KING
KING · Kanaria
幽閉 利口 逝く前に
Locked away, playing it smart, before we die.
confinement / imprisonment (yuuhei)
clever / smart (rikou)
before passing away — 逝く (a literary 'to die') + 前に (before)
ユーヘイじゃ利口に難儀ダーリン
Wordplay: 幽閉 (yuuhei) teased apart in katakana like a loanword.
'imprisonment' — 幽閉 written in katakana as a pun; じゃ = is (old/dialect copula)
cleverly
hardship / trouble (nangi)
darling (daarin)
幽閉 ストップ 知ってないし
confinement (yuuhei)
stop (sutoppu)
I don't know, and — し lists reasons; deliberately nonstandard 知ってない
勘弁にしといて なんて惨忍
Kanji wordplay: 惨忍 written with dramatic kanji instead of the usual 残忍.
give me a break — 勘弁 (pardon) + にしといて (leave it; contracted にしておいて)
what a... / saying such a thing as
cruelty (zanjin) — 残忍 written with 惨 (misery) for effect
人様願う 欠片のアイロニ
other people (hitosama) — polite/ironic
to wish (negau)
fragment (kakera)
possessive particle
irony (aironi) — katakana loanword
だれもが願う無機質なような
everyone — 誰も (anyone) + が: every single person
wishes (negau)
inorganic / lifeless (mukishitsu)
seeming like — ような
一足先に始めてたいような
...as if they all want to start one step ahead of everyone else.
a step ahead (hito ashi saki ni)
want to start — 始める + たい (want)
as if — ような
先が見えないヴァージンハッピーショー
A happiness show no one has ever seen the end of.
what lies ahead (saki)
subject marker particle
can't be seen — potential negative of 見える
virgin happy show (vaajin happii shoo) — a first-ever happiness show, in katakana
無いの新たにお願い一つ
'Nothing, anew — one wish, please.'
there's nothing / lacking — 無い (nai) + の; a wordplay motif of the song
anew (arata ni)
one wish / one request (onegai hitotsu)
愛も変わらずおまけに
love (ai)
also — even love
unchanged — 変わる negative stem
on top of that / as a bonus (omake ni)
ワーニング ワーニング
warning, warning (waaningu) — katakana alarm
無いのあなたにお願い一つ
nothing / lacking (nai no)
you (anata)
to (you), one wish — に (to) + お願い一つ (one request)
張り詰めた思い込め
A command: stuff your tightly-wound feelings down inside.
stretched taut / wound up — 張り詰める (to be on edge)
convince yourself! — imperative of 思い込む (to believe wholeheartedly)
レフトサイド ライトサイド
left side (refuto saido)
right side (raito saido)
歯をむき出して パッパッパッ 照れくさいね
Baring teeth in a wide grin — embarrassing, right?
teeth (ha)
object marker particle
baring / showing bare — むき出す te-form
pa-pa-pa — percussive onomatopoeia
embarrassing, isn't it (terekusai ne)
レフトサイド ライトサイド
left side (refuto saido)
right side (raito saido)
歯を突き出して パッパッパッ
teeth (ha) + object を
thrusting out — 突き出す te-form
pa-pa-pa — onomatopoeia
HAHA YOU ARE KING
YOU ARE KING
無邪気に遊ぶ
innocently (mujaki ni)
to play (asobu)
期待期待のダーリンダーリン
expectation, expectation (kitai kitai) — doubled for rhythm
possessive particle
darling, darling (daarin daarin) — doubled
健気に笑う 痛い痛いの消える
'Pain-pain, go away' — the childhood charm; she smiles bravely as it vanishes.
bravely / admirably (kenage ni)
to smile/laugh (warau)
'the ouch-ouch' — childlike phrase for pain, like 'pain-pain go away'
disappears (kieru)
無様に〇しねる 苦い思いもなくなって
A censored word mid-verse — even the bitter feelings vanish.
pathetically / disgracefully (buzama ni)
censored word — bleeped out with 〇 in the official lyrics
bitter (nigai)
feelings (omoi) + も (even)
are disappearing — なくなる te-form
ラララブウ ラッタッタ
la-la-love (ra-ra-rabuu) — scat singing with ラブ (love) hidden inside
ta-ta-ta — bouncy onomatopoeia
嫌い嫌いの最低 泣いて ダウン
'hate-hate' — childlike doubled phrase (like 痛い痛い)
possessive particle
the worst (saitei)
crying (naite) — te-form of 泣く
down (daun) — floored, defeated
毎度新たにお願い一つ
Like a customer at a shop: 'one wish, as always.'
every time (maido) — a shopkeeper's greeting, 'the usual'
anew (arata ni)
one wish (onegai hitotsu)
愛も変わらずピックアップの
love unchanged too — 変わらず (unchanged) with も (also)
pickup of (pikku appu) — a guitar pickup, or scooping something up
ワーニング ワーニング
warning, warning (waaningu) — katakana alarm
無いのあなたにお願い一つ
nothing / lacking (nai no)
you (anata)
to (you), one wish — に (to) + お願い一つ (one request)
張り詰めた思い込め
stretched taut / wound up — 張り詰める (to be on edge)
convince yourself! — imperative of 思い込む (to believe wholeheartedly)
レフトサイド ライトサイド
left side (refuto saido)
right side (raito saido)
歯をむき出してパッパッパッ 邪魔くさいね
baring teeth, pa-pa-pa — むき出す (to bare) + onomatopoeia
what a nuisance (jamakusai ne) — 邪魔 (in the way) + くさい, echoing 照れくさい
レフトサイド ライトサイド
left side (refuto saido)
right side (raito saido)
歯を突き出して パッパッパッ
teeth (ha) + object を
thrusting out — 突き出す te-form
pa-pa-pa — onomatopoeia
HAHA YOU ARE KING
YOU ARE KING
YOU ARE KING
Key Vocabulary Recap
王
おう (ou)
king
笑う
わらう (warau)
to laugh
狂う
くるう (kuruu)
to go mad
踊れ
おどれ (odore)
dance! (command)
支配
しはい (shihai)
domination