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Old 12th May 2016, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0 View Post
"nara" doesn't, strictly speaking, mean "if" when it replaces "wa" as a topic marker. It's more like just adding emphasis to the "you." It's something that doesn't have a word that denotes it in english, just a forceful accent. It sorta means "Nevermind me, what about YOU?"

I feel like you guys are a bit hung up on the "if" aspect, when "if" is just one possible way to translate this construct.

But regardless, holy crap the lyrics on this album are good.
Thank you for the insight. That makes more sense with how I view the lyrics' meaning.

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