アイオライト – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Awesome City Club

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through Awesome City Club's "Iolite" offers a beautiful way to explore the nuances of expressing heartfelt emotions and internal conflict. The song's lyrics, written from a female perspective, provide insight into the subtleties of unspoken feelings in relationships, making it a special piece for understanding the delicate side of the Japanese language and culture.

[English]

Gently, like falling tears, I recall your face

I’ve been remembering you

So I won’t lose you

Before it turns into a scar inside my heart

I want to hold you close

I want to feel your touch

Forever

"Forgetting is also important," they say

Such a line that suits you the least

Overflowing feelings in color

That I won’t show anyone

Breathing in the stopped time, unable to even breathe

I was just watching your eyes

The reason you shed tears without showing anyone

And your bravado

I want to protect everything without leaving any behind

My heart flickers and dances in the sky

Swaying, floating, my heart becomes the wind

Gently, like falling tears, I recall your face

I’ve been remembering you

So I won’t lose you

Before it turns into a scar inside my heart

I want to hold you close

I want to feel your touch

Forever, forever, forever in my chest

Surely, surely, surely I can say it

Surely

Overflowing feelings in color

I want to show it to you too

Unaware of the time flowing endlessly for us

In the gentle forest of dreams

The more I think about it, the more I don’t understand

The warmth of your fingers I learned, I know

It's our first and last encounter, I realize

I won’t deceive myself anymore

I won’t let go anymore

Gently, like falling tears, I recall your face

I’ve been remembering you

So I won’t lose you

Within the love overflowing inside my heart

I’ve realized

I’ve been holding you tight

Forever, forever, forever in my heart

Because I can surely say it

Forever, forever, forever in my heart

Because I can surely say it

Surely

[Japanese]

ぽろりぽろりと君の面影を

思い出してたの

失くさないように

こころの痣に変わるその前に

抱きしめたいよ

触れていたいよ

ずっと

「忘れていく事も大事だよ」 なんて

一番似合わない君のセリフ

溢れる想い彩り

誰にも見せない

止まった時間に息さえできずに

ただその目を見てた

誰にも見せずに落とした君の涙のワケも

強がりも

残さず守っていたいの

きらきらひかる 心が宙に舞う

ゆらゆら浮かぶ 心が風になる

ぽろりぽろりと君の面影を

思い出してたの

失くさないように

こころの痣に変わるその前に

抱きしめたいよ

触れていたいよ

ずっと ずっと ずっと 胸の中

きっと きっと きっと 言えるかな

きっと

溢れる想い彩り

君にも見せたい

止まらない時間に気づけずにふたり

淡い眠りの森の中

想えば想うほどわからなくなるの

覚えた指のぬくもりはきっと

最初で最後の出会いだと知ってる

ごまかさないよ もう

離しはしないよ もう

ぽろりぽろりと君の面影を

思い出してたの

失くさないように

こころの中に溢れてく愛に

気づいていたよ

抱きしめていたよ

ずっと ずっと ずっと 胸の中

きっと きっと きっと 言えるから

ずっと ずっと ずっと 胸の中

きっと きっと きっと 言えるから

きっと

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
面影 /おもかげ/ B2	noun - a trace or remnant of someone
思い出す /おもいだす/ B1	verb - to remember or recall
抱きしめる /だきしめる/ B1	verb - to hug or embrace
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart or mind
涙 /なみだ/ A2	noun - tear
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
想い /おもい/ B2	noun - thought or feeling
守る /まもる/ B1	verb - to protect or guard
舞う /まう/ B2	verb - to dance or flutter
気づく /きづく/ B1	verb - to notice or realize
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
出会い /であい/ B2	noun - encounter or meeting
強がり /つよがり/ B2	noun - pretending to be strong or brave
気持ち /きもち/ A2	noun - feeling or emotion

Key Grammar Structures

• 失くさないように

  ➔ to prevent or avoid losing something (te form + ように)

  ➔ It expresses the purpose or intention of avoiding action, similar to 'in order to' or 'so that'.

• この目を見てた

  ➔ past continuous form using を + みる (to look at or watch)

  ➔ Indicates the action of looking at or watching something in the past or ongoing, emphasizing the act of observing.

• 君の面影を

  ➔ possessive particle の used to connect a noun to an implied or explicit possessive or descriptive modifier

  ➔ Shows possession or association, linking 'your face' to the noun that describes or indicates it.

• 気づいていたよ

  ➔ past continuous form with ていた to indicate awareness or realization in the past

  ➔ Describes an ongoing awareness or realization that occurred in the past.

• 最初で最後の出会いだと知ってる

  ➔ と + (verb) to quote or indicate an assumed statement or belief

  ➔ Used with a verb to quote or express a belief or realization, here indicating the person knows it's their first and last meeting.

• 気づいていたよ

  ➔ past continuous form with ていた to indicate awareness or realization in the past

  ➔ Expresses that the speaker was aware or realized something in the past.