フィクション – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: sumika
• Album: Fiction e.p

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

さあ 今日も始めましょうか

Alright, let's start again today?

昨日 挟んだ栞の続きから

From where the bookmark was yesterday

楽あれば苦もあり ストーリーは波の随に

No sweet without the sour - The story goes where the waves take it

深い海を抜け

We break through the deep sea

空飛ぶ街に繰り出し

And venture into a city in the sky

そこから降りれなくなり

Only to find we can't come back down

脈絡のないような展開も

Even with developments that seem to have no rhyme or reason

きっとオンリーなストーリー

It's sure to be a one-of-a-kind story

高鳴る所には忘れず付箋を

Don't forget to mark the exciting parts with a tag

時々くるマイナスな面に備えて

As a precaution against the negative moments that come sometimes

重宝して

Keep it handy

ひらり ひらり めくり めくる

Flutter, flutter - turn, turning

ストーリー ストーリー 喜怒哀楽 忙しい

Story, story - joy and sorrow, keeping us busy

ひらり ひらり めくり めくる

Flutter, flutter - turn, turning

ストーリー ストーリー 忙しない ネバーエンディング

Story, story - never-ending, keeping us hectic

いつになれば終わるんだ

When will it ever end?

皆目、見当もつかない

I haven't got the faintest idea

お生憎、見当もつかない

Unfortunately, I haven't got the faintest idea

さあ 今日も始めましょうか

Alright, let's start again today?

栞挟んだページ 涙の跡

The page with the bookmark, stained with tears

苦しくて思わず閉じた

I shut it without thinking, it was too painful

理由は忘れずに

Don't forget the reason why

読み進める程 白紙のページが

The more you read on - The blank pages

お気に召すままに 起承転結をこしらえて

As you please - Make up your own introduction, development, twist, and conclusion

ひらり ひらり めくり めくる

Flutter, flutter - turn, turning

ストーリー ストーリー 喜怒哀楽 忙しい

Story, story - joy and sorrow, keeping us busy

のらり くらり 巡り 巡る

Wandering, drifting - circling, circling

ストーリー ストーリー 自己責任 険しい

Story, story - all your own responsibility, and full of challenges

破り捨てたい時は もう一回

When you want to tear it up - just one more time

付箋の場所を読み返し

Read over the parts you marked

そこに在ったストーリー

Was there a character

彩るキャラは居ましたか

That brought color to the story?

さあ 思い出して

Come on, try to remember

ひらり ひらり めくり めくる

Flutter, flutter - turn, turning

ストーリー ストーリー 喜怒哀楽 忙しい

Story, story - joy and sorrow, keeping us busy

ひらり ひらり めくり めくる

Flutter, flutter - turn, turning

ストーリー ストーリー 高鳴れば ネバーエンディング

Story, story - when it gets exciting, it's never-ending

いつになれば終わるんだ

When will it ever end?

皆目、見当もつかない

I haven't got the faintest idea

お生憎、見当はつけない

Unfortunately, I haven't got the faintest idea

さあ 今日も始めましょうか

Alright, let's start again today?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
始める /hajimeru/ A2	verb - to begin
ストーリー /sutōrī/ B1	noun - story
苦しい /kurushii/ B1	adjective - painful, difficult
忘れる /wasureru/ A2	verb - to forget
面 /men/ B2	noun - aspect, side
高鳴る /takanaru/ B2	verb - to rise, to swell
巡る /meguru/ B2	verb - to circulate, to go around
自己責任 /jikosekinin/ C1	noun - personal responsibility
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tear
付箋 /fusen/ B1	noun - sticky note
展開 /tenkai/ B2	noun - development, expansion
忙しい /isogashii/ A2	adjective - busy
理由 /riyuu/ B1	noun - reason
白紙 /hakushi/ B2	noun - blank paper
思い出す /omoidasu/ B1	verb - to remember

Key Grammar Structures

• 深い海を抜け

  ➔ Passive voice using "を抜け" (to pass through)

  ➔ The phrase "を抜け" indicates passing through or beyond something, using the direct object marker "を" with the verb "抜ける" (to pass through).

• 喜怒哀楽 忙しい

  ➔ Nouns + 忙しい (present tense adjective)

  ➔ Nouns such as "喜怒哀楽" (happy, anger, sorrow, joy) are followed by "忙しい" to express a state of being busy or experiencing various emotions.

• 巡り 巡る

  ➔ Verb in dictionary form + 巡る (to circulate, to go around)

  ➔ The verb in its dictionary form combined with "巡る" indicates circulation, going around, or recurrence of events.

• お生憎、見当もつかない

  ➔ お生憎 (regrettably) + もつかない (cannot estimate)

  ➔ The phrase "お生憎" means "regrettably" or "unfortunately," and "見当もつかない" means "cannot estimate" or "have no idea."

• 白紙のページが

  ➔ の (possessive or descriptive particle)

  ➔ The particle "の" connects "白紙のページ" (blank page) to provide a descriptive or possessive relationship, indicating a page that is blank.

• 起承転結をこしらえて

  ➔ を (particle marking direct object) + こしらえる (to create, to make)

  ➔ Using the particle "を" with "こしらえる" (to create), the phrase means to craft or compose the "起承転結" (introduction, development, turn, conclusion) structure of a story.