Vaundy - 飛ぶ時/When It Is Time to Fly
Vaundy


itami no kazu dake
For every pain

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain; suffering (noun derived from 痛い)
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number; amount
  • ～だけ /dake/：
    as many as; for each; to the extent of
sore wa, boku no joumyaku wo toori
It passes through my veins

  • それ /sore/：
    that; it, referring here to the pain
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 静脈じょうみゃく /joumyaku/：
    vein
  • 通とおり /toori/：
    passing through (dictionary form: 通る; continuative form)
shinzou wo toppa shite
Breaking through my heart

  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/：
    heart
  • 突破とっぱして /toppa shite/：
    breaking through (dictionary form: 突破する; て-form)
wasureta koro, toutatsu
By the time I have forgotten, it arrives

  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    forgot; have forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れる)
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time; around when (verb past form + 頃 means 'when')
  • 到達とうたつ /toutatsu/：
    arrival; reaching (する is omitted here)
nou ni
In my brain

  • 脳のう /nou/：
    brain; with the previous line, 'reaches the brain'
maa tsuraku wa nai ga
Well, it is not exactly painful, but

  • 辛つらくはないが /tsuraku wa nai ga/：
    is not exactly painful, but (dictionary form: 辛い; contrasted negative + concessive が)
kono chiisa na, kono chiisa na
This little, this little

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 小ちいさな /chiisa na/：
    small; little, used before a noun
uramiwabi no sukima kaze wa
This draft of resentment and apology

  • うらみわび /uramiwabi/：
    a poetic combination of resentment (恨み) and apology (詫び)
  • 隙間風すきまかぜ /sukima kaze/：
    a draft through a gap; figuratively, a small but chilling emotion
yurushite kure
Please forgive me

  • 許ゆるしてくれ /yurushite kure/：
    please forgive me (許す in て-form + the direct request pattern ～てくれ)
kono fugai nai
This pathetic

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 不甲斐ふがいない /fugai nai/：
    pathetic; disappointing; good-for-nothing
boku no kotoba mo namida mo zenbu
All of my words and my tears

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
kibun shidai de haeta hane datte
Even the wings that grew according to my mood

  • 気分きぶん /kibun/：
    mood; feeling; condition
  • 次第しだい /shidai/：
    depending on; determined by
  • 生はえた /haeta/：
    grew; sprouted (dictionary form: 生える; modifies 羽)
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing
  • だって /datte/：
    even; also, when attached to a noun
ima wa se de ukete oku yo zenbu
For now, I will take it all upon my back

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present
  • 背せ /se/：
    back; also, height
  • 受うけておく /ukete oku/：
    to take or bear for now/in preparation (受ける + ～ておく)
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
sore ja mata
Well then, see you again

  • それじゃ /sore ja/：
    well then; in that case, a casual form of それでは
  • また /mata/：
    again; in this phrase, 'see you again'
koko ni oite iku kara zenbu
Because I will leave everything here

  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • 置おいていく /oite iku/：
    to leave behind and go (置く + ～ていく)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
kowaku nai
I am not afraid

  • 怖こわくない /kowaku nai/：
    not afraid; not scary (negative form of 怖い)
kono sora e
Into this sky

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky; へ marks movement toward it
kaze ni nabiku hane ni
The wings streaming in the wind

  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 靡なびく /nabiku/：
    to stream or flutter in the wind; modifies 羽
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing; connects to 従って in the next line
hora shitagatte
Now, follow them

  • 従したがって /shitagatte/：
    follow; obey (dictionary form: 従う; て-form used as an invitation or instruction)
kotoba no kazu dake
For every word

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • 数かず /kazu/：
    number; amount
  • ～だけ /dake/：
    as many as; for each; to the extent of
sore wa, anata no shinkei wo toori
It passes through your nerves

  • それ /sore/：
    that; it, referring here to the words
  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 神経しんけい /shinkei/：
    nerve; nerves
  • 通とおり /toori/：
    passing through (dictionary form: 通る; continuative form)
noukan wo toppa shite
Breaking through the brain stem

  • 脳幹のうかん /noukan/：
    brain stem
  • 突破とっぱして /toppa shite/：
    breaking through (dictionary form: 突破する; て-form)
wasureta koro, toutatsu
By the time you have forgotten, it arrives

  • 忘わすれた /wasureta/：
    forgot; have forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れる)
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    time; around when (verb past form + 頃 means 'when')
  • 到達とうたつ /toutatsu/：
    arrival; reaching (する is omitted here)
hitomi ni
In your eyes

  • 瞳ひとみ /hitomi/：
    pupil; eye; with the previous line, 'reaches the eyes'
saredo imeeji shita no wa
And yet, what I imagined was

  • されど /saredo/：
    however; and yet, a literary conjunction
  • イメージした /imeeji shita/：
    imagined; visualized (from English 'image'; past form of イメージする)
  • ～したのは /shita no wa/：
    the nominalizing の plus topic marker は: 'what ... was'
hikari tobichitta sanaka
In the midst of light scattering everywhere

  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light; radiance
  • 飛とび散ちった /tobichitta/：
    scattered in all directions (dictionary form: 飛び散る; past form)
  • 最中さなか /sanaka/：
    in the midst of; right in the middle of, read sanaka here
ate wa nai koto wo
That I have no destination

  • 当あて /ate/：
    aim; expectation; clue
  • 当あてはない /ate wa nai/：
    to have no destination, prospect, or clue
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; a nominalizer, connecting the clause to 許してくれ
yurushite kure
Please forgive me

