YOASOBI - 祝福/Blessing

YOASOBI - 祝福/Blessing

YOASOBI


haruka tooku ni ukabu hoshi wo
The stars floating far, far away

  • 遥はるか /haruka/：
    far away, distant
  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away
  • 浮うかぶ /ukabu/：
    to float
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star
omoi nemuri ni tsuku kimi no
As you fall asleep with those thoughts

  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    thoughts, feelings
  • 眠ねむり /nemuri/：
    sleep
  • つく /tsuku/：
    to arrive at (nemuri ni tsuku = to fall asleep)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
erabu mirai ga nozomu michi ga
The future you choose, the path you wish for

  • 選えらぶ /erabu/：
    to choose
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 望のぞむ /nozomu/：
    to wish, to desire
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
doko e tsuzuiteitemo
No matter where they lead

  • 何処どこ /doko/：
    where
  • 続つづいて /tsuzuite/：
    to continue (dictionary form: tsuzuku)
tomo ni ikiru kara
Because I will live alongside you

  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    together
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
zutto mukashi no kioku
Memories from long, long ago

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, for a long time
  • 昔むかし /mukashi/：
    the past, long ago
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory
tsurerarete kita kono hoshi de kimi wa
On this planet you were brought to

  • 連つれられて /tsurerarete/：
    to be brought along (passive form of tsureru)
  • 来きた /kita/：
    came (past tense of kuru)
  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star, planet
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
negai tsuzuketeta
You kept on wishing

  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish, prayer
  • 続つづけてた /tsuzuketeta/：
    kept on doing (casual contraction of tsuzuketeita)
tooku de kirameku keshiki ni
Into the scenery sparkling in the distance

  • 遠とおく /tooku/：
    far away
  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle, to glitter
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery, landscape
tobikomu koto ga dekita no nara
If only you could dive right in

  • 飛とび込こむ /tobikomu/：
    to jump in, to dive in
  • 出来できた /dekita/：
    was able to (past tense of dekiru)
hitori kodoku na sekai de
In a world of solitude, all alone

  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    alone, one person
  • 孤独こどく /kodoku/：
    loneliness, solitude
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
inori negau
Praying and wishing

  • 祈いのり /inori/：
    prayer
  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, to pray
yume wo egaki
Drawing your dreams

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 描えがき /egaki/：
    to draw, to depict (conjunctive form of egaku)
mirai wo miru
Looking toward the future

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • 見みる /miru/：
    to see, to look
nigedasu yori mo susumu koto wo
Rather than running away, to move forward

  • 逃にげ出だす /nigedasu/：
    to run away, to escape
  • よりも /yori mo/：
    rather than, more than
  • 進すすむ /susumu/：
    to advance, to move forward
kimi ga eranda no nara
If that's what you've chosen

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 選えらんだ /eranda/：
    chose (past tense of erabu)
  • のなら /no nara/：
    if it is the case that
dareka ga egaita imeeji janakute
Not an image someone else drew

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 描えがいた /egaita/：
    drew, depicted (past tense of egaku)
  • イメージ /imeeji/：
    image
  • じゃなくて /janakute/：
    not... but rather
dareka ga eranda suteeji janakute
Not a stage someone else chose

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 選えらんだ /eranda/：
    chose (past tense of erabu)
  • ステージ /suteeji/：
    stage
  • じゃなくて /janakute/：
    not... but rather
bokutachi ga tsukutte iku sutoorii
It's a story we'll create together

  • 僕ぼくたち /bokutachi/：
    we, us
  • 作つくっていく /tsukutte iku/：
    to keep creating (te-iku form indicating ongoing action)
  • ストーリー /sutoorii/：
    story
kesshite hitori ni wa sasenai kara
I'll never let you be alone

  • 決けっして /kesshite/：
    never, by no means
  • 一人ひとり /hitori/：
    alone
  • させない /sasenai/：
    will not let (negative causative of suru)
itsuka sono mune ni himeta
Someday, that which you've hidden in your heart

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 秘ひめた /himeta/：
    kept hidden (past tense of himeru)
yaiba ga kusari wo tachikiru made
Until that blade severs the chains

  • 刃やいば /yaiba/：
    blade, edge
  • 鎖くさり /kusari/：
    chain
  • 断たち切きる /tachikiru/：
    to sever, to cut off
  • まで /made/：
    until
zutto tomo ni tatakau yo
I'll keep fighting alongside you

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    always, continuously
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    together
  • 闘たたかう /tatakau/：
    to fight, to battle
kimetsukerareta unmei
A fate that was forced upon you

  • 決きめ付つけられた /kimetsukerareta/：
    was decided arbitrarily (passive of kimetsukeru)
  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate, destiny
sonna no kowashite
Smash something like that

  • そんなの /sonna no/：
    something like that
  • 壊こわして /kowashite/：
    to break, to destroy (te-form of kowasu)
bokutachi wa ayatsuri ningyou janai
We are not puppets on strings

