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 beats loudly, almost annoyingly

柄にもなく竦む足が今

My legs tremble, uncharacteristically

静かに頬を伝う涙が

Tears quietly run down my cheeks

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Telling me that this is my 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

If you're human, everyone

当たり前に恋をするものだと

Naturally falls in love, I thought

ずっと思っていた だけど

But all along

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 can't believe I would have felt this way

させられたとは思えない

For someone else someday

うるさいほどに高鳴る胸が

My heart beats loudly, almost annoyingly

勝手に走り出す足が今

My legs start running on their own

確かに頬を伝う涙が

Tears certainly run down my cheeks

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Telling me that this is my 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

I was blaming others

人のせいにしては

For things I couldn't help

受け入れてるフリをしていたんだ

Pretending to accept it all

ずっと

All this time

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 been living

生まれてきた意味も知らずに

Without knowing the meaning of my birth

言葉一つで傷つくような

I want to offer this fragile me

ヤワな私を捧げたい今

That can be hurt by just a word

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 announce its end

不器用に

Clumsily

欲しいものが

What I desire

手の届くとこに見える

Seems to be within reach

追わずにいられるわけがない

There's no way I can stop chasing it

正しいのかなんて本当は

Whether it's right or not, in truth

誰も知らない

No one 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

Stretch towards the sunlight

小さなことで喜び合えば

If we can find joy in small things

小さなことで傷つきもした

We can also be hurt by small things

狂おしく高鳴る胸が

My heart beats wildly

優しく肩を打つ雨が今

The gentle rain taps on my shoulder now

こらえても溢れる涙が

Even if I hold back, tears overflow

私に知らせる これが初恋と

Telling me that this is my 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
高鳴る /takanaru/ B2	verb - to beat faster; to flutter
胸 /mune/ A2	noun - chest; heart
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tears
初恋 /hatsukoi/ B2	noun - first love
恋 /koi/ A2	noun - love
出会う /deau/ B1	verb - to meet; to encounter
生きる /ikiru/ B1	verb - to live
傷つく /kizutsuku/ B2	verb - to get hurt, to be wounded
伝える /tsutaeru/ B1	verb - to tell; to inform
季節 /kisetsu/ A2	noun - season
終わる /owaru/ B1	verb - to end, to finish
欲しい /hoshii/ A2	adjective - want, desired
叶える /kanaeru/ B2	verb - to fulfill; to grant

Grammar:

• これが初恋と

  ➔ This is... (demonstrative + が particle + noun + ertain copula)

  ➔ Using the demonstrative 'これ' (this) with the particle 'が' emphasizes the subject, and 'と' is used here as a quote marker or to indicate conclusion.

• 人間なら誰しも

  ➔ If you're human, everyone... (conditional + なら + noun + も)

  ➔ The phrase 'なら' expresses a hypothetical conditional 'if', and 'も' emphasizes 'everyone' or 'anyone' within that condition.

• だけど

  ➔ However / But (conjunction)

  ➔ A conjunction used to introduce contrast or an unexpected turn in the narrative.

• 生まれてきた意味も知らずに

  ➔ Without knowing the meaning of being born (て-form + も + verb + ずに)

  ➔ Using the て-form + も + verb + ずに expresses doing something without doing the action of the verb, conveying 'without' doing that action.

• 終わりを告げようとしていた

  ➔ Was about to announce the end (終わり + を + 告げよう + としていた)

  ➔ The phrase '告げようとしていた' combines the volitional form '告げよう' (was about to say) with the 'としていた' to indicate an ongoing intention or action that was about to happen.

• 優しく肩を打つ雨が今

  ➔ The rain gently hitting the shoulder (優しく + 肩を + 打つ + 雨 + が + 今日)

  ➔ This phrase describes rain gently striking the shoulder, with '優しく' (gently) modifying '打つ' (to hit), and '雨' (rain) as the subject.