if... – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: DA PUMP
• Album: THANX!!!!!!! Neo Best of DA PUMP

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the world of Japanese pop music with DA PUMP's iconic hit, "if...". This emotionally rich song offers a fantastic opportunity to grasp common Japanese romantic expressions and explore the nuances of hope and longing in the language, all set to the group's signature dance and hip-hop influenced sound.

[English]

My pounding heartbeat at sunset

Sensing your presence

A little pride I hide away

I swing with everything you are

Do you know it? Carrying the moonlight

Chasing the tangled threads of fate

My wish, its answer’s out of sight

Clouds get in the way, hiding what's beyond

If you're all alone, I’ll fly to you without hesitation

(My future secretly hints at my love, Honey!)

If I’m with someone else, will the magic fade away?

The aching in my heart feels like it might burst...

[Japanese]

高鳴る鼓動は　夕暮れの

君の姿にシンクする

見せないプライド　ささやかな

君の全てにスウィングする

Do you know it?　月の明かりを背負い

絡んできた運命の糸を追う

願い　その答えは見えない

じゃまな雲がかくすんだ　その先は

もしも君がひとりなら　迷わず飛んでいくさ

(俺の行く末密かに暗示する人Honey!)

もしも誰かといた時は　解けるのかな魔法は

張り裂けそうな胸の痛みは...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
鼓動 /こどう/ B1	noun - heartbeat
姿 /すがた/ B1	noun - figure, appearance
プライド /ぷらいど/ B2	noun - pride
運命 /うんめい/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
願い /ねがい/ B1	noun - wish, desire
答え /こたえ/ A2	noun - answer
雲 /くも/ A1	noun - cloud
飛ぶ /とぶ/ A1	verb - to fly
痛み /いたみ/ B1	noun - pain
暗示 /あんじ/ B2	noun - hint, suggestion
魔法 /まほう/ A2	noun - magic

Key Grammar Structures

• 高鳴る鼓動は　夕暮れの

  ➔ The verb 高鳴る (takanaru) is an intransitive verb meaning 'to throb' or 'to beat' which is used in the present tense.

  ➔ This sentence uses 高鳴る in the non-past form to describe 'the throbbing' or 'heartbeat' that continues in the present.

• 見せないプライド　ささやかな

  ➔ 見せない (misenai) is the negative form of the verb 見せる (miseru), meaning 'not showing'.

  ➔ The phrase uses 見せない as an adjective to describe 'pride' that is kept hidden or not shown outwardly.

• 君の全てにスウィングする

  ➔ に (ni) indicates the target or the point of action, showing that 'swinging' happens towards 'your everything'.

  ➔ The particle に marks 'your everything' as the target of the 'swing' or 'sway', emphasizing the action directed towards the beloved.

• じゃまな雲がかくすんだ　その先は

  ➔ が (ga) marks the subject 'clouds,' and かくすんだ (kakusunda) is the past tense of かくす (kakusu), meaning 'hides' or 'conceals'.

  ➔ The particle が marks 'clouds' as the subject performing the action of 'hiding,' with かくすんだ indicating past action of concealment.

• もしも君がひとりなら　迷わず飛んでいくさ

  ➔ もしも (moshi mo) expresses 'if' or hypothetical condition; なら (nara) indicates a conditional clause 'if...then'.

  ➔ The phrase uses もしも to introduce a hypothetical situation, with なら indicating the consequent action will follow if the condition is true.

• 張り裂けそうな胸の痛みは...

  ➔ そうな (sou na) is a suffix indicating appearance or seeming; 張り裂ける (hari sakeru) is an intransitive verb meaning 'to burst open'.

  ➔ そうな indicates that the pain appears intense or on the verge of something, and 張り裂ける expresses the idea of the chest about to burst or tear.