Ado - わたしに花束/A Bouquet for Me
Ado


arigatou no kotoba ga
Words of thanks

  • ありがとう /arigatou/：
    thank you, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word, language
gomennasai no kinou ga
The yesterday of apologies

  • ごめんなさい /gomennasai/：
    I'm sorry
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    yesterday
kyou to ashita wo tsunaide iku
Connect today to tomorrow

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • 繋つないでいく /tsunaide iku/：
    to keep connecting onward (dict. form: 繋ぐ; ていく indicates continuation into the future)
kitto watashi tte sono ta oozei
I'm surely just one of the crowd

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial topic or quotation marker
  • その他た大勢おおぜい /sono ta oozei/：
    the rest of the crowd; an ordinary, insignificant member
tameiki bakari shite
Doing nothing but sighing

  • ため息いき /tameiki/：
    sigh
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but, always
  • して /shite/：
    doing (dict. form: する; て-form linking to what follows)
shiawase nigechau
Happiness will slip away

  • 幸しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness, good fortune
  • 逃にげちゃう /nigechau/：
    will end up escaping (dict. form: 逃げる; contraction of 逃げてしまう)
sutto nomikonde
Gulp it right down

  • 飲のみ込こんで /nomikonde/：
    swallowing, gulping down (dict. form: 飲み込む; て-form)
toubun totte
Get some sugar

  • 糖分とうぶん /toubun/：
    sugar content, sugar
  • 取とって /totte/：
    taking, getting (dict. form: 取る; て-form)
chotto no gohoubi mo hitsuyou deshou
A little reward is necessary too, right?

  • ちょっと /chotto/：
    a little, a bit
  • ご褒美ほうび /gohoubi/：
    reward, treat; ご is a polite or beautifying prefix
  • 必要ひつよう /hitsuyou/：
    necessary, needed
  • でしょう /deshou/：
    probably; right? (here seeking agreement)
yuuki aru ichinichi wo
For a courageous day

  • 勇気ゆうき /yuuki/：
    courage
  • 勇気ゆうきある /yuuki aru/：
    courageous; a literary-style phrase meaning having courage
  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    one day, a whole day
shukufuku shiyou watashi ni hanataba wo
Let's celebrate—with a bouquet for me

  • 祝福しゅくふくしよう /shukufuku shiyou/：
    let's bless or celebrate (dict. form: 祝福する; volitional form)
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me; 私に marks the recipient
  • 花束はなたば /hanataba/：
    bouquet
arigatou no kotoba ga
Words of thanks

  • ありがとう /arigatou/：
    thank you, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word, language
gomennasai no kinou ga
The yesterday of apologies

  • ごめんなさい /gomennasai/：
    I'm sorry
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    yesterday
kyou no watashi wo tsukutteru
Are shaping who I am today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 作つくってる /tsukutteru/：
    is shaping (dict. form: 作る; contraction of 作っている)
omedetou tte egao de
With a smile saying, “Congratulations”

  • おめでとう /omedetou/：
    congratulations
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
kuyashii na tte namida de
Through tears saying, “This is so frustrating”

  • 悔くやしい /kuyashii/：
    frustrating, regrettable
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
ashita wa donna watashi wo tsukurou
What kind of me shall I create tomorrow?

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me, self
  • 作つくろう /tsukurou/：
    shall create or shape (dict. form: 作る; volitional form)
all right ganbare tte mou ganbatteru
All right—they say “Keep going,” but I'm already trying hard

  • 頑張がんばれ /ganbare/：
    keep going, do your best (dict. form: 頑張る; imperative form)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker for what someone says
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 頑張がんばってる /ganbatteru/：
    am already trying hard (dict. form: 頑張る; contraction of 頑張っている)
pojitibu na kotoba ga
Positive words

  • ポジティブな /pojitibu na/：
    positive, optimistic
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word, language
kirai na hi mo aru
There are days when I hate them too

  • 嫌きらいな /kirai na/：
    disliked, hated; 嫌い is a な-adjective
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist, to have (for inanimate things)
bee tte shita wo dasu
Stick out my tongue in defiance

  • って /tte/：
    quotation marker linking a sound or manner to an action
  • 舌した /shita/：
    tongue
  • 出だす /dasu/：
    to put out; 舌を出す means to stick out one's tongue
furasutoreeshon
Frustration

  • フラストレーション /furasutoreeshon/：
    frustration
kirikaete suwaipu
Switch gears and swipe it away

  • 切きり替かえて /kirikaete/：
    switching, changing over (dict. form: 切り替える; て-form)
  • スワイプ /suwaipu/：
    swipe
ripurei shinai
Don't replay it

  • リプレイしない /ripurei shinai/：
    not replaying (dict. form: リプレイする; negative form)
ame wa yami terashidasu
The rain stops, and light begins to shine

