Buddies – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 櫻坂46
• Album: Nobody's fault

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

Yo! 元気かい？ 君に会いたかったよ

Hey! How are you? I missed seeing you.

Yo! ご覧よ こんな真っ青な空

Hey! Look up at this bright blue sky.

Yo! 世界は何も変わっちゃいない

Hey! Nothing has really changed in the world.

Yo! 僕たちは あの頃と同じだろう？

Hey! Are we still the same as back then?

Yo! 季節の風 花の香り

Hey! The breeze of the seasons, the scent of flowers.

Yo! 緑の木々 漏れる日差し

Hey! The green trees and the sunlight pouring through.

生きよう（生きよう） 生きよう（生きよう） 生きよう

Let’s live (let’s live) Let’s live (let’s live) Let’s live.

全てを奪った嵐は

The storm that took everything away,

もう通り過ぎた（通り過ぎた）

Has already passed (passed).

何事もなかったように

As if nothing happened,

この大地は穏やかだ (everything is over)

This land is peaceful (everything is over).

Yo! ここには立ち止まってられない

Hey! I can't just stand here anymore.

Yo! 踏み出そう 今こそ自分の足で

Hey! Step forward, now is the time to walk on your own.

Yo! 心は遠いどこかを見てる

Hey! My heart is looking somewhere far away.

Yo! 希望なんて ホントにあるのだろうか？

Hey! Do hope and possibilities really exist?

Yo! 君とならば きっと行ける

Hey! If I’m with you, I know we can go anywhere.

Yo! 僕とならば たどり着ける

Hey! If I’m with you, we can reach anywhere.

歩こう（歩こう） 歩こう（歩こう） 歩こう

Let’s walk (let’s walk) Let’s walk (let’s walk) Let’s walk.

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies

We are buddies.

We are dreaming

We are dreaming.

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies 仲間だ

We are buddies, my comrades.

We are buddies

We are buddies.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

何かを失ったって

Even if you lose something,

また 明日は来るよ（明日は来るよ）

Tomorrow will come again (tomorrow will come).

悲しみの雨風は止み

The rain and wind of sadness will stop,

新しい夜が明ける (the sun is rising)

A new night will dawn (the sun is rising).

Yo! ここから もう一度始めよう

Hey! Let’s start again from here.

Yo! 自由だ 何も持ってないから

Hey! I’m free because I have nothing.

Yo! 僕らは何処へだって行けるさ

Hey! We can go anywhere.

Yo! 絶望は涙と一緒に捨てよう

Hey! Let’s discard despair along with tears.

Yo! 君をずっと待ってたんだ

Hey! I’ve been waiting for you all along.

Yo! 僕をずっと待っていたか？

Hey! Have you been waiting for me?

未来へ（未来へ） 未来へ（未来へ） 未来へ

Towards the future (towards the future) Towards the future (towards the future) Towards the future.

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends, we are believing

We are friends, believing together.

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends (we are friends)

We are friends 友よ

We are friends, my companions.

We are friends

We are friends.

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Yo! 元気かい？ 君に会いたかったよ

Hey! How are you? I missed seeing you.

Yo! ご覧よ こんな真っ青な空

Hey! Look up at this bright blue sky.

Yo! 世界は何も変わっちゃいない

Hey! Nothing has really changed in the world.

Yo! 僕たちは あの頃と同じだろう？

Hey! Are we still the same as back then?

Yo! 季節の風 花の香り

Hey! The breeze of the seasons, the scent of flowers.

Yo! 緑の木々 漏れる日差し

Hey! The green trees and the sunlight pouring through.

生きよう（生きよう） 生きよう（生きよう） 生きよう

Let’s live (let’s live) Let’s live (let’s live) Let’s live.

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies (we are buddies)

We are buddies, we are dreaming

We are buddies, we are dreaming.

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh)

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh).

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh)

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh).

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh)

We are buddies (oh, oh, oh, oh).

We are buddies 仲間だ

We are buddies, my friends.

We are buddies

We are buddies.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
元気 /ɡenki/ A1	noun - health, vitality
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
世界 /sekai/ A2	noun - world
季節 /kisetsu/ B1	noun - season
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
香り /kaori/ B1	noun - fragrance, scent
木々 /kigi/ B2	noun - trees
日差し /hizashi/ B2	noun - sunlight
生きる /ikiru/ B1	verb - to live
希望 /kibou/ B2	noun - hope
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
自由 /jiyuu/ B2	noun - freedom
絶望 /zetsubou/ C1	noun - despair
仲間 /nakama/ B1	noun - friend, companion
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream

Key Grammar Structures

• 生きよう（生きよう）

  ➔ Imperative form of 'to live' together with a volitional nuance, expressing an intention or encouragement to 'live' or 'keep living'.

  ➔ The phrase '生きよう' uses the volitional form to encourage or decide to 'live' despite difficulties.

• We are buddies

  ➔ Use of the present simple tense with 'are' to state a current, ongoing relationship or identity between subjects and objects.

  ➔ This phrase indicates a current and ongoing relationship of friendship, using the present tense 'are' to affirm their connection.

• 何事もなかったように

  ➔ A phrase using the past negative form 'なかった' to describe something that did not happen or to suggest that things seem as if nothing happened.

  ➔ The phrase '何事もなかったように' implies that despite previous events, things now appear calm or unchanged, as if nothing occurred.