#好きなんだ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: AKB48, Sashihara Rino
• Album: AKB48 49th Maxi Single「#好きなんだ」

Lyrics & Translation

Learn Japanese with AKB48's "#Sukinanda"! This fun and catchy song is a great way to pick up modern slang like "nau" (now) and understand how feelings are expressed in the age of social media. The song's unique use of a hashtag in its title and lyrics makes it a special and memorable way to engage with contemporary Japanese culture and language.

[English]

So dazzling and vivid

Like the bright blue sea and clear sky

Can't run away from the sun anymore

All together, as usual

Having a barbecue by the shore, making noise

That guy and girl seem to be doing well

You and I

Are way too close

Just joking around all the time

When we make serious faces at each other

It somehow makes me shy

#IReallyLikeYou

I whisper

This passionate feeling in my heart

Posted it on SNS

A picture of my food

A faint shadow of someone

Casually, unrequited love

...

Walking along the shoreline

Is it a couple in love

Or clowns who can’t read the atmosphere

Trying to do a watermelon split

Everyone’s getting hyped up, but

Hey, should we clean up first?

Bad guys

Are noticing us

And making a fuss about it

When I’m blindfolded and lost

Your voice is all I hear

#Destiny

I’ll tweet later

What I felt at that moment

Someone, please listen

Miracles exist

I want to shout out, all these feelings now

Spreading the love

...

#IReallyLikeYou

I whisper

This passionate feeling in my heart

Your reply, from you

A picture of a watermelon

Reflecting my failed shot

With the one I love right now

With the one I love right now

...

[Japanese]

眩しいくらい鮮やかな

真っ青な海と晴れた空

もう太陽から逃げられない

いつものグループみんなで

渚で騒いだバーベキュー

あいつと彼女はいい感じだね

君と僕は

仲がよすぎて

冗談ばかり言ってる

真面目な顔をお互いするだけで

なんだか恥ずかしくなる

#(ハッシュタグ)好きなんだ

僕は呟く

この胸の熱い気持ち

SNS 上げてみた

料理の写真

ぼんやりと誰かの影

さりげなく片想い

波打ち際を歩くのは

恋愛中のカップルか

空気を読めないピエロ達か

スイカ割りをしようなんて

みんなで盛り上がっているけど

さあ その前に片付けようか

悪い奴が

僕たちのこと

気づいて囃し立ててる

目隠しされた僕が迷ってると

君の声だけ聴こえた

#(ハッシュタグ)運命だ

後で呟く

その時に感じたこと

誰か 聞いてくれ

奇跡はあるよ

叫びたい 今の想い

愛しさを拡散だ

#(ハッシュタグ)好きなんだ

僕は呟く

この胸の熱い気持ち

リプライ 君からだ

スイカの写真

空振りの僕が写る

大好きな人となう

大好きな人となう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
眩しい /まぶしい/ B2	adjective - dazzling, bright
海 /うみ/ A1	noun - sea
空 /そら/ A1	noun - sky
太陽 /たいよう/ A2	noun - sun
気持ち /きもち/ B1	noun - feeling, emotion
恋愛 /れんあい/ B2	noun - romance, love
声 /こえ/ A2	noun - voice
写真 /しゃしん/ A2	noun - photo, picture
気づく /きづく/ B1	verb - to notice, to realize
叫ぶ /さけぶ/ B1	verb - to shout, to scream
運命 /うんめい/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
奇跡 /きせき/ B2	noun - miracle
大好き /だいすき/ A2	adjective - very fond of, love
影 /かげ/ B1	noun - shadow, silhouette
仲 /なか/ B1	noun - relationship, connection

Key Grammar Structures

• もう太陽から逃げられない

  ➔ Passive form with "られない" indicating inability

  ➔ The phrase "逃げられない" uses the potential passive to mean "cannot escape"

• 冗談ばかり言ってる

  ➔ Using "ばかり" to indicate "only" or "just"

  ➔ "言ってる" is the present continuous of "言う" (to say), and "ばかり" emphasizes that it is mostly or only joking

• 目隠しされた僕が迷ってると

  ➔ Passive form "された" indicating the subject was acted upon

  ➔ The phrase "迷ってる" is the informal present continuous of "迷う" (to be lost/doubt), showing ongoing confusion

• 奇跡はあるよ

  ➔ Existence of something in general presents the statement using "は" topic marker

  ➔ The verb "ある" in this context states the existence of "miracles" in a general sense

• 好きなんだ僕は呟く

  ➔ Using "なんだ" to explain or emphasize the reason or state (nominalization)

  ➔ The phrase "好きなんだ" combines the adjective "好き" (like) with "なんだ" to express explanation or emotional emphasis

• 誰か 聞いてくれ

  ➔ Imperative form "聞いてくれ" requesting someone to listen

  ➔ The phrase "聞いてくれ" is an imperative form meaning "please listen" or "hear me"

• 後で呟く

  ➔ Using "後で" to indicate "later", combined with "呟く" (to mutter/tweet)

  ➔ The phrase "後で呟く" combines "後で" meaning "later" and "呟く" meaning "to mutter" or "tweet"