a子 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Ako

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

Feels like I won’t be staying here

Feels like I won't be staying here

I wonder how you left me

I wonder how you left me

There’s no one for me to let go

There's no one for me to let go

I just want to have a good time

I just want to have a good time

あなたビビって逃げちゃうし

You're scared and running away

今にわからせてやりたかった

I wanted to make you see now

明日もモノクローム

Tomorrow’s still monochrome

一枚噛んでやってれば

If I had just taken a bite

神様強引せんで

God, don’t be so forceful

しょうがないで終わらせて

Just end it, it can’t be helped

あなたも離さんで

Don’t leave me too

くたばりそう

I feel like I might collapse

I’ m feeling maybe too lazy

I’m feeling maybe too lazy

曖昧な愛のせいで

Because of ambiguous love

産まれてきたの淡い恋の中で

I was born into this fleeting romance

界隈のルールに反って今に変わる

Breaking the rules of this world and changing now

重いわ馴染ませないでコワイんでしょう

It’s heavy, and I’m afraid to get used to it

今しかないってまた

Because now is the only time again

むいていないあたしは労働も

I’m not cut out for this, working too

こなせないことばかり

I can’t handle many things

捕まるようにできてんの

It’s like I was made to get caught

神様強引せんで

God, don’t be so forceful

どうしようもないで行っちゃって

It’s hopeless, I just go though

今夜も離さんで

Don’t leave me tonight too

くたばりそう

I feel like I might collapse

i m feeling maybe too lazy

I’m feeling maybe too lazy

曖昧な愛のせいで

Because of ambiguous love

産まれてきたの淡い恋の中で

I was born into this fleeting romance

界隈のルールに反って今に変わる

Breaking the rules of this world and changing now

重いわ馴染ませないでコワイん でしょう

It’s heavy, and I’m afraid to get used to it

やれることはなんでもやってやるわ論理よ

I’ll do everything I can do, that’s my logic

解放してもズルイなんて魅力なのね

Even if I get liberated, it’s such an allure, so unfair

i m feeling maybe too lazy

I’m feeling maybe too lazy

曖昧な愛のせいで

Because of ambiguous love

産まれてきたの淡い恋の中で

I was born into this fleeting romance

界隈のルールに反って今に変わる

Breaking the rules of this world and changing now

重いわ馴染ませないでコワイん でしょう

It’s heavy, and I’m afraid to get used to it

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ビビる /bibi-ru/ B1	verb - to be frightened
逃げる /nigeru/ A2	verb - to run away
モノクローム /monokurōmu/ B2	noun - monochrome
神様 /kami-sama/ A2	noun - god
強引 /kyōin/ B1	adjective - coercive
曖昧 /aimai/ B1	adjective - ambiguous
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
界隈 /kaiwai/ B2	noun - neighborhood
ルール /rūru/ A2	noun - rule
重い /omoi/ A2	adjective - heavy
馴染む /najimu/ B1	verb - to get used to
労働 /rōdō/ B1	noun - labor
論理 /ronri/ B2	noun - logic
解放 /kaihō/ B1	noun - liberation
ズルい /zurui/ B1	adjective - unfair
魅力 /miryoku/ B1	noun - charm

Key Grammar Structures

• feels like I won’t be staying here

  ➔ Future negation with 'won't be' + verb (-ing form)

  ➔ 'won't be' is used to express that something will not happen or will not be the case in the future.

• 今にわからせてやりたかった

  ➔ Past desire or regret expressed with たい form of verb + かった (wanted to)

  ➔ The phrase combines the 'たい' form of a verb (indicating desire) with 'かった' to express a past wish or regret.

• 界隈のルールに反って今に変わる

  ➔ Using 'に反って' to mean 'against' or 'contrary to' + noun, followed by '今に変わる' (change to now / in the present)

  ➔ 'に反って' is used to indicate opposition or contrary to something, and '今に変わる' means 'change to now' or 'becoming current/state in the present'.

• くたばりそう

  ➔ Using the potential or intention to 'be exhausted' or 'collapse' + そう (looks like/about to)

  ➔ 'そう' attached to verbs or adjectives indicates that something seems likely or about to happen, in this case a feeling of exhaustion or collapse.

• 重いわ馴染ませないでコワイんでしょう

  ➔ Using 'わ' (emphasis particle), '馴染ませないで' (do not let me get used to), and 'んでしょう' (probably, I suppose)

  ➔ 'わ' is used to add emphasis, '馴染ませないで' is the negative form of 'to get used to' (do not let me get accustomed), and 'んでしょう' suggests conjecture or assumption.

• 解放してもズルイなんて魅力なのね

  ➔ Using 'ても' to mean 'even if', 'なんて' to imply 'such as' or 'things like', and 'なのね' for confirmation or emphasis

  ➔ 'ても' is used to indicate 'even if' or 'despite', 'なんて' introduces examples or things like, and 'なのね' adds confirmation or emotional emphasis.