YOASOBI - もう少しだけ/Just a Little More
YOASOBI


mou sukoshi dake mou sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a little more

  • もう少すこし /mou sukoshi/：
    A little more
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
fumidaseta no nara
If I could have taken that one step

  • 踏ふみ出だせた /fumidaseta/：
    Could have stepped forward (original form: 踏み出す)
  • なら /nara/：
    If
sou chiisana yasashisa wo
That small bit of kindness

  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/：
    Small
  • 優やさしさ /yasashisa/：
    Kindness, gentleness
wakeaeta no nara
If we could have shared it with each other

  • 分わけ合あえた /wakeaeta/：
    Could have shared (original form: 分け合う)
arifureta ichinichi ga
Even an ordinary day

  • ありふれた /arifureta/：
    Ordinary, commonplace
  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    One day
suteki na hi ni natte iku hora
Would become a wonderful day — look

  • 素敵すてきな /suteki na/：
    Wonderful, lovely
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    Day
  • なっていく /natte iku/：
    Gradually become (original form: なる)
  • ほら /hora/：
    Look, see
sou yatte nando demo
Just like that, no matter how many times

  • そうやって /sou yatte/：
    Like that, in that way
  • 何度なんどでも /nando demo/：
    No matter how many times
yorokobi wa meguru
Joy keeps going around

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    Joy, happiness
  • めぐる /meguru/：
    To circulate, to go around (original form: 巡る)
awatadashiku sugiru asa ni
On a hectic morning rushing by

  • 慌あわただしい /awatadashii/：
    Hectic, hurried
  • 過すぎる /sugiru/：
    To pass
  • 朝あさ /asa/：
    Morning
itsumo doori sugiru asa ni
On a morning just like any other

  • いつも通とおり /itsumo doori/：
    As always, as usual
tanomareta otsukai to yotei wo terasu
Checking the errands I was asked to do against my plans

  • 頼たのまれた /tanomareta/：
    Was asked to do (original form: 頼む)
  • お使つかい /otsukai/：
    Errand
  • 予定よてい /yotei/：
    Schedule, plans
  • 照てらす /terasu/：
    To compare, to check against
kimi ga oshiete kureta
What you once told me

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You
  • 教おしえてくれた /oshiete kureta/：
    Told/taught me (original form: 教える)
ate ni shite nai uranai no kotoba
Those unreliable fortune-telling words

  • あてにしてない /ate ni shite nai/：
    Not relying on, unreliable (original form: あてにする)
  • 占うらない /uranai/：
    Fortune-telling
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    Words
itsumo shinai koto wo datte
Something like "do something you don't usually do"

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    Always, usually
  • しない /shinai/：
    Don't do (original form: する)
  • こと /koto/：
    Thing
  • だって /datte/：
    Reportedly, even (quoting or emphasis)
sonna koto wo atama no sumi ni oita mama
Keeping those words tucked away in the corner of my mind

  • そんな /sonna/：
    Such, that kind of
  • 頭あたま /atama/：
    Head, mind
  • 隅すみ /sumi/：
    Corner
  • 置おいたまま /oita mama/：
    Left as is (original form: 置く)
itsumo no kyou he
I head into another ordinary day

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
mou sukoshi dake mou sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a little more

  • もう少すこし /mou sukoshi/：
    A little more
fumidaseta no nara
If I could have taken that one step

  • 踏ふみ出だせた /fumidaseta/：
    Could have stepped forward (original form: 踏み出す)
mou sukoshi dake ato sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a little bit more

  • あと少すこし /ato sukoshi/：
    Just a little bit more
yasashiku nareta no nara
If I could have been kinder

  • 優やさしくなれた /yasashiku nareta/：
    Could have become kind (original form: 優しくなる)
arifureta ichinichi mo
Even an ordinary day

  • ありふれた /arifureta/：
    Ordinary, commonplace
  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    One day
suteki na hi ni natte iku you na
Would seem to become a wonderful day

  • 素敵すてきな /suteki na/：
    Wonderful, lovely
  • ような /you na/：
    Like, as if
sonna ki ga shitan da
I had that kind of feeling

  • 気きがした /ki ga shita/：
    Had a feeling (original form: 気がする)
ima yorokobi wa meguru
Right now, joy is going around

  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now
  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    Joy, happiness
kurai nyuusu ga nagareru asa ni
On a morning when dark news is playing

  • 暗くらい /kurai/：
    Dark, gloomy
  • ニュース /nyuusu/：
    News (English: news)
  • 流ながれる /nagareru/：
    To flow, to play (on air)
kimochi ga shizunde iku asa ni
On a morning when my spirits gradually sink

  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    Feelings, mood
  • 沈しずんでいく /shizunde iku/：
    Gradually sinking (original form: 沈む)
jibun wa iranai sonzai?
Am I an existence that is "not needed"?

