ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - MILABO/
ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo)


baretaku wa nai kara utawanai kedo
I don't sing because I don't want to be found out

  • バレたく /baretaku/：
    to be found out (dictionary form: バレる)
  • 歌うたわない /utawanai/：
    not sing (dictionary form: 歌う)
omottenai toka ja nai no
It's not that I'm not thinking of you

  • 想おもってない /omottenai/：
    not thinking (dictionary form: 想う)
itsumo owakare bakari kangaeru jinsei mo
Even a life always thinking about farewells

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    always
  • 御お別わかれ /owakare/：
    farewell, parting
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    only, nothing but
  • 考かんがえる /kangaeru/：
    to think, to consider
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life
sekkyokuteki ni ureshii kara
Because I'm positively happy

  • 積極的せっきょくてき /sekkyokuteki/：
    positive, proactive
  • 嬉うれしい /ureshii/：
    happy, glad
aeba kitto tarinakute
If we meet, it surely won't be enough

  • 会あえば /aeba/：
    if we meet (dictionary form: 会う, conditional)
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
  • 足たりなくて /tarinakute/：
    not enough (dictionary form: 足りる)
kaiwa no kirehashi made kashi de oboeru no
I memorize even fragments of conversation through lyrics

  • 会話かいわ /kaiwa/：
    conversation
  • 切きれ端はし /kirehashi/：
    fragment, scrap
  • 歌詞かし /kashi/：
    lyrics
  • 覚おぼえる /oboeru/：
    to memorize, to remember
muite kuru
Turning toward me

  • 向むいて /muite/：
    to turn toward (dictionary form: 向く)
  • くる /kuru/：
    to come (indicates action toward the speaker)
hittsuku yokonaga no me uttōshii kedo
Those clinging, wide eyes are annoying, but

  • 引ひっ付つく /hittsuku/：
    to cling, to stick to
  • 横長よこなが /yokonaga/：
    oblong, horizontally long
  • 目め /me/：
    eye
  • 鬱陶うっとうしい /uttōshii/：
    annoying, gloomy
nigeru junbi ni tsukareta wa
I'm tired of preparing to run away

  • 逃にげる /nigeru/：
    to run away, to escape
  • 準備じゅんび /junbi/：
    preparation
  • 疲つかれた /tsukareta/：
    tired (dictionary form: 疲れる)
anata ni ikudo mo furetatte
Even if I touch you countless times

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 幾度いくど /ikudo/：
    many times, countless times
  • 触ふれたって /furetatte/：
    even if I touch (dictionary form: 触れる)
daitai chotto dake tonchi
Mostly just a little bit of wit

  • 大体だいたい /daitai/：
    mostly, roughly
  • ちょっと /chotto/：
    a little
  • 頓知とんち /tonchi/：
    quick wit, cleverness
karamawari no honshin kakusechau
My spinning-in-place true feelings can be so easily hidden

  • 空回からまわり /karamawari/：
    spinning in vain, futile effort
  • 本心ほんしん /honshin/：
    true feelings, real intention
  • 隠かくせちゃう /kakusechau/：
    can hide (dictionary form: 隠す, ～ちゃう indicates ease)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know (dictionary form: 知る)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution, cause and effect
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know (dictionary form: 知る)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know (dictionary form: 知る)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
atashi no koto kirawanaide
Don't hate me

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 嫌きらわないで /kirawanaide/：
    don't hate (dictionary form: 嫌う)
motto shigusa ni yurete osaekirenai hodo ni
Sway more with your gestures, to the point you can't hold back

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 仕草しぐさ /shigusa/：
    gesture, mannerism
  • 揺ゆれて /yurete/：
    to sway (dictionary form: 揺れる)
  • 抑おさえきれない /osaekirenai/：
    unable to suppress (抑える + きれない = cannot fully do)
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that
rizumu ga nakya hanashi mo ajikkenai
Without rhythm, even conversation is tasteless

  • リズム /rizumu/：
    rhythm
  • なきゃ /nakya/：
    if there isn't (casual contraction of なければ)
  • 話はなし /hanashi/：
    talk, conversation
  • 味あじっけない /ajikkenai/：
    tasteless, bland (colloquial form of 味気ない)
mirābōru kowagatte akogi mochikaetara
If you're scared of the mirror ball and switch to acoustic guitar

  • ミラーボール /mirābōru/：
    mirror ball, disco ball
  • 怖こわがって /kowagatte/：
    to be scared (dictionary form: 怖がる)
  • アコギ /akogi/：
    acoustic guitar (abbreviation of アコースティックギター)
  • 持もち替かえたら /mochikaetara/：
    if you switch to holding (dictionary form: 持ち替える)
mada hazukashiku odoreru kara
You can still dance shyly

