1. くわばら くわばら くわばら

Romaji: kuwabara kuwabara kuwabara
Nuance: “Ward it off—kuwabara, kuwabara.”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
Kuwabara is a traditional Japanese verbal charm used to avert misfortune, especially lightning.
Much like “knock on wood,” it is spoken reflexively to repel danger.
Here, repetition turns the phrase into pure sonic ritual—language functioning as audible protection rather than meaning.

2. 貞ちゃん伽椰ちゃんわんさか黄泉の国

Romaji: Sadachan Kayachan wansaka Yomi no kuni
Nuance: “Sadako and Kayako everywhere—welcome to the land of the dead.”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
Sadako (Ring) and Kayako (Ju-On) are icons of Japanese horror.
By casually stacking them with the word wansaka (“swarming”), the lyric collapses terror into pop reference.
Yomi no Kuni is the land of the dead in Japanese mythology, creating a collision of ancient myth and modern J-horror—a distinctly Japanese layering of fear.

3. 御祈祷中に何だが4時44分まわったら よっしゃ

Romaji: gokitō-chū ni nan da ga yo-ji yon-jū yon-pun mawattara yossha
Nuance: “We’re in the middle of an exorcism, but once it hits 4:44—alright!”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
In Japanese folklore and school ghost stories, 4:44 is an ominous time when disasters or hauntings occur.
The number 4 (shi) sounds like “death,” and repeating it intensifies dread.
Celebrating this moment instead of fearing it flips horror on its head—
a signature Creepy Nuts move: dominate fear by welcoming it.

4. 四尺四寸四分様が

Romaji: shishaku shisun shibu-sama ga
Nuance: “The Four-Shaku-Four-Sun-Four-Bu spirit…”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
This refers to an urban-legend yokai said to be exactly 134 cm tall.
The obsessive repetition of “4” weaponizes numerology, reflecting Japan’s belief in kotodama—the spiritual power of words and numbers.
For those who recognize it, the horror is immediate and visceral.

5. カミナッチャ bang around, hey

Romaji: Coming at you, bang around
Nuance: “Coming at you—thrashing violently.”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
“Kaminaltcha” is a Japanese phonetic distortion of “coming at you.”
Meaning takes a backseat to impact.
The phrase prioritizes aggression, momentum, and sound pressure, embodying rap as physical force rather than semantic clarity.

6. 文字通り お憑かれさまやん

Romaji: moji-dōri otsukare-sama yan
Nuance: “Literally—‘you’ve been possessed.’”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
A pun on otsukaresama (“good work”) and tsukareru (“to be possessed”).
Japanese thrives on homophones, enabling wordplay where humor and horror coexist.
The line casually diagnoses possession—by spirits, or by music itself.

7. ハイレタハイレタハイレタハイレタハイレタ

Romaji: haireta haireta haireta haireta haireta
Nuance: “I got in. I got in.”

🗣 Cultural nuance:
This phrase originates from the internet urban legend Yamanoke,
where a possessed girl repeatedly mutters “I put it inside.”
In Otonoke, it becomes the moment of entry—
the exact instant the sound infiltrates the listener’s body and mind.
Meaning dissolves; possession is complete.

🎤 Emotional Summary

Otonoke does not portray the supernatural as something that attacks from outside.
Instead, it depicts horror as something that enters, resonates, and settles in.

Folk charms, school ghost stories, urban legends, J-horror icons, internet myths, and English slang
are fused through DJ Matsunaga’s beats and R-Shitei’s voice into a single entity:
a sonic yokai.

If it keeps looping in your head,
if your body reacts before your mind does,
if the rhythm refuses to leave—
that is not an accident.

At that point, you are no longer just listening.
You are possessed.