歌の勉強

Question 1

ほろ苦い

Answer 1

(horonigai) = slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

ほろ苦いチョコレートのような = Like a bittersweet chocolate

Question 2

潜む

Answer 2

(hisomu) = to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

悪魔の潜む僕の日々 = In the days where demons lurk in me,

Question 3

覗き込む

Answer 3

(nozoki komu) = to look into; to peer in

悪魔の潜む僕の日々
君が覗き込んできたんだ = In the days where demons lurk in me,
You peered into my life.

Question 4

ふざけ

Answer 4

= play, sport romp, frolic (fuzakeru = to joke, jest, laugh at, play a prank, romp, frolic, fool around)

何も知らずにふざけあっていた = We played around, knowing nothing

Question 5

移ろう

Answer 5

(utsurou) = to change (with the passage of time); to fade, wane, decline (often used for things like seasons, emotions, or states of being)

移ろっていく君と僕のこと = About how things would change between you and me.

Question 6

いつだって

Answer 6

always, all the time

いつだってそうさ忘れてしまう = It’s always like this—I end up forgetting

Question 7

愛しい

Answer 7

(itoshii) = lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest

泣き笑いの愛しい日々さえ = Even those cherished days of tears and laughter.

Question 8

ありふれた

Answer 8

common, commonplace, ordinary, everyday, familiar; trite, stereotyped, hackneyed, stale

君と僕のありふれた話 = An ordinary story of you and me.

Question 9

覚める

Answer 9

(sameru) = to wake, to wake up; to become sober, to regain consciousness, to come to one’s senses, to be disillusioned

目のさめるような = “like opening one’s eyes” or “as if waking up” (used figuratively to describe something so striking, vivid, or intense that it feels like it snaps you awake or grabs your full attention”

Question 10

色使い

Answer 10

color usage, use of color

目のさめるような色使い = The colors so vivid, they could wake me up.

Question 11

受話器

Answer 11

(juwaki) = (telephone) receiver

あなたは笑ったふりを受話器で聞かせるから
今夜も嘘ついていよう = You pretended to laugh, and I heard it through the phone, (alt: you let me hear you pretending to laugh through the phone), So tonight, I’ll keep lying too. (in response to the other person’s fake laughter, she decides to lie too)

Question 12

聞かせる

Answer 12

(kikaseru) = to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of); to make (someone) listen or understand; to drum into (someone); to hold (someone) enchanted by

あなたは笑ったふりを受話器で聞かせるから
今夜も嘘ついていよう = You pretended to laugh, and I heard it through the phone, (alt: you let me hear you pretending to laugh through the phone), So tonight, I’ll keep lying too. (in response to the other person’s fake laughter, she decides to lie too)

Question 13

眠りにつく

Answer 13

(nemuri nitsuku) = to fall asleep

24時間 眠りにつけなくて = 24 hours, and I still can’t fall asleep.

Question 14

はしゃぐ

Answer 14

(hashagu) = to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

はしゃぐ人たち眺めて 頬杖ついていたら = Watching the lively people as I rested my chin on my hand,

Question 15

眺める

Answer 15

(nagameru) = to look at, gaze at, watch, stare at; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch, observe

はしゃぐ人たち眺めて 頬杖ついていたら = Watching the lively people as I rested my chin on my hand,

Question 16

頬杖をつく

Answer 16

(hoo zue) = to rest one’s chin in one’s hands

頬 (hoo) = cheek (of the face)
杖 (tsue) = cane, walking stick; prop, support

はしゃぐ人たち眺めて 頬杖ついていたら = Watching the lively people as I rested my chin on my hand,

Question 17

見覚え

Answer 17

(mioboe) = memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

見覚えがある = to recognize; to recall; to recollect; to remember (seeing before)
見覚えのない = unfamiliar, strange

Question 18

相変わらず

Answer 18

(aikawarazu) = as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

見覚えがある コーヒーのしみ
相変らずなのね
= I recognize it, with its coffee stain.
You haven’t changed at all.

Question 19

口ぐせ

Answer 19

(kuchiguse) = pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; catchphrase

口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
= Repeating your favorite phrases,
Holding onto the moments we shared.
I still haven’t forgotten, I kept them warm.

Question 20

瞬間

Answer 20

(shunkan) moment; second; instant (in song, it’s read as “toki” which is not standard)

口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
= Repeating your favorite phrases,
Holding onto the moments we shared.
I still haven’t forgotten, I kept them warm.

