あいみょん (Aimyon) - 会いに行くのに/Even Though I Go to See You
あいみょん (Aimyon)


reizouko no naka ni wa
Inside the refrigerator

  • 冷蔵れいぞう庫こ /reizouko/：
    refrigerator
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside
tabe sokoneta raburetaa
A love letter I never got around to eating

  • 食たべ損そこねた /tabe sokoneta/：
    missed the chance to eat. Original form: 食べ損ねる (食べる + 損ねる), meaning to miss the chance to do something
  • ラブレター /raburetaa/：
    love letter (English: love letter)
hitotsu zutsu hitotsu zutsu shiroku naru
One by one, one by one, turning white

  • ひとつずつ /hitotsu zutsu/：
    one by one. ひとつ (one) + ずつ (each)
  • 白しろく /shiroku/：
    white (adverb form). Original form: 白い (white), 白く is the conjunctive form
  • なる /naru/：
    to become
akai chiisana hako ni wa
Inside a small red box

  • 赤あかい /akai/：
    red
  • 小ちいさな /chiisana/：
    small (prenominal adjective, same meaning as 小さい but only used before nouns)
  • 箱はこ /hako/：
    box
watashi sobireta ringu
A ring I never managed to give you

  • 渡わたしそびれた /watashi sobireta/：
    missed the chance to hand over. Original form: 渡しそびれる (渡す + そびれる), meaning to miss the chance to give
  • リング /ringu/：
    ring (English: ring)
mou yon tsuki mou hitotsu iki wo haku
It's been four months already — another sigh

  • もう /mou/：
    already, again
  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    month(s)
  • ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one
  • 息いき /iki/：
    breath, sigh
  • 吐はく /haku/：
    to breathe out, to exhale
kore ga yume dattara
If this were a dream

  • これ /kore/：
    this
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • だったら /dattara/：
    if it were. Past tense だった + conditional ら, expressing a hypothetical
nando mo kurikaeshite kimi wo
How many times I've gone back and forth, with you

  • 何度なんど /nando/：
    how many times
  • 繰くり返かえして /kurikaeshite/：
    repeating, going back and forth. Original form: 繰り返す, te-form for connecting actions
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
nando mo wakatta furi wo shite
How many times I've pretended to understand

  • 何度なんど /nando/：
    how many times
  • 分わかった /wakatta/：
    understood. Original form: 分かる, past tense
  • ふり /furi/：
    pretense, act. Common pattern: ~ふりをする (to pretend)
kizutsukenai houhou wo mitsuketai
I want to find a way not to hurt you

  • 傷きずつけない /kizutsukenai/：
    to not hurt. Original form: 傷つける (to hurt), negative form
  • 方法ほうほう /houhou/：
    method, way
  • 見みつけたい /mitsuketai/：
    want to find. Original form: 見つける (to find), + たい for desire
ato nankai onaji fuyu wo toorisugite
How many more identical winters must I pass through

  • あと /ato/：
    more, remaining
  • 何回なんかい /nankai/：
    how many times
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 冬ふゆ /fuyu/：
    winter
  • 通とおり過すぎて /toorisugite/：
    to pass through. Original form: 通り過ぎる, te-form for connecting actions
sabita mama no heya de
In this room that's still rusted over

  • 錆さびた /sabita/：
    rusted. Original form: 錆びる (to rust), past tense indicating a state
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining in that state
  • 部屋へや /heya/：
    room
kimi wo matsu no wa samusugiru
Waiting for you is too cold

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    to wait
  • 寒さむすぎる /samusugiru/：
    too cold. 寒い (cold) + すぎる (too much), expressing excess
kokoro mo motanai yo
My heart can't take it anymore

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart
  • もたない /motanai/：
    can't hold on, can't endure. Original form: もつ (持つ), negative form
hajimete no ano hi ni modotta nara
If I could go back to that first day

  • 初はじめて /hajimete/：
    for the first time, the very first
  • あの /ano/：
    that (referring to something both people know)
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 戻もどった /modotta/：
    went back. Original form: 戻る (to return), past/completed form
  • なら /nara/：
    if (conditional)
akari no nai machi mo
Even on streets without any lights

