あたらよ (Atarayo) - 「僕は...」/I am...



kimi ga boku ni misete kureta
What you showed me

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • せて /misete/:
    to show
  • くれた /kureta/:
    to do for me (past of kureru)

sekai wa totemo kirei datta na
The world was so beautiful

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • とても /totemo/:
    very
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/:
    beautiful, clean
  • だった /datta/:
    was (past of da)


shoka no sukima ni sumau
Dwelling in the gap of the bookshelf

  • 書架しょか /shoka/:
    bookshelf
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/:
    gap, crevice
  • まう /sumau/:
    to dwell, to live

ichirin no hana wa
A single flower

  • いちりん /ichirin/:
    one flower (counter for flowers)
  • はな /hana/:
    flower

boku ni wa todokanu sonzai de
Is a being I cannot reach

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • とどかぬ /todokanu/:
    cannot reach (negative of todoku)
  • 存在そんざい /sonzai/:
    existence, being

kotoba no oku ni sumau
Dwelling in the depths of words

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words, language
  • おく /oku/:
    depths, inner part
  • まう /sumau/:
    to dwell, to live

honne no tane wa mou
The seed of true feelings has already

  • 本音ほんね /honne/:
    true feelings
  • たね /tane/:
    seed
  • もう /mou/:
    already

hi no me mo abizu ni karete ita
Withered away without ever seeing the light of day

  • /hi no me/:
    the light of day
  • びずに /abizu ni/:
    without bathing in (negative of abiru)
  • れて /karete/:
    to wither
  • いた /ita/:
    was (in a state; past of iru)

mawari to kurabete wa mata
Comparing myself to others, once again

  • まわり /mawari/:
    surroundings, people around
  • くらべて /kurabete/:
    to compare
  • また /mata/:
    again

jiko ken'o ochiteku
Sinking into self-loathing

  • 自己嫌悪じこけんお /jiko ken'o/:
    self-loathing
  • ちてく /ochiteku/:
    to fall, to sink (ochiteku = ochite iku)

kowaku narun da sore demo
I become afraid, but even so

  • こわく /kowaku/:
    scary, afraid
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (casual of no da)
  • それでも /sore demo/:
    even so, but still

kimi no subete ni
By your everything

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • すべて /subete/:
    all, everything

sukuwarete
I am saved

  • すくわれて /sukuwarete/:
    to be saved (passive of sukuu)

kimi ga boku ni misete kureta
What you showed me

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • せて /misete/:
    to show
  • くれた /kureta/:
    to do for me (past of kureru)

sekai wa totemo kirei datta na
The world was so beautiful

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • とても /totemo/:
    very
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/:
    beautiful, clean
  • だった /datta/:
    was (past of da)

marude boku ga boku ja nakunatte iku
As if I'm gradually ceasing to be myself

  • まるで /marude/:
    just like, as if
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • なくなって /nakunatte/:
    to cease to be, to disappear
  • ていく /te iku/:
    to gradually become (continuing change)

sonna hibi mo dokoka itooshikute
Even those days are somehow precious

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, that kind of
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, daily life
  • どこか /dokoka/:
    somewhere, somehow
  • いとおしくて /itooshikute/:
    dear, beloved

mata kimi ni koi wo shiru
Once again, I come to know love through you

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • こい /koi/:
    love, romance
  • る /shiru/:
    to know, to come to know


kimi no tonari de wa
By your side

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • となり /tonari/:
    next to, beside

naze da ka mae yori
For some reason, more than before

  • 何故なぜ /naze/:
    why
  • まえ /mae/:
    before, previously
  • より /yori/:
    than (comparison)

iki ga raku ni omoerun da
Breathing feels easier

  • いき /iki/:
    breath
  • らく /raku/:
    easy, comfortable
  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    to feel, to seem (potential of omou)
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (casual of no da)

sasai na fuan mo
Even trivial anxieties

  • 些細ささい /sasai/:
    trivial, minor
  • 不安ふあん /fuan/:
    anxiety, unease

takanaru kodou mo
And the throbbing heartbeat

  • 高鳴たかなる /takanaru/:
    to throb, to beat loudly
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/:
    heartbeat, pulsation

boku wo hashiraseru mahou da
Are the magic that makes me run

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • はしらせる /hashiraseru/:
    to make (someone) run (causative of hashiru)
  • 魔法まほう /mahou/:
    magic

kimi ga boku ni misete kureta
What you showed me

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • せて /misete/:
    to show
  • くれた /kureta/:
    to do for me (past of kureru)

sekai wa totemo kirei datta na
The world was so beautiful

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • とても /totemo/:
    very
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/:
    beautiful, clean
  • だった /datta/:
    was (past of da)

marude boku ga boku ja nakunatte iku
As if I'm gradually ceasing to be myself

  • まるで /marude/:
    just like, as if
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • なくなって /nakunatte/:
    to cease to be, to disappear
  • ていく /te iku/:
    to gradually become (continuing change)

sonna hibi mo dokoka itooshikute
Even those days are somehow precious

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, that kind of
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, daily life
  • どこか /dokoka/:
    somewhere, somehow
  • いとおしくて /itooshikute/:
    dear, beloved

butsukerun da boku no subete wo kimi ni
I'll throw all of myself at you

  • ぶつける /butsukeru/:
    to throw at, to vent (feelings)
  • んだ /n da/:
    explanatory/emphatic ending (casual of no da)
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • すべて /subete/:
    all, everything
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you

karappo de yowai jibun kara me wo somuke
I turned my eyes away from my empty, weak self

