赤の同盟

• By: 東京事変
• Album: ニュース

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

ええい何が起きても結構

Come on, I don't care what happens

どんな騒ぎへもてんで乗じません

I won't get caught up in any commotion

きっと全人類手取り合えるように (アーメン)

Surely, all of humanity can hold hands (Amen)

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嗾けられて狼狽えたって

Even if I panic when provoked

ヒントも答えもてんで生じません

I get no hints or answers at all

先手打っといてもう逆ギレしないで (ガッデム)

Preemptively act, don’t get mad again (Goddamn)

まあ一回打算を排してよ警戒心

Well, once in a while, abandon calculations, stay alert

この緊張状態を解いてよ嫉妬なども処分

Unblock this tension, get rid of jealousy too

ちょうどいいはずお互いに

It should be just right, for both of us

弱点は断固正視しないもんね

Weak spots, I won't stare down stubbornly, right?

自分自身もろとも見失う

Losing myself entirely in the process

大嫌いの定義や大好きの方程式とは

What’s the definition of hated and the formula for loved?

バイアス決め込んで競って不毛です

Biased judgments lead to fruitless competition

よって言語を経由しない原初の衝動を

So I want to awaken the primal impulses, not filtered through language

呼び覚ましたい思い出したいです

Remember, I want to call them back

愛を宿してどうしてなお

Even with love in my heart, why do I still

恐怖へ追従しているの

Follow fear instead?

信じて疑うを昼夜往復し

Day and night, trust and doubt

関係に支障を来すまで

Switching back and forth

突っ走っちゃうどっちへも

Until it causes trouble in our relationship

止まれない制御不能です

Rushing headlong, no matter which way

早よう捕まえてくれ

Unable to stop, out of control

まだ知り合えていない

Come on, catch me quick

ねえ弄ぶにもエチケットを

We still haven't really met

狡猾な罠で釣ってはいけません

Hey, don’t toy around without manners

礼を欠いといて即駆け引きしないで (ジーザス)

Don’t trap me with cunning tricks

じゃ一回出会い直してよ悍ましき

Lack manners and immediately start negotiating (Jesus)

あの一切合切葬ってよずっと新しく

Let’s meet again—so fierce

感じるでしょうお互いの

Bury everything that’s old, make everything new again

相乗効果欠陥を美点として動かせる凸凹なんだと

You’ll feel it too—our mutual

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Synergistic flaws can be turned into strengths, a beautiful mismatch

大嫌いの原理も大好きの法則さえも

Principles of hatred and laws of love are actually

まったく逆なんて却って貴重です

The opposite, which is valuable in its own way

結果倍／自乗倍網羅し両者の情動を

Doubling the results, covering both emotional depths

分かち合いたい覚えていたいです

I want to share and remember these feelings

だって私たちは生きている

Because we are alive

脅威を吸い込んでいま

Absorbing threats right now

本音と建前とを一緒くたに

Mixing true feelings and social masks together

人生に保証はないもの

Life offers no guarantees

欲していたいよ万事を恋い慕いたい

I want everything—longing for love

必要火急です

Urgent and necessary

早よう捕まえさせて

Come on, let me catch you quickly

いつも変わっていきたい

I want to keep changing constantly

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
起きる /okiɾu/ A2	verb - to occur, to happen
騒ぎ /sawagi/ B1	noun - disturbance, uproar
逆ギレ /gyakuɡire/ B2	noun - angry reaction to being criticized
嫉妬 /shitto/ B2	noun - jealousy
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
恐怖 /kyōfu/ B1	noun - fear, terror
信じる /shinjiru/ A2	verb - to believe
関係 /kankei/ B1	noun - relationship, connection
捕まえる /tsukamaeru/ B2	verb - to catch, to seize
変わる /kawaru/ A2	verb - to change
必要 /hitsuyō/ B1	adjective - necessary
生きる /ikiru/ A1	verb - to live
感情 /kanjō/ B2	noun - emotion, feeling
定義 /teigi/ B2	noun - definition
法則 /hōsoku/ B2	noun - law, principle
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory

Grammar:

• どんな騒ぎへもてんで乗じません

  ➔ も (mo) - particle indicating 'even' or 'any'

  ➔ 'も' is used here to emphasize inclusiveness, meaning 'even' or 'any'.

• 自分自身もろとも見失う

  ➔ も (mo) - particle meaning 'also' or 'together with'

  ➔ 'も' is used to indicate 'also' or 'together with', emphasizing inclusion.

• 結果倍／自乗倍網羅し両者の情動を

  ➔ し (shi) - conjunctive particle meaning 'and' or 'and also'

  ➔ 'し' connects phrases, indicating enumeration or addition, meaning 'and'.

• 信じて疑うを昼夜往復し

  ➔ て (te) - te-form of verb, indicating conjunction or sequence

  ➔ 'て' form of the verb connects actions, indicating sequence or repetition.

• 人生に保証はないもの

  ➔ は (wa) - topic particle indicating 'subject'

  ➔ 'は' marks the topic of the sentence, highlighting what the sentence is about.