ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - 勘冴えて悔しいわ/My Intuition's Too Sharp and It's Frustrating
ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo)


"kimi no koto janai yo" ki no sei ni shitai yo
"It's not about you" — I want to chalk it up to my imagination

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter
  • じゃない /janai/：
    is not (colloquial of ではない)
  • 気きのせい /ki no sei/：
    just one's imagination
  • したい /shitai/：
    want to do (dictionary form: する)
baretatte gomakasu no aite ni shinai de
Even if I'm found out, I'll cover it up — don't pay me any mind

  • ばれた /bareta/：
    got found out (dictionary form: ばれる)
  • たって /tatte/：
    even if (colloquial of ても)
  • 誤魔化ごまかす /gomakasu/：
    to cover up, to fudge
  • 相手あいてにしない /aite ni shinai/：
    to ignore, to not deal with (相手にする: to deal with)
  • しないで /shinai de/：
    don't do (dictionary form: する)
se no jun aiueo narabitaku mo nai yo
Lined up by height, by aiueo order — I don't even want to line up

  • 背せ /se/：
    height (of a person)
  • 順じゅん /jun/：
    order, sequence
  • あいうえお /aiueo/：
    the Japanese kana ordering (aiueo)
  • 並ならびたくもない /narabitaku mo nai/：
    don't even want to line up (並ぶ: to line up)
mou isso omedetai hitori wo shinai de
Might as well — that "congratulations," being alone, with a bamboo sword

  • もう /mou/：
    already; (here) just
  • いっそ /isso/：
    rather, might as well
  • お目出度めでたい /omedetai/：
    auspicious; (also) naive, simple-minded
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    alone, one person
  • 竹刀しない /shinai/：
    bamboo sword (used in kendo)
dareka to inai to hinan basho wa nai yo
If I'm not with someone, there's no place to escape to

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • いない /inai/：
    to not be (present) (dictionary form: いる)
  • 避難場所ひなんばしょ /hinan basho/：
    evacuation site, place of refuge
  • ない /nai/：
    there is none
mirakuru na me wo mada sorase wa shinai de
Those miraculous eyes — don't look away just yet

  • ミラクル /mirakuru/：
    miracle
  • 目め /me/：
    eye(s)
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 逸そらせ /sorase/：
    to avert, to look away (dictionary form: 逸らす)
  • しないで /shinai de/：
    don't do (dictionary form: する)
atashi wo kirau tori no waraigoe wo kesou yo
Let's erase the laughter of the birds that hate me

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual female first-person)
  • 嫌きらう /kirau/：
    to dislike, to hate
  • 鳥とり /tori/：
    bird
  • 笑わらい声こえ /waraigoe/：
    laughter, the sound of laughing
  • 消けそう /kesou/：
    let's erase (volitional of 消す)
hashitanai hodo shuuchuuryoku ga
Concentration to an almost unseemly degree

  • 端はしない /hashitanai/：
    unseemly, improper, indecent
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that, so... that
  • 集中力しゅうちゅうりょく /shuuchuuryoku/：
    concentration, focus
tsuita tsuita tsuittaa tsubuyaku nana kome no hou de
Arrived, threw up, tweeting on Twitter — on the 7th account

  • 着ついた /tsuita/：
    arrived (dictionary form: 着く)
  • 吐ついた /tsuita/：
    threw up (dictionary form: 吐く)
  • ツイッター /tsuittaa/：
    Twitter
  • 呟つぶやく /tsubuyaku/：
    to mutter; (on Twitter) to tweet
  • 個目こめ /kome/：
    the ...th one (counter for ordinal, e.g. the 7th)
  • 方ほう /hou/：
    side, one (of options)
eetiipii jouzu ni ukewatasu hibi dake
Just days of skillfully passing along ATP

  • ATP /eetiipii/：
    ATP, the energy molecule of cells
  • 上手じょうずに /jouzu ni/：
    skillfully, well
  • 受うけ渡わたす /ukewatasu/：
    to hand over, to pass along
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, daily life
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
mou kan ga saete kuyashii wa
Ugh, my intuition's too sharp and it's frustrating

