YOASOBI - HEART BEAT
YOASOBI


itsuka kokoro ni mo nai karuguchi de
Someday, with careless words I didn't mean

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    before I knew it, someday
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • 無ない /nai/：
    not having (Original form: 無ない)
  • 軽口かるぐち /karuguchi/：
    careless remark, flippant words
midari ni kimi wo okorasete shimatta ne
I carelessly made you angry

  • みだりに /midari ni/：
    carelessly, recklessly
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 怒おこらせてしまった /okorasete shimatta/：
    made (you) angry (Original form: 怒おこらせる + 仕舞しまう)
「gomen ne」sae iidasenakatta
I couldn't even say "I'm sorry"

  • ごめんね /gomen ne/：
    I'm sorry
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
  • 言いい出だせなかった /iidasenakatta/：
    couldn't say (Original form: 言いい出だす, potential negative)
kono shinzou no oto ga urusakute
Because the sound of my heartbeat was too loud

  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/：
    heart (organ)
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • うるさくて /urusakute/：
    noisy, distracting (Original form: うるさい)
itsu dakke
When was it again?

  • いつ /itsu/：
    when
  • だっけ /dakke/：
    was it...? (recalls or confirms something)
kore ijou wa yame ni shiyou to
Thinking we should stop here

  • これ以上いじょう /kore ijou/：
    no more than this, beyond this point
  • 止やめにしよう /yame ni shiyou/：
    let's stop (Original form: 止やめにする)
kumiagete kita tsumiki wo tebanashita
I let go of the building blocks I'd been assembling

  • 組くみ上あげてきた /kumiagete kita/：
    had been building up (Original form: 組くみ上あげる + くる)
  • 積つみ木き /tsumiki/：
    building blocks
  • 手放てばなした /tebanashita/：
    let go of (Original form: 手放てばなす)
kodou ni yureta yubisaki ni furete
Touching the fingertips trembling with my heartbeat

  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat, pulsation
  • 揺ゆれた /yureta/：
    trembled, swayed (Original form: 揺ゆれる)
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/：
    fingertips
  • 触ふれて /furete/：
    to touch (Original form: 触ふれる)
kuzurete shimau mae ni to
Before everything falls apart

  • 崩くずれてしまう /kuzurete shimau/：
    to collapse, to crumble (Original form: 崩くずれる + 仕舞しまう)
  • 前まえ /mae/：
    before
sou nayami no tane wa
Yes, the source of worries is

  • 悩なやみ /nayami/：
    worry, trouble
  • 種たね /tane/：
    seed, source, cause
itsumo(itsumo)
Always (always)

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
dareka no koto to
About someone else

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter
ashita no koto to
About tomorrow

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter
mirai no koto
About the future

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter
bakari da
That's all it ever is

  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but, only
nee kangaeru hodo kakeashi de
Hey, the more I think, the faster

  • 考かんがえる /kangaeru/：
    to think, to consider
  • ほど /hodo/：
    the more...the more
  • 駆かけ足あし /kakeashi/：
    quick pace, running
myakuutsu rizumu
The rhythm of my pulse

  • 脈打みゃくうつ /myakuutsu/：
    to pulse, to throb
  • リズム /rizumu/：
    rhythm (English: rhythm)
motto jouzu ni
If only I could more skillfully

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 上手じょうず /jouzu/：
    skillful, good at
motto kirei ni
More beautifully

  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/：
    beautiful, pretty
kizametara
Carve it out

  • 刻きざめたら /kizametara/：
    if could carve (Original form: 刻きざむ, potential conditional)
ashi ga sukunde shimattemo
Even if my legs freeze up

  • 足あし /ashi/：
    legs, feet
  • すくんでしまった /sukunde shimatta/：
    froze up, couldn't move (Original form: すくむ + 仕舞しまう)
koe ga furuetemo
Even if my voice trembles

  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 震ふるえても /furuetemo/：
    even if trembling (Original form: 震ふるえる)
okamainashi
I don't care

  • お構かまいなし /okamainashi/：
    not caring, paying no mind
kokoro wa okizari no mama de
With my heart left behind

  • 置おき去ざり /okizari/：
    left behind, abandoned
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining as is
kasoku shite iku biito
The beat keeps accelerating

  • 加速かそく /kasoku/：
    acceleration
  • いく /iku/：
    to continue (indicates ongoing action)
  • ビート /biito/：
    beat (English: beat)
mada junbi mo dekite inai noni
Even though I'm not ready yet

