初恋

• By: 宇多田ヒカル
• Album: 初恋

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

うるさいほどに高鳴る胸が

My heart is pounding so loud

柄にもなく竦む足が今

My feet are awkwardly frozen now

静かに頬を伝う涙が

Tears quietly streaming down my cheek

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Tell me, this is first love

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

人間なら誰しも

Everyone, as human beings

当たり前に恋をするものだと

Naturally falls in love, I always thought

ずっと思っていた だけど

I always thought. But

もしもあなたに出会わずにいたら

If I hadn't met you

誰かにいつかこんな気持ちに

I don't think anyone else

させられたとは思えない

Could have ever made me feel this way

うるさいほどに高鳴る胸が

My heart is pounding so loud

勝手に走り出す足が今

My feet are running on their own now

確かに頬を伝う涙が

Tears surely streaming down my cheek

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Tell me, this is first love

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

どうしようもないことを

Blaming things I couldn't help

人のせいにしては

On other people

受け入れてるフリをしていたんだ

Pretending to accept them

ずっと

All along

もしもあなたに出会わずにいたら

If I hadn't met you

私はただ生きていたかもしれない

I might have just lived on

生まれてきた意味も知らずに

Without knowing the reason I was born

言葉一つで傷つくような

I want to give this fragile me

ヤワな私を捧げたい今

Who gets hurt by a single word, to you now

二度と訪れない季節が

A season that will never come again

終わりを告げようとしていた

Was about to end

不器用に

Clumsily

欲しいものが

The things I want

手の届くとこに見える

Are within reach

追わずにいられるわけがない

There's no way I can't chase them

正しいのかなんて本当は

Is it right? The truth is

誰も知らない

No one really knows

風に吹かれ震える梢が

The branches trembling in the wind

陽の射す方へと伸びていくわ

Reach out towards the sunlight

小さなことで喜び合えば

We rejoiced over little things

小さなことで傷つきもした

And got hurt over little things too

狂おしく高鳴る胸が

My heart is pounding madly

優しく肩を打つ雨が今

The gentle rain taps my shoulder now

こらえても溢れる涙が

The tears I tried to hold back are overflowing

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Tell me, this is first love

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you, I need you

I need you

I need you

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
胸 /むね/ A2	noun - chest
涙 /なみだ/ A2	noun - tear
恋 /こい/ A2	noun - love
出会う /であう/ B1	verb - to meet
喜び /よろこび/ B1	noun - joy
傷つく /きずつく/ B2	verb - to get hurt
季節 /きせつ/ B2	noun - season
意味 /いみ/ B2	noun - meaning
手 /て/ A1	noun - hand
風 /かぜ/ A2	noun - wind
雨 /あめ/ A1	noun - rain
足 /あし/ A1	noun - foot/leg
高鳴る /たかなる/ B2	verb - to throb
狂おしい /くるおしい/ C1	adjective - frantic
不器用 /ぶきよう/ C1	adjective - clumsy
正しい /ただしい/ B2	adjective - correct
告げる /つげる/ B2	verb - to tell

Grammar:

• が

  ➔ Subject marker (ga)

  ➔ In the phrase "静かに頬を伝う涙が", "が" marks "涙" (tears) as the subject performing the action.

• て form + いる

  ➔ The te-form combined with いる forms an ongoing or continuous action (present progressive).

  ➔ In the phrase "頬を伝う涙が", although not explicitly used here, the structure "伝う" can be combined with ている" to express continuous action.

• と

  ➔ Quoting particle used to indicate direct speech or thought.

  ➔ In "必要だと知らせる", "と" introduces the content of what is being communicated or thought.

• ながら

  ➔ Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'nodding' demonstrating two simultaneous actions.

  ➔ Although not directly in the lyrics, the structure "喜び合えば" implies performing an action "together," which can relate to "ながら" when describing simultaneous activities.

• 終わりを告げようとしていた

  ➔ Volitional form + としていた: expressing an attempted or planned action in the past.

  ➔ In "終わりを告げようとしていた", the phrase indicates an ongoing attempt or intention in the past to bring something to an end.

• 見える

  ➔ Potential form; indicates ability to see or perceive.

  ➔ In "陽の射す方へと伸びていく", "見える" is implied as the view or perception of the scene when something extends toward the sunlight.