  • もう /mou/：
    ugh, geez (expressing exasperation)
  • 勘かん /kan/：
    intuition, hunch
  • 冴さえて /saete/：
    to be sharp, to be clear (dictionary form: 冴える)
  • 悔くやしい /kuyashii/：
    frustrating, vexing
muishiki ni hakobetara raku darou na
It'd be so much easier if I could do it unconsciously

  • 無意識むいしき /muishiki/：
    unconscious(ness)
  • 運はこべたら /hakobetara/：
    if I could carry/move it along (potential of 運ぶ)
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, I suppose
tantan to waraenai wa toritsukurotte shimau wa
I can't laugh it off coolly — I end up putting on a front

  • 淡々たんたんと /tantan to/：
    calmly, indifferently
  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    can't laugh (potential of 笑う)
  • 取とり繕つくろって /toritsukurotte/：
    to patch up appearances, to cover up (dictionary form: 取り繕う)
  • しまう /shimau/：
    to end up doing (unintentionally/regrettably)
itsumo geragera michi wo fusagu tami yo
Always cackling away, you people who block the road

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
  • 塞ふさぐ /fusagu/：
    to block, to obstruct
  • 民たみ /tami/：
    people, the populace
kansha no kotoba shika dete konai yo
Nothing but words of gratitude come out

  • 感謝かんしゃ /kansha/：
    gratitude, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
  • しか /shika/：
    only (followed by negative)
  • 出でてこない /dete konai/：
    won't come out (出てくる: to come out)
atomodori wa shinakute ii no
There's no need to turn back

  • 後戻あともどり /atomodori/：
    turning back, backtracking
  • しなくていい /shinakute ii/：
    don't have to do (～なくていい: don't need to)
ima no tokoro wa kaette nemuru dake
For now, I'll just go home and sleep

  • 今いまのところ /ima no tokoro/：
    for now, at present
  • 帰かえって /kaette/：
    to go home, to return (dictionary form: 帰る)
  • 眠ねむる /nemuru/：
    to sleep
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
okashii to omou hodo unazuite shimau houhou
A method that makes me nod along to an absurd degree

  • おかしい /okashii/：
    strange; funny
  • 思おもう /omou/：
    to think, to feel
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that
  • 頷うなずいて /unazuite/：
    to nod (in agreement) (dictionary form: 頷く)
  • しまう /shimau/：
    to end up doing (unintentionally)
  • 方法ほうほう /houhou/：
    method, way
kao ni dasu koto yurusarenakute
Not allowed to let it show on my face

  • 顔かお /kao/：
    face
  • 出だす /dasu/：
    to show, to put out
  • こと /koto/：
    nominalizer ("the act of...")
  • 許ゆるされなくて /yurusarenakute/：
    not being permitted (許す: to allow; passive 許される)
nakitsukarete shimaou risetto wo oboeyou
Let's just cry ourselves out — let's learn how to reset

  • 泣なき疲つかれて /nakitsukarete/：
    to grow tired from crying (泣く: cry + 疲れる: get tired)
  • しまおう /shimaou/：
    let's just (do completely) (volitional of しまう)
  • リセット /risetto/：
    reset
  • 覚おぼえよう /oboeyou/：
    let's learn/memorize (volitional of 覚える)
kyoumi nai nara hottoite kure
If you're not interested, just leave me alone

  • 興味きょうみ /kyoumi/：
    interest
  • ない /nai/：
    to not have, none
  • なら /nara/：
    if, in the case of
  • ほっといて /hottoite/：
    leave (it/me) alone (colloquial of 放っておく)
  • くれ /kure/：
    (do it) for me (imperative of くれる)
nankan nankai nankai machigau waraenai jooku
Tough spot, hard to grasp, which floor — getting it wrong, an unfunny joke

