つじあやの - 風になる/Become the Wind
つじあやの


wasurete ita me wo tojite
Close your eyes and remember what you had forgotten

  • 忘わすれていた /wasurete ita/：
    from wasureru; the -te ita form describes a continuing state in the past: had forgotten
  • 目め /me/：
    eye; eyes
  • 閉とじて /tojite/：
    from tojiru; the -te form links to the following action: close
torimodose koi no uta
Take back the song of love

  • 取とり戻もどせ /torimodose/：
    imperative of torimodosu: take back; recover
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
  • うた /uta/：
    song, commonly written as uta with the kanji for song
aozora ni kakurete iru
It is hiding in the blue sky

  • 青空あおぞら /aozora/：
    blue sky
  • 隠かくれている /kakurete iru/：
    from kakureru; the -te iru form describes an ongoing state: is hidden; is hiding
te wo nobashite mou ichido
Reach out your hand once more

  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 伸のばして /nobashite/：
    from nobasu; -te form: stretch out; extend
  • もう一度いちど /mou ichido/：
    once more
wasurenaide sugu soba ni
Do not forget, right by your side

  • 忘わすれないで /wasurenaide/：
    from wasureru; -naide makes a negative request: please do not forget
  • すぐそば /sugu soba/：
    right nearby; right beside someone
boku ga iru itsu no hi mo
I will be here, every single day

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, a self-reference often used by males
  • いる /iru/：
    to be; to exist, used for people and animals
  • いつの日ひも /itsu no hi mo/：
    every day; always
hoshizora wo nagamete iru
Gazing at the starry sky

  • 星空ほしぞら /hoshizora/：
    starry sky
  • 眺ながめている /nagamete iru/：
    from nagameru; -te iru marks an ongoing action: is gazing at
hitori kiri no yoake mo
Even at a dawn when you are all alone

  • 一人ひとりきり /hitori kiri/：
    all alone; kiri emphasizes that there is only one person
  • 夜明よあけ /yoake/：
    dawn; daybreak
tatta hitotsu no kokoro kanashimi ni kurenaide
Do not let your one and only heart sink into sorrow

  • たった一ひとつ /tatta hitotsu/：
    only one; one and only
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; feelings
  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness; sorrow
  • 悲かなしみに暮くれないで /kanashimi ni kurenaide/：
    from kanashimi ni kureru, to be sunk in sorrow; -naide means do not
kimi no tameiki nante
Those sighs of yours

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • ためいき /tameiki/：
    sigh
  • なんて /nante/：
    things like; adds a dismissive emphasis, as if saying it is no great obstacle
harukaze ni kaete yaru
I will turn them into a spring breeze

  • 春風はるかぜ /harukaze/：
    spring breeze
  • 変かえて /kaete/：
    from kaeru; -te form: change; turn into
  • ～てやる /te yaru/：
    do something for someone; can also express firm determination, as in I will do it
hi no ataru sakamichi wo
Along the sunlit hill road

  • 陽ひ /hi/：
    sunlight; sun
  • あたる /ataru/：
    to shine on; to hit, commonly written with the kanji for hitting or coming into contact
  • 坂道さかみち /sakamichi/：
    slope; hill road
jitensha de kakenoboru
I race uphill on my bicycle

  • 自転車じてんしゃ /jitensha/：
    bicycle
  • 駆かけのぼる /kakenoboru/：
    to race or dash upward; a compound of run and climb
kimi to nakushita omoide nosete yuku yo
I ride on, carrying the memories I lost with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 失なくした /nakushita/：
    past form of nakusu: lost
  • 想おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory; recollection, also commonly written with the standard kanji for thought
  • 乗のせて行ゆく /nosete yuku/：
    to carry something along while going; yuku is a literary reading of iku
rarararara kuchizusamu
La la la la la, I hum along

  • 口くちずさむ /kuchizusamu/：
    to hum; to sing softly to oneself
kuchibiru wo somete yuku
My lips gradually take on color

  • くちびる /kuchibiru/：
    lips, commonly written with the kanji for lips
  • 染そめて行ゆく /somete yuku/：
    from someru; -te iku shows a change progressing onward: gradually color or dye
kimi to mitsuketa shiawase hana no you ni
The happiness I found with you, like a flower

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 見みつけた /mitsuketa/：
    past form of mitsukeru: found; discovered
  • しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness; good fortune
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • ～のように /no you ni/：
    like; in the manner of
wasurete ita mado akete
Open the window that had long been forgotten

  • 忘わすれていた /wasurete ita/：
    from wasureru; the -te ita form describes a continuing state in the past: had forgotten
  • 窓まど /mado/：
    window
  • 開あけて /akete/：
    from akeru; -te form linking to the following action: open
hashiridase koi no uta
Set off running, song of love

  • 走はしり出だせ /hashiridase/：
    imperative of hashiridasu: start running; set off
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
  • うた /uta/：
    song, commonly written with the kanji for song
aozora ni takushite iru
Entrusting it to the blue sky

  • 青空あおぞら /aozora/：
    blue sky
  • 託たくしている /takushite iru/：
    from takusu; -te iru marks an ongoing action: is entrusting
te wo kazashite mou ichido
Hold up your hand once more

