suis from ヨルシカ - 猫日/Cat Day



sekai wo mitagaru kimi dakara
Because you are always eager to see the world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • たがる /mitagaru/:
    to appear eager to see; from 見る + ~たがる
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you; an intimate form of address
  • だから /dakara/:
    because; since

bokura ni o wo furi yuku no deshou
You will probably wag your tail at us and go

  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we; us
  • る /o wo furu/:
    to wag one's tail; 振り is the continuative form of 振る
  • く /yuku/:
    to go; here read yuku, a literary-sounding form
  • のでしょう /no deshou/:
    probably; I suppose

hinata wo sagaseru kimi dakara
Because you can find a sunny spot

  • 日向ひなた /hinata/:
    sunny spot; place in the sun
  • さがせる /sagaseru/:
    can find; potential form of 探す
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • だから /dakara/:
    because; since

kitto kokochi ii basho mukau no kana
I wonder if you are surely heading somewhere comfortable

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely; certainly
  • 心地良ここちいい /kokochi ii/:
    comfortable; pleasant
  • 場所ばしょ /basho/:
    place; location
  • かう /mukau/:
    to head toward; the destination particle is omitted poetically
  • のかな /no kana/:
    I wonder whether; perhaps

manazashi wo tabete sodatsu kara
Because you grow by feeding on loving gazes

  • まなざし /manazashi/:
    gaze; look
  • べて /tabete/:
    eating; te-form of 食べる
  • そだつから /sodatsu kara/:
    because one grows; 育つ followed by reason-marking から

ai no aru nashi wa omitooshi
You can see right through whether love is there or not

  • あい /ai/:
    love; affection
  • し /aru nashi/:
    presence or absence; whether something exists
  • 見通みとおし /omitooshi/:
    seeing right through; knowing everything

kawari no kikanai kimi dakara
Because there is no one who could replace you

  • わりのきかない /kawari no kikanai/:
    irreplaceable; literally, no substitute will do
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • だから /dakara/:
    because; since

miokuru no mo oshii kedo
Though it pains me even to see you off

  • 見送みおくる /miokuru/:
    to see someone off; to watch someone leave
  • のも /no mo/:
    even doing; nominalizer の plus も
  • しい /oshii/:
    regrettable; hard to part with
  • けど /kedo/:
    though; but

nurui se ni mahou wo shotte iku
You go on carrying magic upon your warm back

  • ぬるい /nurui/:
    lukewarm; gently warm
  • /se/:
    back
  • 魔法まほう /mahou/:
    magic
  • 背負しょって /shotte/:
    carrying on one's back; te-form of 背負う
  • く /iku/:
    to go; to continue onward

buji wo negatteru wa
I am praying that you will be safe

  • 無事ぶじ /buji/:
    safety; being unharmed
  • ねがってる /negatteru/:
    am wishing or praying; contraction of 願っている

itsumo atarimae ni utau merodi
The melody I always sing as if it were the most natural thing

  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always; usually
  • あたりまえに /atarimae ni/:
    naturally; as a matter of course
  • うたう /utau/:
    to sing
  • メロディ /merodi/:
    melody

fuzaketa choushi de odoru wa
I dance in a playful rhythm

  • ふざけた /fuzaketa/:
    playful; silly; past form of ふざける used attributively
  • 調子ちょうし /choushi/:
    manner; tone; rhythm
  • おどる /odoru/:
    to dance

kimi ga ashimoto ni korogaru hibi wo
The days when you roll around at my feet

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 足元あしもと /ashimoto/:
    at one's feet; underfoot
  • ころがる /korogaru/:
    to roll around; to lie about
  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days; day-to-day life

tokubetsu ni wa shitakunai noni
Even though I do not want to make those days something special

  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special; exceptional
  • したくない /shitakunai/:
    do not want to do or make; negative of したい
  • のに /noni/:
    even though; despite

ima wa onaji natsukaze machiawase
Now we arrange to meet in the same summer breeze

  • いま /ima/:
    now
  • おなじ /onaji/:
    same
  • 夏風なつかぜ /natsukaze/:
    summer breeze
  • まちあわせ /machiawase/:
    an arranged meeting; rendezvous

yume de aeru made
Until I can meet you again in a dream

  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • えるまで /aeru made/:
    until one can meet; potential form of 逢う followed by ~まで

haru ni mo yuki ni mo nareru kara
Because you can become both spring and snow

  • はる /haru/:
    spring
  • ゆき /yuki/:
    snow
  • なれるから /nareru kara/:
    because one can become; potential form of なる followed by から

sekai no subete wa omitooshi
You see right through everything in the world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/:
    world
  • すべて /subete/:
    everything; all
  • 見通みとおし /omitooshi/:
    seeing right through; knowing everything

neko ni mo yoku nita kimi dakara
Because you are so much like a cat too

  • ねこ /neko/:
    cat
  • よく /yoku/:
    closely; very much
  • た /nita/:
    resembled; past form of 似る used attributively
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • だから /dakara/:
    because; since

shinpai wa iranai ka
Perhaps there is no need to worry about you

  • 心配しんぱい /shinpai/:
    worry; concern
  • らない /iranai/:
    not needed; negative form of 要る

marui me de iitage ni shite iru
With round eyes, you look as though you want to say something