  • 難関なんかん /nankan/：
    difficult barrier, tough hurdle
  • 難解なんかい /nankai/：
    hard to understand, abstruse
  • 何階なんかい /nankai/：
    which floor
  • 間違まちがう /machigau/：
    to make a mistake, to get wrong
  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    can't laugh, no laughing matter (potential of 笑う)
  • ジョーク /jooku/：
    joke
raishuu no kondate wo nagameru hibi dake
Just days of gazing at next week's menu

  • 来週らいしゅう /raishuu/：
    next week
  • 献立こんだて /kondate/：
    menu, meal plan
  • 眺ながめる /nagameru/：
    to gaze at, to stare at
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, daily life
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
mou kan ga saete kuyashii wa
Ugh, my intuition's too sharp and it's frustrating

  • もう /mou/：
    ugh, geez (expressing exasperation)
  • 勘かん /kan/：
    intuition, hunch
  • 冴さえて /saete/：
    to be sharp, to be clear (dictionary form: 冴える)
  • 悔くやしい /kuyashii/：
    frustrating, vexing
muishiki ni hakobetara raku darou na
It'd be so much easier if I could do it unconsciously

  • 無意識むいしき /muishiki/：
    unconscious(ness)
  • 運はこべたら /hakobetara/：
    if I could carry/move it along (potential of 運ぶ)
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, I suppose
tantan to waraenai wa toritsukurotte shimau wa
I can't laugh it off coolly — I end up putting on a front

  • 淡々たんたんと /tantan to/：
    calmly, indifferently
  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    can't laugh (potential of 笑う)
  • 取とり繕つくろって /toritsukurotte/：
    to patch up appearances, to cover up (dictionary form: 取り繕う)
  • しまう /shimau/：
    to end up doing (unintentionally/regrettably)
itsumo geragera michi wo fusagu tami yo
Always cackling away, you people who block the road

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
  • 塞ふさぐ /fusagu/：
    to block, to obstruct
  • 民たみ /tami/：
    people, the populace
kansha no kotoba shika dete konai yo
Nothing but words of gratitude come out

  • 感謝かんしゃ /kansha/：
    gratitude, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
  • しか /shika/：
    only (followed by negative)
  • 出でてこない /dete konai/：
    won't come out (出てくる: to come out)
atomodori wa shinakute ii no
There's no need to turn back

  • 後戻あともどり /atomodori/：
    turning back, backtracking
  • しなくていい /shinakute ii/：
    don't have to do (～なくていい: don't need to)
ima no tokoro wa kaette nemuru dake
For now, I'll just go home and sleep

  • 今いまのところ /ima no tokoro/：
    for now, at present
  • 帰かえって /kaette/：
    to go home, to return (dictionary form: 帰る)
  • 眠ねむる /nemuru/：
    to sleep
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
kimi ga kureta dokuichigo mitasarete nai kimi no ichigou wo
The poison strawberry you gave me, your unfulfilled No.1

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • くれた /kureta/：
    gave (to me) (dictionary form: くれる)
  • 毒苺どくいちご /dokuichigo/：
    poison strawberry (毒: poison + 苺: strawberry)
  • 満みたされてない /mitasarete nai/：
    unfulfilled, not satisfied (満たす: to fill; passive 満たされる)
  • 一号いちごう /ichigou/：
    No.1, the first one
tabete yaru zettai wasurenai you ni
I'll eat it for sure, so as not to forget

  • 食たべてやる /tabete yaru/：
    I'll eat it (defiantly) (～てやる: showing resolve)
  • 絶対ぜったい /zettai/：
    absolutely, definitely
  • 忘わすれない /wasurenai/：
    to not forget (dictionary form: 忘れる)
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that, in order to
itsuka no namida toka fuseikai da toka mujun ronri kara
From past tears, wrong answers, and contradictory logic

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    sometime, someday
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • とか /toka/：
    things like, and so on (listing)
  • 不正解ふせいかい /fuseikai/：
    wrong answer (正解: correct answer)
  • 矛盾むじゅん /mujun/：
    contradiction
  • 論理ろんり /ronri/：
    logic, reasoning
  • から /kara/：
    from
sukueru you ni naru made
Until I become able to save (someone)