  • 僕ぼく達たち /bokutachi/：
    we, us
  • 操あやつり /ayatsuri/：
    manipulation, puppeteering
  • 人形にんぎょう /ningyou/：
    doll, puppet
kimi no sekai da kimi no mirai da
It's your world, it's your future

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
donna monogatari ni demo dekiru
It can become any story you want

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of
  • 物語ものがたり /monogatari/：
    story, tale
  • 出来できる /dekiru/：
    can do, to be able to
nigeru you ni kakureru you ni
As if running away, as if hiding

  • 逃にげる /nigeru/：
    to run away, to escape
  • 様ように /you ni/：
    as if, like
  • 隠かくれる /kakureru/：
    to hide
norikonde kita kokupitto ni wa
In the cockpit you climbed into

  • 乗のり込こんで /norikonde/：
    to board, to get into (te-form of norikomu)
  • 来きた /kita/：
    came (past tense of kuru)
  • コクピット /kokupitto/：
    cockpit
nakimushi na kimi wa mou inai
The crybaby you once were is gone now

  • 泣なき虫むし /nakimushi/：
    crybaby
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 居いない /inai/：
    not here, not present (negative of iru)
itsu no ma ni ka konna ni tsuyoku
Before you knew it, you became this strong

  • いつの間まにか /itsu no ma ni ka/：
    before one knows it
  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much, so
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly (adverbial form of tsuyoi)
kore wa kimi no jinsei
This is your life

  • これ /kore/：
    this
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life
(dare no mono demo nai)
(It belongs to no one else)

  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, possession
sore wa kotae nante nai
There is no set answer to it

  • それ /sore/：
    that
  • 答こたえ /kotae/：
    answer
  • なんて /nante/：
    such a thing as (dismissive particle)
  • 無ない /nai/：
    there is not, does not exist
(jibun de erabu michi)
(A path you choose for yourself)

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself
  • 選えらぶ /erabu/：
    to choose
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road, path
mou jubaku wa toite
Break free from the curse now

  • もう /mou/：
    already, now
  • 呪縛じゅばく /jubaku/：
    curse, spell, binding
  • 解といて /toite/：
    to undo, to untie (te-form of toku)
sadamerareta fikushon kara ima
From this predetermined fiction, now

  • 定さだめられた /sadamerareta/：
    predetermined, decided (passive of sadameru)
  • フィクション /fikushon/：
    fiction
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
tobidasun da
Break free!

  • 飛とび出だす /tobidasu/：
    to jump out, to break free
tobitatsun da
Take flight!

  • 飛とび立たつ /tobitatsu/：
    to take off, to fly away
dare ni mo oitsukenai supiido de
At a speed no one can catch

  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • 追おいつけない /oitsukenai/：
    cannot catch up (negative potential of oitsuku)
  • スピード /supiido/：
    speed
jimen keri age sora wo mau
Kick off the ground and soar through the sky

  • 地面じめん /jimen/：
    ground, surface
  • 蹴けり上あげ /keri age/：
    to kick up (conjunctive form of keriageru)
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to dance, to soar
noroi norowareta mirai wa
The future that was cursed

  • 呪のろい /noroi/：
    curse
  • 呪のろわれた /norowareta/：
    was cursed (passive past of norou)
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
kimi ga sono te de kaete ikun da
You'll change it with your own hands

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 変かえていく /kaete iku/：
    to keep changing (te-iku form of kaeru)
nigezu ni susunda koto de kitto
By moving forward without running away, surely

  • 逃にげずに /nigezu ni/：
    without running away (negative conjunctive of nigeru)
  • 進すすんだ /susunda/：
    advanced (past tense of susumu)
  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely, certainly
tsukameru mono ga takusan aru yo
There will be so much you can grasp

  • 掴つかめる /tsukameru/：
    can grasp (potential form of tsukamu)
  • もの /mono/：
    thing
  • 沢山たくさん /takusan/：
    a lot, many
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist, there is
motto tsuyoku nareru
You can become even stronger

  • もっと /motto/：
    more, even more
  • 強つよく /tsuyoku/：
    strongly (adverbial form of tsuyoi)
  • なれる /nareru/：
    can become (potential form of naru)
kono hoshi ni umareta koto
Being born on this planet

  • 星ほし /hoshi/：
    star, planet
  • 生うまれた /umareta/：
    was born (past tense of umareru)
kono sekai de iki tsuzukeru koto
Continuing to live in this world

  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • 生いき続つづける /iki tsuzukeru/：
    to keep on living (iki + tsuzukeru)
sono subete wo aiseru you ni
So that you can love all of it

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 愛あいせる /aiseru/：
    can love (potential form of aisuru)
  • 様ように /you ni/：
    so that, in order to
meippai no shukufuku wo kimi ni
I send you all the blessings I can give

  • 目一杯めいっぱい /meippai/：
    to the fullest, as much as possible
  • 祝福しゅくふく /shukufuku/：
    blessing
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you