King Gnu - ユーモア/Humor

King Gnu - ユーモア/Humor




hirari kono yoru wo odoru nda
I dance lightly through this night

  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de umaku iku
One way or another, things work out

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 上手うまく /umaku/:
    well, successfully (dictionary form: 上手い)
  • 行いく /iku/:
    to go; here, for things to proceed

ki ga shite kita gozen ichiji
At 1 a.m., I am starting to feel that way

  • 気きがする /ki ga suru/:
    to feel, to have a sense
  • してきた /shite kita/:
    dictionary form: する; 〜てくる shows a change developing up to now
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 一時いちじ /ichiji/:
    one o’clock

subarashiki kono sekai wo
In this wonderful world

  • 素晴すばらしき /subarashiki/:
    wonderful; literary attributive form of 素晴らしい
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling

nagai nagai yoru wo koete
Crossing the long, long night

  • 長ながい /nagai/:
    long; repetition adds emphasis
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 超こえて /koete/:
    crossing, going beyond (dictionary form: 超える)

kaze tooru sukima umeatte
Filling together the gaps where the wind blows through

  • 風かぜ /kaze/:
    wind
  • 通とおる /tooru/:
    to pass through
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/:
    gap, opening
  • 埋うめあって /umeatte/:
    filling in together (dictionary form: 埋め合う; 〜合う means doing something mutually)

wasurekaketa yuumoa ga
The humor I had almost forgotten

  • 忘わすれかけた /wasurekaketa/:
    had almost forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れかける; 〜かける marks an action begun or nearly happening)
  • ユーモア /yuumoa/:
    humor (English: humor)

machi no keshiki ni iro wo otosu
Drops color onto the cityscape

  • 街まち /machi/:
    street, town
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery, view
  • 色いろ /iro/:
    color
  • 落おとす /otosu/:
    to drop, cast; here, poetically casting color over the scene

ikiatari battari samayotta
I wandered wherever chance took me

  • 行いき当あたりばったり /ikiatari battari/:
    haphazardly, without a plan
  • 彷徨さまよった /samayotta/:
    wandered (dictionary form: 彷徨う)

yume ni made mita tougenkyou wa doko
Where is the paradise I even saw in my dreams?

  • 夢ゆめにまで見みる /yume ni made miru/:
    to see even in one’s dreams; to long for deeply
  • 桃源郷とうげんきょう /tougenkyou/:
    paradise, an idyllic utopia
  • 何処どこ /doko/:
    where

kuraku nattara hi wo tomosou
When it grows dark, let us light a flame

  • 暗くらくなったら /kuraku nattara/:
    when it gets dark (dictionary form: 暗くなる; 〜たら marks a condition or sequence)
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire, flame
  • 灯ともそう /tomosou/:
    let us light (volitional form of 灯す)

kodoku wo wakeaeru yo
Then we can share our loneliness

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/:
    loneliness, solitude
  • 分わけ合あえる /wakeaeru/:
    can share with one another (potential form of 分け合う)

norari kurari to odoru nda
I drift along and dance

  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de yuuutsu ga
One way or another, melancholy

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 憂鬱ゆううつ /yuuutsu/:
    melancholy, depression

kage wo otoshita gozen niji
Cast its shadow at 2 a.m.

  • 影かげを落おとした /kage wo otoshita/:
    cast a shadow (dictionary form: 影を落とす), also figuratively to darken something
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 二に時じ /niji/:
    two o’clock

dou shiyou mo nai kono sekai wo
In this hopeless world

  • どうしようもない /dou shiyou mo nai/:
    hopeless, beyond remedy
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling

kokyuu wo kobamenakutatte
Even if you cannot refuse to keep breathing

  • 呼吸こきゅう /kokyuu/:
    breathing, respiration
  • 拒こばめなくたって /kobamenakutatte/:
    even if one cannot refuse (dictionary form: 拒む; 〜なくたって is colloquial for 〜なくても)

sono ryouashi de tatte sakende
Stand on those two feet and shout

  • その /sono/:
    those; here referring to one’s own feet
  • 両足りょうあし /ryouashi/:
    both feet, both legs
  • 立たって /tatte/:
    stand (て-form of 立つ, linking to the next action)
  • 叫さけんで /sakende/:
    shout, cry out (て-form of 叫ぶ)

etai no shirenai yokubou ga
An unfathomable desire

  • 得体えたいの知しれない /etai no shirenai/:
    mysterious, unfathomable, of unknown nature
  • 欲望よくぼう /yokubou/:
    desire, craving

chiisana karada wo mushibanda
Ate away at the small body

  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/:
    small; an attributive form used directly before a noun
  • 体からだ /karada/:
    body
  • 蝕むしばんだ /mushibanda/:
    ate away at, undermined (dictionary form: 蝕む)

senobi shitatte ahiru wa ahiru ka
Even stretching tall, is a duck still just a duck?