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 止やみ /yami/：
    stops (dict. form: 止む; continuative form)
  • 照てらし出だす /terashidasu/：
    to illuminate, bring to light; 出す can suggest an action beginning
ima wo ikiru anata ni mo eeru wo
Cheers to you, living in the present, too

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now, the present; 今を生きる means to live in the present
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • エール /eeru/：
    cheer, encouragement
nigedashitai tte yowasa to
The weakness that wants to run away

  • 逃にげ出だしたい /nigedashitai/：
    want to run away (dict. form: 逃げ出す; たい expresses desire)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker framing the thought of wanting to escape
  • 弱よわさ /yowasa/：
    weakness; noun formed from 弱い with さ
kanaetai tte kodou ga
And the heartbeat that longs to make it come true

  • 叶かなえたい /kanaetai/：
    want to make it come true (dict. form: 叶える; たい expresses desire)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker framing the wish to achieve something
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat, pulse
taezu kokoro de tatakau
Constantly battle within my heart

  • 絶たえず /taezu/：
    continually, without ceasing; derived from the negative form of 絶える
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • 戦たたかう /tatakau/：
    to fight, to struggle
mou ii ya tte kimochi mo
The feeling of “I've had enough” too

  • もういい /mou ii/：
    that's enough, never mind
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling, state of mind
mitomete yo tte negai mo
And the wish that says, “Please acknowledge me”

  • 認みとめて /mitomete/：
    acknowledge me (dict. form: 認める; て-form used as a request)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish, desire
daremo ga furete naite wa ikiru
Everyone encounters these feelings, cries, and goes on living

  • 誰だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone, each and every person
  • 触ふれて /furete/：
    touching or encountering (dict. form: 触れる; て-form)
  • 泣ないては /naite wa/：
    crying and then; 泣く in て-form plus は, linking a recurring or accompanying state
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
chippoke na sonzai da kedo
Though I'm only a tiny existence

  • ちっぽけな /chippoke na/：
    tiny, insignificant
  • 存在そんざい /sonzai/：
    existence, being
  • だけど /da kedo/：
    though, but; formed from copula だ plus contrastive けど
dareka wo tomoshite itai
I want to keep lighting someone's way

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 灯ともしていたい /tomoshite itai/：
    want to keep lighting or illuminating (dict. form: 灯す; ていたい expresses a desire to continue)
mou takusan tte koboshite
Letting slip, “I've had enough”

  • もう沢山たくさん /mou takusan/：
    I've had enough; 沢山 literally means plenty or enough
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 零こぼして /koboshite/：
    letting slip, spilling out (dict. form: 零す; て-form)
genkai da tte kowarete
Breaking down, saying, “This is my limit”

  • 限界げんかい /genkai/：
    limit, breaking point
  • だって /da tte/：
    here, copula だ plus quotation marker って: saying that it is the limit
  • 壊こわれて /kowarete/：
    breaking, falling apart (dict. form: 壊れる; て-form)
sore demo ai wa kesenai
Even so, I can't erase love

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 消けせない /kesenai/：
    cannot erase (dict. form: 消す; negative potential form)
daijoubu tte tonaete
Chanting, “It's all right”

  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶ /daijoubu/：
    all right, okay
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 唱となえて /tonaete/：
    chanting, reciting (dict. form: 唱える; て-form)
fuzakenna tte waratte
Laughing and saying, “Don't mess with me”

  • ふざけんな /fuzakenna/：
    don't mess with me, cut it out (rough contraction of ふざけるな; dict. form: ふざける)
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    laughing (dict. form: 笑う; て-form)
mata hitotsu dake tsuyoku naru
And grow just a little stronger again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; here, one step or a little degree
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • 強つよくなる /tsuyoku naru/：
    to become stronger; 強い changes to adverbial 強く before なる
arigatou no kotoba ga
Words of thanks

  • ありがとう /arigatou/：
    thank you, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word, language
gomennasai no kinou ga
The yesterday of apologies

  • ごめんなさい /gomennasai/：
    I'm sorry
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    yesterday
kyou no watashi wo tsukutteru
Are shaping who I am today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 作つくってる /tsukutteru/：
    is shaping (dict. form: 作る; contraction of 作っている)
omedetou tte egao de
With a smile saying, “Congratulations”

  • おめでとう /omedetou/：
    congratulations
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
kuyashii na tte namida de
Through tears saying, “This is so frustrating”

  • 悔くやしい /kuyashii/：
    frustrating, regrettable
  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker, equivalent to と
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
ashita wa donna watashi wo tsukurou
What kind of me shall I create tomorrow?

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me, self
  • 作つくろう /tsukurou/：
    shall create or shape (dict. form: 作る; volitional form)
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