Vaundy - 飛ぼうよ/Let's Fly

Vaundy - 飛ぼうよ/Let's Fly





mada mitete
Keep watching me

  • まだ /mada/:
    still, yet
  • 見みてて /mitete/:
    keep watching; contraction of 見ていて (dict. form: 見る)

boku ga hanarenai you ni
So that I won't leave

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 離はなれない /hanarenai/:
    not leave, not separate (dict. form: 離れる)
  • ないように /nai you ni/:
    so that ... does not; used to avoid a result

dakishimete
Hold me tight

  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/:
    hold tightly (dict. form: 抱きしめる; the て-form expresses a request here)

boku ga nakidasanai you ni
So that I don't burst into tears

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 泣なきださない /nakidasanai/:
    not burst into tears; 泣く + 出す (dict. form: 泣き出す)
  • ないように /nai you ni/:
    so that ... does not; used to avoid a result

oikaze ga fuki
A tailwind blows

  • 追おい風かぜ /oikaze/:
    tailwind; figuratively, a favorable force
  • 吹ふき /fuki/:
    blow (dict. form: 吹く; continuative form linking to the next line)

ito ga sesuji kayoi, ketsueki ni todoku koro
When the thread runs along my spine and reaches my blood

  • 糸いと /ito/:
    thread, string
  • 背筋せすじ /sesuji/:
    spine, line of the back
  • 通かよい /kayoi/:
    run through, circulate (dict. form: 通う; continuative form)
  • 血液けつえき /ketsueki/:
    blood
  • 届とどく /todoku/:
    to reach, to arrive
  • ころ /koro/:
    when, around the time

aa
Ah

boku ga mata tobesou na hane wo mitsuketa yo
I found wings that might let me fly again

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 飛とべそうな /tobesou na/:
    seemingly able to fly; 飛ぶ in the potential form 飛べる plus そう
  • 羽はね /hane/:
    wing, feather
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/:
    found (dict. form: 見つける)

moshi sa
What if, you know

  • もし /moshi/:
    if, supposing

kimi mo mada sudatsu mae naraba
If you, too, have yet to leave the nest

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an informal or intimate second-person pronoun
  • まだ /mada/:
    still, not yet
  • 巣立すだつ /sudatsu/:
    to leave the nest; figuratively, to become independent
  • 前まえ /mae/:
    before; plain-form verb + 前 means before doing something
  • ならば /naraba/:
    if it is; a more formal or emphatic form of なら

nee issho ni, tobou yo
Hey, let's fly together

  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/:
    together
  • 飛とぼう /tobou/:
    let's fly; volitional form of 飛ぶ, used as an invitation


yosomi shite
Look away

  • よそみして /yosomi shite/:
    look away, look elsewhere (dict. form: よそみする, also written よそ見する)

sudachi wo ou kaze no you ni
Like the wind that follows a fledgling's departure

  • 巣立すだち /sudachi/:
    leaving the nest, independence (from the verb 巣立つ)
  • 追おう /ou/:
    to chase, to follow
  • 風かぜ /kaze/:
    wind
  • ように /you ni/:
    like, as if, in the manner of

dakiagete
Lift me up in your arms

  • 抱だき上あげて /dakiagete/:
    lift up in one's arms (dict. form: 抱き上げる; the て-form expresses a request here)

boku ga akiramenai you ni
So that I don't give up

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 諦あきらめない /akiramenai/:
    not give up (dict. form: 諦める)
  • ないように /nai you ni/:
    so that ... does not; used to avoid a result

kubisuji
The nape of the neck

  • 首筋くびすじ /kubisuji/:
    nape, line of the neck

hotsure oi hajime
Begins to fray and grow old

  • 解ほつれ /hotsure/:
    fray, come loose (dict. form: 解れる; continuative form)
  • 老おい始はじめ /oi hajime/:
    begin to grow old; 老いる + 始める in the continuative form

ito ga shinzou ni todoku made
Until the thread reaches the heart

  • 糸いと /ito/:
    thread, string
  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/:
    heart
  • 届とどく /todoku/:
    to reach, to arrive
  • まで /made/:
    until, up to

aa
Ah

boku ga mada tobesou na riyuu wo mitsuketa yo
I found a reason I might still be able to fly