  • 背伸せのび /senobi/:
    standing on tiptoe; figuratively, overreaching or putting on airs
  • したって /shitatte/:
    even if one does (from する; 〜たって is colloquial for 〜ても)
  • アヒル /ahiru/:
    domestic duck

sora no aosa wo nagamete iru nda
I am gazing at the deep blue of the sky

  • 空そら /sora/:
    sky
  • 蒼あおさ /aosa/:
    deep blueness; 蒼い nominalized with 〜さ
  • 眺ながめている /nagamete iru/:
    is gazing at (dictionary form: 眺める; 〜ている marks an ongoing action)
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

konna yoru wa kikinareta
On a night like this, something familiar

  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of, like this
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 聞きき慣なれた /kikinareta/:
    familiar from repeated listening (dictionary form: 聞き慣れる)

uta demo kikitai na
I feel like listening to a song

  • 歌うた /uta/:
    song
  • でも /demo/:
    or something; gives a non-exclusive example after a noun
  • 聞ききたい /kikitai/:
    want to listen (from 聞く; 〜たい expresses desire)

kirari kono yo wo odoru nda
I dance brightly through this world

  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世よ /yo/:
    the world, society
  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de umaku iku
One way or another, things work out

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 上手うまく /umaku/:
    well, successfully (dictionary form: 上手い)
  • 行いく /iku/:
    to go; here, for things to proceed

ki ga shite iru gozen sanji
At 3 a.m., I still feel that way

  • 気きがしている /ki ga shite iru/:
    to be feeling, to keep having a sense (from 気がする; 〜ている marks a continuing state)
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 三さん時じ /sanji/:
    three o’clock

subarashiki kono sekai wo
In this wonderful world

  • 素晴すばらしき /subarashiki/:
    wonderful; literary attributive form of 素晴らしい
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling


hajimari to owari wa tsumujikaze
Beginnings and endings are whirlwinds

  • 始はじまり /hajimari/:
    beginning (from 始まる)
  • 終おわり /owari/:
    end, conclusion (from 終わる)
  • つむじ風かぜ /tsumujikaze/:
    whirlwind

itsudatte toutotsu ni yusaburare
Always shaken without warning

  • いつだって /itsudatte/:
    whenever, always
  • 唐突とうとつに /toutotsu ni/:
    suddenly, abruptly
  • 揺ゆさぶられ /yusaburare/:
    being shaken or deeply moved (connective form of passive 揺さぶられる, from 揺さぶる)

taeshinobu toki wa eien ni kanjirare
Times of endurance feel eternal

  • 耐たえ忍しのぶ /taeshinobu/:
    to endure, to bear patiently
  • 時とき /toki/:
    time, occasion
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/:
    eternity, forever
  • 感かんじられ /kanjirare/:
    can be felt, seems (connective form of 感じられる, from 感じる)

maa sore mo ima ja goikkyou
But now, even that is part of the amusement

  • それ /sore/:
    that; here referring to the hardship just mentioned
  • 今いまじゃ /ima ja/:
    nowadays; colloquial contraction of 今では
  • 御ご一興いっきょう /goikkyou/:
    an amusement, something entertaining; 御 adds a polite or playful tone

hirari kono yoru wo odoru nda
I dance lightly through this night

  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de umaku iku
One way or another, things work out

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 上手うまく /umaku/:
    well, successfully (dictionary form: 上手い)
  • 行いく /iku/:
    to go; here, for things to proceed

ki ga shite kita gozen ichiji
At 1 a.m., I am starting to feel that way

  • 気きがする /ki ga suru/:
    to feel, to have a sense
  • してきた /shite kita/:
    dictionary form: する; 〜てくる shows a change developing up to now
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 一時いちじ /ichiji/:
    one o’clock

subarashiki kono sekai wo
In this wonderful world

  • 素晴すばらしき /subarashiki/:
    wonderful; literary attributive form of 素晴らしい
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling

norari kurari to odoru nda
I drift along and dance

  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de yuuutsu ga
One way or another, melancholy

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 憂鬱ゆううつ /yuuutsu/:
    melancholy, depression

kage wo otoshita gozen niji
Cast its shadow at 2 a.m.

