YOASOBI - 海のまにまに/As the Sea Wills

YOASOBI - 海のまにまに/As the Sea Wills





yoru no aima wo nuu you ni
As if weaving through the gaps in the night

  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 合間あいま /aima/:
    interval, gap
  • 縫ぬうように /nuu you ni/:
    as if sewing; as if weaving through gaps

hashiru densha no naka yurari
Swaying gently inside the moving train

  • 走はしる /hashiru/:
    to run; here, to travel
  • 電車でんしゃ /densha/:
    train
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside

ushiro muki ni nagareru
Flowing backward past me

  • 後うしろ向むき /ushiro muki/:
    facing backward
  • 流ながれる /nagareru/:
    to flow, to pass by

keshiki wo hitori
The scenery, all alone

  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery
  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone

suwatte mite ita mite ita
I sat and watched, watched

  • 座すわって /suwatte/:
    te-form of 座すわる, to sit
  • 見みていた /mite ita/:
    was watching; past progressive of 見みる

hirusagari no hizashi wa
The afternoon sunlight

  • 昼下ひるさがり /hirusagari/:
    early afternoon
  • 陽射ひざし /hizashi/:
    sunlight

yuuhi no orenji iro ni somatte
Was dyed the orange of the setting sun

  • 夕陽ゆうひ /yuuhi/:
    setting sun
  • オレンジ色いろ /orenji iro/:
    orange color
  • 染そまって /somatte/:
    te-form of 染そまる, to be dyed

aiiro no sora ni oshi tsubusarete iku
Gradually swallowed by the indigo sky

  • 藍色あいいろ /aiiro/:
    indigo blue
  • 空そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 押おし潰つぶされていく /oshi tsubusarete iku/:
    to be gradually crushed or swallowed up

sono saigo no hikari wo oshimu you ni
As if reluctant to lose that final light

  • その /sono/:
    that, the one just mentioned
  • 最後さいご /saigo/:
    last, final
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • 惜おしむように /oshimu you ni/:
    as if reluctant to let go

me de oikaketa no wa
The reason I followed it with my eyes

  • 目め /me/:
    eye
  • 追おいかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased, followed with one’s eyes

kyou de baibai dakara
Was that today I would say goodbye

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • バイバイ /baibai/:
    bye-bye
  • だから /dakara/:
    so; because of that


ashita wo suteru tame ni tobidashita
I ran away to abandon tomorrow

  • 明日あした /ashita/:
    tomorrow; here also the future
  • 捨すてる /suteru/:
    to throw away, abandon
  • 為ため /tame/:
    purpose; 〜tame ni means 「in order to」
  • 飛とび出だした /tobidashita/:
    dashed out, ran away

touhikou
On a runaway journey

  • 逃避行とうひこう /touhikou/:
    flight, runaway journey

katamichi bun no kippu de
With a ticket good for only one way

  • 片道かたみち分ぶん /katamichi bun/:
    enough for a one-way trip
  • 切符きっぷ /kippu/:
    ticket

ikeru toko made iku no
I will go as far as I can

  • 行いける /ikeru/:
    can go, can reach
  • とこ /toko/:
    colloquial shortening of ところ, place
  • まで /made/:
    until, as far as
  • 行いく /iku/:
    to go

doko ni mo ibasho nante nai watashi wo
Me, with nowhere at all to belong

  • どこにも /doko ni mo/:
    anywhere; with a negative, nowhere
  • 居場所いばしょ /ibasho/:
    place to belong, one’s place
  • なんて /nante/:
    a particle adding dismissal, self-deprecation, or emphasis
  • 無ない /nai/:
    not exist, have none
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me

kono mama yoru ni oitette
Just leave me here in the night

  • このまま /kono mama/:
    as things are, like this
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 置おいてって /oitette/:
    colloquial form of 置おいていって, leave me behind

oitette
Leave me behind

  • 置おいてって /oitette/:
    colloquial form of 置おいていって, leave me behind


fui ni mado kara mieta keshiki ga kurayami ni
Suddenly, the view from the window sank into darkness