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 恥はずかしく /hazukashiku/：
    shyly (dictionary form: 恥ずかしい)
  • 踊おどれる /odoreru/：
    can dance (dictionary form: 踊る, potential form)
zutto asahaka desu kaeritakunai keredo
I'm always so shallow, though I don't want to go home

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, the whole time
  • 浅あさはか /asahaka/：
    shallow, superficial
  • 帰かえりたくない /kaeritakunai/：
    don't want to go home (dictionary form: 帰る)
  • けれど /keredo/：
    but, although
iwanaide mō karada ni narenai
Don't say it, I can't get used to this body anymore

  • 言いわないで /iwanaide/：
    don't say (dictionary form: 言う)
  • もう /mō/：
    already, anymore
  • 身体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 慣なれない /narenai/：
    can't get used to (dictionary form: 慣れる)
kawatte yuku kara watashi ne motto
Because I'll keep changing, me, even more

  • 変かわって /kawatte/：
    to change (dictionary form: 変わる)
  • ゆく /yuku/：
    to go on (literary form of 行く, indicates ongoing change)
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
nee, mitodokete hoshigari demo
Hey, please watch over me, even if I'm greedy

  • 見届みとどけて /mitodokete/：
    please watch over / witness (dictionary form: 見届ける)
  • 欲ほしがり /hoshigari/：
    greedy person (dictionary form: 欲しがる)
dō omotteiru toka
Things like what you're thinking

  • どう /dō/：
    how
  • 思おもっている /omotteiru/：
    thinking (dictionary form: 思う)
  • とか /toka/：
    things like, such as
tsutaeru no ga hazukashiin ja nakute
It's not that I'm embarrassed to express it

  • 伝つたえる /tsutaeru/：
    to convey, to tell
  • 恥はずかしい /hazukashii/：
    embarrassing, shy
happī na eien uta
A happy, eternal song

  • ハッピー /happī/：
    happy
  • 永遠えいえん /eien/：
    eternity, forever
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
tsugesō ni naru kara hikaesasete ne sore dake
Because I almost blurt it out, let me hold back, that's all

  • 告つげ /tsuge/：
    to tell, to confess (dictionary form: 告げる)
  • そうになる /sō ni naru/：
    about to, on the verge of
  • 控ひかえさせて /hikaesasete/：
    let me hold back (dictionary form: 控える, causative)
  • それだけ /sore dake/：
    that's all, just that
mata sugu hiteiteki ni natte shimau kedo
Even though I quickly become negative again

  • また /mata/：
    again
  • すぐ /sugu/：
    immediately, soon
  • 否定的ひていてき /hiteiteki/：
    negative, pessimistic
  • なってしまう /natte shimau/：
    end up becoming (なる + しまう, expresses regret)
moshi kono yo no uta o kakioete mo
Even if I finish writing all the songs in this world

  • もし /moshi/：
    if
  • この世よ /kono yo/：
    this world
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 書かき終おえて /kakioete/：
    to finish writing (dictionary form: 書き終える)
anata ni furimuite hoshii saigo no uta
I want you to turn around — the last song

  • 振ふり向むいて /furimuite/：
    to turn around (dictionary form: 振り向く)
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/：
    want (after て-form, expresses wanting someone to do something)
  • 最後さいご /saigo/：
    last, final
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
dareka no matsuge to kutabireta risuke
Someone's eyelashes and a worn-out reschedule

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • まつげ /matsuge/：
    eyelashes
  • 草臥くたびれた /kutabireta/：
    worn out, exhausted (dictionary form: 草臥れる)
  • リスケ /risuke/：
    reschedule (abbreviation of リスケジュール)
yoru wa nagakute you no ni hisshi ne
The night is long, and I'm desperate to get drunk

  • 夜よる /yoru/：
    night
  • 長ながくて /nagakute/：
    long (dictionary form: 長い)
  • 酔よう /you/：
    to get drunk
  • 必死ひっし /hisshi/：
    desperate, frantic
motto shigusa ni yurete osaekirenai hodo ni
Sway more with your gestures, to the point you can't hold back

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 仕草しぐさ /shigusa/：
    gesture, mannerism
  • 揺ゆれて /yurete/：
    to sway (dictionary form: 揺れる)
  • 抑おさえきれない /osaekirenai/：
    unable to suppress
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that
rizumu ga nakya hanashi mo ajikkenai
Without rhythm, even conversation is tasteless

  • リズム /rizumu/：
    rhythm
  • なきゃ /nakya/：
    if there isn't (casual contraction of なければ)
  • 話はなし /hanashi/：
    talk, conversation
  • 味あじっけない /ajikkenai/：
    tasteless (colloquial form of 味気ない)
mirābōru kowagatte akogi mochikaetara
If you're scared of the mirror ball and switch to acoustic guitar

  • ミラーボール /mirābōru/：
    mirror ball
  • 怖こわがって /kowagatte/：
    to be scared (dictionary form: 怖がる)
  • アコギ /akogi/：
    acoustic guitar
  • 持もち替かえたら /mochikaetara/：
    if you switch to holding (dictionary form: 持ち替える)
nee, mitodokete hoshigari demo
Hey, please watch over me, even if I'm greedy

  • 見届みとどけて /mitodokete/：
    please watch over (dictionary form: 見届ける)
  • 欲ほしがり /hoshigari/：
    greedy person (dictionary form: 欲しがる)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know (dictionary form: 知る)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 知しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know (dictionary form: 知る)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
atashi no koto shiranaide (ingaōhō shikaranaide)
Don't get to know me (don't scold me with karma)

  • あたし /atashi/：
    I, me (casual feminine)
  • 識しらないで /shiranaide/：
    don't know/understand (uses 識 to emphasize deeper knowing)
  • 因果応報いんがおうほう /ingaōhō/：
    karmic retribution
  • 叱しからないで /shikaranaide/：
    don't scold (dictionary form: 叱る)
watashi no koto kirawanaide
Don't hate me

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 嫌きらわないで /kirawanaide/：
    don't hate (dictionary form: 嫌う)
motto shigusa ni yurete osaekirenai hodo ni
Sway more with your gestures, to the point you can't hold back

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 仕草しぐさ /shigusa/：
    gesture, mannerism
  • 揺ゆれて /yurete/：
    to sway (dictionary form: 揺れる)
  • 抑おさえきれない /osaekirenai/：
    unable to suppress
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent that
rizumu ga nakya hanashi mo ajikkenai
If the rhythm doesn't cry, even conversation is tasteless

  • リズム /rizumu/：
    rhythm
  • 泣なきゃ /nakya/：
    if (it) doesn't cry (dictionary form: 泣く, wordplay with なきゃ)
  • 話はなし /hanashi/：
    talk, conversation
  • 味あじっけない /ajikkenai/：
    tasteless (colloquial form of 味気ない)
mirābōru kowagatte akogi mochikaetara
If you're scared of the mirror ball and switch to acoustic guitar

  • ミラーボール /mirābōru/：
    mirror ball
  • 怖こわがって /kowagatte/：
    to be scared (dictionary form: 怖がる)
  • アコギ /akogi/：
    acoustic guitar
  • 持もち替かえたら /mochikaetara/：
    if you switch to holding (dictionary form: 持ち替える)
mada hazukashiku odoreru kara
You can still dance shyly

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 恥はずかしく /hazukashiku/：
    shyly (dictionary form: 恥ずかしい)
  • 踊おどれる /odoreru/：
    can dance (dictionary form: 踊る, potential form)
zutto asahaka desu kaeritakunai keredo
I'm always so shallow, though I don't want to go home

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, the whole time
  • 浅あさはか /asahaka/：
    shallow, superficial
  • 帰かえりたくない /kaeritakunai/：
    don't want to go home (dictionary form: 帰る)
  • けれど /keredo/：
    but, although
iwanaide mō karada ni narenai
Don't say it, it can't resonate in my body anymore

  • 言いわないで /iwanaide/：
    don't say (dictionary form: 言う)
  • もう /mō/：
    already, anymore
  • 身体からだ /karada/：
    body
  • 鳴なられない /narenai/：
    can't ring/resonate (dictionary form: 鳴る, wordplay with 慣れない)
kawatte yuku kara watashi ne motto
Because I'll keep changing, me, even more

  • 変かわって /kawatte/：
    to change (dictionary form: 変わる)
  • ゆく /yuku/：
    to go on (literary form of 行く)
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
nee mitodokete hoshigari demo
Hey, please watch over me, even if I'm greedy

  • 寝ねぇ /nee/：
    hey (uses 寝 kanji as wordplay, hinting at sleep)
  • 見届みとどけて /mitodokete/：
    please watch over (dictionary form: 見届ける)
  • 欲ほしがり /hoshigari/：
    greedy person (dictionary form: 欲しがる)