Mrs. GREEN APPLE - ロマンチシズム/Romanticism




anata tte hito wa donna hito?
"What kind of person are you?"

  • 貴方あなた /anata/:
    you
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial particle marking the topic (= とは)
  • ひと /hito/:
    person
  • どんな /donna/:
    what kind of

sonna fuu ni kiketara na
If only I could ask like that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • ふう /fuu/:
    way, manner (written 風)
  • けたら /kiketara/:
    if I could ask (conditional of potential form of 聞く)

senaka osareru natsu no hi ni wa
On the summer days when I'm pushed forward

  • 背中せなか /senaka/:
    back; 背中を押す means to give a push / encourage
  • される /osareru/:
    to be pushed (passive of 押す)
  • なつ /natsu/:
    summer
  • /hi/:
    day

azayaka ni yureru hana ni narou
Let me become a vividly swaying flower

  • あざやか /azayaka/:
    vivid, brilliant
  • れる /yureru/:
    to sway
  • はな /hana/:
    flower
  • なろう /narou/:
    let me become (volitional of なる)

shirokuma no you ni suzushige de itai no
I want to seem cool and composed like a polar bear

  • 白熊しろくま /shirokuma/:
    polar bear
  • ように /you ni/:
    like, as if
  • すずしげ /suzushige/:
    looking cool / refreshing
  • たい /itai/:
    want to be/stay (たい form of 居る)

demo kono netsui wa tsunoru
But this passion keeps growing

  • でも /demo/:
    but
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • 熱意ねつい /netsui/:
    passion, enthusiasm
  • つのる /tsunoru/:
    to grow stronger, to intensify

ima dokidokidoki ga takabutte
Now my pounding heart is racing

  • いま /ima/:
    now
  • たかぶって /takabutte/:
    to become excited / heightened (て form of 高ぶる)

yuuki o motte koe kakeru
I gather my courage and call out to you

  • 勇気ゆうき /yuuki/:
    courage
  • って /motte/:
    to hold, to have (て form of 持つ)
  • こえける /koe kakeru/:
    to call out to / speak to someone

sasuga ni sorosoro anata ni koi suru
By now, I'm finally falling in love with you

  • さすがに /sasuga ni/:
    as expected, after all
  • そろそろ /sorosoro/:
    soon, about time
  • 貴方あなた /anata/:
    you
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

watashi ni kizuite hoshii no desu
I want you to notice me

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • づいて /kizuite/:
    to notice (て form of 気づく)
  • しい /hoshii/:
    to want (someone to do); …て欲しい
  • のです /no desu/:
    explanatory/emphatic sentence ending

ai o aishi koi ni koi suru
Loving love, in love with love

  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • あいし /aishi/:
    to love (continuative form of 愛する)
  • こい /koi/:
    love, romance
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

bokura wa sou sa ningen sa
That's how we are, we're human

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we (plural of 僕)
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • 人間にんげん /ningen/:
    human

ai uragaeshi koi ni koi suru
Turning love inside out, falling in love on purpose

  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • 裏返うらがえし /uragaeshi/:
    turning inside out / reversal
  • 故意こい /koi/:
    on purpose, intentionally (homophone pun with 恋)
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

yatsura mo sou sa ningen sa
They're like that too, they're human

  • やつら /yatsura/:
    those guys (casual plural of 奴)
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • 人間にんげん /ningen/:
    human

boku tte hito wa konna hito
"This is the kind of person I am"

