ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 忘れてください/Please Forget Me

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 忘れてください/Please Forget Me




boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind, feelings
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 花束はなたば /hanataba/:
    bouquet

yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind

  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/:
    to sway, to shake
  • 髪かみ /kami/:
    hair
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • 靡なびく /nabiku/:
    to flutter or stream in the wind
  • ままにして /mama ni shite/:
    leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする

hako no naka no chiisai ie no
In the little house inside the box

  • 箱はこ /hako/:
    box
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside, interior
  • 小ちいさい /chiisai/:
    small, little
  • 家いえ /ie/:
    house, home

futari de naranda kicchin no
In the kitchen where the two of us stood side by side

  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people, the two of us
  • 並ならんだ /naranda/:
    stood or lined up side by side; dictionary form: 並ぶ
  • キッチン /kicchin/:
    kitchen

komado no kaaten no saki no omoide no niwa ni
In the garden of memories beyond the little window's curtain

  • 小窓こまど /komado/:
    small window
  • カーテン /kaaten/:
    curtain
  • 先さき /saki/:
    ahead, beyond, the other side
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/:
    memory, recollection
  • 庭にわ /niwa/:
    garden, yard

haru no hizashi wo hitotsu umete
Bury a single ray of spring sunshine

  • 春はる /haru/:
    spring
  • 日差ひざし /hizashi/:
    sunlight, rays of the sun
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/:
    one; a native Japanese counter
  • 埋うめて /umete/:
    bury; the て-form of 埋める, linking to the next phrase

tama ni wa sukoshi no mizu wo yatte
Give it a little water once in a while

  • たまには /tama ni wa/:
    once in a while, occasionally
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little, a small amount
  • 水みず /mizu/:
    water
  • やって /yatte/:
    give or water; the て-form of やる, here meaning to water a plant

chiisana biwa ga natta toki wasurete kudasai
When the little loquat bears fruit, please forget me

  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/:
    small, little; used only before a noun
  • 枇杷びわ /biwa/:
    loquat
  • 生なった /natta/:
    bore fruit; past form of 生る
  • とき /toki/:
    when, at the time that
  • 忘わすれてください /wasurete kudasai/:
    please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern

boku ni boku ni boku ni
To me, to me, to me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun

boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind, feelings
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 花束はなたば /hanataba/:
    bouquet

yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind

  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/:
    to sway, to shake
  • 髪かみ /kami/:
    hair
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • 靡なびく /nabiku/:
    to flutter or stream in the wind
  • ままにして /mama ni shite/:
    leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする

boku ni kotoba wo kimi no hanauta wo
Give me words, and the tune you hum

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    word, words, language
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 鼻歌はなうた /hanauta/:
    humming, a hummed tune

nagai nagai meiro no saki ni oite
Leave them at the end of a long, long maze

  • 長ながい /nagai/:
    long, lengthy
  • 迷路めいろ /meiro/:
    maze, labyrinth
  • 先さき /saki/:
    ahead, end, destination
  • 置おいて /oite/:
    put, place, leave; the て-form of 置く

hitotsu hitotsu kazoete mite
Try counting them one by one

  • 一ひとつ一ひとつ /hitotsu hitotsu/:
    one by one, each one
  • 数かぞえてみて /kazoete mite/:
    try counting; 数える plus ~てみる, indicating an attempt

anata jishin no jinsei no
In your own life

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 自身じしん /jishin/:
    oneself, one's own self
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/:
    life, one's life

anata ga aishitai mono wo
The things that you want to love

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • 愛あいしたい /aishitai/:
    want to love; 愛する with ~たい, expressing desire
  • もの /mono/:
    thing, something; here, an object of affection

nani mo nai no kai?
Is there really nothing at all?

  • 何なにもない /nani mo nai/:
    there is nothing; an interrogative plus も and a negative makes a total negation

umi no soba no chiisai eki wo
From the little station by the sea

  • 海うみ /umi/:
    sea, ocean
  • 側そば /soba/:
    beside, nearby
  • 小ちいさい /chiisai/:
    small, little
  • 駅えき /eki/:
    station

aruite gofun no kaigan no
On the coast five minutes away on foot

  • 歩あるいて /aruite/:
    walking, on foot; the て-form of 歩く
  • 五ご分ふん /gofun/:
    five minutes
  • 海岸かいがん /kaigan/:
    coast, seashore

boku to mita hisui no iro mo
Even the jade color you saw with me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 見みた /mita/:
    saw; past form of 見る
  • 翡翠ひすい /hisui/:
    jade; also a jade-like blue-green color
  • 色いろ /iro/:
    color

wasurete kudasai
Please forget it too

  • 忘わすれてください /wasurete kudasai/:
    please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern

boku ni boku ni boku ni
To me, to me, to me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun

boku ni
To me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun

boku ni
To me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun

boku ni
To me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun

boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind, feelings
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 花束はなたば /hanataba/:
    bouquet

yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind

  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/:
    to sway, to shake
  • 髪かみ /kami/:
    hair
  • だけ /dake/:
    only, just
  • 靡なびく /nabiku/:
    to flutter or stream in the wind
  • ままにして /mama ni shite/:
    leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする

boku ni kotoba wo kimi no hanauta wo
Give me words, and the tune you hum

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    word, words, language
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 鼻歌はなうた /hanauta/:
    humming, a hummed tune

nagai nagai meiro no saki ni oite
Leave them at the end of a long, long maze

  • 長ながい /nagai/:
    long, lengthy
  • 迷路めいろ /meiro/:
    maze, labyrinth
  • 先さき /saki/:
    ahead, end, destination
  • 置おいて /oite/:
    put, place, leave; the て-form of 置く

hako no naka no chiisai ie no
In the little house inside the box

  • 箱はこ /hako/:
    box
  • 中なか /naka/:
    inside, interior
  • 小ちいさい /chiisai/:
    small, little
  • 家いえ /ie/:
    house, home

asa no hi ni yureru kaaten wo
The curtain swaying in the morning sun

  • 朝あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • 日ひ /hi/:
    sun, sunlight; here, the morning sun
  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/:
    to sway, to shake
  • カーテン /kaaten/:
    curtain

aketa shizuka na kyuujitsu no neoki no kimi ga
You, just awake on a quiet day off, opened it

  • 開あけた /aketa/:
    opened; past form of 開ける, here referring to opening the curtain
  • 静しずかな /shizuka na/:
    quiet, peaceful
  • 休日きゅうじつ /kyuujitsu/:
    day off, holiday
  • 寝起ねおき /neoki/:
    just after waking up
  • 君きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address

neboke manako de suwatta sono
Sat down there with sleepy eyes at that

  • 寝ねぼけ眼まなこ /neboke manako/:
    sleepy eyes, a drowsy look just after waking
  • 座すわった /suwatta/:
    sat down; past form of 座る
  • その /sono/:
    that; placed before a noun referring to something known or already mentioned

asa no dainingu teeburu ni
At the dining table that morning

  • 朝あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • ダイニングテーブル /dainingu teeburu/:
    dining table

boku no kokoro ga atta koto wasurete kudasai
Please forget that my heart was there

  • 僕ぼく /boku/:
    I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind, feelings
  • あった /atta/:
    was, existed; past form of ある
  • こと /koto/:
    fact, matter; nominalizes the preceding clause as 「the fact that...」
  • 忘わすれてください /wasurete kudasai/:
    please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern