YOASOBI - 大正浪漫/Taisho Romance
YOASOBI


aru hi totsuzen ni sore wa
One day, suddenly, it

  • ある日ひ /aru hi/：
    one day
  • 突然とつぜん /totsuzen/：
    suddenly
otozureta dekigoto
An event that came upon me

  • 訪おとずれた /otozureta/：
    came, arrived (dictionary form: otozureru)
  • 出来事できごと /dekigoto/：
    event, happening
hajimari wa ittsuu no tegami
It began with a single letter

  • 始はじまり /hajimari/：
    beginning, start
  • 一通いっつう /ittsuu/：
    one (counter for letters)
  • 手紙てがみ /tegami/：
    letter
okurinushi wa haruka mukashi o ikiru kimi
The sender was you, living in the distant past

  • 送おくり主ぬし /okurinushi/：
    sender
  • 遥はるか /haruka/：
    far away, distant
  • 昔むかし /mukashi/：
    the past, long ago
  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
sonna fukashigi na deai
Such a mysterious encounter

  • 不可思議ふかしぎ /fukashigi/：
    mysterious, wondrous
  • 出会であい /deai/：
    encounter, meeting
boku no jidai ni wa ima
In my era, right now

  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I, me
  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    era, period
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
konna mono ga atte
There are things like these

  • もの /mono/：
    thing, object
konna kurashi o shite iru yo
And we live like this

  • 暮くらし /kurashi/：
    life, living
moji ni komete tsutaeau uchi ni
As we poured our hearts into words and shared them

  • 文字もじ /moji/：
    letters, characters
  • 込こめて /komete/：
    to put into, to imbue (dictionary form: komeru)
  • 伝つたえ合あう /tsutaeau/：
    to communicate with each other
  • うちに /uchi ni/：
    while, during
itsushika mebaeta romansu
A romance that had unknowingly blossomed

  • いつしか /itsushika/：
    before I knew it, unknowingly
  • 芽生めばえた /mebaeta/：
    sprouted, budded (dictionary form: mebaeru)
  • ロマンス /romansu/：
    romance
kesshite deau koto no dekinai bokura
We who can never meet

  • 決けっして /kesshite/：
    never, by no means
  • 出会であう /deau/：
    to meet, to encounter
  • 出来できない /dekinai/：
    cannot (dictionary form: dekiru)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us
sorezore no sekai kara
From our own separate worlds

  • それぞれ /sorezore/：
    each, respectively
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
tsuzuru kotoba
The words we compose

  • 綴つづる /tsuzuru/：
    to compose, to spell out
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words, language
tsunoru omoi
The growing feelings

  • 募つのる /tsunoru/：
    to grow stronger, to intensify
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings, thoughts
sugata sae mo
Not even knowing what you look like

  • 姿すがた /sugata/：
    figure, appearance
  • さえ /sae/：
    even
shiranai mama
Without even knowing

  • 知しらない /shiranai/：
    don't know (dictionary form: shiru)
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining
donna toki mo kimi no kotoba o
No matter when, your words

  • どんな /donna/：
    what kind of, any
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time, moment
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words
machikogarete iru n da
I've been yearning for

  • 待まち焦こがれる /machikogareru/：
    to long for, to yearn for
ikiru jidai wa chigau kedo
Though we live in different eras

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    era, period
  • 違ちがう /chigau/：
    to differ, to be different
  • けど /kedo/：
    but, though
nando demo jikan o koete
Crossing over time, again and again

  • 何度なんど /nando/：
    how many times
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    time
  • 越こえて /koete/：
    to cross over (dictionary form: koeru)
kimi to tsutaeau omoi
The feelings we share with each other

  • 伝つたえ合あう /tsutaeau/：
    to communicate with each other
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings, thoughts
negai ga kanau nara
If my wish could come true

  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish, desire
  • 叶かなう /kanau/：
    to come true, to be fulfilled
  • なら /nara/：
    if
hitome de ii kara
Even just a glimpse would be enough

  • 一目ひとめ /hitome/：
    a glance, one look
aitai na
I want to see you

  • 会あいたい /aitai/：
    want to meet (dictionary form: au)
suki dakara
Because I love you

  • 好すき /suki/：
    to like, to love
fui ni omoidashita no wa
What suddenly came to mind was

