アメヲマツ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 美波
• Album: DROP

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of Minami's "Ame wo Matsu" to deepen your understanding of Japanese language and culture. This song, with its rich, introspective lyrics, offers a unique opportunity to explore poetic expressions of emotion and abstract concepts in Japanese. Minami's distinct vocal style and the song's nuanced message make it a special piece for language learners eager to grasp deeper meanings and artistic interpretations beyond literal translations.

[English]

We, who clung to the past tense film,

seem to be swallowed by the steering clay, gradually hardening.

The tax of words is running low.

I scribble over the rough draft I fished out, quietly and forcefully covering it.

I'm sure someone is counting on me, like a transparent person.

Ah, I guess today is no good either.

The dryness seen through the viewfinder.

Can you make it rain on me?

No matter how many times I repaint, it just gets murky.

The lyrics that can no longer reach me.

I twist out vague words, still feeling insufficient as they begin to solidify.

How truly, I have become empty.

It seems I don't even look at universalization.

Don't mix it with the rain.

I don't want the excess juice to go to waste.

I wish it wouldn't be wasted.

The things I loved were swallowed by blue and disappeared.

Cheap reasoning, self-proclaimed detective, disappear.

The rain flowing down the showcase dries up.

Before it eventually clears up.

I'll quietly keep it stored in the USB.

Someday, love the me from that day.

I make excuses and blame it on the rain.

The little zero has become lonely.

You will never return again, can't go back, can't come home.

I have to hurry, hurry, hurry.

Until it becomes like this.

The thing of holding my breath.

The screen saver that gets in the way.

I absolutely don't want to forget.

Tomorrow's viewfinder.

If it's cloudy.

Can you smile gently at me?

So that the focus aligns and doesn't blur.

I hope this lyric reaches someday.

I compared too much.

It was so blue, I couldn't help it.

I tried to show it with clumsy words.

The hierarchy in my brain already.

Let's say goodnight.

Even if it's uncertain, we have always been.

Continuing to wait with cowardice.

The needle kept chasing me.

You are the number next to me.

You'll wait for me, right?

It's fine to be a meme.

I guess today I'm still a no-good me.

Even if I grab it, it will just blur.

I was waiting for the dry rain.

[Japanese]

過去形フィルムに縋った僕らは `Kakō-kei' Firumu ni sugatta bokura wa

舵取り粘土に飲まれていつしか固まっていくようで Kajitori nendo ni noma rete itsushika katamatte iku yō de

言葉税が　足りなくなっていってさ Kotoba-zei ga tarinaku natte itte sa

書きなぐり漁った下書きをそっと強く塗りつぶす Kakinaguri asatta shitagaki wo sotto tsuyoku nuritsubusu

平気だよきっと誰かが　透明人間あてにした Heikida yo kitto dareka ga tōmei ningen ate ni shita

ああやっぱ今日もだめだな Aa Yappa kyō mo damedana

ファインダー越しのかわききってた Faindā-goshi no kawaki kitteta

僕にアメ降らせてくれないか Boku ni ame fura sete kurenai ka

何度塗り替えても　濁ってしまって Nando nurikaete mo nigotte shimatte

今はもう届かなくなったリリック Ima wa mō todokanaku natta ririkku

曖昧な言葉捻り出しては固まりかけながらまだ足りないと Aimaina kotoba hineridashite wa katamari kakenagara mada tarinaito

