愛は薬 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: wacci

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of Japanese through wacci's touching song, “愛は薬.” As the ending theme for “The Apothecary Diaries,” this song beautifully illustrates the healing power of love. Learning Japanese with this song will not only expand your vocabulary but also connect you with the deep emotions and cultural nuances expressed in the lyrics.

[English]

Expressions that come to mind from the written words

Red stains on the stationery, round tears

In the days everyday

The loneliness I've been putting off is being heated up

Whenever I'm in front of you, I’m always like a child again

Look

Love is medicine, I cry

On cheeks that are sobbing intensely

Carved with laughing lines

The rain has stopped

Love is medicine, getting wet

Pouring into my withered dreams

A cheer that flows

The warmth that passes through

Someday, not just a monologue

Until I can say thank you

Even if I commit a sin or fall from grace

I believe no one can be more on my side than you

The pain of daily life

Getting lost in temporary anesthetics, forgetting myself

Your voice reaches me and I wake up

Look

Love is medicine, it touches

Memories of the days when we were living

Still support me today

Love is medicine, swaying

Even when I feel like giving up

Without running away

To be able to fight

Until someday, in the truest sense

I can part with you

Because of love

Love is invisible most of the time

I don't realize I’m being saved

Today also, I carry a face like I’ve been living alone

Surely, you are watching over me

Love is medicine, I cry

On cheeks that are sobbing intensely

Carved with laughing lines

The rain has stopped

Love is medicine, getting wet

Pouring into my withered dreams

A cheer that flows

Support for my fading dreams

The warmth that passes through

Someday, not just a monologue

Until I can say thank you

Before I reach a point where I can't

Look into your eyes and be able to say it

[Japanese]

綴られた文字から浮かぶ表情　

便箋に染みてく まあるい涙

日々の中で

後回しにしてた寂しさが炙られてく

あなたの前じゃいつでも幼くて

ほら

愛は薬 泣いて

泣きじゃくった頬に

刻む笑い皺

雨は上がって

愛は薬 濡れて

やせ細った夢に

注がれるエール

伝うぬくもり

いつかひとりごとじゃなく

ありがとうを言えるまで

罪を犯そうとも 成り下がろうとも

誰よりも味方に変わりはないと

日々の痛み

散らすその場しのぎの麻酔に我を忘れ

あなたの声が聞こえて目が覚める

ほら

愛は薬 触れて

暮らしてた頃の

思い出に今も

支えられて

愛は薬 揺れて

負けそうな時も

逃げることなく

戦えるように

いつか本当の意味で

あなた離れできるまで

愛が故に

いつも目に見えないから

救われていると気づけないまま

一人きりで生きてきたような顔をしてしまう今日も

きっとあなたは見守っている

愛は薬 泣いて

泣きじゃくった頬に

刻む笑い皺

雨は上がって

愛は薬 濡れて

やせ細った夢に

注がれるエール

伝うぬくもり

いつかひとりごとじゃなく

ありがとうを言えるまで

届かなくなる前に

その目を見て言えるまで

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 /ai/ B1	noun - love
薬 /kusuri/ B2	noun - medicine, drug
涙 /namida/ B1	noun - tears
笑い皺 /warai-shiwa/ B2	noun - laugh lines
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
傷 /kizu/ B2	noun - wound, injury
前 /mae/ A2	noun - front, ahead
咲く /saku/ B1	verb - to bloom
散らす /chirasu/ B1	verb - to scatter
傷つく /kizutsuku/ B2	verb - to get hurt, to be injured
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
声 /koe/ A1	noun - voice

Key Grammar Structures

• から浮かぶ表情

  ➔ から + verb stem or noun

  ➔ The phrase indicates the origin or source from which something arises or appears.

• 染みてく

  ➔ てく (teku) + verb

  ➔ Expresses the ongoing action or movement toward the speaker or receiver.

• 支えられて

  ➔ A passive form of 支える (to support)

  ➔ Indicates that the subject is being supported or held by something or someone.

• 戦えるように

  ➔ ように + verb (potential form)

  ➔ Expresses the purpose or wish that someone is able to do something.

• 言えるまで

  ➔ まで + verb potential form

  ➔ Indicates the point or limit until which someone can do or say something.

• 気づけないまま

  ➔ まま + negative verb

  ➔ Describes the act of being in a certain state without realizing or changing it.

• 離れできるまで

  ➔ できる + まで

  ➔ Indicates reaching a state or point where one is able to do something.