King Gnu - TWILIGHT!!!

King Gnu - TWILIGHT!!!

King Gnu


ikanai ikanai ikanaide
Don't go, don't go, please don't go

  • 行いかない /ikanai/：
    from 行く; not to go; not to leave
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-oh)
(Oh-oh)
tarinai tarinai anata ga
It's not enough, not enough—I need you

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    from 足りる; to be insufficient; not enough
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
(oh-anata ga)
(Oh—you)

  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
nakanai nakanai nakanaide
Don't cry, don't cry, please don't cry

  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-nakanaide)
(Oh—please don't cry)

  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
akenai akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
setsuna, hitotose yo
O fleeting moment, O turning seasons

  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/：
    an instant; a fleeting moment
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!! (oh-oh)
Turn on the lights!!! (Oh-oh)
onegai onegai yo (TWILIGHT!!!)
Please, please (TWILIGHT!!!)

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!! (oh-oh)
Turn on the lights!!! (Oh-oh)
hakanai hitotose yo (TWILIGHT!!!)
O fleeting seasons (TWILIGHT!!!)

  • 果敢はかない /hakanai/：
    fleeting; transient; an ateji spelling of 儚い
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
ten to ten wo tsunaide yozora wo musunde
Connect point to point and join them across the night sky

  • 点てん /ten/：
    point; dot
  • 繋つないで /tsunaide/：
    the te-form of 繋ぐ; to connect
  • 夜空よぞら /yozora/：
    night sky
  • 結むすんで /musunde/：
    the te-form of 結ぶ; to join; to tie
miete kuru hakanai shoutai wa
The fleeting truth that comes into view

  • 視みえてくる /miete kuru/：
    to come into view; ～てくる marks an emerging change
  • 果敢はかない /hakanai/：
    fleeting; transient; an ateji spelling of 儚い
  • 正体しょうたい /shoutai/：
    true identity; real nature
chippoke da mono dareshimo
After all, everyone is so small

  • ちっぽけ /chippoke/：
    tiny; insignificant
  • ～だもの /da mono/：
    gives an explanatory or justificatory tone; because ...; after all ...
  • 誰だれしも /dareshimo/：
    anyone; everyone
tawai no nai aribai yo
It's nothing but a trivial alibi

  • 他愛たわいのない /tawai no nai/：
    trivial; silly; innocent
  • アリバイ /aribai/：
    alibi
「saa dou shitai?」
「So, what do you want to do?」

  • どうしたい /dou shitai/：
    what one wants to do; ～たい expresses desire
ikisaki wa anata shidai
Where you go is up to you

  • 行いき先さき /ikisaki/：
    destination; where one is headed
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
  • 次第しだい /shidai/：
    depending on ...; up to ...
(TWILIGHT!!!)
(TWILIGHT!!!)
sunao janai ne, namida karehate DRY EYE
You're not honest, your tears dried up—dry eyes

  • 素直すなお /sunao/：
    honest; straightforward; obedient
  • ～じゃない /janai/：
    colloquial form of ～ではない; is not ...
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • 枯かれ果はて /karehate/：
    from 枯れ果てる; to dry up completely; ～果てる means utterly
(TWILIGHT!!!)
(TWILIGHT!!!)
kuyandemo kaette wa konai nara BYE BYE BYE
If regret won't bring it back, then bye, bye, bye

  • 悔くやんでも /kuyandemo/：
    from 悔やむ; even if one regrets; ～ても means even if
  • 帰かえっては来こない /kaette wa konai/：
    will not come back; ～ては来ない indicates no return or recurrence
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if ...; given that ...
(TWILIGHT!!!)
(TWILIGHT!!!)
isshougai tohou mo nai unmei no naka
All our lives, amid an unfathomable destiny

  • 一生涯いっしょうがい /isshougai/：
    one's entire life; lifetime
  • 途方とほうもない /tohou mo nai/：
    extraordinary; boundless; unimaginable
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; amid
(TWILIGHT!!!)
(TWILIGHT!!!)
mou todokanai kako wa omoide no mama
Let the unreachable past remain a memory

  • もう /mou/：
    already; anymore; by now
  • 届とどかない /todokanai/：
    from 届く; not to reach; not to get through
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory; recollection
  • 侭まま /mama/：
    as it is; remaining in a state; usually written まま
(TWILIGHT!!!)
(TWILIGHT!!!)
saa, mou tomaranai
Come on, there's no stopping now

  • もう /mou/：
    already; anymore; by now
  • 止とまらない /tomaranai/：
    from 止まる; not to stop
anata to watashi no NIGHT FLIGHT!!!
Your and my night flight!!!

