PLAYERS

• By: YOASOBI

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation verb - to perform a role or part in a game or performance
legacy /ˈleɡəsi/ B2	noun - something transmitted or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past
今日 (kyou) /kʲoː/ A1	noun - today
毎日 (mainichi) /ˈmaɪnɪtʃɪ/ A1	noun - every day
記憶 (kioku) /ˈkʲioku/ B1	noun - memory
世界 (sekai) /ˈseːkai/ A1	noun - world
救う (sukuu) /sɯ̥ˈkɯː/ B1	verb - to save, to rescue
ヒーロー (hiiroo) /ˈhiːɾoː/ A2	noun - hero
運命 (unmei) /ɯmmeː/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
手 (te) /te/ A1	noun - hand
地図 (chizu) /t͡ɕiꜜzɯ̀/ A2	noun - map
大人 (otona) /o̞to̞na̠/ A2	noun - adult
名前 (namae) /namae/ A1	noun - name
夢 (yume) /jɯ̟me/ A1	noun - dream
愛 (ai) /ai/ A1	noun - love
希望 (kibou) /kiboː/ A2	noun - hope
理不尽 (rifujin) /ɾiɸɯd͡ʑĩ/ C1	noun - unreasonableness, absurdity
絶望 (zetsubou) /ze̞t͡sɯbo̞ː/ B2	noun - despair
冒険 (bouken) /bo̞ːkẽ̞ɴ/ B1	noun - adventure

Grammar:

• 起動した今日に俯いた

  ➔ Past Tense (した) with に indicating time

  ➔ The verb 起動した (kidou shita - started up/booted) is in the past tense, indicating an action that already happened. に marks the time 'today (今日)' when the action of 俯いた (utsumuita - looked down) occurred. Literally 'On the today that started up, I looked down.'

• はじめからなんて出来ない

  ➔ なんて (nante) - expressing something is not possible/unexpected

  ➔ なんて emphasizes the impossibility or disbelief of being able to do something 'from the beginning (はじめから)'. It adds a nuance of 'how could anyone possibly...' or 'it's impossible to...'.

• 記憶の奥染み付いた

  ➔ Adjective + 付いた (tsuita): verb 'tsuku' in past form, expressing something stuck to something (literally or figuratively)

  ➔ 染み付いた (shimi tsuita) means 'stained' or 'ingrained'. Here, it describes something that has deeply ingrained itself in the depths of memory (記憶の奥 - kioku no oku).

• 一瞬の判断が分つ運命に

  ➔ が (ga) used to indicate the subject of a clause

  ➔ 一瞬の判断が (isshun no handan ga) - 'An instant's judgement' is the subject performing the action of 分つ (wakatsu - divides/separates) the destiny (運命 - unmei). The が particle marks 判断 (handan - judgement) as the subject of this part of the sentence.

• 握る手を離し 大人になった

  ➔ Verb (連用形 - ren'youkei) + ～し (shi) – Listing reasons or performing actions in sequence

  ➔ 離し (hanashi - released) is the ren'youkei (continuative form) of the verb 離す (hanasu - to release). The ～し connects this action ('released the hand that was holding') with the next action ('became an adult'), showing they happened sequentially or are related reasons.

• 誰でもない僕を選んで

  ➔ ない (nai) - negation of verb/adj

  ➔ 誰でもない (daredemo nai) - literally 'not anyone', implying 'no one else' or 'someone unique', 'not just anybody'. The て(te) form connects this idea to the verb 選んで (erande - choose/select).