冬空 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE, EXILE AKIRA, 林志玲
• Album: 冬空 / White Wings

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the delicate nuances of Japanese through 三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS' touching ballad, "冬空" (Fuyuzora). This song is an excellent medium for learning emotional expression and cultural context related to love and loss in Japanese music. Experience the blend of poignant lyrics and captivating visuals that define this special release.

[English]

It was a warm feeling like a dream, those days I was held and fell asleep.

Is it really true? That I'll never see your smiling face again?

When I blink, tears start to fall, so I always keep my eyes closed.

Pure white snow keeps falling on me, never stopping.

Flowers scattered in the winter sky melt quickly in the palm of my hand and disappear.

The flowers that drift and scatter in the winter sky, they vanish in an instant, melting in my palm.

Only love, your love, will never fade. Even if I wait for spring, you won’t come.

I don’t have white wings on my back or deep in my heart, but...

If I just fly away somewhere beyond, will I be able to meet you once again?

Only your time stands still, but my time keeps moving forward.

If I become a star, please flow down to me right now.

The breath I exhale into the winter sky feels deeply colored with this longing.

Please, I beg you, reach out—never forget, to the one who can never be with me.

In the snow quietly piling up, youth is buried away.

I thought we would be forever together; I miss you.

The flowers scattering in the winter sky melt quickly in my hand and disappear.

Only love, your love, will never fade. Even if I wait for spring, you won’t come.

The breath I exhale into the winter sky feels deeply colored with this longing.

[Japanese]

夢のようなぬくもりだった 抱きしめられて眠った日々

ほんとなの？ あなたの笑う顔 もう二度と見れないの？

瞬きすると涙が漏れる だからいつも瞳を閉じる

純白の雪が 私に降っては ずっと止まない

冬空に舞い散る花は 一瞬で手のひらに溶けて消え逝く

愛だけがあなたの愛が 消えない 春を待っても あなたは来ない

背中にも心の奥も 白い翼は持ってないけど

彼方へと 飛び立ってしまえば もう一度逢えますか？

あなたの時間だけが止まって 私の時間は進んでる

星になったなら 今すぐ私に 流れてください

冬空に吐き出す息は 色濃くこの想い乗せられそうで

お願いよお願いだから 届いて 決して逢えない あなたの元へ

シンと 降り積もった 雪の中に 青春が埋もれてしまう

ずっと 一緒だと思ってた あなたが恋しい

冬空に舞い散る花は 一瞬で手のひらに溶けて消え逝く

愛だけがあなたの愛が 消えない 春を待っても あなたは来ない

冬空に吐き出す息は 色濃くこの想い乗せられそうで

お願いよお願いだから 届いて 決して逢えない あなたの元へ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夢 /mu/ A2	noun - dream
雪 /yuki/ A1	noun - snow
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart/mind
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
時間 /jikan/ A2	noun - time
青春 /seishun/ B1	noun - youth
涙 /namida/ B1	noun - tear
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
元 /moto/ B2	noun - origin/source
想い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought/feeling
舞い散る /maichiru/ B2	verb - to dance/scatter
閉じる /tojiru/ B1	verb - to close
飛び立つ /tobitatsu/ B2	verb - to take off (fly)
お願い /onegai/ A2	noun - request
二度 /nido/ A2	noun - twice

Key Grammar Structures

• 夢のようなぬくもりだった

  ➔ Use of the なかった past tense form of なだった (だった) to describe a state in the past

  ➔ The phrase 'だった' indicates a past state or condition.

• 涙が漏れる

  ➔ Use of the passive form 漏れる to describe tears overflowing or leaking out

  ➔ 漏れる is the potential or passive form meaning to leak or overflow.

• 一瞬で手のひらに溶けて消え逝く

  ➔ Use of the te-form + て to connect actions, and the phrase 一瞬で (in an instant)

  ➔ The て-form connects consecutive actions smoothly, and 一瞬で emphasizes the immediacy.

• あなたの時間だけが止まって

  ➔ Use of のだけが to emphasize that only 'your time' is affected

  ➔ The phrase のだけが emphasizes exclusivity or specificity of the subject.

• 決して逢えないあなたの元へ

  ➔ Use of 決して with negative potential form 逢えない to express 'never able to meet'

  ➔ 決して is used with negative potential forms to emphasize 'never' or 'impossibility'.

• 白い翼は持ってないけど

  ➔ Use of 持っていない (持ってない) to express the absence of possession

  ➔ The negative form 持っていない denotes not having or lacking something.

• 星になったなら

  ➔ Use of なら to indicate a hypothetical condition or supposition

  ➔ なら is used to express hypothetical or conditional situations.