  • まだ /mada/：
    not yet, still
  • 準備じゅんび /junbi/：
    preparation
  • 出来できていない /dekite inai/：
    not yet done (Original form: 出来できる, negative progressive)
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite (expresses contrast)
migimuke migi no toori ni
Following the command to turn right

  • 右向みぎむけ右みぎ /migimuke migi/：
    right face (military command)
  • 通とおり /toori/：
    as, according to
hamidasanai you ni
So as not to step out of line

  • はみ出ださない /hamidasanai/：
    not to stick out (Original form: はみ出だす, negative form)
  • ように /you ni/：
    so that, in order to
soroerareta boku wo torinokoshita mama de
Leaving behind the me that was made to conform

  • 揃そろえられた /soroerareta/：
    was made uniform (Original form: 揃そろえる, passive past tense)
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • 取とり残のこした /torinokoshita/：
    left behind (Original form: 取とり残のこす)
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining as is, just like that
kasoku suru hibi yo
Oh, these accelerating days

  • 加速かそく /kasoku/：
    acceleration
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days
donna fuu ni aruite itakke
How was I walking through them?

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of
  • 風ふう /fuu/：
    way, manner
  • 歩あるいていた /aruite ita/：
    was walking (Original form: 歩あるく)
donna boku ga boku datta kke
What kind of me was I?

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • だった /datta/：
    was (past tense)
zutto tooku ni mite ita
I had been gazing far into the distance

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, continuously
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away
  • 見みていた /mite ita/：
    was looking (Original form: 見みる)
zutto saki no mirai wa
The future that seemed so far ahead

  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, the future
zutto chikaku ni kite ita
Had actually come close

  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby, close
  • 来きていた /kite ita/：
    had come (Original form: 来くる)
zutto zutto
All along, all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
hontou ni daiji na koto wa
The truly important things

  • 本当ほんとうに /hontou ni/：
    truly, really
  • 大事だいじ /daiji/：
    important
  • こと /koto/：
    thing, matter
itsumo daremo
Always, nobody

  • 誰だれも /daremo/：
    nobody (with negative)
oshiete kurenai
Will tell me

  • 教おしえてくれない /oshiete kurenai/：
    won't tell me (Original form: 教おしえる + くれる)
korekara no koto
About what's to come

  • これから /korekara/：
    from now on
kanjin na toko
The most crucial part

  • 肝心かんじん /kanjin/：
    crucial, essential
  • とこ /toko/：
    place, part (Original form: ところ)
ima mo kangaereba kangaeru hodo
Even now, the more I think about it

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 考かんがえれば /kangaereba/：
    if I think (Original form: 考かんがえる, conditional form)
  • ほど /hodo/：
    the more...the more
wakaranakute
The less I understand

  • 分わからなくて /wakaranakute/：
    don't understand (Original form: 分わかる, negative te-form)
motto kakkouyoku
If only I could be cooler

  • 格好良かっこうよく /kakkouyoku/：
    cool, good-looking (Original form: 格好良かっこうよい)
motto mune hatte
If only I could hold my head high

  • 胸張むねはって /mune hatte/：
    to puff out one's chest, to be proud (Original form: 胸むねを張はる)
susumetara
And move forward

  • 進すすめたら /susumetara/：
    if could advance (Original form: 進すすむ, potential conditional)
ashi ga sukunde shimattemo
Even if my legs freeze up

  • 足あし /ashi/：
    legs, feet
  • すくんでしまっても /sukunde shimattemo/：
    even if frozen, even if unable to move (Original form: すくむ + 仕舞しまう)
koe ga furuetemo
Even if my voice trembles

  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
  • 震ふるえても /furuetemo/：
    even if trembling (Original form: 震ふるえる)
okamainashi
I don't care

  • お構かまいなし /okamainashi/：
    not caring, paying no mind
kokoro wa okizari no mama de
With my heart left behind

  • 置おき去ざり /okizari/：
    left behind, abandoned
  • まま /mama/：
    remaining as is, just like that
kasoku shite iku biito
The beat keeps accelerating

  • 加速かそく /kasoku/：
    acceleration
  • いく /iku/：
    to continue (indicates ongoing action)
  • ビート /biito/：
    beat (English: beat)
harisakete shimai sou da
As if it's about to burst

  • 張はり裂さけてしまいそうだ /harisakete shimai sou da/：
    as if about to burst (Original form: 張はり裂さける + そうだ)
nodo ni tsukaeta 「gomen ne」
The "I'm sorry" stuck in my throat

  • 喉のど /nodo/：
    throat
  • つかえた /tsukaeta/：
    got stuck (Original form: つかえる)
yureugoku yubisaki
Trembling, swaying fingertips

