ミィハー – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Chinozo, Tet0
• Album: The Hollows

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through 'ミィハー' by Chinozo offers a great opportunity to explore the nuances of Japanese slang and wordplay. The song's title itself, 'ミィハー', is a colloquial term for a trend-follower, and the lyrics are filled with clever phrases that play on the sounds and multiple meanings of Japanese words. This makes it a special song for language learners to appreciate the creativity and depth of Japanese lyrical expression.

[English]

(tetetere tetetere)

The land of freaks, that dirty music

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-B

Everyone, everyone, the more you grow to like it

Right, right, right

Twelve o'clock, called by that pull

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-B

Tomorrow comes quickly, perfectly convenient

Farewell, Moon

Okay, one, two, three—let's sing!

Even our own love

"I can't do it properly, I can't do it properly

"I can't do it properly, I can't do it properly

"I can't do it properly, I can't do it properly

Mii

I can't become Miiha-san

I can't become Miiha-san

A play about thinking of you. Yes, end

Ah, I can't become Miiha-san

Mi can't become three

It's painful, you know

Crazy

There's nothing we can do, ah

There's nothing we can do

A play about thinking of you. Yes, end. Ah

There's nothing we can do, ah

There's nothing we can do

I can't say yes or no, and I move on

Our heads are wider than the sky

Inside the cage, we just stood there

That's what I was told

I wanted to see you

I fell for my homeland

My brain rusted and stiffened

Our pitiful imaginations living inside possibilities

(tetetere tetetere)

Farewell, Moon

Okay, one, two, three—let's sing!

We can't even know happiness

"Can't do it properly, can't do it properly

"Can't do it properly, can't do it properly

"Can't do it properly, can't do it properly"

For you

Is Miiha-san okay?

How's Miiha-san?

"Whatever I hear, by dawn, I don't care

It's just that I'm not defying God's will

I can't become Miiha-san

I can't become Miiha-san

A world that's unbearably hard to live in

Ah, I can't become Miiha-san

Mi doesn't want to become three

...

[Japanese]

（テテテレテテテテレ）

変人の国 そのdirtyなmusic

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-B

みんなみんな 好きになるほど

正しい 正しい 正しい

その引力に呼ばれた12時

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-B

パパパパっと都合よく明日がくる

サヨナラお月様

さぁいっせーのせ歌いましょ！

僕たちは僕たちの恋さえも

「まともにできない まともにできない

まともにできない まともにできない

まともにできない まともにできない」

ミィ

ミィハーさんになりきれない

ミィハーさんになりきれない

あなたを想う劇 はい 閉会

ああ ミィハーさんになりきれない

ミは三になりきれない

苦しいんだけどね

狂って

ドウシヨウモナイ ああ

ドウシヨウモナイ

あなたを想う劇 はい 閉会 ああ

ドウシヨウモナイ ああ

ドウシヨウモナイ

ハイかイイエも言えない僕が過ぎてゆく

僕たちの頭ん中は空より広いのに

檻の中でただ突っ立ってなって

言われたようだ

会いたかった

郷にハマった

脳みそが錆びついて固まった

可能性の中に住んでいる僕たちの哀れなソウゾウを

（テテテレテテテテレ）

サヨナラお月様

さぁいっせーのせ歌いましょ！

僕たちは幸福を知ることも

「まともにできない まともにできない

まともにできない まともにできない

まともにできない まともにできない」

あなたにとって

ミィハーさんはいいですか

ミィハーさんはどうですか

なんて 聞いた暁にゃどうでもよし

神の意思に背かないだけなんだけどね

ミィハーさんになりきれない

ミィハーさんになりきれない

生き辛くて仕方ない世界

ああ ミィハーさんになりきれない

ミは三になりたくないや

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
실수 /ɕil.su/ A2	noun - mistake, error
궁금해 /kuŋ.ɡɯmˈhɛ/ B1	verb - to be curious about, to wonder
용서받다 /joŋ.sʌˈbat̚.t͈a/ B2	verb - to be forgiven
세상 /seːˈsaŋ/ A1	noun - world, society
창문 /tɕʰaŋˈmun/ A1	noun - window
이상해 /iːˈsaŋ.hɛ/ B1	adjective - strange, odd
별난 /bjʌlˈnan/ B1	adjective - odd, unusual
사람 /saˈɾaːm/ A1	noun - person, human
나라 /naˈɾa/ A1	noun - country, nation
사랑 /saˈɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love
행복 /hjʌŋˈbok/ B1	noun - happiness, bliss
가능성 /ɡaːnˈɲoːsʰiŋ/ B2	noun - possibility, potential
상상 /saŋˈɕaːn/ B2	noun - imagination, fantasy
불쌍한 /pulˈssaŋhan/ B2	adjective - pitiful, wretched
머릿속 /mʌˈɾi.t͡ɕok/ B2	noun - mind, head (inside)
하늘 /haːˈnɯl/ A1	noun - sky, heavens
넓다 /nʌlˈp͈a/ B1	adjective - wide, spacious
지나치다 /t͡ɕiːnaˈt͈͍i/ B2	verb - to pass by, to overlook, to exceed
연극 /jʌnˈɡɯk/ B2	noun - play, drama
힘 /ɦiːm/ B1	noun - strength, power, energy

Key Grammar Structures

• 왜 내가 단 하나의 실수만 했을까 궁금해.

  ➔ Past tense with -았/었을까 (speculation)

  ➔ The ending '-았/었을까' is used to express speculation or wondering about a past event.

• 우린 이 세상에서 그것이 용서받을 수 없다는 걸 알고 있었어.

  ➔ Past tense with -았/었 + -다는 (indirect quotation)

  ➔ The structure '-다는 걸 알고 있었어' is used for indirect quotation, indicating knowledge of a fact in the past.

• 창문으로 그들을 봤을 때, 그들은 매우 이상해 보여.

  ➔ Past tense with -았/었을 때 (when clause)

  ➔ The phrase '-았/었을 때' is used to indicate a time clause, describing when an action occurred.

• 제대로 할 수 없어.

  ➔ Cannot do properly (negative form)

  ➔ The phrase '할 수 없어' is the negative form of '할 수 있다', meaning 'cannot do'.

• 미하 씨는 될 수 없어.

  ➔ Honorifice -씨 (Mr./Ms.) + negative form

  ➔ The suffix '-씨' is an honorific used for Mr. or Ms., and '될 수 없어' is the negative form of '될 수 있다'.

• 우리들의 머릿속은 하늘보다 넓은데도.

  ➔ Comparison with -보다 (than) + -은데도 (even though)

  ➔ The structure '-보다 넓은데도' compares two things using '-보다' (than) and adds '-은데도' to mean 'even though'.

• 의 의사에 어긋나지 않을 뿐이지만 말야.

  ➔ Conjunction -지 (not) + - 않을 뿐이지만 (just not)

  ➔ The phrase '-지 않을 뿐이지만' is used to soften a statement, meaning 'just not' or 'only not'.