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

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

高鳴る鼓動は　夕暮れの

My pounding heartbeat at sunset

君の姿にシンクする

Sensing your presence

見せないプライド　ささやかな

A little pride I hide away

君の全てにスウィングする

I swing with everything you are

Do you know it?　月の明かりを背負い

Do you know it? Carrying the moonlight

絡んできた運命の糸を追う

Chasing the tangled threads of fate

願い　その答えは見えない

My wish, its answer’s out of sight

じゃまな雲がかくすんだ　その先は

Clouds get in the way, hiding what's beyond

もしも君がひとりなら　迷わず飛んでいくさ

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

(俺の行く末密かに暗示する人Honey!)

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

もしも誰かといた時は　解けるのかな魔法は

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

張り裂けそうな胸の痛みは...

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

Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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.