Black Catcher – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ビッケブランカ
• Album: Devil

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of Japanese music with Vickeblanka's "Black Catcher." This high-energy anthem, famously the opening for the "Black Clover" anime, offers a fantastic way to immerse yourself in the language. Its dynamic lyrics, filled with themes of determination and leveling up, provide an engaging context for learning Japanese vocabulary and cultural expressions related to perseverance and aspiration. The song's clear vocals and engaging melody make it particularly accessible for language learners.

[English]

The wind pushes against my back

Drops travel along the thread

Get up, wake up now

Get down, it's almost time

Turn wishes into words, riding on the blood

The black that cloaks my body

Shakes off everything without a cloud

The siren is a contradictory SOS, hurry, it's almost too late

The bonds that can't be seen unless you get close don't exist

We're still on our journey

Why does this dull pain throb now?

Somebody just help me out

Let's fulfill our promise

In this cracked world

Let's dye this world

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

Don't lose!

Everything reflected in my eyes

Look, let's turn it into allies

We can catch the game

The wind pushes against my back

Regret pierces my chest

Don't give up

It can't be helped, level down

Now is the time to level up, level up, level up

I hate losing, you know

To the bouncing amateur, it's real

Only God knows the plot of this story

It will shine as imagined

Don't look at that shadow

Let's dye this world

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

Don't lose!

Everything reflected in my eyes

Look, let's turn it into allies

We can catch the game

Let's dye this world

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

Don't lose!

Everything reflected in my eyes

Look, let's turn it into allies

Change that perspective

And then change the future

We can catch the game

[Japanese]

風が背中を張って

滴は糸を伝って

Get Up 目を覚ましてよ

Get Down もうまもなく

願いを文字に起こして 血潮に乗って

その身に纏った黒

曇りなく全てを振り払うように

サイレンは裏腹のSOS 早く手遅れですよ

近づかなかきゃ見えない絆なんて あってなくて

僕らいま旅の途中

どうしていま疼く鈍痛

Somebody just help me out

叶えよう約束通り

ひび割れた世界で

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

目に映った全てを

ほら味方に変えて

We can catch the game

風が背中を張って

後悔は胸を穿つ

Don't Give Up

しかたないんだよlevel down

いまこそlevel up level up level up

負けるの嫌いだしとか

跳ね返ったアマチュアにどうぞit's real

神のみぞ知る話の筋

照らし出すよ想像通り

その影は見ないで

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

目に映った全てを

ほら味方に変えて

We can catch the game

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

目に映った全てを

ほら味方に変えて

その見方を変えて

そして未来を変えて

We can catch the game

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish
旅 /tabi/ A2	noun - journey
世界 /sekai/ A2	noun - world
強い /tsuyoi/ B1	adjective - strong
変える /kaeru/ B1	verb - to change
助ける /tasukeru/ B1	verb - to help
負ける /makeru/ B1	verb - to lose
全て /subete/ A2	noun - everything
影 /kage/ B2	noun - shadow
約束 /yakusoku/ B1	noun - promise
後悔 /koukai/ B2	noun - regret
強化 /kyouka/ C1	noun - strengthening
未来 /mirai/ A2	noun - future

Key Grammar Structures

• Let's dye this world

  ➔ Imperative form with 'Let's' + base verb to suggest a shared action

  ➔ 'Let's' is used to make a suggestion or invitation for a shared action.

• All I need is getting strong

  ➔ Use of 'is' + gerund ('getting') to express a state or condition

  ➔ 'Is' + 'getting' shows an ongoing process or increasing in strength.

• 負けないでよ

  ➔ Imperative form with negative 'don't' + verb to give encouragement

  ➔ An imperative negative phrase encouraging someone not to give up or lose.

• 血潮に乗って

  ➔ Verb phrase '乗って' (nobotte) in te-form meaning 'to ride' or 'to harness' metaphorically

  ➔ The te-form of '乗る' (noru) is used to connect actions or describe riding or harnessing something metaphorically.

• 風が背中を張って

  ➔ Subject plus 'が' + verb in te-form '張って' (hatte), meaning 'the wind' is stretching or tautening

  ➔ The particle 'が' marks 'wind' as the subject, and '張って' is the te-form of '張る' meaning to stretch or tauten.

• その身に纏った黒

  ➔ Past participle '纏った' (motta) used adjectivally to describe 'clothed' or 'dressed in' black

  ➔ '纏った' is the past participle of '纏う' meaning 'to wear' or 'clothe oneself in', modifying 'black' to describe the color or state.

• その影は見ないで

  ➔ Imperative negative form '見ないで' (minai de) meaning 'don't see' or 'don't look at'

  ➔ '見ないで' is the negative imperative form of '見る' (miru), telling someone not to look or not to see.