Mrs. GREEN APPLE - インフェルノ/Inferno
Mrs. GREEN APPLE


terasu wa yami
What it illuminates is darkness

  • 照てらす /terasu/：
    to illuminate, to shine on
  • 闇やみ /yami/：
    darkness
bokura wa aruki narete kita hibi mo touta
We too were left behind, even the days we walked so accustomed to

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 歩あるき慣なれて /aruki narete/：
    got used to walking (te-form, dict.: 歩き慣れる)
  • きた /kita/：
    has continued until now (ta-form of くる, after te-form)
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, daily life
  • 淘汰とうた /touta/：
    weeding out, selection
yume wa antai na kurashi da ga
Dreams are of a peaceful life, but

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 安泰あんたい /antai/：
    peaceful, stable
  • 暮くらし /kurashi/：
    life, living
  • だが /da ga/：
    but, however
shigeki busoku yue ni taratara
Due to lack of stimulation, we drag along

  • 刺激しげき /shigeki/：
    stimulation
  • 不足ぶそく /busoku/：
    lack, shortage
  • 故ゆえに /yue ni/：
    therefore, because of (literary)
  • タラタラ /taratara/：
    sluggishly, draggingly
terasu wa yami
What it illuminates is extinction

  • 照てらす /terasu/：
    to illuminate, to shine on
  • 熄やみ /yami/：
    extinguishing, stopping (noun form of 熄む)
bokura no aruki narete ita michi wa doko da
Where are the roads we used to walk so easily

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 歩あるき慣なれていた /aruki narete ita/：
    had gotten used to walking (past progressive, dict.: 歩き慣れる)
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
  • どこ /doko/：
    where
toki wa tama ni shaku da ga
Time can be irritating sometimes, but

  • 時とき /toki/：
    time
  • たまに /tama ni/：
    occasionally, sometimes
  • 癪しゃく /shaku/：
    irritating, vexing
nukumori ni tsutsumare tada
Wrapped in warmth, simply

  • 温ぬくもり /nukumori/：
    warmth
  • 包つつまれ /tsutsumare/：
    to be wrapped (continuative form, passive of 包む, dict.: 包まれる)
  • 只ただ /tada/：
    just, simply
homura ga tatsu
Flames rise up

  • 炎ほむら /homura/：
    flame, blaze
  • 立たつ /tatsu/：
    to rise, to stand up
shirube no hou e
Toward the guiding light

  • 導しるべ /shirube/：
    guide, signpost
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    direction, way
omoidasu wa yasashii merodii
What I recall is a gentle melody

  • 思おもい出だす /omoidasu/：
    to recall, to remember
  • 優やさしい /yasashii/：
    gentle, kind
  • メロディー /merodii/：
    melody
eien wa nain da to nain da to iu
There is no eternity, no eternity, they say

  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity, forever
  • 無ない /nai/：
    not, nonexistent
  • んだ /n da/：
    expresses explanation or emphasis (colloquial form of のだ)
  • 云いフ /iu/：
    to say (archaic spelling, dict.: 言う)
sore mo mata ii ne to waratte miru
I try to laugh and say that's fine too

  • それ /sore/：
    that
  • また /mata/：
    again, also
  • イイ /ii/：
    good (katakana form of いい, for emphasis)
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    to laugh (te-form, dict.: 笑う)
  • みる /miru/：
    to try doing (after te-form)
kagayakeba itsuka wa hikari mo taeru
If you shine, one day even the light will fade

  • 輝かがやけば /kagayakeba/：
    if it shines (ba-form conditional, dict.: 輝く)
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light
  • 絶たえる /taeru/：
    to die out, to fade away
bokura wa inochi no hi ga kieru sono hi made aruite yuku
We will keep walking until the day the flame of life goes out

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 火ひ /hi/：
    fire
  • 消きえる /kieru/：
    to go out, to vanish
  • その /sono/：
    that
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • まで /made/：
    until
  • 歩あるいて /aruite/：
    to walk (te-form, dict.: 歩く)
  • ゆく /yuku/：
    to go on (literary form of いく, after te-form expresses continuation)
tokoro de naze
By the way, why is it

  • ところで /tokoro de/：
    by the way
  • 何故なぜ /naze/：
    why
bokura wa shikou wo kyuu ni yamete irun da
We suddenly stopped thinking

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 思考しこう /shikou/：
    thinking, thought
  • 急きゅうに /kyuu ni/：
    suddenly
  • 辞やめて /yamete/：
    to stop, to quit (te-form, dict.: 辞める)
  • いる /iru/：
    indicates ongoing state (after te-form)
yume wa antai na kurashi da ga
Dreams are of a peaceful life, but

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 安泰あんたい /antai/：
    peaceful, stable
  • 暮くらし /kurashi/：
    life, living
  • だが /da ga/：
    but, however
chishiki busoku yue ni harahara
Due to lack of knowledge, we tremble nervously

  • 知識ちしき /chishiki/：
    knowledge
  • 不足ぶそく /busoku/：
    lack, shortage
  • 故ゆえに /yue ni/：
    therefore, because of (literary)
  • ハラハラ /harahara/：
    nervously, anxiously
shoku seba yamii
When you taste it, it's yummy

  • 食しょくせば /shoku seba/：
    if one eats/tastes (ba-form conditional, literary, dict.: 食す)
yosuga ni sugari tsuita mama kuchite ikun da
Clinging to a refuge, we just rot away

  • ヨスガ /yosuga/：
    refuge, something to rely on (usually written 縁 or 拠)
  • 縋すがり付ついた /sugari tsuita/：
    clung tightly (ta-form, dict.: 縋り付く)
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining
  • 朽くちて /kuchite/：
    to rot, to decay (te-form, dict.: 朽ちる)
  • 行いく /iku/：
    to go on (after te-form expresses gradual change)
koko wa gouka no naka da ga
This is the midst of hellfire, but

