12th May 2016, 09:23 PM
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Depend on you Initiate
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 165
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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
"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.
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Thank you for the insight. That makes more sense with how I view the lyrics' meaning.
Last edited by 4Seasons; 12th May 2016 at 09:25 PM.
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