Vaundy - 呼び声/Calling Voice

Vaundy - 呼び声/Calling Voice

Vaundy


kono hoshi no mannaka de
At the very center of this planet

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 惑星ほし /hoshi/：
    planet; read poetically here as ほし, normally わくせい
  • 真まん中なか /mannaka/：
    the very middle, center
tokiori kaita kurayami terasu nanika kono heya wo tachikomete iru nanika
Something I pictured now and then that lights the darkness, something filling this room

  • 時折ときおり /tokiori/：
    sometimes, occasionally; also written 時折
  • 描かいた /kaita/：
    drew or depicted; past form of 描く（かく）
  • 暗闇くらやみ /kurayami/：
    darkness
  • 照てらす /terasu/：
    to illuminate; here it directly modifies 何か
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 部屋へや /heya/：
    room
  • 立たち籠こめている /tachikomete iru/：
    is hanging thick or filling the space; ている form of 立ち籠める
sore wa beniiro no kioku no you na
It is like a crimson-colored memory

  • それ /sore/：
    that, it
  • 紅色べにいろ /beniiro/：
    crimson, deep red
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory
  • ような /you na/：
    like, resembling; normally followed by a noun, which is left implicit here
aita ana wo umete iku you na nanika tenjou no shimi musuu no nanika
Something that seems to fill the empty hole, stains on the ceiling, countless somethings

  • 空あいた /aita/：
    empty or opened up; past form of 空く
  • 穴あな /ana/：
    hole, gap; also a figurative void
  • 埋うめていく /umete iku/：
    to go on filling; 埋める plus ていく indicates continuing change
  • ような /you na/：
    like, as though
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 天井てんじょう /tenjou/：
    ceiling
  • しみ /shimi/：
    stain, blotch
  • 無数むすう /musuu/：
    countless, innumerable
kono yume ga sametara
If I wake from this dream

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめたら /sametara/：
    if one wakes up; 覚める in the たら conditional form
nigedashite shimau ka kono mama
Will I end up running away just like this?

  • 逃にげ出だしてしまう /nigedashite shimau/：
    to end up running away; 逃げ出す plus てしまう, implying completion or regret
  • このまま /kono mama/：
    as things are, just like this
kono yume ga sametara
If I wake from this dream

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめたら /sametara/：
    if one wakes up; たら conditional of 覚める
sabishiku naru yo dakara itsumademo
I'll grow lonely, so let it last forever

  • 寂さびしくなる /sabishiku naru/：
    to become lonely; 寂しい changes to 寂しくなる
  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • いつまでも /itsumademo/：
    forever, for all time
ima chenji
Change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna yoru mo kagayaite kienai mono ni te wo nobashite
Shine through every kind of night and reach for what will never disappear

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, any or every kind of
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/：
    shine; て-form of 輝く, linking into the next phrase
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    does not disappear; negative form of 消える
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, something
  • 手てを伸のばして /te wo nobashite/：
    reach out one's hand; also figuratively reach for something (dictionary form: 手を伸ばす)
bokura mada futashika na mirai utaeru yo
We can still sing of an uncertain future

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; 僕 is a commonly masculine first-person pronoun and ら marks plural
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 不確ふたしかな /futashika na/：
    uncertain, unreliable; attributive form of 不確か
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 歌うたえる /utaeru/：
    can sing; potential form of 歌う
chenji
Change

  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna hibi mo kagayaite kieteku mono sa, te wo nobashite
Shine through every kind of day; things fade away, so reach out your hand

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, every kind of
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day after day
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/：
    shine; て-form of 輝く
  • 消きえてく /kieteku/：
    fade away; colloquial contraction of 消えていく
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, something
  • 手てを伸のばして /te wo nobashite/：
    reach out one's hand; dictionary form: 手を伸ばす
bokura mata futashika na mirai utaeru yo
We can sing of an uncertain future once again

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we
  • また /mata/：
    again, once more
  • 不確ふたしかな /futashika na/：
    uncertain; attributive form of 不確か
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 歌うたえる /utaeru/：
    can sing; potential form of 歌う
chenji
Change

  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
ima chenji
Change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
kono hoshi no mannaka de
At the very center of this planet

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 惑星ほし /hoshi/：
    planet; read poetically here as ほし, normally わくせい
  • 真まん中なか /mannaka/：
    the very middle, center
sashizume, kibou ni nita afureru nanika amasazu kaita tachikomete ita nanika
In the end, something overflowing that resembles hope, something drawn in full that had filled the air

  • 差さし詰ずめ /sashizume/：
    when all is said and done; for the moment
  • 希望きぼう /kibou/：
    hope
  • 似にた /nita/：
    resembled, resembling; past form of 似る used attributively
  • 溢あふれる /afureru/：
    to overflow, well up
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
  • 余あまさず /amasazu/：
    without leaving anything out, in full; ず-form of 余す
  • 描かいた /kaita/：
    drew or depicted; past form of 描く（かく）
  • 立たち籠こめていた /tachikomete ita/：
    had been hanging thick or filling the air; past progressive of 立ち籠める
mada beniiro makuake mae ka
Still crimson—is it before the curtain rises?

