YOASOBI - ツバメ/Swallow
YOASOBI


kirameku minamo no ue wo
Upon the glistening water's surface

  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle; to glitter
  • 水面みなも /minamo/：
    water surface
  • 上うえ /ue/：
    above; on top of
muchuu de kazekiri kakeru
Lost in the moment, cutting through the wind

  • 夢中むちゅう /muchuu/：
    absorbed; entranced
  • 風切かぜきり /kazekiri/：
    cutting through the wind
  • 翔かける /kakeru/：
    to soar; to fly
tsubasa wo hatamekasete
Fluttering my wings

  • 翼つばさ /tsubasa/：
    wing
  • はためかせて /hatamekasete/：
    to make flutter (te-form of 「はためかせる」, causative of 「はためく」)
ano machi e ikou
Let's head to that town

  • あの /ano/：
    that
  • 街まち /machi/：
    town; city
  • 行いこう /ikou/：
    let's go (volitional form of 「行いく」)
umi wo koete
Crossing the sea

  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • 越こえて /koete/：
    crossing over (te-form of 「越こえる」)
boku wa sou chiisana tsubame
I am just a tiny swallow like that

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • そう /sou/：
    so; like that
  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/：
    small; little
  • ツバメ /tsubame/：
    swallow (the bird)
tadoritsuita machi de fureta
In the town I finally reached, I encountered

  • 辿たどり着ついた /tadoritsuita/：
    finally reached (past tense of 「辿たどり着つく」)
  • 触ふれた /fureta/：
    touched; came in contact with (past tense of 「触ふれる」)
tanoshisou na hito no koe
Voices of people that sounded joyful

  • 楽たのしそうな /tanoshisou na/：
    seemingly happy; joyful-looking
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    voice
kanashimi ni kureru nakama no koe
Voices of companions drowning in sorrow

  • 悲かなしみに暮くれる /kanashimi ni kureru/：
    to be consumed by sadness
  • 仲間なかま /nakama/：
    companions; friends
minna sorezore chigau kurashi no katachi
Everyone has their own different way of living

  • みんな /minna/：
    everyone
  • それぞれ /sorezore/：
    each; respectively
  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    different; to differ
  • 暮くらし /kurashi/：
    life; way of living
  • 形かたち /katachi/：
    form; shape
mamoritakute kizukanai uchi ni
Wanting to protect, yet without realizing

  • 守まもりたくて /mamoritakute/：
    wanting to protect (desiderative te-form of 「守まもる」)
  • 気付きづかない /kizukanai/：
    not noticing (negative form of 「気付きづく」)
  • うちに /uchi ni/：
    while; during; before one knows it
kizutsukeatte shimau no wa naze
Why do we end up hurting each other?

  • 傷付きずつけ合あう /kizutsukeau/：
    to hurt each other
  • てしまう /te shimau/：
    (indicates completion of an action, often with regret)
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
onaji sora no shita de
Under the same sky

  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 下した /shita/：
    below; under
bokura wa irotoridori no inochi to
We, along with lives of every color

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 色いろとりどり /irotoridori/：
    colorful; of every variety
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
kono basho de tomo ni ikite iru
Are living together in this place

  • 場所ばしょ /basho/：
    place
  • 共ともに /tomo ni/：
    together
  • 生いきている /ikite iru/：
    living; alive (progressive form of 「生いきる」)
sorezore hito mo kusaki mo hana mo tori mo
People, grass and trees, flowers and birds — each in their own way

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • 草木くさき /kusaki/：
    plants; grass and trees
  • 花なな /hana/：
    flower
  • 鳥とり /tori/：
    bird
katayoseai nagara
Leaning on one another

  • 肩寄かたよせ合あい /katayoseau/：
    to lean on each other; to huddle together
  • ながら /nagara/：
    while (doing); at the same time as
bokura wa motomeru mono mo
The things we seek

  • 求もとめる /motomeru/：
    to seek; to pursue
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; something
egaiteru mirai mo chigau keredo
Though the futures we envision may differ

  • 描えがいてる /egaiteru/：
    is envisioning (progressive form of 「描えがく」)
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • けれど /keredo/：
    although; but
te to te wo toriaeta nara
If we could hold each other's hands

  • 手て /te/：
    hand
  • 取とり合あえた /toriaeta/：
    were able to hold (each other's) (potential past of 「取とり合あう」)
  • なら /nara/：
    if (hypothetical)
kitto waraiaeru hi ga kuru kara
Surely a day will come when we can share a smile

