ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - ヒッチコック/Hitchcock
ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


ame no nioi ni natsukashiku naru no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why is it that the smell of rain makes me feel nostalgic?"

  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
  • 匂におい /nioi/：
    smell, scent
  • 懐なつかしく /natsukashiku/：
    Original form: 懐なつかしい, nostalgic, reminiscent
  • なる /naru/：
    to become
  • 何なにで /nande/：
    why
  • なんでしょうか /nan deshou ka/：
    what could it be (polite interrogative)
natsu ga chikazuku to mune ga zawameku no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why does my heart stir when summer draws near?"

  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    summer
  • 近ちかづくと /chikazuku to/：
    Original form: 近ちかづく, to approach, to draw near. と indicates "whenever..."
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 騒ざわめく /zawameku/：
    to stir, to be restless
hito ni warawaretara namida ga deru no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why do tears come out when people laugh at me?"

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person, other people
  • 笑わらわれたら /warawaretara/：
    Original form: 笑わらう, to be laughed at (passive + conditional)
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears
  • 出でる /deru/：
    to come out, to flow
soredemo itsuka mukuwareru kara to omoeba ii n deshou ka
"Even so, is it enough to just think that someday it will all pay off?"

  • それでも /soredemo/：
    even so, nevertheless
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 報むくわれる /mukuwareru/：
    Original form: 報むくいる, to be rewarded (passive)
  • 思おもえば /omoeba/：
    Original form: 思おもう, to think (conditional form)
  • いい /ii/：
    good, fine
sayonara tte kotoba de
With the word "goodbye"

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    goodbye
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
konna ni mune wo saite
Tearing my heart apart like this

  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much, to this extent
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 裂さいて /saite/：
    Original form: 裂さく, to tear, to rip
ima mo tatta suushun no yuuyake ni
Even now, in a sunset lasting only a few moments

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • たった /tatta/：
    only, just
  • 数瞬すうしゅん /suushun/：
    a few moments, a brief instant
  • 夕焼ゆうやけ /yuuyake/：
    sunset glow, evening glow
ashi ga tomatte ita
My feet had stopped

  • 足あし /ashi/：
    feet, steps
  • 止とまっていた /tomatte ita/：
    Original form: 止とまる, to stop, to stand still (past progressive)
sensei, jinsei soudan desu
"Teacher, I need life advice."

  • 先生せんせい /sensei/：
    teacher
  • 人生相談じんせいそうだん /jinsei soudan/：
    life counseling
kono saki dou nara raku desu ka
What would make things easier from here on?

  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, from now on
  • どうなら /dou nara/：
    if it were how
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable
sonna no dare mo wakari wa shinai yo nante iwaremasu ka
"Nobody could possibly know that" — would you say something like that?

  • そんなの /sonna no/：
    that kind of thing
  • 誰だれも /dare mo/：
    nobody (followed by negative)
  • わかりはしない /wakari wa shinai/：
    Original form: 分わかる, to not know at all (emphatic negation)
  • なんて /nante/：
    something like, such as
  • 言いわれます /iwaremasu/：
    Original form: 言いう, to be told (passive + polite)
hora
Look,

  • ほら /hora/：
    look, hey
kurushisa nante hoshii wake nai
Of course I don't want suffering.

  • 苦くるしさ /kurushisa/：
    suffering, pain
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/：
    to want
  • わけない /wake nai/：
    impossible, no reason to
nani mo shinaide ikite itai
I want to live without doing anything.

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • しない /shinai/：
    Original form: する, to not do
  • 生いきていたい /ikite itai/：
    Original form: 生いきる, to want to keep living
aozora dake ga mitai no wa wagamama desu ka
Is it selfish to only want to see blue skies?"

  • 青空あおぞら /aozora/：
    blue sky
  • 見みたい /mitai/：
    Original form: 見みる, to want to see
  • 我儘わがまま /wagamama/：
    selfish, willful
mune ga itandemo uso ga tsukeru no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why can I still lie even when my heart aches?"