  • 不意ふい /fui/：
    unexpected, sudden
  • 思おもい出だした /omoidashita/：
    recalled (dictionary form: omoidasu)
kimi ga ikiru jidai no ashita
The tomorrow of the era you live in

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live
  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    era, period
  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow
okoru koto
The things that will happen

  • 起おこる /okoru/：
    to happen, to occur
kanashii koto
The sad things

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/：
    sad
tsutaenakucha
I have to tell you

  • 伝つたえる /tsutaeru/：
    to convey, to tell
  • なくちゃ /nakucha/：
    must, have to (casual form of nakereba naranai)
douka kiseki yo okite
Please, let a miracle happen

  • どうか /douka/：
    please
  • 奇跡きせき /kiseki/：
    miracle
  • 起おきて /okite/：
    to happen (dictionary form: okiru)
sugite iku toki to
As time passes by

  • 過すぎていく /sugite iku/：
    to keep passing (dictionary form: sugiru)
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time
kawaru kisetsu
And the changing seasons

  • 変かわる /kawaru/：
    to change
  • 季節きせつ /kisetsu/：
    season
are kara todaeta tegami
The letters that stopped after that

  • あれから /are kara/：
    since then
  • 途絶とだえた /todaeta/：
    ceased, stopped (dictionary form: todaeru)
  • 手紙てがみ /tegami/：
    letter
mou todokanai kotoba dake ga mune o shimetsukeru
Only the words that can no longer reach you tighten around my heart

  • もう /mou/：
    already, no longer
  • 届とどかない /todokanai/：
    cannot reach (dictionary form: todoku)
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 締しめつける /shimetsukeru/：
    to tighten, to constrict
haruka kanata hyakunen saki o
A hundred years into the distant future

  • 遥はるか /haruka/：
    far away, distant
  • 彼方かなた /kanata/：
    the beyond, far away
  • 年ねん /nen/：
    year
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead, beyond
kimi ga mite mitai to negatta mirai o ima
The future you wished you could see, now

  • 見みてみたい /mite mitai/：
    want to try seeing (dictionary form: miru)
  • 願ねがった /negatta/：
    wished (dictionary form: negau)
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
boku wa mada aruite iru yo
I'm still walking through it

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 歩あるいている /aruite iru/：
    walking (dictionary form: aruku)
kurushii omoi o mune ni daita mama
With painful feelings held close to my heart

  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/：
    painful, agonizing
  • 想おもい /omoi/：
    feelings, thoughts
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • 抱だいた /daita/：
    held, embraced (dictionary form: daku)
  • まま /mama/：
    as it is, remaining
sonna boku ni todoita tegami
A letter that reached me in that state

  • 届とどいた /todoita/：
    arrived, reached (dictionary form: todoku)
  • 手紙てがみ /tegami/：
    letter
mioboe no aru machikogarete ita moji
The familiar handwriting I had been longing for

  • 見覚みおぼえ /mioboe/：
    recognition, familiarity
  • 待まち焦こがれる /machikogareru/：
    to long for, to yearn for
  • 文字もじ /moji/：
    characters, handwriting
sore wa kimi ga ano hi o koete
It was you, crossing beyond that day

  • あの /ano/：
    that
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 越こえて /koete/：
    crossing over (dictionary form: koeru)
boku ni kaita saigo no koibumi
The last love letter you wrote to me

  • 書かいた /kaita/：
    wrote (dictionary form: kaku)
  • 最後さいご /saigo/：
    last, final
  • 恋文こいぶみ /koibumi/：
    love letter
kimi ga kimi no jidai o ikita akashi o
The proof that you lived in your era

  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    era, period
  • 生いきた /ikita/：
    lived (dictionary form: ikiru)
  • 証あかし /akashi/：
    proof, evidence
yachiyo koete mo nigirishimete
I'll hold it tight, even across eight thousand generations

  • 八千代やちよ /yachiyo/：
    eight thousand generations, eternity
  • 越こえても /koetemo/：
    even if crossing (dictionary form: koeru)
  • 握にぎりしめて /nigirishimete/：
    gripping tightly (dictionary form: nigirishimeru)
boku ga boku no jidai ni miru sono subete o
Everything I see in my era

  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    era, period
  • 見みる /miru/：
    to see, to look
  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
itsuka tsutae ni iku yo
Someday I'll go and tell you

  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 伝つたえる /tsutaeru/：
    to convey, to tell
  • 行いく /iku/：
    to go