IRIS OUT – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the expressive world of Kenshi Yonezu with 'IRIS OUT'. This song is a perfect gateway to learning Japanese through its poetic lyrics and dramatic phrasing, offering listeners a chance to master emotional vocabulary and understand the nuance of modern Japanese storytelling.

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No, no, no, stop before you drink it all, it's becoming a mess

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In this half-baked club, drifting through the haze

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Philosophy, is it a dying pleasure or something else?

Touching upon what's real, before I knew it

Being born into this world, you feel so incredibly heavy

My voice breaks apart, my head spins, and from this body

Love is cutting through

What on earth should I do? What should I do with these feelings?

Every time the silence melts away

In this moment, in this world, you are my only universe

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Even if I take my time, I can't win; you're the only one who stays

Everything else is nothing but lies and endless noise

If you just let it out, that would be enough

A stigma, I'm truly sorry.

Push through it, even if it's a dying pleasure, what is it? Before I knew it, being born into this world, you're so much to handle. Even if it's a fake, I don't care, anything is fine, as long as I'm with you now, everything is overflowing

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What on earth should I do? What should I do with these feelings? As the silence melts away, I feel like I'm losing it, right now, in this world, you're the only one

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ダめダめダめ飲みそからやめろとめくなり

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ザリン半端なクラブとキべき浮きやしす

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フィロソフィー死ぬほどか不めか何が勝

[音楽]に触れるくらいまま安心気づけば

この世に生まれた君がいやたらとしんどい

声いバラバラなる頭るこの身体[音楽]

からloveが切れて

一体どう[音楽]しこの思いをどうし

をざめが溶け[音楽]たび

に[音楽]今この世で君だけ世界

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ゆっくり帰ても勝ちない君だけは教害つ

とも嘘しかないかけ放題

君がでは放っただけだら結構

スティグマ申し訳ねえな。

をして貫いてこ弱死ぬほどかいふめか何がしにセルクばまく安心気づけばしこの世に生まれた君が多いパチモンでもいい何でもいい今君とついてる全てしアラブユがれ

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一体どうしこの思いをどうしの奥をためが溶けてになりそうゴりそう今この世で君だけ

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
止める tomeru N4	verb - to stop; to halt
半端 hanpa N3	adjective - incomplete; half-baked
浮き世 ukiyo N1	noun - this transient world
哲学 firosofi N3	noun - philosophy
触れる fureru N3	verb - to touch; to feel
安心 anshin N4	noun - relief; peace of mind
頭 atama N5	noun - head
身体 karada N4	noun - body
溶ける tokeru N3	verb - to melt; to thaw
嘘 uso N4	noun - lie
貫く tsuranuku N1	verb - to penetrate; to persist
死ぬ shinu N5	verb - to die
放つ hanatsu N2	verb - to release; to emit
申し訳 moushiwake N3	noun - apology; excuse
世界 sekai N5	noun - world

Key Grammar Structures

• 死ぬほどかい不めか

  ➔ Noun + ほど (degree/extent)

  ➔ The particle "ほど" indicates the extent of an action or state. Here, "死ぬほど" means to the extent of dying (extremely/to death).

• 気づけばこの世に生まれた君が

  ➔ Verb-base (Stem) + れば (conditional "if/when")

  ➔ The "〜れば" form used with "気づく" (to notice) implies "when I came to realize/find out".

• いやたらとしんどい

  ➔ Adverb + と + Adjective (Emphasis)

  ➔ "いやたらと" is an adverb meaning "excessively/recklessly". Adding "と" emphasizes the following adjective.

• 一体どうしこの思いをどうし

  ➔ Interrogative + どうする (What to do)

  ➔ The repetition of "どうし" (shortened from どうする) expresses confusion about how to handle one's feelings.

• 君だけは教害つとも嘘しかない

  ➔ Noun + とも (Even if/Although)

  ➔ The particle "とも" in this context works as a concessive, meaning "even if it is...".

• 申し訳ねえな。

  ➔ Adjective (Colloquial negative) + な (Emphatic sentence ending)

  ➔ "申し訳ねえ" is a colloquial/rough version of "申し訳ない". The final "な" adds a casual, contemplative nuance.

• パチモンでもいい

  ➔ Noun + でも + Verb (Even if it is... it's okay)

  ➔ "でも" indicates that the speaker accepts the noun "パチモン" (fake/knockoff) as a possibility.

• 溶けたびになりそう

  ➔ Verb (dictionary form) + たび (Every time)

  ➔ "たび" means "every time X happens". It describes recurring feelings that lead to a specific outcome.