  • 不意ふいに /fui ni/:
    suddenly, unexpectedly
  • 窓まど /mado/:
    window
  • 見みえた /mieta/:
    became visible, could see
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery
  • 暗闇くらやみ /kurayami/:
    darkness

kizuita are wa sou da kitto yoru no umi
I realized—that must surely be the sea at night

  • 気付きづいた /kizuita/:
    noticed, realized
  • あれ /are/:
    that over there
  • そうだ /sou da/:
    that’s right; that’s it
  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, probably
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 海うみ /umi/:
    sea

dekigokoro ni te wo hikarete orita
Led by a sudden impulse, I got off

  • 出来でき心ごころ /dekigokoro/:
    sudden impulse, whim
  • 手てを引ひかれて /te wo hikarete/:
    being led by the hand
  • 降おりた /orita/:
    got off, disembarked

umibe no machi nami no oto ni
In a seaside town, by the sound of the waves

  • 海辺うみべ /umibe/:
    seaside
  • 町まち /machi/:
    town
  • 波なみ /nami/:
    wave
  • 音おと /oto/:
    sound

tada michibikareru you ni aruku
I simply walked as though being guided

  • ただ /tada/:
    simply, merely
  • 導みちびかれるように /michibikareru you ni/:
    as if being guided
  • 歩あるく /aruku/:
    to walk

dareka ni yobareru you ni
As if someone were calling me

  • 誰だれか /dareka/:
    someone
  • 呼よばれるように /yobareru you ni/:
    as if being called

chikazuita umi no hotori
I approached the edge of the sea

  • 近付ちかづいた /chikazuita/:
    approached, came closer
  • 海うみ /umi/:
    sea
  • ほとり /hotori/:
    edge, shore

koko ni wa hitori
Here, all alone

  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone

mou kono mama isso karada wo koko ni
Maybe I should just leave my body here

  • もう /mou/:
    already; now
  • このまま /kono mama/:
    as things are, like this
  • いっそ /isso/:
    rather, might as well
  • 体からだ /karada/:
    body
  • ここ /koko/:
    here

nante kangaete ita watashi no mae ni
As I was thinking that, before me

  • なんて /nante/:
    a particle adding dismissal, self-deprecation, or emphasis
  • 考かんがえていた /kangaete ita/:
    was thinking
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • 前まえ /mae/:
    front; 〜no mae ni means 「in front of」

totsuzen arawareta kimi wa
You suddenly appeared

  • 突然とつぜん /totsuzen/:
    suddenly
  • 現あらわれた /arawareta/:
    appeared
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you

tsukiakari no shita aojiroi hada
Under the moonlight, your skin was pale blue-white

  • 月明つきあかり /tsukiakari/:
    moonlight
  • 下した /shita/:
    below, under
  • 青白あおじろい /aojiroi/:
    bluish-white, pale
  • 肌はだ /hada/:
    skin

shiro no wanpiisu
A white dress

  • 白しろ /shiro/:
    white
  • ワンピース /wanpiisu/:
    one-piece dress

konna toko de nani shite iru no
「What are you doing in a place like this?」

  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of, such
  • とこ /toko/:
    colloquial shortening of ところ, place
  • 何なに /nani/:
    what
  • している /shite iru/:
    doing; progressive form of する

nante kyuu ni tazuneru kara
Because you suddenly asked me that

  • なんて /nante/:
    a particle adding dismissal, self-deprecation, or emphasis
  • 急きゅうに /kyuu ni/:
    suddenly, abruptly
  • 尋たずねる /tazuneru/:
    to ask, inquire
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

kotoba ni tsumari nagara
Faltering for words, I answered

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words
  • 詰つまりながら /tsumari nagara/:
    while faltering for words