  • 痛いたんでも /itandemo/：
    Original form: 痛いたむ, even if it hurts
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
  • つける /tsukeru/：
    Original form: つく, to be able to tell (a lie) (potential form)
warui hito bakari ga toku wo shiteru no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why is it always the bad people who come out on top?"

  • 悪わるい /warui/：
    bad, evil
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    only, nothing but
  • 得とく /toku/：
    profit, advantage
  • してる /shiteru/：
    Original form: する, is doing (progressive)
shiawase no moji ga kane wo fukumu no wa nande nan deshou ka
"Why does the kanji for happiness contain a yen sign?"

  • 幸しあわせ /shiawase/：
    happiness
  • 文字もじ /moji/：
    character, letter
  • 含ふくむ /fukumu/：
    to contain, to include
hitotsu sen wo nukeba tsurasa ni naru no wa waza to nan deshou ka
"If you remove one line it becomes "hardship" — is that on purpose?"

  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one (thing)
  • 線せん /sen/：
    line
  • 抜ぬけば /nukeba/：
    Original form: 抜ぬく, to remove, to pull out (conditional)
  • 辛つらさ /tsurasa/：
    bitterness, hardship
  • わざと /waza to/：
    on purpose, deliberately
seishun tte nefuda ga
"Youth" has a price tag

  • 青春せいしゅん /seishun/：
    youth
  • 値札ねふだ /nefuda/：
    price tag
senaka ni hararete ite
Stuck on our backs

  • 背中せなか /senaka/：
    back (of body)
  • 貼はられていて /hararete ite/：
    Original form: 貼はる, to be stuck on (passive + progressive)
hitchikokku mitai na sasupensu o
A Hitchcock-like suspense

  • ヒッチコック /hitchikokku/：
    Hitchcock (English: Hitchcock)
  • みたい /mitai/：
    like, similar to
  • サスペンス /sasupensu/：
    suspense (English: suspense)
dokoka kitai shite ita
Was something I somehow looked forward to

  • どこか /dokoka/：
    somewhere, somehow
  • 期待きたい /kitai/：
    expectation, anticipation
  • していた /shite ita/：
    Original form: する, was doing (past progressive)
sensei, dou demo ii n desu yo
"Teacher, I don't really care anymore."

  • どうでもいい /dou demo ii/：
    it doesn't matter, I don't care
ikiteru dake de itai n desu yo
Just being alive already hurts.

  • 生いきてる /ikiteru/：
    Original form: 生いきる, to be alive
  • 痛いたい /itai/：
    painful, it hurts
niiche mo furoito mo kono ana no umekata wa kakanai n da
Neither Nietzsche nor Freud wrote how to fill this hole.

  • ニーチェ /niiche/：
    Nietzsche (German: Nietzsche)
  • フロイト /furoito/：
    Freud (German: Freud)
  • 穴あな /ana/：
    hole, void
  • 埋うめ方かた /umekata/：
    how to fill
  • 書かかない /kakanai/：
    Original form: 書かく, to not write
tada
Just

  • ただ /tada/：
    just, merely
natsu no nioi ni me wo tsumutte
Close my eyes in the scent of summer,

  • 匂におい /nioi/：
    smell, scent
  • 目め /me/：
    eyes
  • 瞑つむって /tsumutte/：
    Original form: 瞑つむる, to close (one's eyes)
kumo no takasa wo yubi de egakou
And trace the height of the clouds with my fingers.

  • 雲くも /kumo/：
    clouds
  • 高たかさ /takasa/：
    height
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
  • 描えがこう /egakou/：
    Original form: 描えがく, to draw, to trace (volitional form)
omoide dake ga mitai no wa wagamama desu ka
Is it selfish to only want to look at memories?"

  • 想おもい出で /omoide/：
    memories
  • 見みたい /mitai/：
    Original form: 見みる, to want to see
  • 我儘わがまま /wagamama/：
    selfish, willful
doramachikku ni hito ga shinu sutoorii tte ureru janai desu ka
"Stories where people die dramatically sell well, don't they?"