  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • 業火ごうか /gouka/：
    hellfire (Buddhist term, fire of karmic retribution)
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, midst
kizuato ga hiritsuki tada
Old wounds sting, simply

  • 傷跡きずあと /kizuato/：
    scar, wound
  • ヒリつき /hiritsuki/：
    stinging, smarting (continuative form, dict.: ヒリつく)
  • 只ただ /tada/：
    just, simply
minamo ga tatsu
Ripples rise on the water

  • 水面みなも /minamo/：
    water surface
  • 立たつ /tatsu/：
    to rise, to form (ripples)
hikari no hou e
Toward the light

  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    direction, way
te wo toru wa atarashii memorii
What takes my hand is a new memory

  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 取とる /toru/：
    to take; 手を取る means to take someone's hand
  • 新あたらしい /atarashii/：
    new, fresh
  • メモリー /memorii/：
    memory
yozora ga wakatsu
The night sky divides us

  • 夜空よぞら /yozora/：
    night sky
  • 分わかつ /wakatsu/：
    to divide, to separate (literary)
shirube no hou e
Toward the guiding light

  • 導しるべ /shirube/：
    guide, signpost
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    direction, way
saegiru wa katakurushii seorii
What blocks the way is rigid theory

  • 遮さえぎる /saegiru/：
    to block, to obstruct
  • 堅苦かたくるしい /katakurushii/：
    stiff, rigid, formal
  • セオリー /seorii/：
    theory
eien wa nain da to nain da to iu
There is no eternity, no eternity, they say

  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity, forever
  • 無ない /nai/：
    not, nonexistent
  • んだ /n da/：
    expresses explanation or emphasis (colloquial form of のだ)
  • 云いフ /iu/：
    to say (archaic spelling, dict.: 言う)
yappa kurushii ne to naite miru
I try to cry and say it really is painful

  • やっぱ /yappa/：
    as expected, after all (colloquial contraction of やっぱり)
  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/：
    painful, hard
  • 泣ないて /naite/：
    to cry (te-form, dict.: 泣く)
  • みる /miru/：
    to try doing (after te-form)
fuusen mo itsuka wa shibomu ka wareru
Even balloons will someday deflate or burst

  • 風船ふうせん /fuusen/：
    balloon
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 萎しぼむ /shibomu/：
    to wither, to deflate
  • 割われる /wareru/：
    to break, to burst
bokura wa inochi no izumi wo mamori tsuzukete tsunaide yuku
We will keep protecting the spring of life and pass it on

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 泉いずみ /izumi/：
    spring, fountain
  • 護まもり /mamori/：
    to protect (continuative form, dict.: 護る)
  • 続つづけて /tsuzukete/：
    to continue (te-form, dict.: 続ける; after verb stem means to keep doing)
  • 繋つないで /tsunaide/：
    to connect, to pass on (te-form, dict.: 繋ぐ)
  • ゆく /yuku/：
    to go on (literary form of いく, after te-form expresses continuation)
manabi kirezu ni sotsugyou
Graduating without finishing learning

  • 学まなび /manabi/：
    learning (continuative form, dict.: 学ぶ)
  • きれず /kirezu/：
    couldn't finish (negative of きれる, which after verb stem means to do completely)
  • 卒業そつぎょう /sotsugyou/：
    graduation
tsutae kirezu ni shitsuren
Heartbroken without finishing conveying

  • 伝つたえ /tsutae/：
    conveying (continuative form, dict.: 伝える)
  • きれず /kirezu/：
    couldn't finish (negative of きれる, which means to do completely)
  • 失恋しつれん /shitsuren/：
    heartbreak, lost love
asobi kirezu ni ketsubetsu
Parting without finishing playing

  • 遊あそび /asobi/：
    playing (continuative form, dict.: 遊ぶ)
  • きれず /kirezu/：
    couldn't finish (negative of きれる, which means to do completely)
  • 決別けつべつ /ketsubetsu/：
    parting, farewell
mendoukusai ga
It's a hassle, but

  • 面倒臭めんどうくさい /mendoukusai/：
    troublesome, bothersome
jigoku ja aru mai shi
It's not as if this is hell

  • 地獄じごく /jigoku/：
    hell
  • あるまいし /aru mai shi/：
    it's not as if (まい indicates negative conjecture; together means 'it's not as if ~, so no need to ~')
oto ga deru gangu mo
Toys that make sounds, too

  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • 出でる /deru/：
    to come out, to emit
  • 玩具がんぐ /gangu/：
    toy
itami wo tobasu mahou mo
Magic that sends pain flying, too

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain
  • 飛とばす /tobasu/：
    to send flying, to drive away, to skip
  • 魔法まほう /mahou/：
    magic
zenbu boku ni totte no takaramono
All of them are treasures to me

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • にとって /ni totte/：
    for, to (someone)
  • 宝物たからもの /takaramono/：
    treasure
eien wa nain da to nain da to iu
There is no eternity, no eternity, they say

  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity, forever
  • 無ない /nai/：
    not, nonexistent
  • んだ /n da/：
    expresses explanation or emphasis (colloquial form of のだ)
  • 云いフ /iu/：
    to say (archaic spelling, dict.: 言う)
bokura wa inochi no hi ga kieru sono hi made aruite yuku
We will keep walking until the day the flame of life goes out

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we (masculine)
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 火ひ /hi/：
    fire
  • 消きえる /kieru/：
    to go out, to vanish
  • その /sono/：
    that
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • まで /made/：
    until
  • 歩あるいて /aruite/：
    to walk (te-form, dict.: 歩く)
  • ゆく /yuku/：
    to go on (literary form of いく, after te-form expresses continuation)