  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
  • わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
samenai samenai samenaide
Don't wake up, don't wake up, please don't wake up

  • 醒さめない /samenai/：
    from 醒める; not to wake; not to come out of a dream or trance
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
kanashii uta wa iranai wa
I don't need a sad song

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad; sorrowful
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 要いらない /iranai/：
    not needed; unwanted
tarinai tarinai anata ga
It's not enough, not enough—I need you

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    from 足りる; to be insufficient; not enough
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
(oh-oh)
(Oh-oh)
hatenai hatenai hatenaide
Don't end, don't end, please don't end

  • 果はてない /hatenai/：
    endless; without end
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
ikanaru sadame darou ga
No matter what fate may hold

  • 如何いかなる /ikanaru/：
    whatever kind of; any; literary
  • 運命さだめ /sadame/：
    fate; read sadame here
  • ～だろうが /darou ga/：
    concessive expression; no matter ...; even if ...
akenai akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
setsuna, hitotose yo
O fleeting moment, O turning seasons

  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/：
    an instant; a fleeting moment
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!
Turn on the lights!!!
(oh-oh-TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!)
(Oh-oh—turn on the lights!!!)
onegai onegai yo TWILIGHT!!!
Please, please, TWILIGHT!!!

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!
Turn on the lights!!!
(oh-oh-TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!)
(Oh-oh—turn on the lights!!!)
hakanai hitotose yo TWILIGHT!!!
O fleeting seasons, TWILIGHT!!!

  • 果敢はかない /hakanai/：
    fleeting; transient; an ateji spelling of 儚い
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
onegai aitai wa
Please, I want to see you

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
  • 逢あいたい /aitai/：
    from 逢う; to want to meet; ～たい expresses desire and 逢う is emotive
tarinai anata ga
I don't have enough of you; I need you

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    from 足りる; to be insufficient; not enough
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
donna kotoba nara
What kind of words would

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; what sort of
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if ...; given that ...
todoku no darou ka
ever reach you, I wonder?

  • 届とどく /todoku/：
    to reach; to get through
  • ～のだろうか /no darou ka/：
    expresses a reflective conjectural question; I wonder whether ...
onegai nakanaide
Please, don't cry

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
ikanaru sadame demo
Whatever the fate

  • 如何いかなる /ikanaru/：
    whatever kind of; any; literary
  • 運命さだめ /sadame/：
    fate; read sadame here
  • ～でも /demo/：
    here marks concession; even if; no matter
akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
hitotose no TWILIGHT!!!
The TWILIGHT!!! of the seasons

  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
mimi wo sumashite
Listen closely

  • 耳みみ /mimi/：
    ear
  • 耳みみを澄すまして /mimi wo sumashite/：
    from 耳を澄ます; to listen carefully
isshun yo isshou wa
A lifetime is but an instant

  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/：
    an instant; a moment
  • 一生いっしょう /isshou/：
    a lifetime; one's whole life
sasu akaki iroide
Let the shining scarlet color emerge

  • 射さす /sasu/：
    for light to shine or stream in
  • 朱あかき /akaki/：
    red; a classical or poetic form of 赤い
  • 色出いろいで /iroide/：
    colors emerge; 出で is a classical or poetic form related to 出る
owaranai yume yo
O never-ending dream

  • 終おわらない /owaranai/：
    from 終わる; not to end
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
onegai samenaide
Please, don't wake up

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
  • 醒さめない /samenai/：
    from 醒める; not to wake; not to come out of a dream or trance
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
ikanaru sadame demo
Whatever the fate

  • 如何いかなる /ikanaru/：
    whatever kind of; any; literary
  • 運命さだめ /sadame/：
    fate; read sadame here
  • ～でも /demo/：
    here marks concession; even if; no matter
akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
hitotose no TWILIGHT!!!
The TWILIGHT!!! of the seasons

