good morning – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: a子

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

赤いルージュをつけてよ

Put on your red lipstick

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

小さなことだけ見えても

Even if I only see small things

大げさに気付けないわ

I can't notice the big ones in a dramatic way

得体の知れないものばかり

It's all stuff I can't really tell what it is

信じられないな

I can't believe it

確かめさせて

Let me see for sure

今に咲いていける花も潰れてないか

Are the flowers blooming now still intact?

自然なやり方で

In a natural way

一体、何が起きているの

What exactly is happening?

見せて欲しいこの世界で

Show me this world

明るい朝日を見ててよ

Keep watching the bright morning sun

いつも奪うばかりの僕らだけど

We’re always just taking, taking

愛されたいだけでいいの

It’s enough to just want to be loved

憂鬱を憂鬱を吹き飛ばしてよ

Blow away this gloom, this gloom

人間が進むべき道が

The path humans should walk

いつも険しい

Is always steep

ことだらけでも

Even with lots of things going on

時間がくれば終わるし何も残らない

Time will end it and nothing will remain

わかっているけれど

I know this all too well

一体、何が起きているの

What exactly is happening?

見せて欲しいこの世界で

Show me this world

赤いルージュをつけてよ

Put on your red lipstick

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

小さなことだけ見えても

Even if I only see small things

大げさに気付けないわ

I can’t notice the big one’s in a dramatic way

あなたはあたしをおかしいと言うの

You say I’m strange

それでも生まれ変われたら

But if I could be reborn

またあたしでいいと思いたいよ

I want to think I’m okay being myself again

特別なものはないの

There’s nothing special about me

赤いルージュをつけてよ

Put on your red lipstick

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

小さなことだけ見えても

Even if I only see small things

大げさに気付けないわ

I can't notice the big ones in a dramatic way

明るい朝日を見ててよ

Keep watching the bright morning sun

いつも奪うばかりの僕らだけど

We’re always just taking, taking

愛されたいだけでいいの

It’s enough to just want to be loved

憂鬱を憂鬱を吹き飛ばして

Blow away this gloom, this gloom

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ルージュ /rūju/ B1	noun - lipstick
生きる /ikiru/ A2	verb - to live
疲れて /tsukarete/ A2	verb - to get tired
捧げる /sasageru/ B1	verb - to dedicate
咲いていける /saiteikeru/ B2	verb - to be able to bloom
自然 /shizen/ B1	adjective - natural
明るい /akarui/ A2	adjective - bright
朝日 /asahi/ A2	noun - morning sun
憂鬱 /yūutsu/ B2	noun - melancholy
吹き飛ばす /fukitobasu/ B2	verb - to blow away
人間 /ningen/ A2	noun - human
進む /susumu/ A2	verb - to advance
道 /michi/ A2	noun - way
険しい /kesii/ B1	adjective - steep
時間 /jikan/ A2	noun - time
終わる /owaru/ A2	verb - to end
残る /nokoru/ B1	verb - to remain

Key Grammar Structures

• 赤いルージュをつけてよ

  ➔ Te-form + よ (yo) for giving a gentle command or request

  ➔ The て-form of a verb combined with よ softens the command or request.

• 生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

  ➔ ない-form + も (even if / although)

  ➔ The negative form of a verb followed by も expresses 'even if' or 'despite'.

• 小さなことだけ見えても

  ➔ だけ (only) + も (even if / although)

  ➔ だけ means 'only', and combined with も emphasizes contrast or surprise, like 'even if only...'.

• 信じられないな

  ➔ Potential form + な (sentence-ending particle) for expressing surprise or negative feeling

  ➔ The potential form expresses possibility or ability, and with な adds emphasis, often conveying surprise or negative feeling.

• またあたしでいいと思いたいよ

  ➔ Verb たい (want to) + と思う (think) + いい (good) to express desire or hope

  ➔ The たい form expresses wanting to do something, とおもう adds the speaker's thought or hope, and いい indicates it's desirable.

• 愛されたいだけでいいの

  ➔ だけ (only / just) + で (particle indicating a state or means) + いい (good/desirable)

  ➔ だけ indicates 'only' or 'just', and で indicates the means or state, together expressing 'just wanting to be loved is enough'.