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    Oneself
  • いらない /iranai/：
    Not needed (original form: 要る)
  • 存在そんざい /sonzai/：
    Existence
nante kangaeru asa ni
On a morning spent thinking such things

  • なんて /nante/：
    Such things as (expresses surprise or self-deprecation)
  • 考かんがえる /kangaeru/：
    To think
anata no koto wo omoidashitan da
I suddenly remembered you

  • あなた /anata/：
    You
  • 思おもい出だした /omoidashita/：
    Remembered (original form: 思い出す)
anata ni aitaku nattan da
I started wanting to see you

  • 会あいたくなった /aitaku natta/：
    Started wanting to meet (original form: 会う)
hisashiburi ni ai ni iku yo
I'm going to see you after so long

  • 久ひさしぶり /hisashiburi/：
    After a long time
  • 会あいに行いく /ai ni iku/：
    To go see someone
ima sugu ni
Right now

  • 今いますぐ /ima sugu/：
    Right now, immediately
machi ni matta sonna asa ni
On that long-awaited morning

  • 待まちに待まった /machi ni matta/：
    Long-awaited (original form: 待つ)
omoi wo haseru hi no asa ni
On a morning when my heart reaches out with longing

  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    Feelings, longing
  • 馳はせる /haseru/：
    To let run, to send (one's thoughts)
itsumo yori mo hayaku ie wo deru
Leaving home earlier than usual

  • 早はやく /hayaku/：
    Early
  • 家いえ /ie/：
    Home, house
  • 出でる /deru/：
    To leave, to go out
fui ni fureta dareka no yasashisa ga
Someone's kindness I unexpectedly touched

  • 不意ふいに /fui ni/：
    Unexpectedly
  • 触ふれた /fureta/：
    Touched (original form: 触れる)
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    Someone
watashi no yasashisa ni kawattan da
Turned into my own kindness

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • 変かわった /kawatta/：
    Changed (original form: 変わる)
hora yorokobi wa meguru
See — joy keeps going around

  • ほら /hora/：
    Look, see
  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    Joy, happiness
mou sukoshi dake mou sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a little more

  • もう少すこし /mou sukoshi/：
    A little more
fumidaseta koto ga
That one step I was able to take

  • 踏ふみ出だせた /fumidaseta/：
    Was able to step forward (original form: 踏み出す)
mou sukoshi dake honno sukoshi dake
Just a little more, just a tiny bit

  • ほんの少すこし /honno sukoshi/：
    Just a tiny bit
yasashiku nareta koto ga
Being able to be kind

  • 優やさしくなれた /yasashiku nareta/：
    Was able to become kind (original form: 優しくなる)
arifureta ichinichi wo
An ordinary day

  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    One day
tokubetsu na ichinichi ni hora
Becomes a special day — look

  • 特別とくべつな /tokubetsu na/：
    Special
kaete kuretan da kitto
It surely changed things for me

  • 変かえてくれた /kaete kureta/：
    Changed (for me) (original form: 変える)
  • きっと /kitto/：
    Surely, certainly
kyou mo
Today as well

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
anata kara watashi he to
From you to me

  • あなた /anata/：
    You
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
omoi ga tsutawaru
Feelings are being conveyed

  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    Feelings, thoughts
  • 伝つたわる /tsutawaru/：
    To be conveyed, to be transmitted
sou boku kara kimi ni hora
Just like that, from me to you — look

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You
yorokobi ga hirogaru
Joy is spreading

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/：
    Joy, happiness
  • 広ひろがる /hirogaru/：
    To spread, to expand
arifureta mainichi kara
Starting from each ordinary day

  • 毎日まいにち /mainichi/：
    Every day
fumidashita yasashisa ga ima
The kindness born from taking that step — right now

  • 踏ふみ出だした /fumidashita/：
    Stepped forward (original form: 踏み出す)
  • 優やさしさ /yasashisa/：
    Kindness
  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now
dareka ni todoite kitto
Is surely reaching someone

  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    Someone
  • 届とどいて /todoite/：
    Reaching (original form: 届く)
meguri tsuzukerun da zutto
It will keep going around forever

  • めぐり続つづける /meguri tsuzukeru/：
    To keep circulating (original form: 巡り続ける)
  • ずっと /zutto/：
    Forever, always
doko made mo
To the ends of the earth

  • どこまでも /doko made mo/：
    Endlessly, wherever
kyou mo dokoka de anata ga
You, somewhere out there today

  • どこか /dokoka/：
    Somewhere
ima wo ikiru anata ga tada
You who are living in the present, just

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    To live
  • ただ /tada/：
    Just, merely
chiisana shiawase wo
That small happiness

  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/：
    Small
  • 幸しあわせ /shiawase/：
    Happiness
mitsukeraremasu you ni
May you find it

  • 見みつけられますように /mitsukeraremasu you ni/：
    May you be able to find (original form: 見つける)