君と羊と青 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: RADWIMPS
• Album: 絶体絶命

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese with RADWIMPS' “Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao” is an exciting way to dive into the language's creative potential. The song is famous for its clever wordplay, where the title itself is a puzzle that reveals the deeper theme of "gunjō" (ultramarine). Its fast-paced, poetic lyrics are a fantastic challenge for learners to grasp the rhythm and flow of Japanese, all while being swept up in a story of youthful passion and seizing the moment.

[English]

I already realized that this is the moment

I knew the way it shines even without being told

The present right in front of me is already colored by memories

Miracles don't just happen—they're made to happen

I kept pressing every button I could find

Living so fully, until 'now' wears out

Oh, embracing all emotions—joy, anger, sadness, and happiness

Oh, running freely through every day

The feelings I had when I found you

Still move me to my very core

The afterimage of my closed eyes, too bright to hold back

Is still there, waving hello to tomorrow

Because the world keeps leaving us behind

I dared to ignore them in protest

And see, the lonely world pushed back

Breaking through from the other side

Today’s the only deadline to appreciate myself

Rather than sleeping and rotting away

You received me, fallen and unripe—still in my blue state

It’s bitter, but it’s not painful, you said

It’s sour, but not bad, you said

Oh, only the 'turn' in the classic story structure

Oh, we eagerly consumed our days

Living in endless 'ketsu'—the conclusion that never comes

The days that don’t have an ending

The feelings I had when I found you

Move my internal organs and guts

The afterimage of my closed eyes, too bright to hold back

Pointing toward the path I should take

Reality, dreams, eternity, now, and幻想—forming a bundle to lift me high

The ultramarine that colored us that day

Still covers beneath this skin today

今もこの皮膚の下を覆ってんだ

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[Japanese]

今がその時だともう気付いてたんだ

光り方は教わらずとも知っていた

眼の前の現在がもうすでに 思い出色していた

奇跡は起こるもんじゃなくて起こすものだと

手当たり次第ボタンがあれば連打した

『今』がすり切れるくらいに生きてたんだ 精一 目一杯を

Oh 喜怒哀楽の全方位を

Oh 縦横無尽に駆け抜けた日々を

君を見つけ出した時の感情が

今も骨の髄まで動かしてんだ

眩しすぎて閉じた瞳の残像が

今もそこで明日に手を振ってんだ

世界が僕らを置き去りにするから

負けじと彼らをなおざりにしてやった

するとどうだ寂しがったこの世界が

向こうから割り込んできた

今日の僕を賞味できる期限は今日

眠らせて 腐らせるくらいならばと

青いままでヘタもとらず落ちた僕を

君が受け取ったんだ

苦いけど 苦しくはないよと 君は

酸っぱいけども 悪くはないよと そう言った

Oh 起承転結の『転』だけを

Oh 欲張って頬張った僕らの日々よ

『結』することなどのない日々を

君を見つけ出した時の感情が

この五臓の六腑を動かしてんだ

眩しすぎて閉じた瞳の残像が

向かうべき道のりを指差してんだ

リアルと夢と永遠と今と幻想が

束になって僕を胴上げしてんだ

あの日僕らを染め上げた群青が

今もこの皮膚の下を覆ってんだ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
気付く /kitsuːku/ B1	verb - to notice, to realize
光り方 /hikari kata/ B2	noun - way of shining, manner of light
教わる /osowaru/ B2	verb - to be taught
知る /shiru/ A2	verb - to know
思い出色 /omoide iro/ B2	noun - color of memories (metaphor for vivid memory)
奇跡 /kiseki/ B2	noun - miracle
起こる /okoru/ B1	verb - to happen, to occur
ボタン /botan/ A2	noun - button
連打 /rendá/ B2	noun - repeated pressing
生きる /ikiru/ B1	verb - to live
喜怒哀楽 /kido'airaku/ B2	noun - joy, anger, sadness, happiness
駆け抜ける /kakenukeru/ B2	verb - to run through, to dash across
感情 /kanjō/ B1	noun - emotion, feeling
動かす /ugokasu/ B2	verb - to move, to activate

Key Grammar Structures

• 今がその時だともう気付いてたんだ

  ➔ Using the present tense '今が' (ima ga) combined with 'だ' (da) for declarative statements, indicating certainty.

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• 奇跡は起こるもんじゃなくて起こすものだと

  ➔ Using 'もんじゃなくて' (mon janakute) as a colloquial way of saying 'not just ~, but actually,' expressing contrast.

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• 手当たり次第ボタンがあれば連打した

  ➔ Using 'ば' (ba) conditional form in 'あれば' (areba) to indicate 'if there is,' and '連打した' (renda shita) as past tense of 'to repeatedly press.'

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• 今も骨の髄まで動かしてんだ

  ➔ Using 'まで' (made) to indicate the extent 'to the marrow', and the colloquial contraction '動かしてんだ' as a casual form of '動かしている' (are).

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• 眩しすぎて閉じた瞳の残像が

  ➔ Using the causative form 'すぎて' (sugite) to indicate 'too much', and '閉じた' (tojita) as the past tense of '閉じる' (to close).

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• 今もそこで明日に手を振ってんだ

  ➔ Using the colloquial contraction '振ってんだ' as a form of '振っている' (waving), indicating ongoing action.

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• 世界が僕らを置き去りにするから

  ➔ Using the causative form '置き去りにする' (okizari ni suru) to express 'to leave behind,' with the particle 'から' (kara) indicating reason/cause.

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