good morning – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: a子

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into a子's "good morning" to experience a fresh, upbeat sound that embodies new beginnings. Its engaging lyrics and unique blend of languor and groove make it an excellent song to explore contemporary Japanese music and expressions of hope and optimism.

[English]

Put on your red lipstick

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

Even if I only see small things

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

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

I can't believe it

Let me see for sure

Are the flowers blooming now still intact?

In a natural way

What exactly is happening?

Show me this world

Keep watching the bright morning sun

We’re always just taking, taking

It’s enough to just want to be loved

Blow away this gloom, this gloom

The path humans should walk

Is always steep

Even with lots of things going on

Time will end it and nothing will remain

I know this all too well

What exactly is happening?

Show me this world

Put on your red lipstick

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

Even if I only see small things

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

You say I’m strange

But if I could be reborn

I want to think I’m okay being myself again

There’s nothing special about me

Put on your red lipstick

Living, even when tired, I keep giving my all

Even if I only see small things

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

Keep watching the bright morning sun

We’re always just taking, taking

It’s enough to just want to be loved

Blow away this gloom, this gloom

[Japanese]

赤いルージュをつけてよ

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

小さなことだけ見えても

大げさに気付けないわ

得体の知れないものばかり

信じられないな

確かめさせて

今に咲いていける花も潰れてないか

自然なやり方で

一体、何が起きているの

見せて欲しいこの世界で

明るい朝日を見ててよ

いつも奪うばかりの僕らだけど

愛されたいだけでいいの

憂鬱を憂鬱を吹き飛ばしてよ

人間が進むべき道が

いつも険しい

ことだらけでも

時間がくれば終わるし何も残らない

わかっているけれど

一体、何が起きているの

見せて欲しいこの世界で

赤いルージュをつけてよ

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

小さなことだけ見えても

大げさに気付けないわ

あなたはあたしをおかしいと言うの

それでも生まれ変われたら

またあたしでいいと思いたいよ

特別なものはないの

赤いルージュをつけてよ

生きる、添うに疲れても捧げてる

小さなことだけ見えても

大げさに気付けないわ

明るい朝日を見ててよ

いつも奪うばかりの僕らだけど

愛されたいだけでいいの

憂鬱を憂鬱を吹き飛ばして

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'.