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • まだ /mada/:
    still, yet
  • 飛とべそうな /tobesou na/:
    seemingly able to fly; 飛ぶ in the potential form 飛べる plus そう
  • 理由りゆう /riyuu/:
    reason
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/:
    found (dict. form: 見つける)

dakara moshi mo
So, if

  • だから /dakara/:
    so, therefore
  • もしも /moshi mo/:
    if, supposing; slightly more emphatic than もし

mada kimi ga sudatsu mae naraba
If you have yet to leave the nest

  • まだ /mada/:
    still, not yet
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an informal or intimate second-person pronoun
  • 巣立すだつ /sudatsu/:
    to leave the nest; figuratively, to become independent
  • 前まえ /mae/:
    before; plain-form verb + 前 means before doing something
  • ならば /naraba/:
    if it is; a more formal or emphatic form of なら

nee issho ni
Hey, together

  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/:
    together

kono saki ga mukaikaze to
Even if the road ahead is made of headwinds

  • この先さき /kono saki/:
    from here on, what lies ahead
  • 向むかい風かぜ /mukaikaze/:
    headwind; figuratively, resistance or adversity

yama yama de orinasedo
And mountain after mountain

  • 山々やまやま /yama yama/:
    mountains, mountain after mountain; 々 repeats the preceding kanji
  • おりなせど /orinasedo/:
    even though it is woven together; a literary concessive form of 織りなす + ど

ketsueki oyogu kono ito ga kimi no da to kizuku made
Until I realize this thread swimming through my blood is yours

  • 血液けつえき /ketsueki/:
    blood
  • 泳およぐ /oyogu/:
    to swim; poetically, to move through the blood here
  • この /kono/:
    this; used before a noun
  • 糸いと /ito/:
    thread, string
  • 君きみの /kimi no/:
    yours; the following noun is omitted
  • だと /da to/:
    だ is the copula and と marks the content of 気づく: realize that it is ...
  • 気きづく /kizuku/:
    to notice, to realize
  • まで /made/:
    until, up to

aa boku wa mata ii sokoneta kotoba wo tsuranete
Ah, once again I string together the words I failed to say

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 言いい損そこねた /ii sokoneta/:
    failed or missed the chance to say; 言う + 損ねる (dict. form: 言い損ねる)
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    word, words, language
  • つらねて /tsuranete/:
    string together, arrange in a row (dict. form: つらねる, also written 連ねる)

aa moshi mo
Ah, if only

  • もしも /moshi mo/:
    if, supposing; slightly more emphatic than もし

anata nara to omou hibi ga fuete kita kara
Because more and more days find me thinking, 「If it were you」

  • あなた /anata/:
    you; can also be an intimate way to address a partner
  • なら /nara/:
    if it is; あなたなら means if it were you
  • 思おもう /omou/:
    to think, to feel
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, day after day
  • 増ふえてきた /fuete kita/:
    have been increasing (dict. form: 増える; てくる marks a change continuing up to now)
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

nee
Hey

aa kimi to nara, tobesou na mirai wo mitsuketa yo
Ah, I found a future where I might fly if I'm with you

  • 君きみとなら /kimi to nara/:
    if I am with you; noun + となら means if it is with ...
  • 飛とべそうな /tobesou na/:
    seemingly able to fly; 飛ぶ in the potential form 飛べる plus そう
  • 未来みらい /mirai/:
    future
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/:
    found (dict. form: 見つける)

aa moshi mo
Ah, if

  • もしも /moshi mo/:
    if, supposing; slightly more emphatic than もし

mada tobesou nara
If you still feel you can fly

  • まだ /mada/:
    still, yet
  • 飛とべそう /tobesou/:
    seemingly able to fly; 飛ぶ in the potential form 飛べる plus そう
  • なら /nara/:
    if; marks a condition or supposition

boku ni itte yo
Tell me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 言いって /itte/:
    say, tell (dict. form: 言う; the て-form expresses a request here)

issho ni
Together

  • 一緒いっしょに /issho ni/:
    together

tobou yo
「Let's fly」

  • 飛とぼう /tobou/:
    let's fly; volitional form of 飛ぶ, used as an invitation