米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 夜鷹 - Yodaka/Nightjar

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 夜鷹 - Yodaka/Nightjar

米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi)


ikari ni nomarete bokura wa tatazunda
Consumed by anger, we stood still

  • 怒いかり /ikari/：
    anger, rage
  • 飲のまれて /nomarete/：
    Original form: 飲のむ; te-form of the passive 飲のまれる, meaning to be swallowed up or overwhelmed
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
  • 佇たたずんだ /tatazunda/：
    Original form: 佇たたずむ, to stand still; past tense
senaka ni mikazuki
A crescent moon behind our backs

  • 背中せなか /senaka/：
    back, behind one's back
  • 三日月みかづき /mikazuki/：
    crescent moon
are haratta sumika
A dwelling laid completely to waste

  • 荒あれ払はらった /are haratta/：
    Original form: 荒あれ払はらう, to become completely desolate; past form modifying dwelling
  • 住処すみか /sumika/：
    dwelling, lair, place to live
amari ni kirei de mitoreta kagaribi
The watchfire was so beautiful that I gazed at it spellbound

  • あまりに /amari ni/：
    too, excessively, so much that
  • 綺麗きれいで /kirei de/：
    Original form: 綺麗きれいだ, beautiful; で connects it to what follows
  • 見惚みとれた /mitoreta/：
    Original form: 見惚みとれる, to gaze at in admiration; past tense
  • 篝火かがりび /kagaribi/：
    watchfire, bonfire used for light or guarding
daremo ga omae no yami ni kizuku darou
Everyone will surely notice the darkness within you

  • 誰だれもが /daremo ga/：
    everyone, anybody and everybody
  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; an informal or blunt form of address
  • 闇やみ /yami/：
    darkness; figuratively, inner darkness
  • 気きづく /kizuku/：
    to notice, to become aware of; commonly used as ～に気づく
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, surely; expresses conjecture
bokura wa yodaka
We are nightjars

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
  • 夜鷹よだか /yodaka/：
    nightjar, a nocturnal bird; also the song title
garandou no sora wo tanabiku arashi
A storm stretching across the hollow sky

  • 伽藍堂がらんどう /garandou/：
    hollow, empty inside; usually written in hiragana as がらんどう
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 棚引たなびく /tanabiku/：
    to trail or stretch across, especially of clouds or smoke
  • 嵐あらし /arashi/：
    storm, tempest
omae ga iu nara
If you say so

  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; an informal or blunt form of address
  • 言いう /iu/：
    to say, to tell
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that; presents a condition based on a premise
tada negau nara
If you simply wish for it

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply, merely, just
  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, to hope, to pray for
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that; expresses a condition
subete wa kanau darou
Everything will surely come true

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 叶かなう /kanau/：
    to come true, to be fulfilled
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, surely; expresses conjecture
nakenashi no borokire wo
The only tattered scrap I had

  • なけなし /nakenashi/：
    the little one has, one's last meager amount
  • ボロ切きれ /borokire/：
    rag, tattered scrap of cloth
hokoru ni wa mihiraku shika nakatta
To take pride in it, I had no choice but to open my eyes wide

  • 誇ほこる /hokoru/：
    to take pride in, to boast of
  • ～には /ni wa/：
    in order to, if one is to; marks a condition needed for a purpose
  • 見開みひらく /mihiraku/：
    to open one's eyes wide
  • ～しかなかった /shika nakatta/：
    had no choice but to; past form of ～しかない
komi ageru surekkarashi no uta
A hardened cynic's song welling up inside

  • 込こみ上あげる /komi ageru/：
    to well up, to surge up, especially of emotions or tears
  • 擦すれっ枯からし /surekkarashi/：
    a hardened, world-weary cynic
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
medama no oku ga itami sae wataru
Deep behind my eyes aches, and everything turns piercingly clear

  • 目玉めだま /medama/：
    eyeball
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    depths, inner part
  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    Original form: 痛いたむ, to ache; continuative form linking to what follows
  • 冴さえ渡わたる /sae wataru/：
    to become perfectly clear or keen; ～渡る intensifies the state
azakeri waraware sagesumi tsukusare
Mocked with scorn and despised to the bitter end

