Destiny – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: シェネル
• Album: Destiny

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

傷つくことには

I'm used to being hurt

慣れているけど

慣れているけど

悲しむ人を

But I'm not skilled enough

無視できるほど

To ignore the sadness in others

器用にはできてない

器用にはできてない

はじめから

I knew it

気づいていたの

From the very beginning

嘘で守れる

That a truth you can protect

真実なんて

With a lie

真実じゃないことを

Isn't really the truth at all

罪と罰

Sin and punishment

愛の定義さえ

Even the definition of love

人が決めるものよ

Is decided by other people

通りすぎた

I don't like

時間だけを

Just missing

ただ懐かしむのは

The time that's passed

好きじゃない

好きじゃない

夢みていた 未来たちと

Looking at a different view

ちがう景色を見て

Than the future I dreamed of

ちがう人愛した

Loving someone different

それでもまだ

But even still

さだめを信じてる

I believe in destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

...

...

あばれる気持ちに

I put a lock

鍵をかけてた

On my rampaging emotions

わりと上手に

I've been living

生きてきたのよ

Relatively well

あなたに出会うまでは

Until I met you

私なら 大丈夫だと

I told myself

何度もつよく

Again and again

言い聞かせては

That I'd be alright

ここまでたどり着いた

And somehow I made it here

夜と昼 闇と光たち

Night and day, darkness and light

狂い咲きの心

A heart in a wild bloom

通りすぎた

I don't like

時間だけを

Just missing

ただ懐かしむのは

The time that's passed

好きじゃない

好きじゃない

夢みていた

Looking at a different view

未来たちと

Than the future I dreamed of

ちがう景色を見て

Loving someone different

ちがう人愛した

But even still

それでもまだ

I believe in destiny

さだめを信じてる

さだめを信じてる

...

...

罪と罰 愛の定義さえ

Sin and punishment, even the definition of love

人が決めるものよ

Is decided by other people

決めるものよ

Decided by people

通りすぎた

I don't like

時間だけを

Just missing

ただ懐かしむのは

The time that's passed

好きじゃない

好きじゃない

夢みていた

Looking at a different view

未来たちと

Than the future I dreamed of

ちがう景色を見て

Loving someone different

ちがう人愛した

But even still

それでもまだ

I believe in destiny

さだめを信じてる

I believe in it now

今でも信じてる

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

It's my, it's my destiny

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
傷つく /きずつく/ B1	verb - to be hurt
悲しむ /かなしむ/ B1	verb - to grieve
器用 /きよう/ B2	adjective - skillful
真実 /しんじつ/ B2	noun - truth
罪 /つみ/ B2	noun - sin
罰 /ばつ/ B2	noun - punishment
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
未来 /みらい/ A2	noun - future
景色 /けしき/ B1	noun - scenery
信じる /しんじる/ B1	verb - to believe
出会う /であう/ B1	verb - to meet
懐かしむ /なつかしむ/ B2	verb - to reminisce
狂い咲き /くるいざき/ C1	noun - wild blooming
さだめ /さだめ/ C1	noun - fate
決める /きめる/ B1	verb - to decide

Key Grammar Structures

• 気づいていたの

  ➔ Verb in past tense + いた (ita)

  ➔ This expresses that she *knew* something in the past and maintains the state.

• それでもまだ

  ➔ Conjunction それでも + adverb まだ

  ➔ Used to indicate that despite previous circumstances, the feeling or action continues.

• 器用にはできてない

  ➔ できてない (dekittenai) — negative form of できる (dekiru)

  ➔ Expresses that she is not skilled at or cannot do something gracefully.

• 真実じゃないことを

  ➔ じゃない (janai) — negative formal form of です (desu)

  ➔ Used to negate that something is the truth or correct, indicating falsehood.

• 愛の定義さえ

  ➔ さえ (s ai) — even, only, just

  ➔ Emphasizes that not even the definition of love is fixed or agreed upon.

• 夜と昼 闇と光たち

  ➔ と (to) — and; noun+たち (tachi) — plural suffix for animate objects

  ➔ Connects nouns '夜 (night)' and '昼 (day)' and their counterparts '闇 (darkness)' and '光 (light)', indicating contrast or pairing.

• 通りすぎた時間だけを

  ➔ だけを (dake o) — only

  ➔ Highlights that she is only nostalgic about the time that has passed.

• 運命を信じてる

  ➔ 信じてる (shinjiteru) — colloquial contraction of 信じている (shinjiteiru)

  ➔ Indicates that she continues to believe in her destiny.