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 紅色べにいろ /beniiro/：
    crimson, deep red
  • 幕開まくあけ前まえ /makuake mae/：
    before the curtain rises; 幕開け can also mean the start of a new phase
sukimakaze tadori koko made kite ita meihaku da ga, mada shiranai nanika
I followed the draft and made it this far; it is plain, yet something remains unknown

  • 隙間風すきまかぜ /sukimakaze/：
    a draft blowing through a gap
  • たどり /tadori/：
    following or tracing; continuative form of たどる
  • ここまで /koko made/：
    this far, up to here
  • 来きていた /kite ita/：
    had come; 来る in the past progressive/resultative form
  • 明白めいはく /meihaku/：
    clear, evident
  • だが /da ga/：
    but, however
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 知しらない /shiranai/：
    do not know; negative form of 知る
  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    something
ano... kore ja fuan darake kanchigai darake
Um... at this rate, I'm full of anxiety and misunderstandings

  • これじゃ /kore ja/：
    if things are like this, at this rate; contraction of これでは
  • 不安ふあんだらけ /fuan darake/：
    full of anxiety; noun + だらけ means covered or filled with something undesirable
  • 勘違かんちがいだらけ /kanchigai darake/：
    full of misunderstandings; だらけ means filled with
hitoriyogari ja nai ka
Isn't this just self-centered wishful thinking?

  • 独ひとりよがり /hitoriyogari/：
    self-righteousness, self-centered assumption
  • じゃないか /ja nai ka/：
    isn't it?; used for rhetorical questions or emphatic confirmation
ano... demo furueteru koe mushaburui wa ima chenji
Um... but the trembling voice, the battle shiver, says, “Change now”

  • でも /demo/：
    but, however
  • 震ふるえてる /furueteru/：
    is trembling; contraction of 震えている, from 震える
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 武者震むしゃぶるい /mushaburui/：
    a tremble of excitement or nerves before taking on a challenge
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
kono mama kono tsuzuki wo
Keep this continuation going just as it is

  • このまま /kono mama/：
    as things are, just like this
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 続つづき /tsuzuki/：
    continuation, what comes next; a verb such as “continue” is left implicit
ima chenji
Change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna yoru mo kagayaite kienai mono ni te wo nobashite
Shine through every kind of night and reach for what will never disappear

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, any or every kind of
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/：
    shine; て-form of 輝く
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    does not disappear; negative form of 消える
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, something
  • 手てを伸のばして /te wo nobashite/：
    reach out one's hand; also figuratively reach for something
bokura mada futashika na mirai utaeru yo
We can still sing of an uncertain future

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 不確ふたしかな /futashika na/：
    uncertain; attributive form of 不確か
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 歌うたえる /utaeru/：
    can sing; potential form of 歌う
chenji
Change

  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
kono yume ga sametara
If I wake from this dream

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめたら /sametara/：
    if one wakes up; たら conditional of 覚める
yobigoe wa mou oboeta
I have already learned the calling voice

  • 呼よび声ごえ /yobigoe/：
    a calling voice, a call
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 覚おぼえた /oboeta/：
    remembered or learned; past form of 覚える
kono yume ga sametara
If I wake from this dream

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめたら /sametara/：
    if one wakes up; たら conditional of 覚める
tonaeru wa ima chenji
I'll proclaim it: change now

  • 唱となえる /tonaeru/：
    to chant, proclaim, or advocate
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
ima chenji ima chenji ima chenji
Change now, change now, change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna yoru mo kagayaite kienai mono ni te wo nobashite
Shine through every kind of night and reach for what will never disappear

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, any or every kind of
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/：
    shine; て-form of 輝く
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    does not disappear; negative form of 消える
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, something
  • 手てを伸のばして /te wo nobashite/：
    reach out one's hand; also figuratively reach for something
bokura ima tashika ni, miageteru hazu
Right now, we must surely be looking up

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 確たしかに /tashika ni/：
    surely, certainly
  • 見上みあげてる /miageteru/：
    is looking up; contraction of 見上げている, from 見上げる
  • はず /hazu/：
    should, must be expected to; expresses a reasoned expectation
ima chenji
Change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna toki mo kagayaite kienai mono ni te wo nobashite
Shine at every moment and reach for what will never disappear

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of; with も, any or every kind of
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time, moment; どんな時も means at any time
  • 輝かがやいて /kagayaite/：
    shine; て-form of 輝く
  • 消きえない /kienai/：
    does not disappear; negative form of 消える
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, something
  • 手てを伸のばして /te wo nobashite/：
    reach out one's hand; also figuratively reach for something
bokura ima tashika ni, mirai utaeru yo
Now we truly can sing of the future

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 確たしかに /tashika ni/：
    surely, certainly
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 歌うたえる /utaeru/：
    can sing; potential form of 歌う
chenji
Change

  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
donna yoru aa
Whatever kind of night

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of, whatever kind of
  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
ima chenji
Change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
ima chenji ima chenji
Change now, change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)
ima chenji ima chenji
Change now, change now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • チェンジ /chenji/：
    change, switch (from English: change)