  • 嘲あざけり笑わらわれ /azakeri waraware/：
    Original form: 嘲あざけり笑わらう, to laugh at scornfully; the passive form means to be mocked
  • 蔑さげすみ /sagesumi/：
    Original form: 蔑さげすむ, to despise or scorn; continuative form
  • 尽つくされ /tsukusare/：
    Original form: 尽つくす, to do completely; passive continuative form, here meaning to be thoroughly despised
tsuki sasu koto dake oboeta kemono
A beast that learned only how to stab and wound

  • 突つき刺さす /tsuki sasu/：
    to pierce, to stab; figuratively, to wound someone
  • こと /koto/：
    nominalizes the preceding action, meaning the act of doing something
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • 覚おぼえた /oboeta/：
    Original form: 覚おぼえる, to learn or remember; past tense
  • 獣けもの /kemono/：
    beast, brute; figuratively, an inhuman person
kutabari sokonete mukaeta asaborake
Having failed even to die, I greeted the break of dawn

  • くたばる /kutabaru/：
    to die, to drop dead; a rough expression that can also mean to be exhausted
  • ～損そこねて /sokonete/：
    Original form: ～損そこねる, to fail to do something; te-form
  • 迎むかえた /mukaeta/：
    Original form: 迎むかえる, to welcome or meet; past tense
  • 朝あさぼらけ /asaborake/：
    daybreak, the faint light of dawn
kiretsu no oku kara hikari ga sashi komu
Light pours in from deep within the crack

  • 亀裂きれつ /kiretsu/：
    crack, fissure; figuratively, a rift
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    depths, inner part
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light, ray
  • 射さし込こむ /sashi komu/：
    to shine or stream in, especially of light
kusare chirou tomo chigireyou tomo
Even if I rot away, even if I am torn to pieces

  • 腐くされ散ちろう /kusare chirou/：
    Original form: 腐くされ散ちる, to rot and fall away; volitional form used with とも
  • ～ようとも /you tomo/：
    even if, no matter if; follows a volitional verb to mark a strong concession
  • 千切ちぎれよう /chigireyou/：
    Original form: 千切ちぎれる, to be torn apart; volitional form followed by とも
sore demo tamarazu haru wa kuru
Even so, spring comes, unable to hold itself back

  • それでも /sore demo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • 堪たまらず /tamarazu/：
    Original form: 堪たまる, to endure or contain; ず negates it, meaning unable to hold back
  • 春はる /haru/：
    spring; also symbolic of renewal and hope
  • 来くる /kuru/：
    to come, to arrive
omae ga kurandara hiza wo tsuku nara
If your vision dims, if you fall to your knees

  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; an informal or blunt form of address
  • 眩くらんだら /kurandara/：
    Original form: 眩くらむ, for one's vision to dim; たら makes it conditional
  • 膝ひざ /hiza/：
    knee
  • 膝ひざをつく /hiza wo tsuku/：
    to fall to one's knees; figuratively, to submit
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that; expresses a condition
sono toki wa owarasete yaru yo
When that time comes, I will put an end to it for you

  • そのとき /sono toki/：
    then, at that time
  • 終おわらせて /owarasete/：
    Original form: 終おわらせる, to bring something to an end; te-form
  • ～てやる /te yaru/：
    to do something for someone; can also express forceful determination
bokura wa yodaka
We are nightjars

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks a plural group
  • 夜鷹よだか /yodaka/：
    nightjar, a nocturnal bird; also the song title
garandou no sora wo tanabiku arashi
A storm stretching across the hollow sky

  • 伽藍堂がらんどう /garandou/：
    hollow, empty inside; usually written in hiragana as がらんどう
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 棚引たなびく /tanabiku/：
    to trail or stretch across, especially of clouds or smoke
  • 嵐あらし /arashi/：
    storm, tempest
omae ga iu nara
If you say so

  • お前まえ /omae/：
    you; an informal or blunt form of address
  • 言いう /iu/：
    to say, to tell
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that; presents a condition based on a premise
tada negau nara
If you simply wish for it

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply, merely, just
  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, to hope, to pray for
  • ～なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that; expresses a condition
subete wa kanau darou
Everything will surely come true

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 叶かなう /kanau/：
    to come true, to be fulfilled
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, surely; expresses conjecture