  • 明あかり /akari/：
    light, illumination
  • 無ない /nai/：
    without, nonexistent
  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
aishite ai wo shitte
To love, to know love

  • 愛あいして /aishite/：
    to love. Original form: 愛する (to love), te-form
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    to know, to learn. Original form: 知る, te-form
ai ni iku noni
Even though I'm going to see you

  • 会あい /ai/：
    to meet. Original form: 会う (to meet), conjunctive form
  • 行いく /iku/：
    to go
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite (expresses regret or frustration)
reiji sugita koro ni wa
Around the time midnight passes

  • 0時じ /reiji/：
    midnight, 12 o'clock
  • 過すぎた /sugita/：
    passed. Original form: 過ぎる (to pass), past tense
  • 頃ころ /koro/：
    around the time of
nozomi naku nemuru nda
Falling asleep without any hope

  • 望のぞみ /nozomi/：
    hope, wish. Original form: 望む (to wish), conjunctive form used as noun
  • なく /naku/：
    without (conjunctive form of ない)
  • 眠ねむる /nemuru/：
    to sleep, to fall asleep
kazoeteru hitotsu zutsu kioku wo tatsu
Counting them, cutting off memories one by one

  • 数かぞえてる /kazoeteru/：
    counting. Original form: 数える (to count), colloquial contraction of 数えている
  • ひとつずつ /hitotsu zutsu/：
    one by one
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/：
    memory
  • 断たつ /tatsu/：
    to cut off, to sever
kore wa yume deshita
This was just a dream

  • これ /kore/：
    this
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • でした /deshita/：
    was (past tense). Past form of です
atama kakae sugita boku dakara
Because I'm the one who overthought everything

  • 頭あたま /atama/：
    head
  • 抱かかえ /kakae/：
    holding, carrying. Original form: 抱える (to hold). 頭を抱える means to be troubled, to rack one's brains
  • すぎた /sugita/：
    too much. Original form: すぎる (to overdo), past tense
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I (masculine)
  • だから /dakara/：
    so, because
nando mo fumikonde koronde
How many times stepping in and falling down

  • 何度なんど /nando/：
    how many times
  • 踏ふみ込こんで /fumikonde/：
    stepping in, getting involved. Original form: 踏み込む, te-form
  • 転ころんで /koronde/：
    falling down. Original form: 転ぶ (to fall), te-form
kizutsuki hi wo matagi asa ni naru
Getting hurt, crossing one more day, until morning comes

  • 傷きずつき /kizutsuki/：
    getting hurt. Original form: 傷つく (to get hurt), conjunctive form for mid-sentence pause
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 跨またぎ /matagi/：
    stepping over. Original form: 跨ぐ (to step over), conjunctive form
  • 朝あさ /asa/：
    morning
  • なる /naru/：
    to become
ato nankai onaji fuku ni sode tooshite
How many more times putting on the same clothes

  • あと /ato/：
    more, remaining
  • 何回なんかい /nankai/：
    how many times
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 服ふく /fuku/：
    clothes
  • 袖そで /sode/：
    sleeve
  • 通とおして /tooshite/：
    to put through. Original form: 通す (to pass through), te-form. 袖を通す means to put on clothes
yoreta mama no suso mo
The hem, still wrinkled as ever

  • ヨレた /yoreta/：
    wrinkled, worn out. Original form: ヨレる (to become wrinkled), past form indicating a state
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining in that state
  • 裾すそ /suso/：
    hem, bottom edge
kimi ga tonari ni ite kuretara
If you were by my side

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
  • 隣となり /tonari/：
    next to, beside
  • 居いて /ite/：
    being there. Original form: 居る (いる, to exist), te-form
  • くれたら /kuretara/：
    if you would do that for me. Original form: くれる (to do for me), conditional form
samusa mo shinoge sou
It seems like I could bear the cold

  • 寒さむさ /samusa/：
    coldness. 寒い + さ, i-adjective stem + さ becomes a noun
  • しのげそう /shinoge sou/：
    seems like one could endure. Original form: しのぐ (to endure), potential しのげる + そう (seems like)
hajimari wa owari wo tsugeteita no
Was the beginning already announcing the end?

