BET – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Hiromitsu Kitayama

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

いつの間にか錆び付いてた初期衝動

Before I knew it, the initial impulse had rusted

経験と効率、とかいう言い訳

Excuses like experience and efficiency

Yeah Oh

Yeah Oh

僕らは嗅覚を失ってく

We're losing our sense of smell

正しさを語る前に

Before we talk about what's right

隣にいる君を守りたい

I want to protect you, who is next to me

回すルーレット誰かが叫んでる

Someone is shouting at the spinning roulette

聴覚からギャンブル ランブル

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

僕らが今握りしめた

What we now hold tightly

そのたった一枚の可能性

That one single possibility

目で見たものを信じたい

I want to believe what I see

イレブンバック

Eleven back

人生なんてただのゲーム

Life is just a game

甘いフレグランス

A sweet fragrance

イレブンバック

Eleven back

叩いてる

It's pounding

鼓動が僕を叩いてる

The heartbeat is pounding me

Bet

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

僕ら Bet する一つの Life

We bet on one life

今日この瞬間をドラマに変える

Turning this moment into a drama

挑戦という魔法

The magic of challenge

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

一つのLife

One life

これだけやって外れたならば

If after all this, we miss

運命のせいだ最高すぎるよ

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

Yeah Oh

Yeah Oh

書き換えてくあみだくじ

Rewriting the lottery

当たって砕けろじゃなくて

It's not about breaking and shattering

砕けてから何度もかましてく

But shattering and then trying again

ほっとけ誰かの不正行為

Forget about someone else's cheating

火遊びならやめとけ

If it's playing with fire, just stop

らららら

La la la la

人生そんなに甘くない

Life isn't that sweet

と見せかけてたまに甘い

Though it seems so, sometimes it's sweet

僕らの味覚で感じよう

Let's feel it with our taste

さぁ息を止めて回せ

Now hold your breath and spin

Play the game

Play the game

動き始めたルーレット

The roulette that has started moving

甘いフレグランス

A sweet fragrance

僕らが回すのさ

We're the ones spinning it

一人一つの今日を

Each one of us has our own today

Bet

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

僕らBetする一つのLife

We bet on one life

失敗も成功も逃げたあの日も

Failures, successes, and the day we ran away

大事な１ページ

An important page

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

一つのLife

One life

命をかけたその時は

When we stake our lives

味わったことない脈拍

A heartbeat I've never tasted

出したことない声が出る

A voice I've never let out comes out

生きてるってことかな

Is that what it means to be alive?

あぁ息ができない

Ah, I can't breathe

Bet

Bet

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

僕らは今日を賭してサイを投げる

We gamble today and roll the dice

(So much better)

(So much better)

動き始めた運命のルーレットに

On the roulette of fate that has started moving

僕らBetする一つのLife

We bet on one life

可能性は半分があみだくじ

Possibilities are half a lottery

宇宙のエクスタシー

Ecstasy of the universe

何十回、何百回、何千回

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of times

だけど忘れない１回目

But I won't forget the first time

一つのDICE.

One 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.