ファーストラヴ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Uru

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive power of Japanese through Uru's song "ファーストラヴ" (First Love). This beautiful ballad offers a chance to learn nuanced emotional expressions and storytelling through its lyrics. The song's journey from heartache to healing makes it a compelling and touching way to deepen your understanding of the Japanese language and the universal theme of love's redemptive power.

[English]

Tangled and unable to untie

Like a thread

...

As time passes by

It becomes harder and more fragile

Memories cracked and broken

Unable to tidy them away

Dressed in beautiful clothes

I pretended to forget everything

Surely, I won't love anyone like this

And no one will love me

Every time my heart aches deeply

I curled up and whispered that

...

Even wishing for happiness felt scary

I was frightened, not knowing how to cry

In the warmth of someone holding me

When I looked up, there you were

The sound I heard in your arms

Was a very gentle and warm sound

One by one, my heart began to melt

Meeting you

I learned what love was for the first time

...

Even wiping it away, I couldn't shake it off

Like a bad dream

Still lurking somewhere in the shadows

Surely, you noticed

Staring into the depths of my

Eyes that smiled awkwardly

You held me tightly without saying a word

As if to embrace everything

Even wishing for happiness felt scary

I was frightened, not knowing how to cry

“Let’s go together from here,”

You tightened the hand you held

Walking beside you as you led me

The scenery I saw was very beautiful

One by one, our hearts began to connect

Meeting you

I learned what love was for the first time

...

[Japanese]

絡まって 解けない

糸みたいに

時が経っていくほど

硬く脆くなっていく

ひび割れたままの記憶

片付けることもできずに

綺麗な服を纏って

全て忘れたふりをしていた

きっとこのまま誰も愛さない

誰にも愛されないと

胸の奥ヒリヒリ痛む度に

うずくまって そう呟いていた

幸せを願うことさえ怖くて

泣き方もわからずに怯えていた

肩を抱く誰かの温もりに

顔を上げると そこにあなたがいた

その腕の中聴こえてきた音は

とても優しく温かい音でした

一つずつ心が解けていく

あなたと出逢い

初めて愛を知りました

拭っても 払えない

悪い夢みたいに

まだどこかにある陰に

きっとあなたは気づいていた

いびつに微笑んだ私の

瞳の奥を見つめて

何も言わずに強く抱きしめた

全てを包み込むように

幸せを願うことさえ怖くて

泣き方もわからずに怯えていた

「ここから先は一緒にいこう」と

繋いだ手を 握り直して

手を引いて歩くあなたの隣で

見えた景色はとても綺麗でした

一つずつ心を結んでいく

あなたと出逢い

初めて愛を知りました

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
絡まって /karamatte/ B2	verb - to be tangled
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
幸せ /shiawase/ A2	noun - happiness
温もり /nukumori/ B1	noun - warmth
痛む /itamu/ B2	verb - to hurt
微笑む /hohoemu/ B2	verb - to smile
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart
景色 /keshiki/ B1	noun - scenery
出逢い /deai/ B2	noun - encounter
抱きしめる /dakishimeru/ B2	verb - to hug
怖い /kowai/ A2	adjective - scary
優しい /yasashii/ A2	adjective - kind
綺麗 /kirei/ A2	adjective - beautiful
夢 /yume/ A1	noun - dream

Key Grammar Structures

• 絡まって 解けない

  ➔ Verb in te-form + いけない (ikenai) to express inability or prohibition

  ➔ The phrase indicates an action that **cannot** be undone or resolved.

• 時が経っていくほど

  ➔ ほど used to indicate the degree or extent of a state as something progresses

  ➔ Indicates the **degree** to which something happens as time passes.

• 硬く脆くなっていく

  ➔ くなる (ku naru) to indicate a change to a certain state or condition

  ➔ Expresses the **change** into a more hardened or fragile state.

• 全てを包み込むように

  ➔ ように used to indicate a manner or way in which an action is performed

  ➔ Describes performing an action **as if** encapsulating or embracing everything.

• 初めて愛を知りました

  ➔ 知る (shiru) in the past tense ました to express the experience of having come to know something for the first time

  ➔ Expresses the **experience** of learning or understanding love for the first time.

• 何も言わずに強く抱きしめた

  ➔ 不用言葉 + に (without doing something), and the verb in plain past form

  ➔ Indicates performing an action **without** saying anything, and the action is completed in the past.