umi wo mi ni
「To see the sea.」

  • 海うみ /umi/:
    sea
  • 見みに /mi ni/:
    to see; verb stem plus に expresses purpose

kimi wa nanika wo toridashita
You took something out

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 何なにか /nanika/:
    something
  • 取とり出だした /toridashita/:
    took out

sore wa sukoshi furui hanabi setto
It was a slightly old fireworks set

  • それ /sore/:
    that, it
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little, slightly
  • 古ふるい /furui/:
    old
  • 花火はなび /hanabi/:
    fireworks
  • セット /setto/:
    set, kit

soko de kizuita kanojo wa
That was when I noticed: she

  • そこで /soko de/:
    then, at that point
  • 気付きづいた /kizuita/:
    noticed, realized
  • 彼女かのじょ /kanojo/:
    she, her

konkuriito no ue
On the concrete

  • コンクリート /konkuriito/:
    concrete
  • 上うえ /ue/:
    on, above

hadashi datta
Was barefoot

  • 裸足はだし /hadashi/:
    barefoot
  • だった /datta/:
    past form of だ, was

kyou de zenbu owari ni suru to kimeta kara
Because I had decided to end everything today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/:
    today
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/:
    all, everything
  • 終おわりにする /owari ni suru/:
    to bring to an end
  • 決きめた /kimeta/:
    decided
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

kitto watashi ga ano sekai ni chikazuita kara
Surely because I had drawn close to that world

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, probably
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world; here implying the world of the dead
  • 近付ちかづいた /chikazuita/:
    approached, came closer
  • から /kara/:
    because, since

miete shimatta deatte shimatta
I ended up seeing her, ended up meeting her

  • 視みえてしまった /miete shimatta/:
    ended up seeing; 視 suggests supernatural sight
  • 出会であってしまった /deatte shimatta/:
    ended up meeting

sonna kimi to futari de
Together, just the two of us—you, like that, and me

  • そんな /sonna/:
    that kind of, such
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people

hanabi no fuu wo kitta
Opened the sealed fireworks

  • 花火はなび /hanabi/:
    fireworks
  • 封ふう /fuu/:
    seal
  • 切きった /kitta/:
    cut open, broke the seal

nakanaka tsukanai hanabi ni
Toward the fireworks that would not light

  • なかなか /nakanaka/:
    not readily; with a negative, not easily
  • 点つかない /tsukanai/:
    will not light
  • 花火はなび /hanabi/:
    fireworks

hi wo chikazuke nagara
As we brought the flame closer

  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire, flame
  • 近付ちかづけながら /chikazuke nagara/:
    while bringing closer

watashi ga koko ni kita wake wo kimi wa atete miseta
You managed to guess why I had come here

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • ここ /koko/:
    here
  • 来きた /kita/:
    came
  • 理由わけ /wake/:
    reason; read wake here
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 当あててみせた /atete miseta/:
    correctly guessed; てみせる shows determination or demonstration

soshite nando mo yamena yo tte
And again and again you told me, 「Don’t do it」

  • そして /soshite/:
    and then
  • 何度なんども /nando mo/:
    many times, repeatedly
  • やめな /yamena/:
    colloquial shortening of やめなさい, stop it
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial quotation particle, equivalent to と

shinken na manazashi de itta
You said it with an earnest gaze

  • 真剣しんけんな /shinken na/:
    serious, earnest
  • 眼差まなざし /manazashi/:
    gaze, look
  • 言いった /itta/:
    said

dakedo
But…

  • だけど /dakedo/:
    but, however

sono shunkan kono te no saki de hikari ga hajiketa
At that moment, light burst at the tip of my hand

