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World's End Dancehall · wowaka
冗談混じりの境界線上 階段のそのまた向こう
joke (joudan)
mixed with — 混じる + の
boundary line (kyoukaisen)
on / atop
stairs (kaidan)
and just beyond that again — そのまた向こう: beyond, and further still
全然良いこともないし、ねえ その手を引いてみようか?
Nothing good ever happens — so hey, shall I take your hand?
(not) at all — used with a negative
there's nothing good, and — こともない: not even one thing
, hey — that hand (sono te)
shall we try taking it? — 手を引く: lead someone by the hand; てみる (try) + volitional か
散々躓いたダンスを、そう、祭壇の上で踊るの?
utterly / terribly (sanzan)
stumbled (tsumazuita)
dance... yes —
altar (saidan)
on top of
will (we) dance? — の question ending
呆然に目が眩んじゃうから どうでしょう、一緒にここで!
dumbfounded — adverbial use
eyes (me)
subject marker particle
they'll be dazzled anyway — 眩む + ちゃう + から (so)
how about it? — polite suggestion
together, right here! — 一緒に (together) + で (location)
甲高い声が部屋を埋めるよ 最低な意味を渦巻いて
Shrill voices fill the room, swirling with the worst meanings.
shrill / high-pitched (kandakai)
voice (koe)
subject marker particle
room (heya)
fills it up (umeru yo)
the worst (saitei)
meanings (imi) — な links a na-adjective
swirling around — 渦巻く te-form
当然、良いこともないし さあ、思い切り吐き出そうか
naturally / of course (touzen)
nothing good here either — こともない + し (and)
come on / well then (saa)
with all one's might (omoikiri)
shall we spit it all out? — volitional of 吐き出す + か
「短い言葉で繋がる意味を 顔も合わさずに毛嫌う理由を
A quoted monologue begins: the meaning carried in brief words, the reason to hate without even meeting eyes...
short (mijikai)
words (kotoba)
connect through — 繋がる
the meaning (imi)
face (kao)
without even meeting (them) — ずに: negative 'without doing'
to irrationally hate (kegirau)
the reason (riyuu)
さがしても さがしても 見つからないけど
even searching, even searching — 探す + ても (even if)
it can't be found, though — 見つかる negative + けど (but)
はにかみながら怒ったって 目を伏せながら笑ったって
Shy smiles with anger, downcast eyes with laughter — either way...
while smiling shyly — はにかむ + ながら
even if you get angry — たって (even if)
while casting your eyes down — 伏せる + ながら
even if you laugh — たって (even if)
そんなの、どうせ、つまらないわ!」
...it's all pointless anyway — the quote closes.
that kind of thing, in any case — どうせ: no matter what happens
it's pointless! — つまらない (boring/pointless) + わ (feminine ending)
ホップ・ステップで踊ろうか
hop, step — katakana dance-count loanwords
shall we dance? — で (with) + volitional + か
世界の隅っこでワン・ツー
Dancing one-two in the corner of the world — the song's signature image.
world (sekai)
in the corner of — 隅っこ: a little out-of-the-way nook
one-two — more dance counts
ちょっとクラッとしそうになる終末感を楽しんで
a little (chotto)
dizzy — onomatopoeic クラッ + と: head spinning
starting to feel — そうになる: on the verge of
sense of ending / end-of-the-world feeling (shuumatsukan)
enjoy it — te-form request of 楽しむ
パッとフラッと消えちゃいそな 次の瞬間を残そうか
in a flash, flickering away — onomatopoeia パッ + フラッ + と
about to vanish — 消える + ちゃう + そうな (contracted そな)
the next moment (tsugi no shunkan)
shall we leave it behind? — volitional of 残す + か
くるくるくるくるり 回る世界に酔う
Round and round — the spinning world makes you dizzy. The title's dance hall.
spinning round and round — onomatopoeia; the title's whirling
in the spinning world — 回る modifies 世界
to get drunk / dizzy on (you)
傍観者だけの空間。
A space of nothing but bystanders — nobody joins in.
bystander / onlooker (boukansha)
a space of nothing but — だけ (only) + 空間 (space)
レースを最終電車に乗り込んで、
Racing to catch the last train.
the race (reisu) — racing for the last train
the last train (saishuu densha)
boarding it — 乗り込む te-form
「全然良いこともないし、ねえ、この手を引いてみようか?」
The opening line returns as a quote — now she's the one offering her hand.
