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• By: 倖田來未
• Album: re(CORD)

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

月明かりが道を照らす 夜に

The moonlight illuminates the path at night

あなたを思い出すことを

I can't help but remember you

ずっと受け入れられず

I've never been able to accept it

ふさぎこんでいた

I've been feeling down

一人で生きていくことを

I swore many times to live alone

何度も誓っては涙こぼして

But tears kept falling

忘れたくても 忘れられない

Even if I want to forget, I can't

あなたの全てを

Everything about you

会いたいよもう一度 この場所で

I want to see you once more, in this place

抑えきれない思いを全て

All the feelings I can't hold back

夢の中で探してた

I was searching for them in my dreams

ずっと ずっと

Always, always

抱きしめて眠りたいもう一度

I want to hold you and sleep once more

あなたの温もりをもう一度

Your warmth, just once more

夢の中で 探してた

I was searching for them in my dreams

ずっと ずっと

Always, always

サヨナラの言葉最後に こんな

Saying goodbye at the end, like this

切なくなるなんて まるで

It's so heartbreaking, just like

過去の過ちなんて

The mistakes of the past

ちっぽけだったね

Were so trivial

あの時 あの場所で 交わす 言葉や

The words exchanged at that time, in that place

バラバラになった心も

And the hearts that became scattered

あの時どうして 愛していると

Why couldn't I say I loved you back then?

言えなかったのだろう

I want to see you once more, in this place

会いたいよもう一度 この場所で

All the feelings I can't hold back

抑えきれない思いを全て

I was searching for them in my dreams

夢の中で探してた

Always, always

ずっと ずっと

ずっと ずっと

抱きしめて眠りたいもう一度

I want to hold you and sleep once more

あなたの温もりをもう一度

Your warmth, just once more

夢の中で 探してた

I was searching for them in my dreams

ずっと ずっと

Always, always

生まれ変わってもう一度 この場所で

Reborn, once more, in this place

出会える 二人の愛はここで

We can meet again, our love is here

巡り会えると信じてる

I believe we will cross paths again

ずっと ずっと

Always, always

愛する人よ 忘れないでいて

Oh, beloved, please don't forget

鮮やかな未来を もう一度

The vivid future, just once more

色褪せないはずだった

It shouldn't have faded

ずっと ずっと

Always, always

I believe,,, your love

I believe,,, your love

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
月明かり (tsukiakari) /t͡sɯ̥kiakaɾi/ B2	noun - moonlight
道 (michi) /mit͡ɕi/ A1	noun - road, path, way
照らす (terasu) /teɾasɯ/ B1	verb - to illuminate, to shine on
夜 (yoru) /joɾɯ/ A1	noun - night
思い出す (omoidasu) /omoidasɯ/ B1	verb - to recall, to remember
受け入れる (ukeireru) /ɯkeːɾeɾɯ/ B2	verb - to accept
涙 (namida) /namida/ A2	noun - tears
忘れる (wasureru) /wa̠sɯɾe̞ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to forget
会いたい (aitai) /aitai/ A2	adjective - want to meet
場所 (basho) /ba̠ɕo/ A2	noun - place
夢 (yume) /jɯme/ A2	noun - dream
抱きしめる (dakishimeru) /dakiɕimeɾɯ/ B2	verb - to hug, to embrace
温もり (nukumori) /nɯkɯmoɾi/ B2	noun - warmth
言葉 (kotoba) /kotoba/ A2	noun - word, language
愛 (ai) /ai/ A2	noun - love
未来 (mirai) /miɾai/ A2	noun - future
鮮やか (azayaka) /azajaka/ B2	adjective - vivid, bright, clear

Grammar:

• あなたを思い出すことを

  ➔ The use of the verb + こと to nominalize a verb, meaning 'the act of doing something'.

  ➔ "こと" is used after the plain form of the verb to turn the action into a noun, often to express the act or concept.

• ずっと

  ➔ An adverb meaning 'for a long time' or 'continuously'.

  ➔ "ずっと" emphasizes that something has been ongoing or continuing for a long period.

• 会いたいよもう一度

  ➔ The verb + たい to express desire, meaning 'want to do something'.

  ➔ The form ～たい indicates the speaker's desire to perform the action of the verb.

• 巡り会えると信じてる

  ➔ The conditional form ~と to express 'if' or 'when', combined with 信じてる (believe).

  ➔ The ~と form is used with the verb 信じてる (believe) to express a hope or belief that the event will happen.

• もう一度

  ➔ A phrase meaning 'one more time', indicating repetition or desire to do something again.

  ➔ The phrase もう一度 emphasizes the desire or intention to repeat an action.

• ちっぽけだったね

  ➔ Past tense of ちっぽけな, an adjective meaning 'insignificant' or 'petty'.

  ➔ 「だったね」 indicates the past tense of the adjective ちっぽけな, expressing a reflection on how something was insignificant.

• 色褪せないはずだった

  ➔ The phrase はずだった indicates an expectation or assumption about something that should have been so, but possibly was not.

  ➔ 「はずだった」 expresses an expectation about the outcome that was supposed to happen but may not have occurred.