カタワレ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 佐藤千亜妃

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese language and emotion with Chiaki Sato's "Kataware." This vibrant pop song, serving as a drama theme, offers a beautiful lyrical journey into the themes of fated encounters and finding one's soulmate. Learning the lyrics will help you grasp nuanced expressions of love and destiny in Japanese, making it a special piece to enrich your understanding of the language and its cultural context around relationships.

[English]

What are you to me?

Maybe, just maybe

What am I to you?

Maybe, just maybe

Entangled by a red thread

Two become one, my other half

...

I thought fate would move selfishly

I believed it would just go on

I should have kicked loneliness away

Yet here I am

One side of my heart aches

I realized something was missing

Now, let's begin

Fate is handmade by you and me

Ah, mismatched emotions

Awaken a love story

...

What are you to me?

Is it okay to love you?

What am I to you?

Will you love me back?

The red thread is the blood vessel of the heart

Unknowingly, we sustain each other

Ah, I might have been born

To meet you

Hey, even if it's a misunderstanding, that's fine

You are my one and only other half in the world

The two of us gazing at each other in the mirror

Have a distorted and uneven shape of the heart

“Ah, you’re not the prince I dreamed of

But I like you

Hey, give me a clumsy escort

And let’s continue the end roll”

Now, let's begin

Fate is handmade by you and me

Ah, with new emotions

A love story is reborn

...

[Japanese]

君は僕の何ですか？

もしかして もしかして

僕は君の何ですか？

もしかして もしかして

赤い糸で絡まってゆく

2つで1つのカタワレ

自分勝手に運命は

進んでくと思ってた

孤独なんて蹴散らして

生きてきたはずなのに

片方の胸が痛んで

何かが足りないと気付いた

さあ、始めよう

運命は君と僕とで手作り

ああ、ちぐはぐな感情が

呼び覚ましてゆくラブストーリー

君は僕の何ですか？

愛してもいいんですか

僕は君の何ですか？

愛してくれますか

赤い糸は心の血管

互いに知らず知らず生かし合う

ああ、僕は君に出逢うために

生まれてきたのかもしれない

ねえ、勘違いだとしてもいい

君は世界でたった1人だけのカタワレ

鏡の中で見つめ合う2人は

いびつで凸凹な心の形をしてる

「ああ、夢見てた王子様じゃないけど

君が好きなの

ねえ、へたくそなエスコートしてよ

エンドロールの続きも」

さあ、始めよう

運命は君と僕とで手作り

ああ、新しい感動で

生まれ変わってゆくラブストーリー

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
君 /kiɯ/ A1	noun - you
僕 /boku/ A1	noun - I (used by males)
運命 /unmei/ B1	noun - fate, destiny
愛 /ai/ B1	noun - love
心 /kokoro/ B1	noun - heart, mind
感情 /kanjō/ B2	noun - emotion, feeling
生まれる /umareru/ B2	verb - to be born
痛む /itamu/ B2	verb - to hurt, to ache
絡まる /karamaru/ B2	verb - to entwine, to get tangled
出逢う /deau/ B2	verb - to meet, to encounter
物語 /monogatari/ B2	noun - story, tale
夢 /yume/ B2	noun - dream
形 /katachi/ B2	noun - shape, form
続き /tsuzuki/ B2	noun - continuation
感動 /kandō/ C1	noun - emotion, impression
手作り /tezukuri/ C1	noun - handmade

Key Grammar Structures

• もしかして もしかして

  ➔ expressing possibility or suspicion (perhaps, maybe)

  ➔ "もしかして" is used to express suspicion or possibility about something happening.

• 赤い糸で絡まってゆく

  ➔ using the instrumental に with noun to indicate means or manner

  ➔ "で" is used here to indicate the means by which the red thread is entangling.

• 自分勝手に運命は進んでくと思ってた

  ➔ using the adverb 自分勝手に to indicate 'selfishly' or 'self-centered'

  ➔ "自分勝手に" means 'selfishly' or 'self-centeredly', indicating acting according to one's own desires without regard to others.

• 呼び覚ましてゆくラブストーリー

  ➔ using the verb 呼び覚ます to mean 'to awaken' or 'to revive'

  ➔ "呼び覚ます" means 'to awaken' or 'to revive', creating a sense of bringing feelings or memories back to life.

• 夢見てた王子様じゃないけど

  ➔ using て form + たことで to connect actions or states

  ➔ "夢見てた王子様じゃないけど" uses the phrase "夢見てた" (dreamed of) to describe a past desire or ideal, contrasted with the current reality.

• さあ、始めよう

  ➔ imperative form of 始める (to start), used to encourage action

  ➔ "さあ、始めよう" is a call to action, meaning "Let's begin!" or "Now, let's start!"

• 運命は君と僕とで手作り

  ➔ using とで to indicate means or agency (by means of the two people)

  ➔ "とで" is used to indicate that the fate is handcrafted by 'you and me', emphasizing joint effort or agency.