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (used by males)
  • って /tte/:
    colloquial topic marker (= とは)
  • ひと /hito/:
    person
  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of

sonna fuu ni ietara na
If only I could say it like that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • ふう /fuu/:
    way, manner (written 風)
  • えたら /ietara/:
    if I could say (conditional of potential form of 言う)

atama kakaeru hitori no yoru wa
On lonely nights when I hold my head in my hands

  • あたま /atama/:
    head
  • かかえる /kakaeru/:
    to hold in one's arms; 頭を抱える = to be troubled
  • ひとり /hitori/:
    alone, by oneself
  • よる /yoru/:
    night

komayaka ni yureru hana de arou
Let me be a delicately swaying flower

  • こまやか /komayaka/:
    delicate, deep, dense
  • れる /yureru/:
    to sway
  • はな /hana/:
    flower
  • であろう /de arou/:
    let me be / probably is (volitional of である)

ookami no you ni tsuyoki de itai no
I want to be strong-willed like a wolf

  • おおかみ /ookami/:
    wolf
  • ように /you ni/:
    like, as if
  • 強気つよき /tsuyoki/:
    strong-willed, assertive
  • たい /itai/:
    want to be/stay (たい form of 居る)

demo sono jishin wa miataranai no
But I can't find that confidence anywhere

  • でも /demo/:
    but
  • その /sono/:
    that
  • 自信じしん /jishin/:
    confidence
  • たらない /miataranai/:
    to not be found (negative of 見当たる)

dokudoku dokutoku na ku mo atte
There's a unique, throbbing pain too

  • 独特どくとく /dokutoku/:
    unique
  • /ku/:
    suffering, pain
  • あって /atte/:
    to exist (て form of ある)

yuuki o dashi furete miru
I muster courage and try to reach out

  • 勇気ゆうき /yuuki/:
    courage
  • し /dashi/:
    to bring out (continuative of 出す); 勇気を出す = to muster courage
  • れて /furete/:
    to touch (て form of 触れる)
  • みる /miru/:
    …てみる: to try doing something

kokoro ugoita nara anata ni koi suru
If my heart is moved, I fall in love with you

  • こころ /kokoro/:
    heart, mind
  • うごいた /ugoita/:
    moved (past of 動く); 心が動く = to be moved/tempted
  • なら /nara/:
    if
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

boku o mite mite hoshii no desu
I want you to look at me

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (used by males)
  • てみて /mite mite/:
    to take a look (て form of 見てみる)
  • しい /hoshii/:
    to want (someone to do); …て欲しい
  • のです /no desu/:
    explanatory/emphatic sentence ending

boku ni kizuite hoshii no desu
I want you to notice me

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (used by males)
  • づいて /kizuite/:
    to notice (て form of 気づく)
  • しい /hoshii/:
    to want (someone to do); …て欲しい
  • のです /no desu/:
    explanatory/emphatic sentence ending

deai o kaishi chanto ai o shiru
Through our meeting, I truly come to know love

  • 出会であい /deai/:
    meeting, encounter
  • かいし /kaishi/:
    through, via (continuative of 介する)
  • ちゃんと /chanto/:
    properly, firmly
  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • る /shiru/:
    to know

watashi wa sou sa ningen sa
That's how I am, I'm human

  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • 人間にんげん /ningen/:
    human

itazura ni mo ai mo shiri kimi to itai imi o
Knowing both mischief and sorrow, the meaning of wanting to be with you

  • 悪戯いたずら /itazura/:
    mischief, prank
  • あい /ai/:
    sorrow, grief
  • り /shiri/:
    to know (continuative of 知る)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • たい /itai/:
    want to be (with) (たい form of 居る)
  • 意味いみ /imi/:
    meaning

oshieru boku no jinsei sa
My life, which teaches me all of this

  • おしえる /oshieru/:
    to teach, to tell
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (used by males)
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/:
    life


guuzen? hitsuzen? romansu wa totsuzen
Coincidence? Inevitability? Romance is sudden

  • 偶然ぐうぜん /guuzen/:
    coincidence
  • 必然ひつぜん /hitsuzen/:
    inevitability
  • ロマンス /romansu/:
    romance
  • 突然とつぜん /totsuzen/:
    sudden

Pops wa shinsen
Pop is fresh

  • Pops /poppusu/:
    pop music (pops)
  • 新鮮しんせん /shinsen/:
    fresh

unmei to omoeru kimi ni meguriaeta no
I met you, someone I can call "destiny"