  • 許ゆるしてくれ /yurushite kure/：
    please forgive me (許す in て-form + the direct request pattern ～てくれ)
kono fugai nai
This pathetic

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 不甲斐ふがいない /fugai nai/：
    pathetic; disappointing; good-for-nothing
boku no kotoba mo namida mo zenbu
All of my words and my tears

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
mukai kaze uketa hane datte
Even the wings battered by a headwind

  • 向むかい風かぜ /mukai kaze/：
    headwind; figuratively, adverse circumstances
  • 受うけた /uketa/：
    received; was exposed to (dictionary form: 受ける; past form)
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing
  • だって /datte/：
    even; also, when attached to a noun
ima wa se de ukete oku yo zenbu
For now, I will take it all upon my back

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present
  • 背せ /se/：
    back; also, height
  • 受うけておく /ukete oku/：
    to take or bear for now/in preparation (受ける + ～ておく)
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
sore ja mata
Well then, see you again

  • それじゃ /sore ja/：
    well then; in that case, a casual form of それでは
  • また /mata/：
    again; in this phrase, 'see you again'
koko ni oite iku kara zenbu
Because I will leave everything here

  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • 置おいていく /oite iku/：
    to leave behind and go (置く + ～ていく)
  • ～から /kara/：
    because; since
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
kowaku nai
I am not afraid

  • 怖こわくない /kowaku nai/：
    not afraid; not scary (negative form of 怖い)
kono sora e
Into this sky

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky; へ marks movement toward it
kaze ni nabiku hane ni
With the wings streaming in the wind

  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 靡なびく /nabiku/：
    to stream or flutter in the wind; modifies 羽
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing
sono ussou to shigeru hyourou to tairo
Those densely overgrown provisions and escape routes

  • その /sono/：
    that; used before a noun
  • 鬱蒼うっそうと /ussou to/：
    thickly; densely overgrown
  • しげる /shigeru/：
    to grow thickly; to flourish, usually written 茂る
  • 兵糧ひょうろう /hyourou/：
    military provisions; figuratively, supplies for moving forward
  • 退路たいろ /tairo/：
    escape route; path of retreat
ganzen ga seikai ja nai yo
What lies before your eyes is not the right answer

  • 眼前がんぜん /ganzen/：
    before one's eyes; right in front
  • 正解せいかい /seikai/：
    correct answer; right choice
  • じゃ無ない /ja nai/：
    is not; じゃ is a casual contraction of では
surikireru toppuu ga kairou
The wearing gust becomes a corridor of release

  • 擦すり切きれる /surikireru/：
    to wear through; to become frayed or exhausted
  • 突風とっぷう /toppuu/：
    sudden gust; squall
  • 解かい廊ろう /kairou/：
    a coined spelling sounding like 回廊 (corridor), with 解 suggesting release, resolution, or an answer
boku no unmei wo mae ni
With my destiny before me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
  • ～を前まえに /wo mae ni/：
    facing ...; before ...; the phrase continues into the next line
boku ga surechigatte shimau mae ni
Before I end up passing it by

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • すれ違ちがって /surechigatte/：
    passing by; missing each other (dictionary form: すれ違う; て-form)
  • ～てしまう /te shimau/：
    to end up doing; often conveys completion or regret
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before; used after a dictionary-form verb
kono fugai nai
This pathetic

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 不甲斐ふがいない /fugai nai/：
    pathetic; disappointing; good-for-nothing
boku no kotoba mo namida mo zenbu
All of my words and my tears

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • ～も～も /mo mo/：
    both ... and ...
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
kibun shidai de haeta hane datte
Even the wings that grew according to my mood

  • 気分きぶん /kibun/：
    mood; feeling; condition
  • 次第しだい /shidai/：
    depending on; determined by
  • 生はえた /haeta/：
    grew; sprouted (dictionary form: 生える; modifies 羽)
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    feather; wing
  • だって /datte/：
    even; also, when attached to a noun
demo boku no tsubasa da yo zenbu
But every one of them is my own wing

  • でも /demo/：
    but; however
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, commonly used by males
  • 翼つばさ /tsubasa/：
    wing; often figuratively, the power to fly or seek freedom
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; every one, added here for emphasis
sore ja mata
Well then, see you again

  • それじゃ /sore ja/：
    well then; in that case, a casual form of それでは
  • また /mata/：
    again; in this phrase, 'see you again'
zutto wasurenai
I will never forget

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always; all along; by far
  • 忘わすれない /wasurenai/：
    will not forget (negative form of 忘れる)
nokinami zenbu
Every last one, all of it

  • 軒並のきなみ /nokinami/：
    across the board; without exception; also, rows of houses
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything, reinforcing 軒並み
kowaku nai, kono yozora de
I am not afraid, here in this night sky

  • 怖こわくない /kowaku nai/：
    not afraid; not scary (negative form of 怖い)
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 夜空よぞら /yozora/：
    night sky; で marks the setting of the action
asu wo mezasu
Aiming for tomorrow

  • 明日あす /asu/：
    tomorrow, read asu here for a more literary tone
  • 目指めざす /mezasu/：
    to aim for; to head toward
asayake ni
Toward the morning glow

  • 朝焼あさやけ /asayake/：
    morning glow; the reddened sky around sunrise; connects to the next line
hora, tsuranatte
See, join together in a line

  • 連つらなって /tsuranatte/：
    forming a line; stretching in a series (dictionary form: 連なる; て-form)