何色でもない花 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 宇多田ヒカル

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Utada Hikaru's captivating song, "何色でもない花" (A Flower of No Color). This powerful track offers a unique blend of a tender piano ballad transforming into an electronic beat, showcasing Utada's versatile musicality. By delving into its poetic Japanese lyrics, you can explore nuanced expressions of self-belief, love, and existence. Its role as a drama theme song also provides cultural context, making it an engaging way to connect with Japanese language and storytelling through music.

[English]

The gift you gave me

A flower that’s not of any color

Ah, the future isn’t that far away

Though we’re no longer here, forever I'll be

I'm in love with you

In love with you, right here with you

In love with you

Right here with you, right here with you

The morning sun rises

Because I made a promise with someone

Ah, according to a renowned scholar

They say we’re just illusions, but today too

I'm in love with you

In love with you, right here with you

In love with you

Right here with you, right here with you

But if you can't trust yourself

You can’t trust anything, it's the same as not existing

Only irrefutable facts

Are not true (not true)

Our inner feelings cannot be taken away by anyone

It’s okay not to protect them so much

If you can't trust yourself

You can't trust anything

Ooh, whoa, mm, no-whoa

In love with you (with, with, with you)

In love with you (with, with, with you)

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-oh

I'm in love with you

In love with you, right here with you

In love with you

Right here with you, right here with you

...

[Japanese]

君がくれたのは

何色でもない花

ああ そんなに遠くない未来

僕らはもうここにいないけどずっと

I'm in love with you

In it with you, in it with you

In love with you

In it with you, in it with you

朝日が昇るのは

誰かと約束したから

ああ 名高い学者によると

僕らは幻らしいけど今日も

I'm in love with you

In it with you, in it with you

In love with you

In it with you, in it with you

だけど自分を信じられなきゃ

何も信じらんない存在しないに同義

確かめようのない事実しか

真実とは呼ばない（呼ばない）

私たちの心の中身は誰にも奪えない

そんなに守らないでも平気だけど

自分を信じられなきゃ

何も信じらんない

Ooh, whoa, mm, no-whoa

In it with you (with, with, with you)

In it with you (with, with, with you)

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-oh

I'm in love with you

In it with you, in it with you

In love with you

In it with you, in it with you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
未来 /mirai/ B1	noun - future
約束 /yakusoku/ B1	noun - promise
信じる /shinjiru/ B2	verb - to believe
存在 /sonzai/ B2	noun - existence
真実 /shinjitsu/ B2	noun - truth
心 /kokoro/ B1	noun - heart/mind
守る /mamoru/ B2	verb - to protect
奪う /ubau/ B2	verb - to steal/take away
事実 /jijitsu/ B2	noun - fact
高い /takai/ A2	adjective - high
遠い /tooi/ A2	adjective - far
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
自分 /jibun/ A2	pronoun - oneself

Key Grammar Structures

• 僕らはもうここにいないけど

  ➔ Use of the past tense in 'いない' (inai) to indicate something no longer exists or is not present.

  ➔ 'いない' is the negative form of 'いる', used to indicate absence or non-existence of animate objects.

• 自分を信じられなきゃ

  ➔ Use of the conditional 'なきゃ' (nakya) as a contraction of 'なければ' (nakereba), meaning 'if don't do'.

  ➔ 'なきゃ' is a colloquial contraction of 'なければ', used to express a conditional clause like 'if you don't believe in yourself...'.

• 真実とは呼ばない

  ➔ Use of 'とは' to define or specify the meaning of a word, and '呼ばない' as a negative form of '呼ぶ' (to call).

  ➔ 'とは' is a particle used to define or explain the meaning of a term, often translating to 'the thing called'.

• 守らないでも平気だけど

  ➔ Use of 'でも' after a negative verb to indicate 'even if' or 'despite'.

  ➔ 'でも' is a particle used to mean 'even if' or 'despite', often following a negative verb.

• 私たちの心の中身は誰にも奪えない

  ➔ Use of 'は' as a topic marker, and '奪えない' (ubaenai) as the potential negative form of '奪う' (to steal).

  ➔ 'は' marks the topic, and '奪えない' (potential negative form of '奪う') means 'cannot steal' or 'cannot take away'.

• 確かめようのない事実しか

  ➔ Use of 'しか' after a negative form to mean 'only' or 'nothing but'.

  ➔ 'しか' is a particle used after a negative verb to mean 'only' or 'nothing but'.