  • きっと /kitto/：
    surely; definitely
  • 笑わらい合あえる /waraiaeru/：
    can smile together (potential form of 「笑わらい合あう」)
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
boku ni wa ima nani ga dekiru kana
What can I do right now, I wonder

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • できる /dekiru/：
    can; to be able to
  • かな /kana/：
    (particle expressing wonder or uncertainty)
dareka ga te ni ireta yutakasa no ura de
In the shadow behind the abundance someone obtained

  • 手てに入いれた /te ni ireta/：
    to obtain; to acquire (past tense of 「手てに入いれる」)
  • 豊ゆたかさ /yutakasa/：
    abundance; richness
  • 裏うら /ura/：
    behind; the other side; shadow
kaeru basho wo ubawareta nakama
Companions whose homes were taken away

  • 帰かえる /kaeru/：
    to return home
  • 奪うばわれた /ubawareta/：
    was taken away (passive past of 「奪うばう」)
hontou wa kare mo yorisoiatte
In truth, they too just wanted to be close to each other

  • 本当ほんとうは /hontou wa/：
    in truth; actually
  • 彼かれ /kare/：
    he; him
  • 寄より添そい合あって /yorisoiatte/：
    to snuggle together (te-form of 「寄より添そい合あう」)
ikite itai dake na no ni
They simply wanted to keep on living

  • 生いきていたい /ikite itai/：
    want to keep living (desiderative form of 「生いきる」)
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
  • なのに /na no ni/：
    and yet; despite that
kanashii kimochi ni nomikomarete
Swallowed up by feelings of sadness

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feelings; emotions
  • 飲のみ込こまれて /nomikomarete/：
    to be swallowed up (passive form of 「飲のみ込こむ」)
kokoro ga kuroku somarikakete mo
Even as their hearts begin to darken

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind
  • 黒くろく /kuroku/：
    darkly; blackly
  • 染そまりかけても /somarikakete mo/：
    beginning to be dyed; starting to be tainted (「染そまる」+ 「〜かける」)
yurusu koto de mitomeru koto de
Through forgiving, through accepting

  • 許ゆるす /yurusu/：
    to forgive; to allow
  • 認みとめる /mitomeru/：
    to acknowledge; to accept
  • ことで /koto de/：
    by means of; through
bokura wa tsunagariaeru
We can be connected to one another

  • 繋つながり合あえる /tsunagariaeru/：
    can be connected to each other (potential form of 「繋つながり合あう」)
bokura ni ima dekiru koto
What we can do right now

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; matter
sore dake de subete ga kawaranakutatte
Even if those things alone won't change everything

  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
  • 変かわらなくたって /kawaranakutatte/：
    even if it doesn't change (negative hypothetical of 「変かわる」)
dareka no ichinichi ni hora
Look — in someone's day

  • 一日いちにち /ichinichi/：
    one day; a day
  • ほら /hora/：
    look; hey (to draw attention)
sukoshi dake azayaka na irodori wo
Adding even a little vivid color

  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; slightly
  • 鮮あざやかな /azayaka na/：
    vivid; bright
  • 彩いろどり /irodori/：
    color; coloring
kagayaku houseki da toka
It's not a shining jewel

  • 輝かがやく /kagayaku/：
    to shine; to sparkle
  • 宝石ほうせき /houseki/：
    jewel; gemstone
  • だとか /da toka/：
    such as; things like
kinpaku de wa nai keredo
Nor is it glamorous gold leaf

  • 金箔きんぱく /kinpaku/：
    gold leaf
  • ではない /de wa nai/：
    is not
konna fuu ni sekaijuu ga
If in this way, the whole world could

  • こんな風ふうに /konna fuu ni/：
    like this; in this way
  • 世界中せかいじゅう /sekaijuu/：
    the whole world
sasayaka na ai de afureta nara
Overflow with modest love

  • ささやかな /sasayaka na/：
    modest; humble; small
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 溢あふれたなら /afureta nara/：
    if it overflows (past tense of 「溢あふれる」+ 「なら」)
nani ka ga hora kawaru hazu sa
Look — something is sure to change

  • 変かわる /kawaru/：
    to change
  • はず /hazu/：
    should; is expected to
onaji sora no shita itsuka kitto
Under the same sky, someday, surely

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
sore ga chiisana boku no ookina yume
That is the grand dream of this little swallow

  • 大おおきな /ookina/：
    big; great
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream