100万回の「I love you」

• By: Rake

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
好き /suki/ A1	adjective - liked, favorite, desirable
愛してる /aishiteru/ A2	verb - I love you
言葉 /kotoba/ A2	noun - word, language
気持ち /kimochi/ A2	noun - feeling, sensation, mood
歌 /uta/ A1	noun - song verb - to sing
人 /hito/ A1	noun - person
大事 /daiji/ B1	adjective - important, valuable
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart, mind, spirit
君 /kimi/ A1	noun - you (informal)
いつも /itsumo/ A1	adverb - always, at all times
笑う /warau/ A1	verb - to laugh, to smile
青い /aoi/ A1	adjective - blue
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
時 /toki/ A1	noun - time
会う /au/ A1	verb - to meet

Grammar:

• 本気でね　誰かを好きになったらどんな言葉を並べても

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (hypothetical/unreal condition)

  ➔ The use of "たら" (tara) after "好きになった" (suki ni natta) indicates a hypothetical condition. "どんな言葉を並べても" (donna kotoba o narabetemo) means "no matter what words you line up/use". This expresses that even with many words, the feeling is hard to express.

• いつもどこにいたって 気にしてるのは一つだけ

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Place with "ても" (temo) and Topic Marker "は" (wa)

  ➔ "どこにいたって" (doko ni itatte) means "no matter where you are" using the ても form to express "even if/no matter where". "気にしているのは" (ki ni shiteiru no wa) uses "は" to mark what the speaker is particularly focused on, which is what follows.

• 君は笑ってますか それともちょっぴりブルー

  ➔ Question with polite form "ますか" and "それとも" (soretomo) - or

  ➔ "笑ってますか" (warattemasu ka) is a polite question asking "Are you smiling?". "それとも" (soretomo) is used to present an alternative: "or are you feeling a little blue?".

• きっとみんな抱いてる それぞれの特別を

  ➔ Verb + ている form to describe a state or continuing action with object を (o).

  ➔ "抱いてる" (idaiteru) is the short form of "抱いている" (idaiteiru), which means "holding/harboring/having". It describes the state of everyone harboring their own special something (それぞれの特別を, sorezore no tokubetsu o). "を" (o) indicates the object of the verb.

• 僕にとって紛れもなく それは君だから

  ➔ Particles indicating possessive and reason: "にとって" (ni totte) and "から" (kara)

  ➔ "僕にとって" (boku ni totte) means "for me" or "in my opinion/regarding me". "だから" (dakara) means "therefore/so/because", indicating the reason for the previous statement. In this context, the reason is that the other person is the most special to him.