  • まるい /marui/:
    round
  • /me/:
    eye; eyes
  • いたげ /iitage/:
    looking as if one wants to say something; from 言う via 言いたい + ~げ
  • している /shite iru/:
    is doing; is in a certain state

yoru wo omotteru wa
I am thinking fondly of the night

  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • おもってる /omotteru/:
    am thinking of or longing for; contraction of 想っている

kimi to mimachigau tame no damii
A stand-in made so I can mistake it for you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • 見間違みまちがう /mimachigau/:
    to mistake one thing or person for another
  • ため /tame/:
    for the purpose of; in order to
  • ダミー /damii/:
    dummy; stand-in

susunde kyouki ni okkochita
I willingly tumbled into madness

  • すすんで /susunde/:
    willingly; voluntarily; from 進む
  • 狂気きょうき /kyouki/:
    madness; insanity
  • っこちた /okkochita/:
    fell or tumbled down; colloquial past form of 落っこちる

ameba amu hodo ni tokeru uso wo
A lie that unravels the more I weave it

  • めばむほど /ameba amu hodo/:
    the more one weaves; the ~ば~ほど pattern means the more...the more...
  • ける /tokeru/:
    to come undone; to unravel
  • うそ /uso/:
    lie; falsehood

itsu made demo yobitai noni
Even though I want to keep calling out to you forever

  • いつまででも /itsu made demo/:
    forever; for however long
  • びたい /yobitai/:
    want to call out; 呼ぶ plus ~たい
  • のに /noni/:
    even though; despite, with lingering regret

tonda manatsu no hiru no haifubuki
A blizzard of ash flying through a midsummer afternoon

  • んだ /tonda/:
    flew; scattered through the air; past form of 飛ぶ
  • 真夏まなつ /manatsu/:
    midsummer; height of summer
  • ひる /hiru/:
    daytime; noon
  • 灰吹雪はいふぶき /haifubuki/:
    a blizzard of ash; a poetic compound of ash and snowstorm

nodo ni kogeru kaze
A wind that scorches my throat

  • のど /nodo/:
    throat
  • げる /kogeru/:
    to scorch; to burn
  • かぜ /kaze/:
    wind

itsu made mo aru you ni omoeta
It seemed as though it would be there forever

  • いつまでも /itsu made mo/:
    forever; indefinitely
  • ある /aru/:
    to exist; to be
  • ように /you ni/:
    as if; as though
  • おもえた /omoeta/:
    seemed; felt; past form of 思える

hibi wo tsunde iku
We keep piling up the days

  • 日々ひび /hibi/:
    days; day-to-day life
  • んでいく /tsunde iku/:
    to keep accumulating; 積む plus ~ていく

karenu hana ippai no fune de isande yuke
Set forth bravely on a ship filled with flowers that never wither

  • れぬ /karenu/:
    unwithering; literary negative form of 枯れる
  • はな /hana/:
    flower; flowers
  • いっぱい /ippai/:
    full of; filled with
  • ふね /fune/:
    ship; boat
  • いさんで /isande/:
    bravely; eagerly; te-form of 勇む
  • け /yuke/:
    go forth; imperative of 行く, read yuke here

itsumo atarimae ni utau merodi
The melody I always sing as if it were the most natural thing

  • いつも /itsumo/:
    always; usually
  • あたりまえに /atarimae ni/:
    naturally; as a matter of course
  • うたう /utau/:
    to sing
  • メロディ /merodi/:
    melody

fuzakete odoru yume kara
From a dream where we frolic and dance

  • ふざけて /fuzakete/:
    fooling around; te-form of ふざける
  • おどる /odoru/:
    to dance
  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream; the following から marks it as the point one wakes from

sameta asa mo kimi to itai yo
Even on the morning I wake, I want to be with you

  • めた /sameta/:
    woke; awakened; past form of 覚める
  • あさ /asa/:
    morning
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • たい /itai/:
    want to be or stay; 居る plus ~たい

tokubetsu janai nante nai hi ni
On a day when there is no such thing as being ordinary

  • 特別とくべつ /tokubetsu/:
    special; exceptional
  • じゃない /janai/:
    is not; casual form of ではない
  • なんてない /nante nai/:
    there is no such thing as...
  • /hi/:
    day

ima mo onaji kono yo de machiawase
Even now, we arrange to meet in this same world

  • いま /ima/:
    now
  • おなじ /onaji/:
    same
  • この /kono yo/:
    this world; the world of the living
  • まちあわせ /machiawase/:
    an arranged meeting; rendezvous

yuki mo tokeru made
Until even the snow melts

  • ゆき /yuki/:
    snow
  • けるまで /tokeru made/:
    until it melts; 溶ける followed by ~まで

kimi to nemuru made
Until I fall asleep with you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ねむるまで /nemuru made/:
    until one falls asleep; 眠る followed by ~まで