็”Ÿใ‹ใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ โ€” being kept alive / living thanks to someone

็”Ÿใ‹ใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ comes from ็”Ÿใ‹ใ™ (to keep alive or let live) in the passive form, so it means โ€œbeing kept aliveโ€ or โ€œbeing sustained by someone.โ€ In the song, the singer says he is living because of the other person, giving this phrase a powerful sense of gratitude, dependence, and emotional survival.

"13 Years Old Night" is push pull pot looking back at one day that split a childhood in two. The time stamp gives it away: "14ๆ™‚46ๅˆ† ใ„ใคใ‚‚ใจ้•ใ†้˜ใŒ้ณดใฃใŸ" (At 2:46 p.m., a bell rang that was different from usual). In Japan, 14:46 is the minute the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on 11 March 2011, so the singer is telling us he was thirteen that afternoon. The chorus asks the listener straight out, "็ช็„ถใ™ในใฆๅคฑใฃใŸใ“ใจ ใ‚ใชใŸใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ™ใ‹" (Have you ever suddenly lost everything?), and answers for himself: "13ๆญณใฎๅƒ•ใฏๅ—ใ‘ๅ…ฅใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ—ใ‹ใชใ‹ใฃใŸใ—" (at thirteen, I had no choice but to accept it). He is honest about the empty comfort people offered, too: "็„ก่ฒฌไปปใฎๅคงไธˆๅคซใŒ ใ‚„ใ‘ใซ้ ญใ‚’้ง†ใ‘ๅทกใฃใŸ" (an irresponsible "it's okay" kept racing round my head). ๅคงไธˆๅคซ (daijoubu, "it's okay") is one of the first words learners pick up, and here it stings.

What pulls him through is one person's smile. "่พ›ใ„ใ‘ใฉ ใ‚ใชใŸใŒ็ฌ‘ใ†ใ ใ‘ใง ๅƒ•ใฏๆ•‘ใ‚ใ‚ŒใŸใ‚ˆใ†ใ " (It's hard, but just you smiling seemed to save me), and later the much heavier "ใ‚ใชใŸใซ็”Ÿใ‹ใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎ ๆณฃใๅซใ‚“ใ " (I'm being kept alive by you, I screamed and cried). I like the small changes across the choruses: "ๅ—ใ‘ๅ…ฅใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ—ใ‹ใชใ‹ใฃใŸ" (had no choice but to accept) becomes "ๅ—ใ‘ๅ…ฅใ‚ŒใŸใ‚“ใ ใ‚ˆ" (I accepted it). There is also a nice idiom, "้ŽๅŽปใฎ่จ˜ๆ†ถใจใซใ‚‰ใ‚ใฃใ“ใ—ใฆใ‚‚" (even when I stare down my memories of the past). ใซใ‚‰ใ‚ใฃใ“ is a kids' staring game where the first to laugh loses, which makes "่กจๆƒ…ใฒใจใคๅค‰ใ‚ใ‚‰ใชใ„" (my face doesn't change at all) land harder. The song ends moving forward: "ๆ€–ใ„ใชใ‚‰ใฐไธ€็ท’ใซ็ฌ‘ใฃใฆใ„ใ“ใ†" (if you're scared, let's keep laughing together), then "้ง†ใ‘ๅ‡บใ—ใŸ 13ๆญณใฎๅคœ" (I started running, that night at thirteen).

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