米津玄師 (Yonezu Kenshi) - 感電/Kanden (Electric Shock)




nigedashitai yoru no ourai yukue wa imada fumei
The night streets I want to flee from—where I'm headed is still unknown

  • したい /nigedashitai/:
    want to run away
  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • 往来おうらい /ourai/:
    street; coming and going
  • 行方ゆくえ /yukue/:
    whereabouts
  • いまだ /imada/:
    still; yet
  • 不明ふめい /fumei/:
    unknown; unclear

mawari mawatte munashikutte komacchatta wan wan wan
Going round and round, feeling so empty, I'm at a total loss

  • まわまわって /mawari mawatte/:
    going round and round
  • むなしくって /munashikutte/:
    empty; futile
  • こまっちゃった /komacchatta/:
    got troubled; ended up stuck

ushinatta tsumori mo nai ga nanika tarinai kibun
It's not that I think I've lost anything, but something feels missing

  • うしなった /ushinatta/:
    lost
  • つもり /tsumori/:
    intention; the impression that
  • なにか /nanika/:
    something
  • りない /tarinai/:
    not enough; lacking
  • 気分きぶん /kibun/:
    feeling; mood

chotto hen ni hai ni natte fukashikonda yonrinsha
Getting strangely high-strung, I gun the engine of this four-wheeler

  • ちょっと /chotto/:
    a little; slightly
  • へん /hen/:
    strange; odd
  • ハイ /hai/:
    high; excited
  • かしんだ /fukashikonda/:
    revved up (the engine)
  • 四輪車よんりんしゃ /yonrinsha/:
    four-wheeled vehicle; car

kyoudai yo douka shiyou mou nanimo kangaenai you
Hey brother, let's do something—so we don't have to think anymore

  • 兄弟きょうだい /kyoudai/:
    brother; buddy
  • 如何どうか /douka/:
    somehow; let's do something about it
  • もう /mou/:
    already; now
  • なにも /nanimo/:
    (with negative) nothing
  • かんがえない /kangaenai/:
    not think
  • よう /you/:
    manner; state (so as to)

gingakei no hazure e to sayounara
Off to the edge of the galaxy—goodbye

  • 銀河系ぎんがけい /gingakei/:
    galaxy; the Milky Way system
  • はずれ /hazure/:
    edge; outskirts
  • さようなら /sayounara/:
    goodbye

shinjitsu mo doutoku mo dousa shinai ikareta yoru demo
Even on a deranged night where truth and morality stop working

  • 真実しんじつ /shinjitsu/:
    truth
  • 道徳どうとく /doutoku/:
    morality
  • 動作どうさしない /dousa shinai/:
    doesn't function; doesn't work
  • イカれた /ikareta/:
    crazy; broken; messed up
  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • でも /demo/:
    even; but

bokura te wo tataite waraiau
We clap our hands and laugh together

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we
  • /te/:
    hand
  • たたいて /tataite/:
    to clap; to hit
  • わらう /waraiau/:
    to laugh together

dare ni mo shirarenai mama
Without anyone ever knowing

  • だれにも /dare ni mo/:
    (with negative) by no one
  • られない /shirarenai/:
    not be known
  • まま /mama/:
    as is; remaining (a state)

tatta isshun no kono kirameki wo
This single fleeting flash of brilliance

  • たった /tatta/:
    only; just
  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/:
    an instant; a moment
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • きらめき /kirameki/:
    sparkle; glitter

tabetsukusou futari de kutabaru made
Let's devour it whole, the two of us, until we drop dead

  • くそう /tabetsukusou/:
    let's devour it all
  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people
  • くたばる /kutabaru/:
    to drop dead; to kick the bucket
  • まで /made/:
    until

soshite kouun wo bokura ni inori wo
And then, good fortune—a prayer for the two of us

  • そして /soshite/:
    and then
  • 幸運こううん /kouun/:
    good luck; good fortune
  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we; us
  • いのり /inori/:
    prayer

mada ikou dare mo oitsukenai kurai no supiido de
Let's keep going, at a speed no one can catch up to

  • まだ /mada/:
    still; yet
  • こう /ikou/:
    let's go
  • だれも /dare mo/:
    (with negative) no one
  • いつけない /oitsukenai/:
    cannot catch up
  • くらい /kurai/:
    about; to the extent of
  • スピード /supiido/:
    speed

inazuma no you ni ikite itai dake
I just want to live like a bolt of lightning

  • 稲妻いなずま /inazuma/:
    lightning
  • ように /you ni/:
    like; as
  • きていたい /ikite itai/:
    want to keep living
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just

omae wa dou shitai? henji wa iranai
What do you want to do? I don't need an answer

  • まえ /omae/:
    you (casual/blunt)
  • どうしたい /dou shitai/:
    what do you want to do
  • 返事へんじ /henji/:
    reply; answer
  • いらない /iranai/:
    don't need


korogashita shasou to joukei douki wa imada fumei
The rolling car window and the passing scenery—the motive is still unknown