  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • かざして /kazashite/：
    from kazasu; -te form: hold up or raise toward something
  • もう一度いちど /mou ichido/：
    once more
wasurenai yo sugu soba ni
I will not forget, right by your side

  • 忘わすれない /wasurenai/：
    negative form of wasureru: will not forget
  • すぐそば /sugu soba/：
    right nearby; right beside someone
kimi ga iru itsu no hi mo
You are here, every single day

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • いる /iru/：
    to be; to exist, used for people and animals
  • いつの日ひも /itsu no hi mo/：
    every day; always
hoshizora ni kagayaiteru namida yureru ashita mo
Even tomorrow, when tears shimmer and tremble in the starry sky

  • 星空ほしぞら /hoshizora/：
    starry sky
  • 輝かがやいてる /kagayaiteru/：
    colloquial contraction of kagayaite iru, from kagayaku: is shining
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear; tears
  • 揺ゆれる /yureru/：
    to sway; to tremble
  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow; the future
tatta hitotsu no kotoba
The one and only phrase

  • たった一ひとつ /tatta hitotsu/：
    only one; one and only
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; phrase; words
kono mune ni dakishimete
Holding it tightly against my heart

  • この /kono/：
    this, used before a noun
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest; heart
  • 抱だきしめて /dakishimete/：
    from dakishimeru; -te form: hold tightly; embrace
kimi no tame boku wa ima harukaze ni fukareteru
For you, I am now being carried by the spring breeze

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • ため /tame/：
    sake; benefit; no tame means for the sake of
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me, a self-reference often used by males
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 春風はるかぜ /harukaze/：
    spring breeze
  • 吹ふかれてる /fukareteru/：
    colloquial contraction of fukarete iru, the continuing passive of fuku: is being blown on by the wind
hi no ataru sakamichi wo
Along the sunlit hill road

  • 陽ひ /hi/：
    sunlight; sun
  • あたる /ataru/：
    to shine on; to hit, commonly written with the kanji for hitting or coming into contact
  • 坂道さかみち /sakamichi/：
    slope; hill road
jitensha de kakenoboru
I race uphill on my bicycle

  • 自転車じてんしゃ /jitensha/：
    bicycle
  • 駆かけのぼる /kakenoboru/：
    to race or dash upward; a compound of run and climb
kimi to chikatta yakusoku nosete yuku yo
I ride on, carrying the promise I made with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 誓ちかった /chikatta/：
    past form of chikau: vowed; swore
  • 約束やくそく /yakusoku/：
    promise; agreement
  • 乗のせて行ゆく /nosete yuku/：
    to carry something along while going; yuku is a literary reading of iku
rarararara kuchizusamu
La la la la la, I hum along

  • 口くちずさむ /kuchizusamu/：
    to hum; to sing softly to oneself
kuchibiru wo somete yuku
My lips gradually take on color

  • くちびる /kuchibiru/：
    lips, commonly written with the kanji for lips
  • 染そめて行ゆく /somete yuku/：
    from someru; -te iku shows a change progressing onward: gradually color or dye
kimi to deaeta shiawase inoru you ni
As if praying for the happiness of having met you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 出会であえた /deaeta/：
    past potential form of deau: was able to meet; had the good fortune to meet
  • しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness; good fortune
  • 祈いのるように /inoru you ni/：
    as if praying; -you ni expresses manner or resemblance
hi no ataru sakamichi wo
Along the sunlit hill road

  • 陽ひ /hi/：
    sunlight; sun
  • あたる /ataru/：
    to shine on; to hit, commonly written with the kanji for hitting or coming into contact
  • 坂道さかみち /sakamichi/：
    slope; hill road
jitensha de kakenoboru
I race uphill on my bicycle

  • 自転車じてんしゃ /jitensha/：
    bicycle
  • 駆かけのぼる /kakenoboru/：
    to race or dash upward; a compound of run and climb
kimi to chikatta yakusoku nosete yuku yo
I ride on, carrying the promise I made with you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 誓ちかった /chikatta/：
    past form of chikau: vowed; swore
  • 約束やくそく /yakusoku/：
    promise; agreement
  • 乗のせて行ゆく /nosete yuku/：
    to carry something along while going; yuku is a literary reading of iku
rarararara kuchizusamu
La la la la la, I hum along

  • 口くちずさむ /kuchizusamu/：
    to hum; to sing softly to oneself
kuchibiru wo somete yuku
My lips gradually take on color

  • くちびる /kuchibiru/：
    lips, commonly written with the kanji for lips
  • 染そめて行ゆく /somete yuku/：
    from someru; -te iku shows a change progressing onward: gradually color or dye
kimi to deaeta shiawase inoru you ni
As if praying for the happiness of having met you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 出会であえた /deaeta/：
    past potential form of deau: was able to meet; had the good fortune to meet
  • しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness; good fortune
  • 祈いのるように /inoru you ni/：
    as if praying; -you ni expresses manner or resemblance
kimi to deaeta shiawase inoru you ni
As if praying for the happiness of having met you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you, used toward someone close
  • 出会であえた /deaeta/：
    past potential form of deau: was able to meet; had the good fortune to meet
  • しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness; good fortune
  • 祈いのるように /inoru you ni/：
    as if praying; -you ni expresses manner or resemblance