あいたい – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: RADWIMPS
• Album: 10 years 10 songs

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the heartfelt lyrics of RADWIMPS' "Aitai" to connect with themes of longing and remembrance. This song, released on the 10th anniversary of a significant national event, offers a powerful emotional landscape that can deepen your understanding of Japanese expressions of missing someone.

[English]

会いたい 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you

I want to talk to you, touch you, hold you, gaze at you

Even now, no feeling surpasses this one

I'm alive, in a world without you

Sometimes I smile, or get absorbed in something

But there's no reason why you don't have to be here

I still can't find one, after 10 years

The oxygen you were supposed to breathe, where

I wonder which stranger's body is it wandering through now

Just thinking such overly earnest things

I find myself doing

I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you

I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you

I want to hear you, caress you, get angry with you, smell you

Even now, no feeling surpasses this one

...

I wonder what you would say

I wonder what you would have done

I wish I had recorded

Your single word of "It's okay."

I keep piling up all the reasons why I need you here

And before I know it, it's been 10 years

Since you've been gone, this earth that's only slightly lighter

I'm still breathing on it today

Thinking such foolish things

You're right here with me

...

Let's wish upon this place for a miracle to meet you one more time

I thought of doing that, but

That's surely impossible, because I already

Used it up when I found you

...

I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you

I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you

I want to talk to you, touch you, hold you, gaze at you

I know for sure that a feeling surpassing this

Doesn't exist anywhere in this world

...

[Japanese]

会いたい 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

君に 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

話したい 触れたい 抱きたい 見つめたい

これを超える気持ちが今も 生まれない

僕は生きてるよ 君のいない世界で

たまに笑ってみたり 何か夢中になったり

だけど君が ここにいなくてもいい理由

なんかどこにも 見当たらないまま10年

君が吸うはずだった酸素は今ごろ

どこの誰の中を彷徨ってるんだろう

なんてさ なんてさ なんてバカ真面目に

思ったりするのさ

会いたい 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

君に 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

聞きたい 撫でたい 怒りたい 嗅ぎたい

これを超える気持ちが今も 生まれない

君ならなんて言うかな

君ならどうしていたかな

君の「大丈夫」のひと言を

録っておきたかった

君がここにいないと ダメな理由ばっか

だけを積み上げては気づけば早10年

君がいなくなって ほんの少しだけ軽く

なったこの地球で 今日も息をしてるよ

なんてさ なんてさ なんてバカみたいに

君がここにいるんだよ

君にもう一度 出逢える奇跡をここに

お願いしよう なんて考えたけれど

それはきっと無理 だって僕はもうすでに

君のこと見つけた時に 使っちゃったから

会いたい 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

君に 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

話したい 触れたい 抱きたい 見つめたい

これを超える気持ちはきっと

この世のどこにもないと わかっているよ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
会いたい (aitai) /aːitai/ A2	adjective - want to meet; miss (someone)
君 (kimi) /kimi/ A1	noun - you (intimate)
話す (hanasu) /hanasu/ A1	verb - to speak; to talk
触れる (fureru) /fureru/ B1	verb - to touch
抱く (daku) /daku/ B1	verb - to embrace; to hug
見つめる (mitsumeru) /mitsumeru/ B1	verb - to gaze at; to stare at
気持ち (kimochi) /kimochi/ A2	noun - feeling; sensation
生まれる (umareru) /umareru/ B1	verb - to be born; to come into existence
生きる (ikiru) /ikiru/ A2	verb - to live
世界 (sekai) /sekai/ A1	noun - world
笑う (warau) /warau/ A1	verb - to laugh
夢中 (muchuu) /muˈtʃuː/ B2	adjective - absorbed in; crazy about
理由 (riyuu) /rijuː/ A2	noun - reason
探す (sagasu) /sagasu/ A2	verb - to search; to look for
年 (toshi) /toʃi/ A1	noun - year
吸う (suu) /sɯː/ A2	verb - to breathe; to inhale

Key Grammar Structures

• 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい 会いたい

  ➔ Verb (tai-form) + たい: Expressing a desire to do something.

  ➔ The repetition of "会いたい" emphasizes the intense desire to meet (あう - au) someone. The "tai" form transforms the verb into 'want to'.

• これを超える気持ちが今も 生まれない

  ➔ を超える (o koeru): To exceed, to surpass. ～が生まれない (~ga umarenai): Not born, doesn't arise; potential form of 生まれる (umareru) + negative auxiliary verb ない (nai).

  ➔ This line means "Feelings that exceed this still aren't born now." It expresses the idea that nothing has surpassed the feeling of wanting to meet that person. "生まれない" is potential form, meaning impossible to be born or produced.

• だけど君が ここにいなくてもいい理由

  ➔ ～なくてもいい (~nakute mo ii): It's okay even if ~; It is not necessary to ~; Indicates permission or lack of necessity.

  ➔ The phrase "いなくてもいい理由" means "reason for it being okay that you aren't here." It questions if a valid justification for her absence exists.

• なんかどこにも 見当たらないまま10年

  ➔ ～まま (~mama): As is, still, continuing state; Indicates that a certain condition or situation continues unchanged.

  ➔ "見当たらないまま10年" means "For 10 years, without finding (any such reason)." It shows a state of continuous searching without success.

• 君が吸うはずだった酸素は今ごろ

  ➔ はずだった (~hazudatta): Was supposed to, was expected to; Expresses an unfulfilled expectation or intention.

  ➔ "吸うはずだった酸素" means "oxygen that you were supposed to breathe." It implies regret that she didn't get to breathe it.

• 君がいなくなって ほんの少しだけ軽く

  ➔ Verb (te-form) + ～て (~te): and then, after doing something; Indicates a sequence of actions or events.

  ➔ "いなくなって" is the te-form of "いなくなる" (to disappear). The whole sentence depicts two actions happened one after another: she is gone, and after that, the world become lightly.

• それはきっと無理 だって僕はもうすでに

  ➔ だって (datte): because, since; used to give a reason or explanation, often in informal speech

  ➔ "だって" introduces the reason why it's impossible. This line means "Because, (or since) I already..."