  • ころがした /korogashita/:
    rolled; sent rolling
  • 車窓しゃそう /shasou/:
    car/train window
  • 情景じょうけい /joukei/:
    scene; spectacle
  • 動機どうき /douki/:
    motive
  • いまだ /imada/:
    still; yet
  • 不明ふめい /fumei/:
    unknown; unclear

jamakusakute iratsuite mayoikonda nyan nyan nyan
It's a hassle and it's irritating, and I've wandered astray

  • 邪魔臭じゃまくさくて /jamakusakute/:
    bothersome; a nuisance
  • いらついて /iratsuite/:
    to be irritated; to get edgy
  • まよんだ /mayoikonda/:
    wandered into; got lost in

koko ira de otoshita saifu dareka mimasen deshita?
The wallet I dropped somewhere around here—did anyone see it?

  • ここいら /koko ira/:
    around here; this area
  • とした /otoshita/:
    dropped; lost
  • 財布さいふ /saifu/:
    wallet; purse
  • だれか /dareka/:
    someone; anyone
  • ませんでした /mimasen deshita/:
    didn't see (polite past negative)

baka mitai ni tsuitenai ne chakashite kure haiwei sutaa
Unlucky like an idiot, huh—come tease me, highway star

  • 馬鹿ばか /baka/:
    idiot; fool
  • みたい /mitai/:
    like; seems like
  • ついてない /tsuitenai/:
    unlucky; out of luck
  • 茶化ちゃかしてくれ /chakashite kure/:
    go on, make fun of me
  • ハイウェイ・スター /haiwei sutaa/:
    highway star

you aibou mou iccho manga mitai na kenka shiyou yo
Hey partner, one more round—let's have a fight straight out of a comic

  • 相棒あいぼう /aibou/:
    partner; buddy
  • もう一丁いっちょう /mou iccho/:
    one more round
  • 漫画まんが /manga/:
    manga; comic
  • みたいな /mitai na/:
    like; ...-ish (before a noun)
  • 喧嘩けんか /kenka/:
    fight; quarrel
  • しよう /shiyou/:
    let's do

share ni nannai kurai no yatsu wo otameshi de
The kind that's no laughing matter—just to give it a try

  • 洒落しゃれ /share/:
    joke; pun (「洒落にならない」= no joke, too serious)
  • なんない /nannai/:
    won't become (casual for ならない)
  • くらい /kurai/:
    to the extent of
  • やつ /yatsu/:
    thing; one (casual)
  • ためし /otameshi/:
    a try; a trial

seiron to bouron no bunrui sae dekiyashinai machi wo
Through a town where you can't even tell sound logic from reckless nonsense

  • 正論せいろん /seiron/:
    sound argument; right reasoning
  • 暴論ぼうろん /bouron/:
    reckless/absurd argument
  • 分類ぶんるい /bunrui/:
    classification
  • さえ /sae/:
    even
  • 出来できやしない /dekiyashinai/:
    can't do at all
  • まち /machi/:
    town; street

nukedashite tagai ni waraiau
We break out and laugh together

  • して /nukedashite/:
    to slip out; to break free
  • たがいに /tagai ni/:
    each other; mutually
  • わらう /waraiau/:
    to laugh together

mezasu no wa merou na endingu
What we're aiming for is a mellow ending

  • 目指めざす /mezasu/:
    to aim for
  • メロウ /merou/:
    mellow
  • エンディング /endingu/:
    ending

sore wa shinzou wo setsuna ni yurasu mono
It's something that sets your heart trembling in an instant

  • それ /sore/:
    that
  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/:
    heart (organ)
  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/:
    an instant; a moment
  • らす /yurasu/:
    to shake; to sway
  • もの /mono/:
    thing

oikaketa totan ni miushinacchau no
The moment you chase after it, you lose sight of it

  • いかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased after
  • 途端とたんに /totan ni/:
    the moment that; just as
  • 見失みうしなっちゃう /miushinacchau/:
    to lose sight of (ends up)

kitto eien ga dokka ni arun da to
Surely eternity is out there somewhere

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely; certainly
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/:
    eternity; forever
  • どっか /dokka/:
    somewhere (casual for どこか)
  • あるんだ /arun da/:
    there is (emphatic)

asatte wo sagashimawaru no mo waruku wa nai deshou
Going around in search of the day after tomorrow isn't so bad, is it

  • 明後日あさって /asatte/:
    the day after tomorrow
  • さがまわる /sagashimawaru/:
    to search all around
  • わるくはない /waruku wa nai/:
    not bad
  • でしょう /deshou/:
    probably; right?

omae ga dokka ni kieta asa yori
Rather than a morning where you've vanished off somewhere