  • ドラマチック /doramachikku/：
    dramatic (English: dramatic)
  • 死しぬ /shinu/：
    to die
  • ストーリー /sutoorii/：
    story (English: story)
  • 売うれる /ureru/：
    to sell well
hana no chirigiwa ni sura ne ga tsuku no mo iya ni narimashita
"Even the moment flowers scatter has a price put on it — I'm sick of it."

  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 散ちり際ぎわ /chirigiwa/：
    the moment of scattering
  • すら /sura/：
    even
  • 値ね /ne/：
    price, value
  • 付つく /tsuku/：
    to be attached, to be assigned
  • 嫌いや /iya/：
    dislike, hateful
sensei no yume wa nan datta n desu ka
Teacher, what was your dream?

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • だった /datta/：
    Original form: だ, was (past tense)
otona ni naru to wasurechau mono nan desu ka
Do you forget it when you become an adult?"

  • 大人おとな /otona/：
    adult, grown-up
  • 忘わすれちゃう /wasurechau/：
    Original form: 忘わすれる, to accidentally forget (casual emphasis)
sensei, jinsei soudan desu
"Teacher, I need life advice."

  • 先生せんせい /sensei/：
    teacher
  • 人生相談じんせいそうだん /jinsei soudan/：
    life counseling
kono saki dou nara raku desu ka
What would make things easier from here on?

  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, from now on
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable
namida ga hito wo tsuyoku suru nante zenbu kiben deshita
Saying tears make people stronger — that was all sophistry.

  • 強つよくする /tsuyoku suru/：
    Original form: 強つよい, to make strong
  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all, everything
  • 詭弁きべん /kiben/：
    sophistry, specious argument
  • でした /deshita/：
    Original form: だ, was (past tense, polite)
aa
Ah,

  • あぁ /aa/：
    ah (exclamation)
kono saki dou demo ii wake nakute
It's not that I don't care about what's ahead,

  • どうでもいい /dou demo ii/：
    it doesn't matter
  • わけなくて /wake nakute/：
    Original form: わけない, it's not that
genjitsu dake ga chiratsuite
Only reality keeps flickering before my eyes,

  • 現実げんじつ /genjitsu/：
    reality
  • ちらついて /chiratsuite/：
    Original form: ちらつく, to flicker, to waver
natsu ga tookute
And summer feels so far away.

  • 遠とおくて /tookute/：
    Original form: 遠とおい, far, distant
kore demo hontou ni ii n desu ka
Is this really okay?

  • 本当ほんとうに /hontou ni/：
    truly, really
kono mama ikitemo ii n desu ka
Is it okay to just keep living like this?

  • このまま /kono mama/：
    as it is, like this
  • 生いきても /ikitemo/：
    Original form: 生いきる, even if one lives
sonna no kimi ni shika wakaranai yo nante iwaremasu ka
"Only you would know that" — would you say something like that?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • しか /shika/：
    only (followed by negative)
  • わからない /wakaranai/：
    Original form: 分わかる, to not understand
tada
Just

  • ただ /tada/：
    just, merely
natsu no nioi ni me wo tsumuritai
I want to close my eyes in the scent of summer.

  • 瞑つむりたい /tsumuritai/：
    Original form: 瞑つむる, to want to close (one's eyes)
itsu made mo kaze ni fukaretai
I want to be blown by the wind forever.

  • いつまでも /itsu made mo/：
    forever, endlessly
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 吹ふかれたい /fukaretai/：
    Original form: 吹ふく, to want to be blown (passive + desiderative)
aozora dake ga mitai no wa wagamama desu ka
Is it selfish to only want to see blue skies?"

  • 青空あおぞら /aozora/：
    blue sky
  • 見みたい /mitai/：
    Original form: 見みる, to want to see
  • 我儘わがまま /wagamama/：
    selfish, willful
anata dake wo shiritai no wa wagamama desu ka
Is it selfish to only want to know you?

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 知しりたい /shiritai/：
    Original form: 知しる, to want to know, to want to understand