  • 影かげを落おとした /kage wo otoshita/:
    cast a shadow (dictionary form: 影を落とす), also figuratively to darken something
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 二に時じ /niji/:
    two o’clock

dou shiyou mo nai kono sekai wo
In this hopeless world

  • どうしようもない /dou shiyou mo nai/:
    hopeless, beyond remedy
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling

kirari kono yo wo odoru nda
I dance brightly through this world

  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世よ /yo/:
    the world, society
  • 踊おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • んだ /nda/:
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis

nandakanda de umaku iku
One way or another, things work out

  • なんだかんだ /nandakanda/:
    this and that; after all is said and done
  • 上手うまく /umaku/:
    well, successfully (dictionary form: 上手い)
  • 行いく /iku/:
    to go; here, for things to proceed

ki ga shite iru gozen sanji
At 3 a.m., I still feel that way

  • 気きがしている /ki ga shite iru/:
    to be feeling, to keep having a sense (from 気がする; 〜ている marks a continuing state)
  • 午前ごぜん /gozen/:
    a.m., morning
  • 三さん時じ /sanji/:
    three o’clock

subarashiki kono sekai wo
In this wonderful world

  • 素晴すばらしき /subarashiki/:
    wonderful; literary attributive form of 素晴らしい
  • この /kono/:
    this (used before a noun)
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world

waruagaki, tsunawatari
A desperate struggle, walking a tightrope

  • 悪わるあがき /waruagaki/:
    a desperate or futile struggle
  • 綱渡つなわたり /tsunawatari/:
    tightrope walking; a risky balancing act

sono kokoro, urahara ni munasawagi
Yet my heart says otherwise, stirring with unease

  • その /sono/:
    that; here referring back to what was just said
  • 心こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • 裏腹うらはら /urahara/:
    the opposite; contrary to
  • 胸騒むなさわぎ /munasawagi/:
    uneasiness, a foreboding feeling

nagai nagai yoru wo koete
Crossing the long, long night

  • 長ながい /nagai/:
    long; repetition adds emphasis
  • 夜よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 超こえて /koete/:
    crossing, going beyond (dictionary form: 超える)

kaze tooru sukima umeatte
Filling together the gaps where the wind blows through

  • 風かぜ /kaze/:
    wind
  • 通とおる /tooru/:
    to pass through
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/:
    gap, opening
  • 埋うめあって /umeatte/:
    filling in together (dictionary form: 埋め合う; 〜合う means doing something mutually)

wasurekaketa yuumoa ga
The humor I had almost forgotten

  • 忘わすれかけた /wasurekaketa/:
    had almost forgotten (dictionary form: 忘れかける; 〜かける marks an action begun or nearly happening)
  • ユーモア /yuumoa/:
    humor (English: humor)

machi no keshiki ni iro wo otosu
Drops color onto the cityscape

  • 街まち /machi/:
    street, town
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/:
    scenery, view
  • 色いろ /iro/:
    color
  • 落おとす /otosu/:
    to drop, cast; here, poetically casting color over the scene

ikiatari battari samayotta
I wandered wherever chance took me

  • 行いき当あたりばったり /ikiatari battari/:
    haphazardly, without a plan
  • 彷徨さまよった /samayotta/:
    wandered (dictionary form: 彷徨う)

yume ni made mita tougenkyou wa doko
Where is the paradise I even saw in my dreams?

  • 夢ゆめにまで見みる /yume ni made miru/:
    to see even in one’s dreams; to long for deeply
  • 桃源郷とうげんきょう /tougenkyou/:
    paradise, an idyllic utopia
  • 何処どこ /doko/:
    where

kuraku nattara hi wo tomosou
When it grows dark, let us light a flame

  • 暗くらくなったら /kuraku nattara/:
    when it gets dark (dictionary form: 暗くなる; 〜たら marks a condition or sequence)
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire, flame
  • 灯ともそう /tomosou/:
    let us light (volitional form of 灯す)

kodoku wo wakeaeru yo
Then we can share our loneliness

  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/:
    loneliness, solitude
  • 分わけ合あえる /wakeaeru/:
    can share with one another (potential form of 分け合う)