(not) at all
there's nothing good, hey —
shall I try taking this hand? — echo of the opening, now quoted
なんだかいつもと違う。運命のいたずらを信じてみる。
Somehow today feels different — maybe she'll trust fate's little prank.
somehow / for some reason (nandaka)
different from usual — いつも (always) + と違う
fate (unmei)
's little prank — いたずら: mischief
maybe I'll try believing it — 信じる + てみる
散々躓いたダンスを、そう、思い切り馬鹿にしようか
that clumsily-stumbled dance, yes — 散々 (utterly) + 躓いた (stumbled)
with everything you've got (omoikiri)
shall we just laugh at it? — 馬鹿にする (to mock) volitional + か
「つまらん動き繰り返す意味を 音に合わせて足を踏む理由を
Second quoted monologue: the meaning of repeating dull movements, the reason to step in time...
pointless — rough/masculine form of つまらない
movement (ugoki)
repeating (kurikaesu)
the meaning (imi)
matching the sound — 合わせる te-form
stepping (feet) — 踏む: to stamp
the reason (riyuu)
さがしても さがしても 見つからないから
search and search — ても (even if)
it can't be found, so — から (reason)
悲しいときに踊りたいの 泣きたいときに笑いたいの」
'I want to dance when I'm sad, laugh when I want to cry' — the twisted truth under the sarcasm.
sad (kanashii)
I want to dance when — とき (when) + たい (want)
when I want to cry — 泣く + たい
I want to laugh — 笑う + たい; the quote ends
そんなわがまま疲れちゃうわ!
that kind of selfishness (wagamama)
gets tiring! — 疲れる + ちゃう + わ (feminine ending)
ポップにセンスを歌おうか
pop-ly / in pop style (poppu)
shall we sing our sense/style? — volitional + か
世界、俯いちゃう前に
Before the world turns its face away.
world (sekai)
before it turns its face away — 俯く + ちゃう + 前に (before)
キュッとしちゃった心の音をどうぞ。
Please, listen — that tight squeeze in the heart, its sound.
with a squeeze — onomatopoeic キュッ + と
has become — する + ちゃう
the heart's sound (kokoro no oto)
here, please (douzo)
まだまだ忘れないわ。
not nearly yet — まだ doubled for emphasis
I won't forget — 忘れる negative + わ
なんて綺麗な眺めなんでしょうか!
What a beautiful view — from the world's edge.
what a beautiful... — なんて: 'how...!'
view / scenery (nagame)
isn't it! — なんでしょう (wondering) + か
ここから見える風景
visible from here — 見える (can be seen)
scenery (fuukei)
きっと何一つ変わらないから、枯れた地面を這うの。
Nothing will ever change, so we crawl along the withered ground.
surely (kitto)
not a single thing — always with a negative
nothing will change, so — 変わる negative + から
withered — past of 枯れる
the ground (jimen)
we crawl along it — 這う + の (soft ending)
ホップ・ステップで踊ろうか
hop, step — katakana dance-count loanwords
shall we dance? — で (with) + volitional + か
世界の隅っこでワン・ツー
world (sekai)
in the corner of — 隅っこ: a little out-of-the-way nook
one-two — more dance counts
ちょっとクラッとしそうになる終末感を楽しんで
a little (chotto)
dizzy — onomatopoeic クラッ + と: head spinning
starting to feel — そうになる: on the verge of
sense of ending / end-of-the-world feeling (shuumatsukan)
enjoy it — te-form request of 楽しむ
パッとフラッと消えちゃいそな 次の瞬間を残そうか
in a flash, flickering away — onomatopoeia パッ + フラッ + と
about to vanish — 消える + ちゃう + そうな (contracted そな)
the next moment (tsugi no shunkan)
shall we leave it behind? — volitional of 残す + か
さよなら、お元気で。
Goodbye, take care — said like a bow at the end of the dance.
goodbye (sayonara)
take care / be well — polite parting well-wish
終わる世界に言う
'Goodbye, take care' — said to a world that's ending.
ending — 終わる modifies 世界
to the world (sekai)
(we) say it (iu)
Key Vocabulary Recap
終わり
おわり (owari)
end
踊り
おどり (odori)
dance
世界
せかい (sekai)
world
回る
まわる (mawaru)
to spin/revolve
運命
うんめい (unmei)
fate/destiny