishimete shimattara
If I end up embracing you

  • 抱だきしめる /dakishimeru/:
    to embrace tightly
  • ~てしまったら /te shimattara/:
    ~てしまう marks completion or regret, plus conditional たら: if one ends up doing...

mou saigo
Then it will all be over

  • もう /mou/:
    already; any more; here, beyond recovery
  • 最期さいご /saigo/:
    one's final moments; the very end, often implying death

shinjite shimatta watashi no shirosa wo nikumu no
I hate the innocence in me that ended up believing you

  • 信しんじてしまった /shinjite shimatta/:
    from 信じる; ~てしまった means ended up doing it, often with regret
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 白しろさ /shirosa/:
    from 白い plus nominalizing ~さ; whiteness, figuratively innocence or purity
  • 憎にくむ /nikumu/:
    to hate; to detest

anata wo suki de ita ano hibi ga nani yori mo
Those days when I loved you, more than anything...

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 好すきでいた /suki de ita/:
    from 好きだ; remained in love with; kept liking
  • あの /ano/:
    that; those, referring to something distant or remembered
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days; daily life
  • 何なによりも /nani yori mo/:
    more than anything; above all

taisetsu de itoshikute itakute mijime
Precious, beloved, painful, and wretched

  • 大切たいせつで /taisetsu de/:
    from 大切だ; precious; important; connective form
  • 愛いとしくて /itoshikute/:
    te-form of 愛しい; dear; beloved
  • 痛いたくて /itakute/:
    te-form of 痛い; painful
  • 惨みじめ /mijime/:
    miserable; wretched

moshimo
If only...

  • もしも /moshimo/:
    if; supposing

ano koro, ohisama wo abita futon ni
Back then, in bedding warmed by the sunlight

  • あの頃ころ /ano koro/:
    back then; at that time
  • お日様ひさま /ohisama/:
    the sun; an affectionate, childlike expression
  • 浴あびた /abita/:
    past form of 浴びる; was exposed to; bathed in
  • 布団ふとん /futon/:
    Japanese bedding; futon

kurumaru kenage na kimi ga
You, so brave and dear, wrapped up in it

  • 包くるまる /kurumaru/:
    to wrap oneself up; to be bundled in
  • 健気けなげ /kenage/:
    brave and admirable; touchingly devoted
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; used toward someone close

sono mama de ite kurereba
If only you had stayed just as you were

  • そのまま /sono mama/:
    just as it is; unchanged
  • 居いて /ite/:
    te-form of 居る; to be; to stay
  • ~てくれれば /te kurereba/:
    conditional of ~てくれる; if someone would do ... for me

dorehodo
How very...

  • どれほど /dorehodo/:
    how much; to what extent

dorehodo yokatta no ka
How wonderful that would have been

  • どれほど /dorehodo/:
    how much; to what extent
  • 良よかった /yokatta/:
    past form of 良い; was good; would have been good
  • ~のか /no ka/:
    nominalizes the clause and marks a question; here an emotional indirect question

mou shiru yoshi mo nai
There is no longer any way to know

  • もう /mou/:
    already; no longer
  • 知しる /shiru/:
    to know; to learn
  • 由よし /yoshi/:
    means; reason; ~由もない means there is no way to...
  • ~由よしもない /yoshi mo nai/:
    there is no way to...

aa mata ohana wo tsunde
Ah, picking flowers again

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • お花はな /ohana/:
    flower; お adds politeness or affection
  • 摘つんで /tsunde/:
    te-form of 摘む; to pick; to pluck

te to te wo awasete
Putting my hands together

  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 手てを合あわせる /te wo awaseru/:
    to put one's hands together in prayer

mou sugu sochira ni yuku kara ne
I'll be going to where you are very soon

  • もうすぐ /mou sugu/:
    very soon; shortly
  • 其方そちら /sochira/:
    there; where you are; a literary kanji spelling
  • 往ゆく /yuku/:
    to go; to depart; 往 can suggest journeying onward or toward death
  • から /kara/:
    because; since