  • からっぽ /karappo/:
    empty
  • よわい /yowai/:
    weak
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • /me/:
    eyes
  • そむけ /somuke/:
    to turn away (me wo somukeru = to avert one's eyes)

mitai mono dake wo mite ita ano koro
Back when I only saw what I wanted to see

  • たい /mitai/:
    want to see (miru + tai)
  • もの /mono/:
    thing
  • だけ /dake/:
    only
  • ていた /mite ita/:
    was watching (continuous past of miru)
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • ころ /koro/:
    time, period

boku wa jibun wo tokubetsu da to omotte ita
I thought I was special

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • 自分じぶん /jibun/:
    oneself
  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special
  • おもっていた /omotte ita/:
    was thinking, believed (continuous past of omou)

atarimae to omotte ita nichijou mo
Even the daily life I took for granted

  • たりまえ /atarimae/:
    natural, taken for granted
  • おもっていた /omotte ita/:
    was thinking, believed (continuous past of omou)
  • 日常にちじょう /nichijou/:
    daily life, everyday

kimi ni deatte kara no boku ni wa
For me, after meeting you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 出会であって /deatte/:
    to meet, to encounter
  • から /kara/:
    after (te kara)
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me

marude chigau tokubetsu na mono ni omoeta
Seemed like something completely different and special

  • まるで /marude/:
    just like, as if
  • ちがう /chigau/:
    to differ, different
  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special
  • もの /mono/:
    thing
  • おもえた /omoeta/:
    seemed, felt (past potential of omou)

oogesa da to kimi wa warau darou
You'd probably laugh and call it an exaggeration

  • 大袈裟おおげさ /oogesa/:
    exaggerated, over the top
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • わらう /warau/:
    to laugh, to smile
  • だろう /darou/:
    probably (conjecture)

demo hontou nan da
But it's true

  • でも /demo/:
    but
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/:
    true, real
  • なんだ /nan da/:
    explanatory ending (casual of na no da)

ima no boku wo tsukutta no wa
The one who created who I am now

  • いま /ima/:
    now
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • つくった /tsukutta/:
    created (past of tsukuru)

hoka no dare demo nai kimi da, kimi nan da
Is no one else but you, it's you

  • ほか /hoka/:
    other
  • だれ /dare/:
    who (dare demo nai = no one else)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • なんだ /nan da/:
    explanatory ending (casual of na no da)

arigatou to sunao ni ieta no wa
The reason I could honestly say thank you

  • ありがとう /arigatou/:
    thank you
  • 素直すなお /sunao/:
    honest, frank
  • えた /ieta/:
    could say (past potential of iu)

kimi no egao ga soba ni atta kara de
Was because your smile was by my side

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/:
    smile, smiling face
  • そば /soba/:
    beside, near
  • あった /atta/:
    existed, there was (past of aru)
  • から /kara/:
    because

itsushika boku no sekai ga hirogatta no wa
The reason my world widened before I knew it

  • いつしか /itsushika/:
    before one knows it
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • ひろがった /hirogatta/:
    spread, widened (past of hirogaru)

kimi no kotoba ga boku wo kaeta kara
Was because your words changed me

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words, language
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • えた /kaeta/:
    changed (past of kaeru)
  • から /kara/:
    because

kimi ga boku ni misete kureta
What you showed me

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • せて /misete/:
    to show
  • くれた /kureta/:
    to do for me (past of kureru)

sekai wa zutto wasurenai yo
I'll never forget that world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • ずっと /zutto/:
    all along, forever
  • わすれない /wasurenai/:
    won't forget (negative of wasureru)

marude boku ga boku ja nakunatte mo
Even if I cease to be myself

  • まるで /marude/:
    just like, as if
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I, me
  • なくなって /nakunatte/:
    to cease to be, to disappear
  • ても /te mo/:
    even if (concessive)

sonna hibi ni kimi ga iru no nara
As long as you are in those days

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, that kind of
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days, daily life
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • る /iru/:
    to be, to exist (animate)
  • のなら /no nara/:
    if (conditional)

towa ni bokura koi wo suru
We'll be in love forever

  • 永遠とわ /towa/:
    eternity, forever
  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we (boku + ra plural)
  • こい /koi/:
    love (koi wo suru = to fall in love)
  • する /suru/:
    to do