  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
ikanai ikanai ikanaide
Don't go, don't go, please don't go

  • 行いかない /ikanai/：
    from 行く; not to go; not to leave
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-samenaide)
(Oh—don't wake up)

  • 醒さめない /samenai/：
    from 醒める; not to wake; not to come out of a dream or trance
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
tarinai tarinai anata ga
It's not enough, not enough—I need you

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    from 足りる; to be insufficient; not enough
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
(oh-teretenaide)
(Oh—don't be shy)

  • 照てれてない /teretenai/：
    colloquial contraction of 照れていない; do not be shy; not feeling shy
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
nakanai nakanai nakanaide
Don't cry, don't cry, please don't cry

  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-megenaide)
(Oh—don't lose heart)

  • めげない /megenai/：
    not to be discouraged; not to lose heart
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
akenai akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
setsuna, hitotose yo
O fleeting moment, O turning seasons

  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/：
    an instant; a fleeting moment
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!
samenai samenai samenaide
Don't wake up, don't wake up, please don't wake up

  • 醒さめない /samenai/：
    from 醒める; not to wake; not to come out of a dream or trance
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
kanashii uta wa iranai wa
I don't need a sad song

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad; sorrowful
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 要いらない /iranai/：
    not needed; unwanted
odore odore yoake made
Dance, dance until dawn

  • 踊おどれ /odore/：
    the imperative of 踊る; dance!
  • 夜明よあけ /yoake/：
    dawn; daybreak
  • ～まで /made/：
    until; up to
(oh-oh-One More Dance)
(Oh-oh—one more dance)
ikite ikite ikinuite
Live, live, and survive to the end

  • 生いきて /ikite/：
    the te-form of 生きる; to live
  • 生いき抜ぬいて /ikinuite/：
    from 生き抜く; to survive and live through; ～抜く means to persist to the end
ikanaru sadame darou ga
No matter what fate may hold

  • 如何いかなる /ikanaru/：
    whatever kind of; any; literary
  • 運命さだめ /sadame/：
    fate; read sadame here
  • ～だろうが /darou ga/：
    concessive expression; no matter ...; even if ...
akenai akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
setsuna, hitotose yo
O fleeting moment, O turning seasons

  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/：
    an instant; a fleeting moment
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!
Turn on the lights!!!
(oh-oh-TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!)
(Oh-oh—turn on the lights!!!)
onegai onegai yo TWILIGHT!!!
Please, please, TWILIGHT!!!

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please; from 願う
TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!-TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!—TWILIGHT!!!
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!
Turn on the lights!!!
(oh-oh-TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!)
(Oh-oh—turn on the lights!!!)
hakanai hitotose yo TWILIGHT!!!
O fleeting seasons, TWILIGHT!!!

  • 果敢はかない /hakanai/：
    fleeting; transient; an ateji spelling of 儚い
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
ikanai ikanai ikanaide
Don't go, don't go, please don't go

  • 行いかない /ikanai/：
    from 行く; not to go; not to leave
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-oh)
(Oh-oh)
tarinai tarinai anata ga
It's not enough, not enough—I need you

  • 足たりない /tarinai/：
    from 足りる; to be insufficient; not enough
  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
(oh-anata ga)
(Oh—you)

  • あなた /anata/：
    you; often used for someone close
nakanai nakanai nakanaide
Don't cry, don't cry, please don't cry

  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
(oh-nakanaide)
(Oh—please don't cry)

  • 泣なかない /nakanai/：
    from 泣く; not to cry
  • ～ないで /naide/：
    attached to a negative verb stem; do not ...; without doing ...
akenai akenai yo wa nai wa
There is no night that never dawns

  • 明あけない /akenai/：
    from 明ける; not to dawn; not to end
  • 夜よ /yo/：
    night; read yo here
  • ～はない /wa nai/：
    there is no ...; ... does not exist
setsuna, hitotose yo
O fleeting moment, O turning seasons

  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/：
    an instant; a fleeting moment
  • 春夏秋冬ひととせ /hitotose/：
    the four seasons; one year; read hitotose here
TWILIGHT!!!
TWILIGHT!!!