kokoro ni uji ga waite mo
Even if maggots breed in my heart

  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart; mind
  • 蛆うじ /uji/:
    maggot
  • 湧わいても /waite mo/:
    from 湧く; to spring up or breed; ~ても means even if

mada kaori wa shite iru
The fragrance still lingers

  • まだ /mada/:
    still; yet
  • 香かおり /kaori/:
    fragrance; scent
  • 香かおりがする /kaori ga suru/:
    to smell fragrant; している indicates the scent continues

ano hi no nukumori wo
The warmth of that day

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/:
    that day
  • 温ぬくもり /nukumori/:
    warmth; human warmth or affection

minikuku aishiteru
I love it in an ugly, twisted way

  • 醜みにくく /minikuku/:
    adverbial form of 醜い; uglily; hideously
  • 愛あいしてる /aishiteru/:
    colloquial contraction of 愛している; to love

dou sureba ii?
What should I do?

  • どうする /dou suru/:
    what to do; how to act
  • ~ばいい /ba ii/:
    should; it would be good if; in a question, what should one do

tada, tomosureba mou
But, at the slightest turn, already...

  • ただ /tada/:
    just; merely; however
  • ともすれば /tomosureba/:
    apt to; liable to; at the slightest chance
  • もう /mou/:
    already; nearly

shuuaku na osen no ichibu
Part of this hideous contamination

  • 醜悪しゅうあく /shuuaku/:
    ugly; hideous; repulsive
  • 汚染おせん /osen/:
    pollution; contamination
  • 一部いちぶ /ichibu/:
    one part; a portion

nara, dou sureba ii?
If so, what should I do?

  • なら /nara/:
    if so; if that is the case
  • どうする /dou suru/:
    what to do; how to act
  • ~ばいい /ba ii/:
    should; in a question, what should one do

isso wasurechaeba ii?
Would it be better to just forget it all?

  • いっそ /isso/:
    rather; might as well; simply
  • 忘わすれちゃえば /wasurechaeba/:
    colloquial form of 忘れてしまえば; if one simply or completely forgets
  • ~ばいい /ba ii/:
    it would be good if; asks whether one should do so

sou da ie ni kaette kisu shiyou
That's it—let's go home and kiss

  • 家いえ /ie/:
    house; home
  • 帰かえって /kaette/:
    te-form of 帰る; to return; to go home
  • キスしよう /kisu shiyou/:
    volitional form of キスする, from English 「kiss」; let's kiss; I will kiss

dou sureba ii? wo
This 「What should I do?」

  • どうすればいい /dou sureba ii/:
    what should I do; the whole question is treated as a noun and becomes the next line's object

dou sureba ii?
What should I do with it?

  • どうする /dou suru/:
    what to do; with the previous line, what to do with this very question
  • ~ばいい /ba ii/:
    should; in a question, what should one do

kusatte shimau kono mi wo
This body of mine that will rot away

  • 腐くさってしまう /kusatte shimau/:
    from 腐る; to rot; ~てしまう marks an eventual, irreversible result
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • 身み /mi/:
    body; oneself

kazatte kudasai
Please adorn it

  • 飾かざって /kazatte/:
    te-form of 飾る; to decorate; to adorn
  • ~てください /te kudasai/:
    please do...; a polite request

watashi no koto dake wa wasurenaide
Just don't forget me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • ~のこと /no koto/:
    everything about...; the person in question
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; at least; emphasized with は
  • 忘わすれないで /wasurenaide/:
    from 忘れる; don't forget; ないで forms a negative request

dakishimete shimattara
If I end up embracing you

  • 抱だきしめる /dakishimeru/:
    to embrace tightly
  • ~てしまったら /te shimattara/:
    ~てしまう marks completion or regret, plus conditional たら: if one ends up doing...

mou saigo
Then it will all be over

  • もう /mou/:
    already; here, beyond recovery
  • 最期さいご /saigo/:
    one's final moments; the very end

shinjite shimatta watashi no shirosa wo nikumu no
I hate the innocence in me that ended up believing you

  • 信しんじてしまった /shinjite shimatta/:
    from 信じる; ended up believing, often with regret
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 白しろさ /shirosa/:
    from 白い plus nominalizing ~さ; innocence or purity
  • 憎にくむ /nikumu/:
    to hate; to detest

anata wo suki de ita ano hibi ga nani yori mo
Those days when I loved you, more than anything...

