微熱魔 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ずっと真夜中でいいのに。

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
想像力 /soːzoːɾʲoku/ B2	noun - imagination
夢 /jume/ A1	noun - dream
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
煮込む /nikomɯ/ B1	verb - to simmer, to stew
予定 /joteː/ A2	noun - plan, schedule
解釈 /kaiʃaku/ B2	noun - interpretation
浄化 /d͡ʒoːka/ B2	noun - purification
変幻自在 /heŋɡend͡ʒizai/ C1	adjective - protean, infinitely variable
言葉 /kotoba/ A1	noun - word
都市伝説 /toʃi den setsu/ B2	noun - urban legend
秤 /hakari/ B2	noun - scale, balance
緊張 /kint͡ɕoː/ B1	noun - tension, nervousness
綿飴 /wataame/ A2	noun - cotton candy
記憶 /kioku/ A2	noun - memory
歴史 /rekishi/ A2	noun - history
文化祭 /bunka sai/ B1	noun - school festival, cultural festival
皮膚 /hifu/ B1	noun - skin
根 /ne/ A2	noun - root
魔 /ma/ B2	noun - demon, evil spirit

Key Grammar Structures

• はるか先の想像力くれた 夢を見てしまうな

  ➔ しまう (shimau) - Expressing regret or an action done unintentionally.

  ➔ The use of "しまう" indicates that the speaker might regret dreaming, or that the dream happened unintentionally. It adds a nuance of slight regret or inevitability to the action of dreaming.

• 気づいてくれる 気まず

  ➔ くれる (kureru) - Giving (from someone else to the speaker).

  ➔ "気づいて""くれる" implies that someone else will notice, benefitting the speaker. The grammar points to the other person doing something for the speaker.

• 冬は形あるもの煮込んだ

  ➔ Implied subject and action. Informal, concise sentence structure.

  ➔ This line lacks a explicit subject ("I", "we", etc.), the sentence meaning is "(I) stewed something tangible in winter."

• 安心させて 緊張させて 奇妙な今世

  ➔ Causative form (させる - saseru).

  ➔ "安心させて、緊張させて" uses the causative form. It means something/someone makes you feel at ease and something/someone makes you feel nervous. The direct translation is "Make me feel at ease, make me feel nervous"

• 溶けるけど甘い記憶包まれる

  ➔ けど (kedo) - But; although.

  ➔ "溶ける""けど""甘い記憶包まれる" The "kedo" introduces a contrast. Although the cotton candy melts, the sweet memory is surrounded

• 風が吹けば 触れた

  ➔ ば conditional (ba joukenkei) - If, when.

  ➔ The phrase "吹けば 触れた" uses the "ba" conditional. It means "If/when the wind blows, (I) touched (something)".

• 舞い上がったどの瞬間も

  ➔ どの (dono) - Which, what kind of

  ➔ "どの瞬間も" means "every moment", but nuance of "which moment" is used to reinforce the feeling of cherish

• 言えなかった言葉の方が ずっと根っこに宿るけれど

  ➔ 方が (hou ga) - Indicates preference or comparison.

  ➔ "言えなかった言葉の方が" means "The words that could not be said" is prefered or emphasized on that words unspoken are in the roots