なんて本当、虚しくなってしまったのでしょう Nante hontō munashiku natte shimatta nodeshou

普遍化には見向きもしないようだ Fuhen-ka ni wa mimuki mo shinai yōda

雨に　交えないでいて Ame ni majienaide ite

使いすぎってしまったエキを Tsukai sugite shimatta eki wo

無駄にはしないで欲しくて Muda ni wa shinaide hoshikute

好きなものが青に飲まれて消えていった Sukina mono ga ao ni noma rete kiete itta

安価推理自称名探偵いなくなれ Anka suiri jishō-mei tantei inaku nare

ショーウィンドウ伝うアメがかわき Shōu~uindou tsutau ame ga kawaki

やがてやみ上がってしまう前に Yagate yami agatte shimau mae ni

USBにそっと　閉まっておくよ USB ni sotto shimatte oku yo

いつかあの日の僕、愛してね。 Itsuka anohi no boku ai shite ne

誤魔化してはアメのせいに Gomakashite wa ame no sei ni

少しゼロがさみしくなった Sukoshi zero ga samishiku natta

君はもう二度と戻らない　戻れない　帰(もど)れないよ Kimi wa mōnidoto modoranai modorenai (modo) renai yo

はやく　はやく　はやく　しなきゃ Hayaku hayaku hayaku shinakya

こんなになるまで Kon'na ni naru made

息継ぎ我慢してた事 Ikitsugi gaman shiteta koto

邪魔するスクリーンセーバー Jama suru sukurīnsēbā

絶対忘れたくない。 Zettai wasuretakunai

明日ファインダー Ashita faindā

越しが　曇っていたら Goshi ga kumotte itara

そっと笑い掛けてくれないか Sotto warai kakete kurenai ka

ピントが合うように　ブレないように Pinto ga au-yō ni burenaiyōni

いつか届くといいなこのリリック Itsuka todoku to ī na kono ririkku

比べすぎた Kurabe sugita

青くて仕方なかったんだ Aokute shikatanakatta nda

拙い言葉税で見せようとした Tsutanai kotoba zei de miseyou to shita

脳内ヒエラルキーもう Nōnai hierarukī mou

オヤスミナサイしようよ Oyasuminasai shiyou yo

それが不確かでもずっと僕ら Sore ga futashikade mo zutto bokura

臆病と待ち続けてんだ Okubyō to machi tsuzukete nda

針は僕を追い続けた Hari wa boku o oi tsuzuketa

君は僕の隣の数字で Kimi wa boku no tonari no sūji de

待ってくれるよ　な Matte kureru yo na

メイムでいいな Meimude ī na

やっぱ今日もダメな僕だな Yappa kyō mo damena bokuda na

(抓)っても滲むだけだろ (Kosu)tte mo nijimu dakedaro

かわいたアメ待ち続けていた Kawaita ame machi tsuzukete ita

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
過去形フィルム /kako-kei firumu/ C1	noun - past tense film
舵取り /kajitori/ C2	noun - steering, direction-setting
粘土 /nendo/ B2	noun - clay
固まる /katamaru/ B2	verb - to harden, to solidify
言葉税 /kotoba-zei/ C2	noun - language tax (metaphorical)
塗りつぶす /nuritsubusu/ C1	verb - to fill in, to paint over
透明人間 /tōmei ningen/ C2	noun - invisible person
ファインダー /faindā/ B2	noun - finder (camera viewfinder)
アメ /ame/ A2	noun - candy, rain
降らせて /furasete/ B2	verb - to make rain fall, to cause to rain
濁る /nigoru/ B2	verb - to become muddy, to become unclear
リリック /ririkku/ B2	noun - lyric, lyrics
届く /todoku/ B1	verb - to reach, to arrive
虚しく /munashiku/ C1	adjective - vainly, emptily

Key Grammar Structures

• 僕らは

  ➔ Present tense of 'to be' or 'to do' with the plural subject

  ➔ The particle ''は'' (wa) marks the topic, here '僕ら' (we) indicating the subject of the sentence.

• 言葉税が　足りなくなっていってさ

  ➔ Verb in its te-form + いく to indicate ongoing change or progression

  ➔ The te-form + いく (iku) expresses that the action is progressing or becoming more certain.

• 使いすぎってしまったエキを

  ➔ Verb in te-form + しまった to indicate completion, often with regret

  ➔ The te-form of the verb + しまった indicates that the action was completed, often with a sense of regret.

• いつか届くといいなこのリリック

  ➔ Conditional form + といいな to express hope or wish

  ➔ The phrase 'といいな' expresses hoping that something will happen or that one wishes for a positive outcome.

• 曖昧な言葉捻り出しては

  ➔ Te-form of verb + 〜ては to indicate repeated or conditional actions

  ➔ The te-form + 〜ては indicates repeated actions or conditions where one action leads to another.

• 帰(もど)れないよ

  ➔ Potential form of verb + ない for negation; here '帰れない' means 'cannot return'

  ➔ The potential form of a verb + ない indicates that the action cannot be performed.

• 絶対忘れたくない。

  ➔ Verb in desire form + たい to express wanting to do something

  ➔ The たい form of a verb expresses the speaker's desire to perform that action.