  • 始はじまり /hajimari/：
    beginning. Original form: 始まる (to begin), conjunctive form used as noun
  • 終おわり /owari/：
    end
  • 告つげていた /tsugeteita/：
    had been telling. Original form: 告げる (to announce), past progressive indicating ongoing past action
hieta te no hira ga mou
These cold hands, already

  • 冷ひえた /hieta/：
    cooled, chilled. Original form: 冷える (to get cold), past form indicating state
  • 手てのひら /te no hira/：
    palm of the hand
  • もう /mou/：
    already
wasurenaide oboeteite
Please don't forget, please remember

  • 忘わすれないで /wasurenaide/：
    please don't forget. Original form: 忘れる (to forget), ないで form for negative request
  • 覚おぼえていて /oboeteite/：
    please keep remembering. Original form: 覚える (to remember), ていて form for request to maintain a state
furueteiru zo
Are trembling

  • 震ふるえている /furueteiru/：
    is trembling. Original form: 震える (to tremble), ている form for continuous state
annani chikaku ni ita noni
Even though we were so close

  • あんなに /annani/：
    so much, that much
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    nearby, close. Conjunctive/noun form of 近い (close)
  • いた /ita/：
    was there (past). Original form: いる (to exist), past tense
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite (expresses regret)
sonnani kawattenai noni
Even though nothing has really changed

  • そんなに /sonnani/：
    that much, to that extent
  • 変かわってない /kawattenai/：
    hasn't changed. Original form: 変わる (to change), colloquial contraction of 変わっていない
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite (expresses regret)
yappari samusa ni wa yowai
I'm still no good with the cold, after all

  • やっぱり /yappari/：
    as expected, after all
  • 寒さむさ /samusa/：
    coldness. 寒い + さ, i-adjective stem + さ becomes a noun
  • 弱よわい /yowai/：
    weak at, not good with. ~に弱い means to be susceptible to
mokkai kimi ni furetai
One more time, I want to touch you

  • もっかい /mokkai/：
    one more time. Colloquial contraction of もう一回
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
  • 触ふれたい /furetai/：
    want to touch. Original form: 触れる (to touch), + たい for desire
ato nankai onaji fuyu wo toorisugite
How many more identical winters must I pass through

  • あと /ato/：
    more, remaining
  • 何回なんかい /nankai/：
    how many times
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 冬ふゆ /fuyu/：
    winter
  • 通とおり過すぎて /toorisugite/：
    to pass through. Original form: 通り過ぎる, te-form for connecting actions
sabita mama no heya de
In this room that's still rusted over

  • 錆さびた /sabita/：
    rusted. Original form: 錆びる (to rust), past form indicating state
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining in that state
  • 部屋へや /heya/：
    room
kimi wo matsu no wa samusugiru
Waiting for you is too cold

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    to wait
  • 寒さむすぎる /samusugiru/：
    too cold. 寒い (cold) + すぎる (too much), expressing excess
kokoro mo motanai yo
My heart can't take it anymore

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart
  • もたない /motanai/：
    can't hold on, can't endure. Original form: もつ (持つ), negative form
hajimete no ano hi ni modotta nara
If I could go back to that first day

  • 初はじめて /hajimete/：
    for the first time, the very first
  • あの /ano/：
    that (referring to something both people know)
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 戻もどった /modotta/：
    went back. Original form: 戻る (to return), past/completed form
  • なら /nara/：
    if (conditional)
akari no nai machi mo
Even on streets without any lights

  • 明あかり /akari/：
    light, illumination
  • 無ない /nai/：
    without, nonexistent
  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
aishite ai wo shitte
To love, to know love

  • 愛あいして /aishite/：
    to love. Original form: 愛する (to love), te-form
  • 知しって /shitte/：
    to know, to learn. Original form: 知る, te-form
ai ni iku noni
Even though I'm going to see you

  • 会あい /ai/：
    to meet. Original form: 会う (to meet), conjunctive form
  • 行いく /iku/：
    to go
  • のに /noni/：
    even though, despite (expresses regret or frustration)