好きだ

• By: YOASOBI

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

急に居ても立っても居られず

Suddenly, I can't sit still

友達にSOS

I send an SOS to my friends

話聞いて欲しいんだ

I want someone to listen to me

やっぱり私 彼のことが

After all, I really like him

「そんなこと知ってるもう何度も」

“I already know that, so many times”

薄っぺらなそんなリアクション

Such a shallow reaction

耳にタコが出来ててもいいから聞いて

Even if it annoys you, please listen

我慢出来ないんだ

I can't hold it in anymore

いざ彼に四回目の告白を

Now, for the fourth confession to him

嗚呼 期待薄い片思いなんて苦いだけ

Ah, this unrequited love is just bitter

友達でいいよ

Being friends is fine

すれ違いざま 一言交わすだけ

Just exchanging a word as we pass by

それだけでいいなんて

I thought that was all I needed

思ってたのに

But I was wrong

頭から離れない君の声

Your voice won't leave my head

もしも君に想いを一度も

What if I had never told you my feelings

伝えていなかったらなぁ

I wonder how that would be

慣れた告白なんてちっとも

A practiced confession doesn't excite me at all

ときめかないよね

Ten years ago, when I first confessed

初めて想い伝えた十年前

I was far too innocent

あまりにも無邪気だった

The next five years were too lighthearted

次の五年前も軽すぎたし

And the three years after that were the same

次の三年前もそうだ

次の三年前もそうだ

もしも根こそぎ全部やり直せたのなら

If I could redo everything from scratch

さぁ タイムトラベルだ あの日まで

Then let's time travel back to that day

取り返そう 初めての告白を

Let's reclaim that first confession

全部全部無かったことに

Let’s erase it all, all of it

それでいいんだ

That would be just fine

それでいいんだっけ

That would be okay, right?

何回フラれてがっかりしたって

No matter how many times I was rejected and felt disappointed

苦い想い繰り返したって

Even if I repeated those bitter feelings

その度触れた君の好きなものが

Each time, the things you loved

いつしか私の好きなものになったんだ

Eventually became the things I loved

それはかけがえない今の私の宝物

Those are now my irreplaceable treasures

失敗してもいい

It's okay to fail

もう一度言うよ

I'll say it once more

私 君のことが

I like you

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
告白 /kokuhaku/ B2	noun - confession; declaration (of love) verb (compound form) - to confess (love)
想い /omoi/ B1	noun - feelings; thoughts; love
君 /kimi/ A2	pronoun - you (familiar)
好き /suki/ A1	adjective - liking; love
苦い /nigai/ B1	adjective - bitter
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
宝物 /takaramono/ B2	noun - treasure; prized possession
失敗 /shippai/ B2	noun - failure
時間 /jikan/ A2	noun - time
一瞬間 /isshunkan/ B2	noun - a moment; instant
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice; sound
夢 /yume/ B1	noun - dream

Grammar:

• やっぱり私 彼のことが

  ➔ Use of も after やっぱり to emphasize 'anyway' or 'after all'.

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• 耳にタコが出来ててもいいから聞いて

  ➔ Use of ても to indicate concessive 'even if' or 'even though'.

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• 全部全部無かったことに

  ➔ Use of に to indicate 'to do something as a status or result'.

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• 苦いだけ

  ➔ Use of だけ to indicate 'only' or 'just'.

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• もしも君に想いを一度も伝えていなかったらなぁ

  ➔ Use of もしも to express hypothetical 'if' situations.

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• 何回フラれてがっかりしたって

  ➔ Use of て-form to connect clauses, here expressing 'even if' or 'although'.

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• 私 君のことが

  ➔ Use of が to mark the subject in a sentence, often indicating emphasis or contrast.

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