Chit-Chit-Chat – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SKY-HI

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the nuanced world of Japanese urban life through SKY-HI's "Chit-Chit-Chat." This song offers a great opportunity to learn conversational Japanese phrases and expressions related to city living and personal relationships. The lyrics delve into the contrast between public personas and private feelings, a common theme in Japanese culture, making it a special and insightful song for language learners.

[English]

TOKYO CITY DREAM at 11PM

Buildings with lights out, weekend's just begun

Waiting for a cab at the roundabout

Ah, this busy city, so tiring

Living recklessly, searching for the truth between today and my ideals

Where are you from??

Where are you going??

Let’s look for your face under the streetlights

The complaints I’ve been holding in my mouth

Applying a false pretense like putty

Washing off the faded makeup

Getting back to who I really am

Chit-Chit-Chat, don’t fall asleep yet

Tomorrow too, keep in touch, it’s not goodbye

Stay right there, just a little longer, listen up

Okay, I’ll be there

You’re my intimate

You’re my intimate

Don’t ask me too much

Don’t stop now

Don’t be so complicated

Who I am, you are, I still want to talk

Sometimes I’m all serious... other times, I’m a mess

Even when I fail so badly I can’t even laugh, I’ll just brush it off

People aren’t alone

I’m tired of hearing that, it’s so loud already

You say don’t ruin the circle?

Pay the bill before the lecture ends

School hierarchy, power plays, harassment

Every time I interact with others, my eyes swell up

Life is just a game rushing us forward without meaning

Trying to act cool, like I did back in those days

But falling back into the same dull, uncool feeling

Living with a grin in parentheses

When scabs are torn off, it stings the wounds

Finally, I got a taxi

An incoming call, precise as a shot

Okay, let’s talk

Chit-Chit-Chat, don’t fall asleep yet

Tomorrow too, keep in touch, it’s not goodbye

Stay right there, just a little longer, listen up

Okay, I’ll be there

You’re my intimate

Who I am, what I am,

I’ll never truly understand myself

A snapshot, a single day seen in your eyes

Depending on that, I still won’t give up

Chit-Chit-Chat, don’t fall asleep yet

Tomorrow too, keep in touch, it’s not goodbye

Stay right there, just a little longer, listen up

Okay, I’ll be there

You’re my intimate

You’re my intimate

[Japanese]

TOKYO CITY DREAM at 11PM

灯の消えたビルディング 火のついたWeekend

ロータリーじゃタクシー待ち

あぁ超だるい忙しい街

遮二無二生きてきた今日と理想の間違いを探し

Where are you from??

Where are you going??

君の姿を街灯に探そう

口の中に溜めた愚痴

建前のパテを塗り

剥げてきた化粧を落として

ヒトに戻ろう

Chit-Chit-Chat まだ眠らないで

明日もKeep in touch さよならじゃないね

まだそこにいて もうちょっと聞いて

Okay I'll be there

You're my intimate

You're my intimate

あんま聞かないで

やっぱやめないで

面倒くさがらないで

Who I am, You are, 話足りない

たまにしっかり…たまにはだらしない

笑えないレベルの失敗でも笑い飛ばす次第でさ

人は一人じゃないって

聞き飽きたよもううるさいって

輪を乱しちゃいけないって？

お説教終わる前にお会計

スクールカースト、マウント、ハラスメント

人と関わる度に腫らす目

人生はいたずらに僕達を急かすGAME

カッコつけたいあの頃の自分

でもカッコつかずにまた沈む気分

括弧つけ笑って生きる

瘡蓋が剥がされれば傷に沁みる

やっと乗れたタクシー

狙いすました様に着信

Okay, 話をしよう

Chit-Chit-Chat まだ眠らないで

明日もKeep in touch さよならじゃないね

まだそこにいて もうちょっと聞いて

Okay I'll be there

You're my intimate

自分が何かなんて

自分じゃ一生わからないね

君の目に映るワンシーン、ワンデイ

それ次第じゃまだ捨てたもんじゃないぜ

Chit-Chit-Chat まだ眠らないで

明日もKeep in touch さよならじゃないね

まだそこにいて もうちょっと聞いて

Okay I'll be there

You're my intimate

You're my intimate

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
街 /machi/ A2	noun - street
人 /hito/ A1	noun - person
話 /hanashi/ A2	noun - talk, story
失敗 /shippai/ B1	noun - failure
人生 /jinsei/ B1	noun - life
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
気分 /kibun/ B1	noun - mood, feeling
タクシー /takushī/ A1	noun - taxi
街灯 /gaitō/ B2	noun - streetlight
化粧 /keshō/ B2	noun - makeup
失敗 /shippai/ B1	noun - failure
会計 /kaikei/ B2	noun - accounting, bill
ゲーム /gēmu/ A1	noun - game
話 /hanashi/ A2	noun - talk, story
姿 /sugata/ B2	noun - figure, appearance

Key Grammar Structures

• at 11PM

  ➔ Preposition of time

  ➔ Indicates the specific time when the action occurs.

• Still not sleeping

  ➔ Present continuous tense with negation

  ➔ Expresses an ongoing action that is negative or not happening.

• Keep in touch

  ➔ Imperative sentence / idiomatic expression

  ➔ A common phrase used to encourage staying in contact or maintaining communication.

• You're my intimate

  ➔ Possessive pronoun + noun (adjective use)

  ➔ Shows possession or close relationship, emphasizing the noun as someone important.

• 人生はいたずらに僕達を急かすGAME

  ➔ Subject + は + noun + を + verb

  ➔ Subject indicates what the sentence is about; は marks the topic.

• たまにしっかり…たまにはだらしない

  ➔ Adverbs + verb / Phrase contrast

  ➔ Shows frequency or occurrence with adverbs, contrasting behaviors or states.

• 笑えないレベルの失敗でも笑い飛ばす次第でさ

  ➔ Even if + verb in negative potential form, with でも (demo)

  ➔ Expresses that even failures that are hard to laugh at can be forgotten or overcome, depending on attitude.