BET – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Hiromitsu Kitayama

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through 'BET' by Hiromitsu Kitayama can be a motivating experience. The song's lyrics are filled with powerful verbs and expressions related to challenge and determination, such as '賭してサイを投げる' (to bet and roll the dice) and '挑戦という魔法' (the magic of challenge). Its themes of perseverance make it an inspiring song for learners to connect with as they embark on their own challenge of mastering a new language.

[English]

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

Before I knew it, the initial impulse had rusted

Excuses like experience and efficiency

Yeah Oh

We're losing our sense of smell

Before we talk about what's right

I want to protect you, who is next to me

Someone is shouting at the spinning roulette

From my ears, it's a gamble, a rumble

What we now hold tightly

That one single possibility

I want to believe what I see

Eleven back

Life is just a game

A sweet fragrance

Eleven back

It's pounding

The heartbeat is pounding me

Bet

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

We bet on one life

Turning this moment into a drama

The magic of challenge

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

One life

If after all this, we miss

It's fate's fault, it's too great

Yeah Oh

Rewriting the lottery

It's not about breaking and shattering

But shattering and then trying again

Forget about someone else's cheating

If it's playing with fire, just stop

La la la la

Life isn't that sweet

Though it seems so, sometimes it's sweet

Let's feel it with our taste

Now hold your breath and spin

Play the game

The roulette that has started moving

A sweet fragrance

We're the ones spinning it

Each one of us has our own today

Bet

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

We bet on one life

Failures, successes, and the day we ran away

An important page

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

One life

When we stake our lives

A heartbeat I've never tasted

A voice I've never let out comes out

Is that what it means to be alive?

Ah, I can't breathe

Bet

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

We bet on one life

Possibilities are half a lottery

Ecstasy of the universe

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

But I won't forget the first time

One dice.

[Japanese]

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

いつの間にか錆び付いてた初期衝動

経験と効率、とかいう言い訳

Yeah Oh

僕らは嗅覚を失ってく

正しさを語る前に

隣にいる君を守りたい

回すルーレット誰かが叫んでる

聴覚からギャンブル ランブル

僕らが今握りしめた

そのたった一枚の可能性

目で見たものを信じたい

イレブンバック

人生なんてただのゲーム

甘いフレグランス

イレブンバック

叩いてる

鼓動が僕を叩いてる

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

僕ら Bet する一つの Life

今日この瞬間をドラマに変える

挑戦という魔法

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

一つのLife

これだけやって外れたならば

運命のせいだ最高すぎるよ

Yeah Oh

書き換えてくあみだくじ

当たって砕けろじゃなくて

砕けてから何度もかましてく

ほっとけ誰かの不正行為

火遊びならやめとけ

らららら

人生そんなに甘くない

と見せかけてたまに甘い

僕らの味覚で感じよう

さぁ息を止めて回せ

Play the game

動き始めたルーレット

甘いフレグランス

僕らが回すのさ

一人一つの今日を

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

僕らBetする一つのLife

失敗も成功も逃げたあの日も

大事な１ページ

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

一つのLife

命をかけたその時は

味わったことない脈拍

出したことない声が出る

生きてるってことかな

あぁ息ができない

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

僕らBetする一つのLife

可能性は半分があみだくじ

宇宙のエクスタシー

何十回、何百回、何千回

だけど忘れない１回目

一つのDICE.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
賭 /かける/ B1	verb - to bet or gamble
錆び /さび/ B2	verb - to rust or become rusty
嗅覚 /きゅうかく/ B2	noun - olfactory sense or sense of smell
ギャンブル /gyanburu/ B1	noun - gamble or betting
ランブル /ranburu/ B2	verb - to rumble or make a low, continuous noise
可能性 /kanōsei/ B2	noun - possibility or potential
あみだくじ /amidakūji/ B2	noun - a type of Japanese lottery or game of chance
エクスタシー /ekusutashī/ C1	noun - ecstasy or a state of intense happiness or excitement
脈拍 /myakuhaku/ B2	noun - pulse or heartbeat
命 /inochi/ B1	noun - life or fate
ドラマ /dorama/ B1	noun - drama or play
挑戦 /chōsen/ B2	noun - challenge or competition
魔法 /mahō/ B1	noun - magic or spell
ルーレット /rūretto/ B2	noun - roulette or a game of chance
サイ /sai/ B1	noun - dice or a small cube with numbers on each side
フレグランス /fureguransu/ B2	noun - fragrance or a pleasant smell
叩いて /tataite/ B1	verb - to strike or hit
鼓動 /kodō/ B2	noun - heartbeat or pulse

Key Grammar Structures

• 僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

  ➔ Use of the verb "を" (wo) as a direct object marker with "今日" (today) and "サイを投げる" (throw dice)

  ➔ The particle "を" marks "サイ" (dice) as the direct object of "投げる" (to throw).

• "人生なんてただのゲーム"

  ➔ Use of "なんて" to express insignificance or dismissiveness about "人生" (life)

  ➔ "なんて" is used here to diminish the importance of "人生" (life).

• 経験と効率、とかいう言い訳

  ➔ Use of "とかいう" to quote or refer to a term like "言い訳" (excuse) with "経験と効率" (experience and efficiency)

  ➔ "とかいう" is used to refer to or label "言い訳" (excuse) as something described by "経験と効率" (experience and efficiency).

• "失敗も成功も逃げたあの日も"

  ➔ Use of "も" to include "失敗" (failure), "成功" (success), and "あの日" (that day) in an inclusive sense

  ➔ The particle "も" indicates that failure, success, and that day are all included in the scope.

• 命をかけたその時は

  ➔ Use of "を" with "命" to indicate that life is the object of the action "かけた" (bet/risk)

  ➔ The particle "を" marks "命" (life) as the object of the verb "かけた" (bet/commit).

• "出したことない声が出る"

  ➔ Use of "ことない" (negative form of "ことがある") to indicate "never" do something, combined with "声が出る" (voice comes out)

  ➔ The phrase "ことない" indicates that the speaker has never experienced the action expressed by "声が出る" (voice coming out).

• "Play the game"

  ➔ Imperative or motivative phrase in English used as a command or encouragement

  ➔ This is a direct English phrase used as an encouragement or imperative to participate in the game.