ダイスキ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: DAOKO, TeddyLoid
• Album: Slash-&-Burn

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Japanese electro-pop with DAOKO and TeddyLoid's "ダイスキ" (Daisuki). This song offers a unique linguistic lesson by contrasting common Japanese phrases for 'like' and 'dislike' against a backdrop of personal growth and self-acceptance. Its clever wordplay and powerful emotional shifts make it an engaging way to experience the nuances of the Japanese language and culture.

[English]

Stop being half-hearted and self-satisfied

The embodiment of the most uncool thing

I intend to become a lifelong pet

Awake with wounds all over

Is it okay now? (HATE) Not yet (HATE)

Is it okay now? Stick to your love

Unreleased (HATE) Is it okay now?

It's already, it's already okay, right?

Forced LET'S GO!!!

Like, hate, really hate, like

Like, hate, really hate, like

Like, hate, like, hate, really hate, like

Hate, hate, hate, hate, dislike, love

...

Hate, hate, hate, hate, dislike, love

...

Hate, hate, hate, hate, dislike, love

I hate myself, can't love

I hate my voice and face, really hate

Today too, I can't love my forced smile

The past is dead, the future, really hate

Whose fault is it? It's not mine

Masturbation, nothing comes from this

Exhaustion, a farcical play of monkeys

Being self-destructive is just right

Throwing away myself for self-awakening

Is it okay now? (HATE) Not yet (HATE)

Is it okay now? Stick to your love

Unreleased (HATE) Is it okay now?

It's already, it's already okay, right?

Resurrection LET'S GO!!!

Like, hate, really hate, like

Like, hate, really hate, like

Like, hate, like, hate, really hate, like

Hate, hate, hate, hate, dislike, love

Expose it, it's up to you

Everything changes, peeling off the veil

Revealing the murky insides

Where did the treasure I lost sight of go?

The thrilling opening

Remembering the initial impulse

The blue spring, the very beginning

That's the truth, the core's sincerity

Everyone's the same, decay, friction

Changing, revolving through joys and sorrows, your life, whose life

Let's take a gamble just once

Let's take a gamble

Life, let's take a gamble just once

Let's take a gamble

Life, let's take a gamble just once

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo (yo)

...

[Japanese]

自己満 中途半端はやめて

一番ダサいことの体現者

一生飼い犬にでも成るつもり

満身創痍で血を覚醒

もういいかい (HATE) まだだよ (HATE)

もういいかい ダイスキを貫け

未公開 (HATE) もういいかい

もう もういいよ ね

強制 LET'S GO!!!

すき キライ 大嫌い スキ

好き 嫌い ダイキライ 好き

すき キライ すき キライ 大嫌い スキ

キライ きらい キライ きらい 嫌い ダイスキ

キライ きらい キライ きらい 嫌い ダイスキ

キライ きらい キライ きらい 嫌い ダイスキ

ボクはボクがキライ 愛せない

声も顔もキライ ダイキライ

今日も作り笑い 愛せない

過去は死んだ未来 ダイキライ

ダレのせいだ ボクのせいじゃない

自慰行為 何も生まない同士

消耗 乳繰り合う猿芝居

自暴自棄位が丁度いい

己を投げ捨てて自己覚醒

もういいかい (HATE) まだだよ (HATE)

もういいかい ダイスキを貫け

非公開 (HATE) もういいかい

もう もういいよ ね

蘇生 LET'S GO!!!

すき キライ 大嫌い スキ

好き 嫌い ダイキライ 好き

すき キライ すき キライ 大嫌い スキ

キライ きらい キライ きらい 嫌い ダイスキ

曝け出して キミ次第で

全部変わる ベール剥がす

ドロドロした 中身暴く

何時の間にか 見失った宝物は何処にいった

ドキドキした オープニング

思い出して 初期衝動

青い春を 事の最初

其れが本当 芯の誠

ダレも同じ 堕落 摩擦

かわる廻る苦楽 キミの人生 ダレの人生

一度きりの博打しようよ

博打しようよ

人生、一度きりの博打しようよ

博打しようよ

人生、一度きりの博打しようよ

よよよよよよよ

よよよよよよよよ (よ)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
自己満 /じこまん/ B2	noun - self-satisfaction
体現者 /たいげんしゃ/ B2	noun - embodiment
満身創痍 /まんしんそうい/ C1	noun - wounded all over
覚醒 /かくせい/ B2	noun - awakening
強制 /きょうせい/ B2	noun - coercion
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
嫌い /きらい/ A2	adjective - dislike
未来 /みらい/ A2	noun - future
過去 /かこ/ A2	noun - past
宝物 /たからもの/ B1	noun - treasure
人生 /じんせい/ A2	noun - life
博打 /ばくち/ B2	noun - gamble
変わる /かわる/ A2	verb - to change
思い出す /おもいだす/ B1	verb - to remember
ドキドキ /どきどき/ A1	noun - throbbing, excitement

Key Grammar Structures

• 自己満

  ➔ Noun + な (na) sense of attributive modifier

  ➔ Here, '自己満' means 'self-satisfaction,' functioning as a noun with the na-adjective form.

• 止めて

  ➔ Te-form of the verb '止める' (to stop), used to make a request or command

  ➔ The te-form '止めて' is used here as a command asking someone to stop doing something.

• 貫け

  ➔ Imperative form of the verb '貫く' (to pierce, to hold true)

  ➔ This is the imperative form, expressing a command or encouragement to 'stick to' or 'persevere' with something.

• もういいかい

  ➔ 'もういいかい' is a phrase meaning 'Is it okay now?' or 'Are you done?'

  ➔ This phrase is used to ask if someone is ready, finished, or if they can proceed.

• 愛せない

  ➔ Potential form of the verb '愛する' (to love) in negative

  ➔ This is the negative potential form, expressing inability to love or accept someone or oneself.

• 過去は死んだ未来

  ➔ Noun + は (topic marker) + past tense predicate phrase

  ➔ This phrase uses the topic particle 'は' and a poetic expression implying that 'the past is dead, the future is gone.'

• 人生、一度きりの博打しようよ

  ➔ Noun + 一度きりの (only once) + verb in volitional form

  ➔ This phrase uses '一度きりの' to specify 'only once,' combined with a volitional verb 'しよう' (let's do) to express a suggestion to take a one-time gamble in life.