微熱魔 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ずっと真夜中でいいのに。

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of ZUTOMAYO's "微熱魔" to enhance your Japanese language skills. This song, with its rich emotional landscape and clever wordplay, offers a unique window into nuanced Japanese expressions, particularly those related to interpersonal distance and unspoken feelings. Its connection to a popular anime also provides cultural context, making it an engaging and special piece for language learners.

[English]

You gave me imagination for what's far ahead.

I can't help but dream.

In spring, I learned about lupine flowers.

I hope you'll notice... it's awkward.

In winter, I stewed tangible things.

The hallway should be cold.

We made plans for tomorrow together.

Our sweat gets mixed together.

Unspoken understanding, yet a misinterpretation.

Freely changing overtones are being purified.

I want us to be win-win, but can I get closer?

Even if I chase, even if I ask, again...

Only bearing the burden of this labyrinth.

My heated words are getting mischievous.

Like an urban legend, it will eventually become clear.

A formless scale.

Making me feel at ease, making me tense, this strange life.

A slight fever, just as I wish.

In summer, you gave me round cotton candy.

Though it melts, I'm enveloped in sweet memories.

In autumn, preparing for a school festival that will go down in history.

When the wind blew, I felt it.

A slight fever, just as I wish.

If that's what you desire.

Even if I chase, even if I ask, again...

Only bearing the burden of this labyrinth.

My heated words are getting mischievous.

Like an urban legend, it will eventually become clear.

A formless scale.

Making me feel at ease, making me tense, this strange life.

Stretching my skin, adapting to it.

"Only I was measuring."

Every moment I soared,

"There's not a single joke."

The words I couldn't say

Will always dwell deep in my roots, but...

I wonder if I can reveal them now.

From me, Ma-

Even if I chase, even if I ask, again...

Only bearing the burden of this labyrinth.

My heated words are getting mischievous.

Like an urban legend, it will eventually become clear.

Two formless figures.

Making me feel at ease, making me tense, these strange true feelings.

A slight fever, just as I wish.

Ma!

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[Japanese]

はるか先の想像力くれた

夢を見てしまうな

春はルピナスの花を覚えた

気づいてくれる 気まず

冬は形あるもの煮込んだ

廊下は冷たいのがいい

明日の予定を共に立てた

汗が混み合ってしまう

解釈違いの以心伝心

浄化されてゆく変幻自在な倍音

Win-win でいたいけど 近づいてもいいの？

追いかけても 問いかけても また

迷宮 担うばかり

熱を帯びた言葉たちが やんちゃする

都市伝説的に いずれ解る

形なき秤

安心させて 緊張させて 奇妙な今世

微熱 望むまま

夏は丸い綿飴くれた

溶けるけど甘い記憶包まれる

秋は歴史に残す文化祭の準備して

風が吹けば 触れた

微熱 望むまま

君が 望むなら

追いかけても 問いかけても また

迷宮 担うばかり

熱を帯びた言葉たちが やんちゃする

都市伝説的に いずれ解る

形なき秤

安心させて 緊張させて 奇妙な今世

皮膚を引っ張って順応して

"わたしだけ はかってたよ"

舞い上がったどの瞬間も

"冗談なんて一つもない"

言えなかった言葉の方が

ずっと根っこに宿るけれど

今なら明かせちゃうかな

わたしから 魔ー

追いかけても 問いかけても また

迷宮 担うばかり

熱を帯びた言葉たちが やんちゃする

都市伝説的に いずれ解る

形なき二人

安心させて 緊張させて 奇妙な本音

微熱 望むまま

っ魔

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
微熱 /binetsu/ B2	noun - slight fever
望む /nozomu/ B1	verb - to wish
迷宮 /meikyuu/ C1	noun - labyrinth
担う /katamuku/ B2	verb - to bear
やんちゃ /yannya/ B2	adjective - mischievous
都市伝説 /toshidensetsu/ C1	noun - urban legend
秤 /hakarí/ B2	noun - scales
浄化 /jouka/ C1	verb - to purify
変幻自在 /henkajizai/ C2	adjective - ever-changing
倍音 /baion/ C1	noun - overtone
綿飴 /wataame/ B2	noun - cotton candy
文化祭 /bunkasai/ B1	noun - cultural festival
順応 /junyuu/ B2	verb - to adapt
根っこ /nekko/ B1	noun - root
魔 /ma/ B2	noun - demon

Key Grammar Structures

• はるか先の想像力くれた

  ➔ Verb + くれる (to give something to the speaker)

  ➔ The verb "くれた" shows that the imagination was given to the speaker.

• 汗が混み合ってしまう

  ➔ Verb‑てしまう (to indicate an unintended or complete action)

  ➔ "混み合ってしまう" implies that the sweat becomes tangled unintentionally.

• 廊下は冷たいのがいい

  ➔ Noun + がいい (expressing preference)

  ➔ "冷たいのがいい" means "the cold one is preferable".

• 近づいてもいいの？

  ➔ Verb‑てもいい (seeking permission or allowing something)

  ➔ "近づいてもいいの？" asks "Is it okay to come closer?"

• 追いかけても 問いかけても また

  ➔ Verb‑ても … Verb‑ても (even if … even if …)

  ➔ "追いかけても 問いかけても" means "whether I chase or question, ..."

• 迷宮 担うばかり

  ➔ Verb‑ばかり (only doing something)

  ➔ "担うばかり" means "only carrying (the labyrinth)".

• 風が吹けば 触れた

  ➔ Verb‑ば (conditional "if/when")

  ➔ "吹けば" means "if the wind blows"; "触れた" follows as the result.

• 君が 望むなら

  ➔ Verb‑なら (conditional "if")

  ➔ "望むなら" means "if you wish".

• 今なら明かせちゃうかな

  ➔ Verb‑ちゃう (colloquial てしまう, indicating a spontaneous or unintended outcome)

  ➔ "明かせちゃう" means "I’ll end up being able to reveal" (with a nuance of spontaneity).

• 安心させて 緊張させて

  ➔ Causative form ～させる (to make/let someone do something)

  ➔ "安心させて" means "make (someone) feel at ease"; "緊張させて" means "make (someone) nervous".