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 好すきでいた /suki de ita/:
    from 好きだ; remained in love with
  • あの /ano/:
    that; those, referring to something remembered
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days; daily life
  • 何なによりも /nani yori mo/:
    more than anything; above all

taisetsu de itoshikute itakute mijime
Precious, beloved, painful, and wretched

  • 大切たいせつで /taisetsu de/:
    from 大切だ; precious; important; connective form
  • 愛いとしくて /itoshikute/:
    te-form of 愛しい; dear; beloved
  • 痛いたくて /itakute/:
    te-form of 痛い; painful
  • 惨みじめ /mijime/:
    miserable; wretched

aa mata ohana wo tsunde
Ah, picking flowers again

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • お花はな /ohana/:
    flower; お adds politeness or affection
  • 摘つんで /tsunde/:
    te-form of 摘む; to pick; to pluck

te to te wo awasete
Putting my hands together

  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 手てを合あわせる /te wo awaseru/:
    to put one's hands together in prayer

mou sugu sochira ni yuku kara ne
I'll be going to where you are very soon

  • もうすぐ /mou sugu/:
    very soon; shortly
  • 其方そちら /sochira/:
    there; where you are; a literary kanji spelling
  • 往ゆく /yuku/:
    to go; to depart; 往 can suggest journeying onward or toward death
  • から /kara/:
    because; since

kokoro ni uji ga waite mo
Even if maggots breed in my heart

  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart; mind
  • 蛆うじ /uji/:
    maggot
  • 湧わいても /waite mo/:
    from 湧く; to spring up or breed; ~ても means even if

mada kaori wa shite iru
The fragrance still lingers

  • まだ /mada/:
    still; yet
  • 香かおり /kaori/:
    fragrance; scent
  • 香かおりがする /kaori ga suru/:
    to smell fragrant; している indicates the scent continues

ano hi no nukumori wo
The warmth of that day

  • あの日ひ /ano hi/:
    that day
  • 温ぬくもり /nukumori/:
    warmth; human warmth or affection

minikuku aishiteru
I love it in an ugly, twisted way

  • 醜みにくく /minikuku/:
    adverbial form of 醜い; uglily; hideously
  • 愛あいしてる /aishiteru/:
    colloquial contraction of 愛している; to love

aa tenshi no waraigoe de
Ah, by an angel's laughter

  • 天使てんし /tenshi/:
    angel; figuratively, an innocent and lovely person
  • 笑わらい声ごえ /waraigoe/:
    laughter; laughing voice

kyou mo ikasarete iru
It keeps me alive today as well

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • 生いかされている /ikasarete iru/:
    passive form of 生かす; to be kept alive; to be given a reason to live

mou sugu kochira ni kuru koro ne
It should soon be time for you to come here

  • もうすぐ /mou sugu/:
    very soon; shortly
  • 此方こちら /kochira/:
    here; where I am; a literary kanji spelling
  • 来くる /kuru/:
    to come
  • 頃ころ /koro/:
    time; around the time

ano koro no mama no kimi ni
With you, still just as you were back then

  • あの頃ころ /ano koro/:
    back then; at that time
  • ~のまま /no mama/:
    remaining in the state of...; just as...
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; used toward someone close

mata deaeta to shite
Even if I were able to meet you again

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 出会であえた /deaeta/:
    past potential form of 出会う; was able to meet
  • ~たとして /ta to shite/:
    even if; supposing that...

kondo wa chanto te wo nigiru kara ne
Next time, I'll be sure to hold your hand

  • 今度こんど /kondo/:
    this time; next time; here, next time
  • ちゃんと /chanto/:
    properly; surely; reliably
  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 握にぎる /nigiru/:
    to grasp; to hold
  • から /kara/:
    because; sentence-finally, gives an assurance or promise