滑稽なFight – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 京本大我
• Album: PROT.30

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through “滑稽なFight” offers a chance to connect with the raw, emotional language of contemporary J-Rock. The song's direct and powerful lyrics about self-determination and resilience provide a great opportunity to learn vocabulary related to inner strength and personal conviction. What makes this song special is its blend of a high-energy rock sound with a deeply personal and introspective message from the artist, Taiga Kyomoto, making it a compelling piece for both language and music lovers.

[English]

Like some kind of waveform, A flicker and a clamor

Every single move, putting on the brakes

Becoming free, becoming an adult,

That was definitely hope, right?

The moment I got it, my head instantly understood

'I'm already tainted.'

Fear turns into indulgence, lament into inertia

Don't let them steal your tomorrow like that

The moment I sank my wish into the sea,

That flying fish that jumped up back then

What kind of message was that, anyway?

Even those questions remain in vain

If it's still not too late,

Oh, this blue emotion, this hungry flesh and blood

A fight song full of pretty words

A story covered in fiction

It's better if nothing tastes like anything, no matter what I consume

The first time I experienced a misfortune in the family

I didn't understand the true meaning of loss for quite a while

And the second time it came, I was already overcome with loneliness

I'm so scared, so scared of my own heart

Slowly becoming an adult

Slowly learning about the world, scattering, and becoming tainted again

The obvious lies that are rampant in the world

The people embrace them without knowing

A justice full of mistakes that sometimes grows out of proportion

If I'm just going to get lost in that,

To the great plains, the vast ocean, no, even to the vast universe

So, shall we take off?

If I can still love it,

This familiar daily life, this cruel irony

This life (my life) full of trials

If it can change with just one action,

I guess I'll just add some happiness to that trauma

If I'm destined to step into tomorrow again, no matter what

It's okay if I'm inferior to someone It's okay if I'm never praised

Because I just don't want to lose to myself

Yes, with my own kind of fight

[Japanese]

何かの波形のような 揺らめきと騒めきが

この一挙手一投足　歯止めをかける

自由になることも　大人になることも

確か希望だったよな？

手にした途端　頭で瞬時に理解した

『もう染まってしまった』

恐れが甘えに　嘆きが惰性に

そうやって明日を奪われるなよ

願いを海に　沈めた拍子に

飛び上がったあの時のトビウオ

一体何の知らせだったんだい？

そんな問い掛けも　虚しいまま

まだ間に合うなら

この青の感情よ　この飢えた血肉よ

綺麗事のファイトソング

フィクション塗れのストーリー

何を摂取しても味はしないままが良いや

初めて訪れた身内の不幸

失う本当の意味なんて しばらく分からないままだった

そして二度目、訪れるとき 既に寂しさが襲い出してた

そんな自分の心が怖くて　怖くて

少しずつ大人になってゆく

少しずつ世界を知って　散って　また染まってゆく

世間に蔓延っている当然の嘘

そうと知らずに抱き締める民衆

時に肥大する間違いだらけの正義

そこに紛れるくらいなら

大草原　大海原　いや大宇宙までも

さあ飛び立ってしまおうか

まだ愛せるなら

この慣れた日常を　残酷な皮肉を

試練だらけの　この人生（マイライフ）

アクション一つで変わるなら

あのトラウマにもハッピーを付けちまえばいいや

どうしたって、また 明日へ踏み出す運命ならば

誰かに劣ってもいい 決して讃えられなくてもいい

ただ自分自身に負けたくないから

そう、僕なりのFightで

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
波形 /hakei/ B2	noun - waveform
揺らめき /yurameki/ B2	noun - flickering, wavering
騒めき /sawameki/ B2	noun - clamor, commotion
歯止め /hadome/ B2	noun - brake, restraint
希望 /kibō/ A2	noun - hope
途端 /totan/ B2	noun - just as, the moment
恐れ /osore/ B1	noun - fear
甘え /amae/ B2	noun - dependence, indulgence
嘆き /nageki/ B2	noun - lament, grief
惰性 /dasei/ B2	noun - inertia
明日 /ashita/ A1	noun - tomorrow
願い /negai/ A2	noun - wish, desire
拍子 /hyōshi/ B2	noun - chance, moment
虚しい /munashii/ B2	adjective - futile, vain
感情 /kanjō/ A2	noun - emotion, feeling
血肉 /chiniku/ B2	noun - flesh and blood
不幸 /fukō/ A2	noun - misfortune, unhappiness
意味 /imi/ A1	noun - meaning, significance
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
蔓延 /man'en/ B2	verb - to spread, to be rampant
当然 /tōzen/ A2	adjective - natural, as a matter of course
嘘 /uso/ A1	noun - lie, falsehood
間違い /machigai/ A2	noun - mistake, error
正義 /seigi/ B1	noun - justice, righteousness
日常 /nichijō/ A2	noun - daily routine, everyday life
皮肉 /hiniku/ B2	noun - irony, sarcasm
試練 /shiren/ B2	noun - trial, ordeal
人生 /jinsei/ A1	noun - life
運命 /unmei/ B1	noun - fate, destiny
自身 /jishin/ A2	noun - oneself

Key Grammar Structures

• この一挙手一投足　歯止めをかける

  ➔ Transitive verb + を + verb (dictionary form) + ことで

  ➔ The phrase "歯止めをかける" (hadome o kakeru) means "to put a stop to" or "to curb." The direct object is "歯止め" (hadome).

• 手にした途端　頭で瞬時に理解した

  ➔ Verb (past form) + 途端 (totan): As soon as; the moment that.

  ➔ "手にした途端" (te ni shita totan) means "the moment I obtained it" or "as soon as I got it."

• 願いを海に　沈めた拍子に

  ➔ Noun + の + 拍子に (hyoushi ni): At the moment of, due to, triggered by.

  ➔ "沈めた拍子に" (shizumeta hyoushi ni) implies that the action that followed happened as a result of the act of sinking the wish into the sea.

• 一体何の知らせだったんだい？

  ➔ Question word + だったんだ (dattan da/ndai): Emphatic question in past tense.

  ➔ The phrase "だったんだい？" (dattan dai?) is a colloquial and slightly masculine way to express a question with added emphasis or curiosity. "だったんだ" (dattan da) is the past tense of "だ" (da) + "んだ" (nda) (explanation). The ending "い" (i) softens the question.

• 少しずつ大人になってゆく

  ➔ Verb (stem form) + ていく (te iku): Expresses a change or a movement away from the speaker in time or space. Here, a gradual change.

  ➔ "なっていく" (natte iku) signifies "becoming" or "growing into" with a sense of progression over time. "大人になっていく" (otona ni natte iku) means "gradually becoming an adult."

• そうと知らずに抱き締める民衆

  ➔ Phrase + と + 知らずに (shirazu ni): Without knowing that.

  ➔ "そうと知らずに" (sou to shirazu ni) means "without knowing that is the case" or "unaware of that fact."

• アクション一つで変わるなら

  ➔ Conditional form of verb (変わる - kawaru) + なら (nara): If (something) changes/were to change.

  ➔ "変わるなら" (kawaru nara) sets up a conditional statement. If the situation changes due to a single action...

• どうしたって、また 明日へ踏み出す運命ならば

  ➔ Conditional sentence: A (運命ならば), then B

  ➔ 運命ならば： if it is my fate

• 誰かに劣ってもいい

  ➔ てもいい (te mo ii): it's okay to...

  ➔ It's okay to be inferior to someone