  • 救すくえる /sukueru/：
    to be able to save (potential of 救う)
  • ようになる /you ni naru/：
    to come to (be able to), to reach the point where
  • まで /made/：
    until
mou kan ga saete kuyashii wa
Ugh, my intuition's too sharp and it's frustrating

  • もう /mou/：
    ugh, geez (expressing exasperation)
  • 勘かん /kan/：
    intuition, hunch
  • 冴さえて /saete/：
    to be sharp, to be clear (dictionary form: 冴える)
  • 悔くやしい /kuyashii/：
    frustrating, vexing
muishiki ni hakobetara raku darou na
It'd be so much easier if I could do it unconsciously

  • 無意識むいしき /muishiki/：
    unconscious(ness)
  • 運はこべたら /hakobetara/：
    if I could carry/move it along (potential of 運ぶ)
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably, I suppose
tantan to waraenai wa toritsukurotte shimau wa
I can't laugh it off coolly — I end up putting on a front

  • 淡々たんたんと /tantan to/：
    calmly, indifferently
  • 笑わらえない /waraenai/：
    can't laugh (potential of 笑う)
  • 取とり繕つくろって /toritsukurotte/：
    to patch up appearances, to cover up (dictionary form: 取り繕う)
  • しまう /shimau/：
    to end up doing (unintentionally/regrettably)
itsumo gerageragera michi wo fusagu tami yo
Always cackling away, you people who block the road

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
  • 塞ふさぐ /fusagu/：
    to block, to obstruct
  • 民たみ /tami/：
    people, the populace
kansha no kotoba shika dete konai yo
Nothing but words of gratitude come out

  • 感謝かんしゃ /kansha/：
    gratitude, thanks
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
  • しか /shika/：
    only (followed by negative)
  • 出でてこない /dete konai/：
    won't come out (出てくる: to come out)
atomodori wa shinakute ii no
There's no need to turn back

  • 後戻あともどり /atomodori/：
    turning back, backtracking
  • しなくていい /shinakute ii/：
    don't have to do (～なくていい: don't need to)
ima no tokoro wa kaette nemuru dake
For now, I'll just go home and sleep

  • 今いまのところ /ima no tokoro/：
    for now, at present
  • 帰かえって /kaette/：
    to go home, to return (dictionary form: 帰る)
  • 眠ねむる /nemuru/：
    to sleep
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
shiraretaku wa nai kedo
Though I don't want it to be known

  • 知しられたくない /shiraretaku nai/：
    don't want it known (知る: to know; passive 知られる)
  • けど /kedo/：
    but, though
shitte hoshii yo nante ietara
"I want you to know" — if only I could say something like that

  • 知しってほしい /shitte hoshii/：
    want (you) to know (～てほしい: want someone to do)
  • なんて /nante/：
    such as, something like (with a dismissive nuance)
  • 言いえたら /ietara/：
    if only I could say (potential of 言う)
kan ga saechau hi wa sakende shimau
On days my intuition sharpens, I end up screaming

  • 勘かん /kan/：
    intuition, hunch
  • 冴さえちゃう /saechau/：
    ends up getting sharp (冴える + ちゃう, colloquial てしまう)
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 叫さけんで /sakende/：
    to shout, to scream (dictionary form: 叫ぶ)
  • しまう /shimau/：
    to end up doing (unintentionally)
iei iei iei iei
Yay yay yay yay
daremo inai tooku de men to mukatte
Far away where no one is, face to face

  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    (with negative) no one
  • いない /inai/：
    to not be present (dictionary form: いる)
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away, the distance
  • 面めんと向むかって /men to mukatte/：
    face to face, directly (面と向かう: to face directly)
iei iei iei iei iei iei iei shitai
Funeral portrait, deathbed poem, ... corpse

  • 遺影いえい /iei/：
    portrait of the deceased
  • 遺詠いえい /iei/：
    a poem left behind at death, posthumous poem
  • 死体したい /shitai/：
    corpse, dead body