1. 死ぬほど可愛い上目遣い／なにがし法にふれるくらい

Romaji: shinu hodo kawaii uwamezukai / nanigashi hō ni fureru kurai
Nuanced English meaning:
“An upturned glance so cute it could kill—
almost enough to violate some unnamed law.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
Shinu hodo (“to the point of dying”) is a common Japanese exaggeration,
used here to mean overwhelming, instinct-shattering intensity.

Nanigashi hō deliberately avoids naming a specific law,
creating a vague sense of “this feels illegal.”
This indirect phrasing is very Japanese, suggesting danger and taboo
without spelling it out.

2. 頸動脈からアイラブユーが噴き出て／アイリスアウト

Romaji: keidōmyaku kara I love you ga fukidete / iris out
Nuanced English meaning:
“‘I love you’ bursts from the carotid artery—
and everything fades to black.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
The image recalls Reze cutting Denji’s carotid artery.
“I love you” becomes something physical—
a violent outpouring rather than a gentle confession.

Iris out functions doubly as

• loss of consciousness from bleeding

• and the cinematic fade-out itself.

Love and death collapse into the same moment.

3. ばら撒く乱心／気づけば蕩尽

Romaji: baramaku ranshin / kizukeba tōjin
Nuanced English meaning:
“Madness scattered everywhere—
before I knew it, everything was spent.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
Ranshin implies not simple confusion,
but a total breakdown of rational thought.

Tōjin means “to exhaust completely,”
including one’s mind, strength, and sense of self.
The words chosen are heavy Sino-Japanese compounds,
giving the emotional collapse a brutal finality.

4. ザラメが溶けてゲロになりそう

Romaji: zarame ga tokete gero ni narisō
Nuanced English meaning:
“The sugar melts—
so sweet it almost makes me sick.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
Zarame (coarse sugar) symbolizes intense, granular sweetness.

When that sweetness dissolves too completely,
it becomes nauseating.
Japanese often allows sweetness to flip into disgust,
making this a vivid metaphor for love turning destructive.

5. 君だけルールは適用外

Romaji: kimi dake rūru wa tekiyōgai
Nuanced English meaning:
“Only you are exempt from the rules.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
This goes beyond “special treatment.”
It suggests that moral codes, self-protection, and restraint
simply stop functioning in the presence of the beloved.

A concise way to show love crossing into danger.

6. 君が笑顔で放ったアバダケダブラ

Romaji: kimi ga egao de hanatta abada kedabura
Nuanced English meaning:
“The killing curse you cast with a smile.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
Avada Kedavra is the death spell from Harry Potter.

Using it here, paired with a smile,
captures the terror of charm combined with lethal power—
suggesting emotional destruction delivered gently.

7. デコにスティグマ

Romaji: deko ni stigma
Nuanced English meaning:
“A stigma branded on the forehead.”

🗣 Cultural & linguistic nuance:
Stigma (烙印) implies a mark that cannot be erased.

Though invisible, it represents
trauma, curse, or emotional scarring left by love—
something that remains even after the relationship ends.

🎤 Emotional Summary

IRIS OUT portrays the moment when love becomes too intense to survive.

Meeting was once enough.
Wanting to be loved changed everything.

Through cinematic metaphor and bodily imagery,
the song captures the collapse of reason,
the sweetness that turns violent,
and the quiet darkness that follows.

Its Japanese expressions turn emotion into physical sensation,
making it especially striking for English-speaking listeners
discovering how deeply the body and heart intertwine in Japanese lyricism.