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Old 12th May 2016, 09:21 PM
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"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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