  • 運命うんめい /unmei/:
    fate, destiny
  • おもえる /omoeru/:
    to be able to think/feel (potential of 思う)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • めぐえた /meguriaeta/:
    was able to encounter (past potential of 巡り会う)

wakage no itari nanka ja kesshite nai kara
It's definitely not just youthful folly

  • 若気わかげいたり /wakage no itari/:
    youthful indiscretion / folly
  • なんか /nanka/:
    such as, things like (colloquial)
  • けっして /kesshite/:
    (with negative) never, definitely not
  • ない /nai/:
    is not, there is not
  • から /kara/:
    because

hibi hibi ga hairi haato ga kudakete
Day by day, cracks form and my heart breaks

  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    day by day (homophone pun with ヒビ)
  • ヒビ /hibi/:
    crack (written 罅)
  • はいり /hairi/:
    to enter (continuative of 入る); ヒビが入る = to crack
  • ハート /haato/:
    heart
  • くだけて /kudakete/:
    to break/shatter (て form of 砕ける)

yuuki mo jishin mo nakusu kedo
Though I lose my courage and confidence

  • 勇気ゆうき /yuuki/:
    courage
  • 自信じしん /jishin/:
    confidence
  • くす /nakusu/:
    to lose
  • けど /kedo/:
    but, although

kujike nagara mo tsuyoku ikite ikeru
Even while faltering, I can keep living strongly

  • くじけながら /kujike nagara/:
    while faltering (挫ける + ながら); ながらも = even though
  • つよく /tsuyoku/:
    strongly (adverbial form of 強い)
  • きてける /ikite ikeru/:
    can keep living (potential of 生きて行く)

otona ni naru tame no mainichi desu
These are the days for becoming an adult

  • 大人おとな /otona/:
    adult
  • なる /naru/:
    to become
  • ため /tame/:
    for the sake of; …ための
  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/:
    every day

ai o aishi koi ni koi suru
Loving love, in love with love

  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • あいし /aishi/:
    to love (continuative form of 愛する)
  • こい /koi/:
    love, romance
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

bokura wa sou sa ningen sa
That's how we are, we're human

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we (plural of 僕)
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • 人間にんげん /ningen/:
    human

ai o aishi idai ni koi suru
Loving love, falling in love grandly

  • あい /ai/:
    love
  • あいし /aishi/:
    to love (continuative form of 愛する)
  • 偉大いだい /idai/:
    great, grand
  • こいする /koi suru/:
    to fall in love

bokura mo sou sa ningen sa
We're like that too, we're human

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we (plural of 僕)
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • 人間にんげん /ningen/:
    human

mijikai haru ga owatte iku
The short spring is ending

  • みじかい /mijikai/:
    short
  • はる /haru/:
    spring
  • わっていく /owatte iku/:
    to gradually end (終わる + ていく)

mijikai natsu ga owatte iku
The short summer is ending

  • みじかい /mijikai/:
    short
  • なつ /natsu/:
    summer
  • わっていく /owatte iku/:
    to gradually end (終わる + ていく)

atarashii jidai to ikiteru anata ni koi o suru
Living with a new era, I fall in love with you

  • あたらしい /atarashii/:
    new
  • 時代じだい /jidai/:
    era, age
  • きてる /ikiteru/:
    to be living (colloquial contraction of 生きている)
  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • こいをする /koi o suru/:
    to fall in love

sonna, watashi ni kizuite hoshii no desu
So, I want you to notice me

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • わたし /watashi/:
    I, me
  • づいて /kizuite/:
    to notice (て form of 気づく)
  • しい /hoshii/:
    to want (someone to do); …て欲しい
  • のです /no desu/:
    explanatory/emphatic sentence ending

anata ni kizuite hoshii no desu
I want you to notice

  • あなた /anata/:
    you
  • づいて /kizuite/:
    to notice (て form of 気づく)
  • しい /hoshii/:
    to want (someone to do); …て欲しい
  • のです /no desu/:
    explanatory/emphatic sentence ending