君ばかり – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 乃木坂46

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a captivating linguistic journey with Nogizaka46's "君ばかり." This beautiful song, with its sentimental lyrics and melodic charm, offers an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in Japanese. You'll learn expressive vocabulary related to love and memory, and gain insight into cultural nuances of yearning and reflection, all through a track that resonates with heartfelt emotion. Its clear storytelling and evocative imagery make it special for language learners eager to connect with authentic Japanese pop music.

[English]

Composer: O‑chan

A sweet scent drifts, feeling lukewarm.

In April, I met you.

You seemed kind of cool, though.

You snort and laugh.

In May and June, I just watched.

Before I knew it, I was chasing you with my eyes.

I wasted time searching for you around town.

I happened to make a wish for you on the bus.

July, on a rainy evening at dusk.

We talked about old movies.

If you were a time machine, would you go to the past or the future?

Anyway, I'm enjoying the present.

In August, swaying like something melting.

Whoa, I've fallen for you.

The summer festival, watching fireworks, feels wonderful.

Both I and the goldfish turned bright red.

No matter where I am, I think only of you.

Whatever I'm doing, it's always you.

I love you, I love you, you— I love you!

I love you, ah— ah— I love you.

What does it mean to fall in love with someone?

I’m trembling with anticipation for the future.

I regret the past so deeply I feel like I'm crumbling to the ground.

If we hadn't met, I wouldn't have felt any of these emotions.

But we ended up meeting, huh.

I wonder how many times things like this happen in life.

That depends on the person.

Ah, what is this?

Hidden in the September‑October wind.

November started to turn colorful.

December feels mysterious, right beside me.

I snorted and laughed too.

No matter where I am, I think only of you.

Whatever I do, it's you.

I love you, I love you, you— I love you!

I love you, ah— ah— I love you.

How many years have passed since then?

I can't know what's ahead.

Even though I made a wish in January.

The past just won't change.

If I could, I'd go back to April.

I guess August is still the best?

But I'm just silly, after all.

I keep repeating the same thing.

No matter where I am, I think only of you.

Whatever I do, it's you.

I love you, I love you, you— I love you!

I love you, ah— ah— I love you.

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you!

I love you, ah— ah— I loved you.

No matter how many years pass, I keep thinking.

[Japanese]

作曲 : おーちゃん

甘い香り 漂う 生ぬるい

四月 君に 会ったんだ

なんか クールな感じ してたけど

あんがい くしゃーっと 笑うんだ

５月、6月はただ見てた

気付けば 目でおいかけた

無駄に町で君を探したり

バスでバッタリ願ったり

７月 雨の日の夕暮れに

昔の映画の話して

タイムマシン君なら過去、未来？

とにかく 今が 楽しくて

溶けるような ゆらゆら８月に

「やばい 私 好きになっちゃった」

夏祭り 花火見て良い感じ

私も金魚も真っ赤っか

どこにいても 君の事ばかり

なにをしてても 君ばかり

好きだ好きだ 君がー 好きだー

好きだ あーあー 好きなんだ

人を好きになるってなんなんだろう？

震えるほど未来が待ち遠しかったり

膝から崩れ落ちるほど過去を悔やんだり

出会わなかったらそもそもこんな感情無かった訳だし

でも、出会っちゃったんだよなー

人生でこんな事って、何回あるのかな？

そんなの人によるか

あーあ 何なんだこりゃ

９月１０月の風に隠れて

１１月 色づいた

１２月は不思議ね となりで

私もくしゃって 笑ってたー

どこにいても 君の事ばかり

なにをしてても 君ばかり

好きだ好きだ 君がー 好きだー

好きだ あーあー 好きなんだ

あれから 何年たったのかな

こんな未来は わからない

１月におねがいをしたのに

過去はどうにも かわらない

できるのなら４月にもどりたい

８月がやっぱりいいのかな？

でも どうせ私はバカだから

おなじ事を 繰り返す

どこにいても 君の事ばかり

何をしてても 君ばかり

好きだ 好きだ 君がー 好きだー

好きだ あーあ 好きなんだ

好きだ 好きだ 好きだ 好きだー

好きだ あーあ 好きだったー

何年経っても 思うんだー

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
漂う tayorou N3	verb - to drift, to float
生ぬるい namanurui N2	adjective - lukewarm, tepid
クール kūru N4	adjective - cool
くしゃーっと kushātto N3	adverb - with a burst of laughter
バッタリ battari N4	adverb - by chance, unexpectedly
タイムマシン taimumashin N3	noun - time machine
ゆらゆら yurayura N5	adverb - swaying, wobbling
やばい yabai N4	adjective - dangerous, risky, amazing
花火 hanabi N5	noun - fireworks
金魚 kingyo N5	noun - goldfish
震える furueru N4	verb - to tremble, to shake
膝 hiza N5	noun - knee
色づく irodzuku N3	verb - to be colored, to turn red
不思議 fushigi N4	adjective - mysterious, strange
繰り返す kurikaesu N4	verb - to repeat

Key Grammar Structures

• 甘い香り 漂う 生ぬるい 四月 君に 会ったんだ

  ➔ Use of んだ after a past verb to give explanation or emphasis (explanatory のだ).

  ➔ In ""会ったんだ"", the ""んだ"" adds an explanatory nuance to the past verb ""会った"".

• なんか クールな感じ してたけど

  ➔ Colloquial past progressive ていた contracted to てた, indicating a continuous state in the past.

  ➔ The verb ""してた"" is the contracted form of ""していた"", showing a continuous feeling in the past.

• 無駄に町で君を探したり バスでバッタリ願ったり

  ➔ The たり…たり construction lists multiple actions, often implying they are examples or non‑exhaustive.

  ➔ Both ""探したり"" and ""願ったり"" use the たり form to show example actions.

• タイムマシン君なら過去、未来？

  ➔ The conditional particle なら expresses “if (it’s) … then …” or a suppositional condition.

  ➔ Here ""君なら"" means “if it’s you (as a time‑machine)”.

• やばい 私 好きになっちゃった

  ➔ Casual contraction なっちゃった = なってしまった, expressing an unintended or regrettable result.

  ➔ The verb ""好きになっちゃった"" uses ""なっちゃった"" to convey “I ended up falling in love (unintentionally)”.

• どこにいても 君の事ばかり

  ➔ The particle ても after a verb expresses “even if …”, indicating that the following statement holds regardless of the condition.

  ➔ In ""いても"", the ""ても"" means “even if (I) am somewhere”.

• 出会わなかったらそもそもこんな感情無かった訳だし

  ➔ Conditional たら expresses “if … then …”. The ending だし adds a reason or additional information, similar to “and also”.

  ➔ ""出会わなかったら"" = “if we hadn't met”, and ""だし"" adds a reason (“that’s why…”).

• １月におねがいをしたのに

  ➔ The conjunctive particle のに expresses a concessive meaning, “even though/ despite”.

  ➔ Here ""したのに"" means “I made a wish in January, yet …”.

• できるのなら４月にもどりたい

  ➔ The pattern のなら combines the explanatory の with the conditional なら, meaning “if it’s possible that …”.

  ➔ In ""できるのなら"", ""の"" adds an explanatory tone and ""なら"" sets the condition “if it’s possible”.

• 何年経っても 思うんだー

  ➔ Even‑if construction with ても after a verb, plus 思うんだ (explanatory のだ) for emphasis or personal feeling.

  ➔ The phrase ""経っても"" (= even if years pass) is followed by ""思うんだ"", where "んだ" gives an explanatory, emotive tone.