かなしみ

• By: チャラン・ポ・ランタン, Mr.Children
• Album: トリトメナシ

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

君のかなしみをちょうだい

Give me your sadness

今は笑わなくていいから

It's okay not to smile right now

どこかに隠してしまった

You've hidden it somewhere away

君のかなしみを僕にちょうだい

Give me your sadness

見られたくないんだと

You don't want me to see it

奥の引き出しに仕舞った

So you tucked it into the back drawer

道を分かれたあの子だって

Even that girl who went separate ways

最後まで内緒にしてた

Kept it a secret until the very end

この場所に残るのは

What remains here

痛くて 脆い涙の欠片

Fragments of pain, fragile tears

ひとつひとつ拾っては

Picking them up one by one

紡いだんだ

I've woven them together

君の欠片で

With your pieces

僕が作られてゆく

I'm being built up

拾い集めるから泣いていいよ

It's okay to cry because I'm gathering them up

君のかなしみをちょうだい

Give me your sadness

今は笑わなくていいから

It's okay not to smile now

何処かに隠してしまった

You've hidden it somewhere away

君のかなしみを僕にちょうだい

Give me your sadness

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
悲しみ (kanashimi) /kanashimi/ B1	noun - sadness, sorrow
笑う (warau) /waɾau/ A1	verb - to laugh
隠す (kakusu) /kakɯsɯ/ B1	verb - to hide, to conceal
奥 (oku) /okɯ/ A2	noun - interior, inside
引き出し (hikidashi) /hikidashi/ B1	noun - drawer
仕舞う (shimau) /ɕimau/ B2	verb - to put away, to store
道 (michi) /mit͡ɕi/ A1	noun - road, path
場所 (basho) /baɕo/ A2	noun - place, location
残る (nokoru) /nokoɾɯ/ A2	verb - to remain, to be left
痛い (itai) /itai/ A2	adjective - painful
脆い (moroi) /moɾoi/ B2	adjective - fragile, brittle
涙 (namida) /namida/ A1	noun - tear
欠片 (kakera) /kakeɾa/ B2	noun - fragment, piece
拾う (hirou) /hiɾoː/ A2	verb - to pick up, to gather
紡ぐ (tsumugu) /tsɯmɯɡu/ C1	verb - to spin (yarn), to compose, to create

Grammar:

• 君のかなしみをちょうだい

  ➔ 'を' particle marks the direct object of the verb.

  ➔ 'を' marks the direct object receiving the action of 'ちょうだい'.

• 今は笑わなくていいから

  ➔ 'ない' form negates the verb, and 'なくていい' expresses 'it's okay not to...'.

  ➔ 'なくていい' expresses permission or that something is optional.

• 君のかなしみを僕にちょうだい

  ➔ The particle 'に' indicates the target recipient of the action.

  ➔ 'に' marks the indirect object or recipient '僕' as the one receiving 'かなしみ'.

• 奥の引き出しに仕舞った

  ➔ The noun '引き出し' is marked by 'に' to specify location; the verb '仕舞った' is the past tense of '仕舞う'.

  ➔ 'に' indicates where the action of '仕舞った' was completed, i.e., inside the drawer.

• 最後まで内緒にしてた

  ➔ The particle 'に' here forms part of the verb phrase '内緒にしてた', meaning 'kept it secret'.

  ➔ 'にしてた' is casual past form of 'にする', meaning 'to keep as' or 'to make into secret'.

• 痛くて 脆い涙の欠片

  ➔ 'て' form connects adjectives or nouns in a descriptive sequence, as in '痛くて' (painful and...).

  ➔ 'て' connects two adjectives or noun phrases to express reason or state.