  • 揺ゆれ動うごく /yureugoku/：
    to sway, to waver
  • 指先ゆびさき /yubisaki/：
    fingertips
itsumo omoeba kono mune no oku ga
Whenever I think about it, deep in my chest

  • 思おもえば /omoeba/：
    if I think about it (Original form: 思おもう, conditional form)
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 奥おく /oku/：
    deep inside
itai hodo myakuutsu no wa
Pulses so much it hurts — that's because

  • 痛いたい /itai/：
    painful, hurting
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the point of
  • 脈打みゃくうつ /myakuutsu/：
    to pulse, to throb
kakegae nai mono ni
It's always when I touch something irreplaceable

  • かけがえない /kakegae nai/：
    irreplaceable, precious
  • もの /mono/：
    thing
aisuru beki mono ni
Something I should love

  • 愛あいする /aisuru/：
    to love
  • べき /beki/：
    should
fureta shunkan bakari da
It's those very moments

  • 触ふれた /fureta/：
    touched (Original form: 触ふれる)
  • 瞬間しゅんかん /shunkan/：
    moment, instant
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but, only
kitto
Surely

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
tobihaneru shinzou ga
This leaping heart

  • 飛とび跳はねる /tobihaneru/：
    to jump, to leap
  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/：
    heart (organ)
narashita oto wa
The sound it makes

  • 鳴ならした /narashita/：
    made a sound (Original form: 鳴ならす)
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
boku ni totte hontou ni taisetsu na mono wo
Has been telling me what truly matters to me

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • 本当ほんとうに /hontou ni/：
    truly, really
  • にとって /ni totte/：
    for, to (in terms of)
  • 大切たいせつ /taisetsu/：
    important, precious
oshiete kurete ita nda zutto
All along, it was telling me

  • 教おしえてくれていた /oshiete kurete ita/：
    had been teaching me (Original form: 教おしえる + くれる)
  • んだ /nda/：
    it was (expresses realization)
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along, always
itsu datte
No matter when

  • いつだって /itsudatte/：
    no matter when, always
dareka ni harareta
The labels others put on me

  • 貼はられた /harareta/：
    was labeled (Original form: 貼はる, passive past tense)
「rashisa」 wa iranai
I don't need that "you-ness"

  • らしさ /rashisa/：
    likeness, typicality
  • 要いらない /iranai/：
    don't need (Original form: 要いる, negative form)
dokomademo
No matter how far

  • どこまでも /dokomademo/：
    no matter how far, endlessly
hibike boku no haatobiito
Resound, my heartbeat

  • 響ひびけ /hibike/：
    resound! (Original form: 響ひびく, imperative form)
  • ハートビート /haatobiito/：
    heartbeat (English: heartbeat)
dare demo nai
Not belonging to anyone else

  • 誰だれでもない /dare demo nai/：
    not anyone, no one
jibun no akashi
Proof of who I am

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself
  • 証あかし /akashi/：
    proof, evidence
hokorashiku narase
Sound it proudly

  • 誇ほこらしく /hokorashiku/：
    proudly (Original form: 誇ほこらしい)
  • 鳴ならせ /narase/：
    make it sound! (Original form: 鳴ならす, imperative form)
harisake souna
Even with a heart that feels like it'll burst

  • 張はり裂さけそうな /harisake souna/：
    as if about to burst (Original form: 張はり裂さける + そうな)
kokoro de narase
Let it ring from the heart

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • 鳴ならせ /narase/：
    make it sound! (Original form: 鳴ならす, imperative form)
sekai de hitotsu no akashi
The one and only proof in the world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one, single
  • 証あかし /akashi/：
    proof, evidence
zutto tooku ni mite ita
I had been gazing far into the distance

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, continuously
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away
  • 見みていた /mite ita/：
    was looking (Original form: 見みる)
zutto saki no mirai wa
The future that seemed so far ahead

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, continuously
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, the future
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
zutto chikaku ni kite iru
Has already come close

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, continuously
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby, close
  • 来きている /kite iru/：
    has come (Original form: 来くる)
zutto zutto
All along, all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
zutto mae kara boku ga
All along, what I

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
  • 前まえ /mae/：
    before, ago
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
zutto sagashite ita mono wa
Had been searching for

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
  • 探さがしていた /sagashite ita/：
    was searching for (Original form: 探さがす)
zutto chikaku ni atta nda
Was right here beside me all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby, close
  • あった /atta/：
    was there (Original form: ある, past tense)
zutto zutto
All along, all along

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    continuously, always
kore wa hajimari no aizu da
This is the signal to begin

  • 始はじまり /hajimari/：
    beginning
  • 合図あいず /aizu/：
    signal, cue