Question 21

抱く

Answer 21

(idaku) = to hold in one’s arms, to embrace, to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.); to harbor; to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.); to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.); to cherish (e.g. an ambition)

口ぐせを言いながら
二人の瞬間を抱いて
まだ忘れず 暖めてた
= Repeating your favorite phrases,
Holding onto the moments we shared.
I still haven’t forgotten, I kept them warm.

Question 22

淋しさ

Answer 22

(sabishisa) = loneliness

淋しさまぎらわして
置いたレコードの針
同じメロディ 繰り返していた… = To stave off the loneliness (alt: distract me from my loneliness),
I placed the needle on the record,
And the same melody kept playing over and over…

Question 23

紛らわす

Answer 23

(magirawasu) = to divert (e.g. one’s mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one’s sorrows); to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one’s grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject)

淋しさまぎらわして
置いたレコードの針
同じメロディ 繰り返していた… = To stave off the loneliness (alt: distract me from my loneliness),
I placed the needle on the record,
And the same melody kept playing over and over…

Question 24

気がある

Answer 24

(ki ga aru) = to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

君に胸キュン　
気があるの?って= I’m falling for you
“Do you like me?”

Question 25

さざ波

Answer 25

(sazanami) = ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance; discord; friction ## Footnote さざ波のラインダンス 時間だけこわれてく = The rippling waves dance in a line, And time itself seems to break apart.

Question 26

まなざし (眼差し)

Answer 26

a look, gaze ## Footnote The voltage of your gaze Heats me up. = まなざしのボルテージ 熱く(atsuku) しながら

Question 27

印画紙

Answer 27

(ingashi) = photographic printing paper ## Footnote 夏の印画紙 = A photograph of summer

Question 28

柄にもなく

Answer 28

(garanimonaku) also: 柄にもない = out of character; unlike one ## Footnote ぼくはと言えば 柄にもなくプラトニック= As for me, though, I’m uncharacteristically platonic.

Question 29

罪作り

Answer 29

(tsumitsukuri) = deceitful, cruel ## Footnote 罪つくりな潮風 眼を伏せた一瞬の せつなさがいい = The sinful (alt. deceitful, cruel) sea breeze Carries a fleeting sadness In a single moment of averted eyes. (alt. "The fleeting moment of lowering my eyes, The heartache of that instant is beautiful.")

Question 30

潮風

Answer 30

(shiokaze) = salty sea breeze ## Footnote 潮 (shio) = tide; current; sea water 罪つくりな潮風 眼を伏せた一瞬の せつなさがいい = The sinful (alt. deceitful, cruel) sea breeze Carries a fleeting sadness In a single moment of averted eyes. (alt. "The fleeting moment of lowering my eyes, The heartache of that instant is beautiful.")

Question 31

眼を伏せる

Answer 31

(me wo fuseru) = to lower/avert one’s eyes ## Footnote 罪つくりな潮風 眼を伏せた一瞬の せつなさがいい = The sinful (alt. deceitful, cruel) sea breeze Carries a fleeting sadness In a single moment of averted eyes. (alt. "The fleeting moment of lowering my eyes, The heartache of that instant is beautiful.")

Question 32

一瞬

Answer 32

(isshun) = moment ## Footnote 罪つくりな潮風 眼を伏せた一瞬の せつなさがいい = The sinful (alt. deceitful, cruel) sea breeze Carries a fleeting sadness In a single moment of averted eyes. (alt. "The fleeting moment of lowering my eyes, The heartache of that instant is beautiful.")

Question 33

切ない

Answer 33

(setsunai) = painful; heartrending; oppressive, suffocating, miserable ## Footnote 罪つくりな潮風 眼を伏せた一瞬の せつなさがいい = The sinful (alt. deceitful, cruel) sea breeze Carries a fleeting sadness In a single moment of averted eyes. (alt. "The fleeting moment of lowering my eyes, The heartache of that instant is beautiful.")

Question 34

渚

Answer 34

(nagisa) = water's edge; beach; shore ## Footnote 渚を走る 雲の影に包まれて = Running along the shore, Wrapped in the shadows of the clouds.

Question 35

影

Answer 35

(kage) = shadow ## Footnote 渚を走る 雲の影に包まれて = Running along the shore, Wrapped in the shadows of the clouds.