邦画 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 川谷絵音
• Album: 夜行秘密

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the nuanced world of Japanese emotion and metaphor with '邦画' (Hōga) by indigo la End. This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn Japanese by exploring the subtle ways language can be used to express complex feelings about love and memory. The distinction between '邦画' (Japanese film) and '洋画' (Western film) in the lyrics provides a unique cultural and linguistic insight into how we frame our experiences and relationships, making it a special song for any language learner.

[English]

Crying and laughing

Memories of the deep blue bellflower

After holding on tight

I sweetly asked you to love me

Turn off the background music

I always wanted to leave something behind

Each time, I got hurt on my own

It's my fault for looking at the end

So on a day like this

Maybe I should skip the Japanese film

For now, let's just kiss

Savor the kindness

The bonfire has also brightened

Even if I leave it in a video

Someday, it will fade away with the sadness

Because it will disappear together

Look at the current me

Crying and laughing

Dragging along the previous work

I checked too much

The beginning of this work

Starts with a big failure

In the end, the masterpiece flowed

The mood turned cold with the great actress

So now

Let's turn off the subtitles for foreign films

And share a stylish kiss

Let's get rid of any anxiety

Just hold me like this

My imagination has turned bad

Before it takes shape

I want you to imprint

The most beautiful version of me

Maybe I should skip the Japanese film

For now, let's just kiss

Savor the kindness

The bonfire has also brightened

Even if I leave it in a video

Someday, it will fade away with the sadness

Because it will disappear together

Look at the current me

I am different from the memories

Only now shines brightly

I am different from the memories

Only now shines brightly

Crying and laughing

[Japanese]

泣いたり笑ったり

紺桔梗の思い出

握りしめたあと

愛してよって甘えた

bgmを切って

いつも残したがった

その度勝手に傷ついた

末尾を見据えた 私が悪いの

だからこんな日に

邦画はやめとこうか

とりあえずキスをして

優しさを噛み締めよ

かがり火も華やいだ

動画で残したって

いつかは切なさと

一緒に消えるんだから

今の私を見て

泣いたり笑ったり

前作を引きずって

確かめ過ぎた

今作の冒頭は

大失敗で幕開け

結局流れた名作の

大女優にシラけたムード

だからもう

洋画の字幕切って

お洒落なキスをして

不安なんてなくしちゃおう

このまま抱きしめて

想像が悪くなって

形を成す前の

一番綺麗な私を

目に焼き付けて欲しい

邦画はやめとこうか

とりあえずキスをして

優しさを噛み締めよ

かがり火も華やいだ

動画で残したって

いつかは切なさと

一緒に消えるんだから

今の私を見て

思い出と私は違う

今だけが華やぐ

思い出と私は違う

今だけが華やぐ

泣いたり笑ったり

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
泣く /なく/ A2	verb - to cry
笑う /わらう/ A2	verb - to laugh
思い出 /おもいで/ B1	noun - memory
愛 /あい/ B1	noun - love
優しさ /やさしさ/ B2	noun - kindness
動画 /どうが/ B2	noun - video
消える /きえる/ B2	verb - to disappear
形 /かたち/ B2	noun - shape
綺麗 /きれい/ B2	adjective - beautiful
大失敗 /だいしっぱい/ C1	noun - big failure
名作 /めいさく/ C1	noun - masterpiece
女優 /じょゆう/ B2	noun - actress
不安 /ふあん/ B2	noun - anxiety
抱きしめる /だきしめる/ B2	verb - to hug
切なさ /せつなさ/ C1	noun - sadness

Key Grammar Structures

• 泣いたり笑ったり

  ➔ たり...たり form

  ➔ This form is used to list actions or states that happen alternately or in sequence without specifying a particular order.

• 愛してよって甘えた

  ➔ 〜て form + みたいに / 〜て + よって

  ➔ Expresses reliance, asking for something, or behaving as if following a certain condition.

• 動画で残したって

  ➔ って (quotative particle, casual form of という) + passive or conditional

  ➔ Casual quoting or referencing, often with a nuance of 'even if' or 'regardless of'.

• 締めくくった

  ➔ Past tense of 締めくくる (to conclude, to finish)

  ➔ The simple past form of the verb meaning 'to conclude' or 'to finish'.

• 確かめ過ぎた

  ➔ 過ぎた form of 確かめる (to confirm, to verify)

  ➔ The past tense of 確かめる with 過ぎた indicating proving or verifying excessively.

• 今の私を見て

  ➔ を (object particle) + 見て (te-form of 見る)

  ➔ Object particle plus the te-form of 見る, used to tell someone to look at or observe a specific thing.