  • まえ /omae/:
    you (casual)
  • どっか /dokka/:
    somewhere (casual)
  • えた /kieta/:
    disappeared
  • あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • より /yori/:
    than; rather than

konna yoru no hou ga mada mashi sa
A night like this is still better by far

  • こんな /konna/:
    this kind of
  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • ほう /hou/:
    side; (in comparison) the ... one
  • まだ /mada/:
    still
  • まし /mashi/:
    better; preferable

hai ni suiren tooku no sairen
Water lilies in my lungs, a siren far away

  • はい /hai/:
    lungs
  • 睡蓮すいれん /suiren/:
    water lily
  • とおく /tooku/:
    far away; distance
  • サイレン /sairen/:
    siren

hibikiau kyoukaisen
A boundary line where they resonate together

  • ひびう /hibikiau/:
    to resonate together
  • 境界線きょうかいせん /kyoukaisen/:
    boundary line

aishiau you ni kenka shiyou ze
Let's fight as though we're loving each other

  • あいう /aishiau/:
    to love each other
  • ように /you ni/:
    as if; like
  • 喧嘩けんか /kenka/:
    fight; quarrel
  • しようぜ /shiyou ze/:
    let's do (masculine, emphatic)

yarusenasa hissagete
Carrying this hopeless gloom along with me

  • さ /yarusenasa/:
    wretchedness; inconsolable gloom
  • っさげて /hissagete/:
    carrying; toting along

hai ni suiren tooku no sairen
Water lilies in my lungs, a siren far away

  • はい /hai/:
    lungs
  • 睡蓮すいれん /suiren/:
    water lily
  • とおく /tooku/:
    far away; distance
  • サイレン /sairen/:
    siren

hibikiau kyoukaisen
A boundary line where they resonate together

  • ひびう /hibikiau/:
    to resonate together
  • 境界線きょうかいせん /kyoukaisen/:
    boundary line

aishiau you ni kenka shiyou ze
Let's fight as though we're loving each other

  • あいう /aishiau/:
    to love each other
  • ように /you ni/:
    as if; like
  • 喧嘩けんか /kenka/:
    fight; quarrel
  • しようぜ /shiyou ze/:
    let's do (masculine, emphatic)

yarusenasa hissagete
Carrying this hopeless gloom along with me

  • さ /yarusenasa/:
    wretchedness; inconsolable gloom
  • っさげて /hissagete/:
    carrying; toting along

tatta isshun no kono kirameki wo
This single fleeting flash of brilliance

  • たった /tatta/:
    only; just
  • 一瞬いっしゅん /isshun/:
    an instant; a moment
  • この /kono/:
    this
  • きらめき /kirameki/:
    sparkle; glitter

tabetsukusou futari de kutabaru made
Let's devour it whole, the two of us, until we drop dead

  • くそう /tabetsukusou/:
    let's devour it all
  • 二人ふたり /futari/:
    two people
  • くたばる /kutabaru/:
    to drop dead; to kick the bucket
  • まで /made/:
    until

soshite kouun wo bokura ni inori wo
And then, good fortune—a prayer for the two of us

  • そして /soshite/:
    and then
  • 幸運こううん /kouun/:
    good luck; good fortune
  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we; us
  • いのり /inori/:
    prayer

mada ikou dare mo oitsukenai kurai no supiido de
Let's keep going, at a speed no one can catch up to

  • まだ /mada/:
    still; yet
  • こう /ikou/:
    let's go
  • だれも /dare mo/:
    (with negative) no one
  • いつけない /oitsukenai/:
    cannot catch up
  • くらい /kurai/:
    about; to the extent of
  • スピード /supiido/:
    speed

sore wa shinzou wo setsuna ni yurasu mono
It's something that sets your heart trembling in an instant

  • それ /sore/:
    that
  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/:
    heart (organ)
  • 刹那せつな /setsuna/:
    an instant; a moment
  • らす /yurasu/:
    to shake; to sway
  • もの /mono/:
    thing

oikaketa totan ni miushinacchau no
The moment you chase after it, you lose sight of it

  • いかけた /oikaketa/:
    chased after
  • 途端とたんに /totan ni/:
    the moment that; just as
  • 見失みうしなっちゃう /miushinacchau/:
    to lose sight of (ends up)

kitto eien ga dokka ni arun da to
Surely eternity is out there somewhere

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely; certainly
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/:
    eternity; forever
  • どっか /dokka/:
    somewhere (casual for どこか)
  • あるんだ /arun da/:
    there is (emphatic)

asatte wo sagashimawaru no mo waruku wa nai deshou
Going around in search of the day after tomorrow isn't so bad, is it

  • 明後日あさって /asatte/:
    the day after tomorrow
  • さがまわる /sagashimawaru/:
    to search all around
  • わるくはない /waruku wa nai/:
    not bad
  • でしょう /deshou/:
    probably; right?

inazuma no you ni ikite itai dake
I just want to live like a bolt of lightning

  • 稲妻いなずま /inazuma/:
    lightning
  • ように /you ni/:
    like; as
  • きていたい /ikite itai/:
    want to keep living
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just

omae wa dou shitai? henji wa iranai
What do you want to do? I don't need an answer

  • まえ /omae/:
    you (casual/blunt)
  • どうしたい /dou shitai/:
    what do you want to do
  • 返事へんじ /henji/:
    reply; answer
  • いらない /iranai/:
    don't need