  • その /sono/:
    that, the one just mentioned
  • 瞬間しゅんかん /shunkan/:
    moment, instant
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • 先さき /saki/:
    tip, point ahead
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • 弾はじけた /hajiketa/:
    burst, sparked

omowazu tsuita to futari de
Without thinking, the two of us cried, 「It’s lit!」

  • 思おもわず /omowazu/:
    involuntarily, without thinking
  • 点ついた /tsuita/:
    lit, caught fire
  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people

soroete sakendeta
We shouted in unison

  • 揃そろえて /soroete/:
    in unison, together
  • 叫さけんでた /sakendeta/:
    colloquial form of 叫さけんでいた, were shouting

kore demo ka to kagayaku hibana no
From the sparks glittering with all their might

  • これでもかと /kore demo ka to/:
    with all its might, as if to say 「is this enough?」
  • 輝かがやく /kagayaku/:
    to shine, sparkle
  • 火花ひばな /hibana/:
    sparks

surudoi oto ga hibiita
A sharp sound rang out

  • 鋭するどい /surudoi/:
    sharp, piercing
  • 音おと /oto/:
    sound
  • 響ひびいた /hibiita/:
    echoed, resounded

hibiita
It rang out

  • 響ひびいた /hibiita/:
    echoed, resounded

yukkuri nagameru hima mo naku
With no time even to admire it slowly

  • ゆっくり /yukkuri/:
    slowly, leisurely
  • 眺ながめる /nagameru/:
    to gaze at, admire
  • 暇ひま /hima/:
    free time, time to spare
  • もなく /mo naku/:
    without even, with no time to

kiete iku kagayaki wo
The glow as it faded away

  • 消きえていく /kiete iku/:
    to fade away gradually
  • 輝かがやき /kagayaki/:
    radiance, sparkle

mottainakute saigo no isshun made
Too precious to waste, until its final instant

  • もったいなくて /mottainakute/:
    feeling it was too precious to waste
  • 最後さいご /saigo/:
    last, final
  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/:
    instant, moment
  • まで /made/:
    until, as far as

oikaketa
I chased after it

  • 追おいかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased, followed with one’s eyes

densha no mado kara mieta
Like what I saw through the train window

  • 電車でんしゃ /densha/:
    train
  • 窓まど /mado/:
    window
  • 見みえた /mieta/:
    became visible, could see

saigo no taiyou wo oshinda you ni
Just as I had been reluctant to lose the final sun

  • 最後さいご /saigo/:
    last, final
  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/:
    sun
  • 惜おしんだように /oshinda you ni/:
    just as I had regretted losing it

oikaketa
I chased after it

  • 追おいかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased, followed with one’s eyes

yappari watashi
After all, I…

  • やっぱり /yappari/:
    after all, as expected
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I, me

nee yoru ga aketara kimi wa
When dawn breaks, will you…

  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 明あけたら /aketara/:
    when dawn breaks, if it becomes light
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you

doko ka e kiete shimau no kana
I wonder if you will disappear somewhere

  • どこかへ /doko ka e/:
    to somewhere
  • 消きえてしまう /kiete shimau/:
    will disappear; てしまう adds regret or finality
  • のかな /no kana/:
    I wonder whether

yoru no tobari wo nukedashite
Slipping out through the veil of night

  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 帳とばり /tobari/:
    curtain; 夜の帳 means the veil of night
  • 抜ぬけ出だして /nukedashite/:
    slipped out of, escaped from

asa no hikari de me ga sameta
I awoke in the morning light

  • 朝あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • 光ひかり /hikari/:
    light
  • 目めが覚さめた /me ga sameta/:
    woke up

tonari wo miru to atarimae no you ni nemuru
When I looked beside me, you were sleeping as if it were the most natural thing

  • 隣となり /tonari/:
    next to, beside
  • 見みると /miru to/:
    when I looked; と marks the result that followed
  • 当あたり前まえ /atarimae/:
    natural, ordinary, taken for granted
  • ように /you ni/:
    as if, like
  • 眠ねむる /nemuru/:
    to sleep

kimi no sugata
Your sleeping figure

  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 姿すがた /sugata/:
    figure, form