カタワレ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 佐藤千亜妃

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

君は僕の何ですか？

What are you to me?

もしかして もしかして

Maybe, just maybe

僕は君の何ですか？

What am I to you?

もしかして もしかして

Maybe, just maybe

赤い糸で絡まってゆく

Entangled by a red thread

2つで1つのカタワレ

Two become one, my other half

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自分勝手に運命は

I thought fate would move selfishly

進んでくと思ってた

I believed it would just go on

孤独なんて蹴散らして

I should have kicked loneliness away

生きてきたはずなのに

Yet here I am

片方の胸が痛んで

One side of my heart aches

何かが足りないと気付いた

I realized something was missing

さあ、始めよう

Now, let's begin

運命は君と僕とで手作り

Fate is handmade by you and me

ああ、ちぐはぐな感情が

Ah, mismatched emotions

呼び覚ましてゆくラブストーリー

Awaken a love story

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君は僕の何ですか？

What are you to me?

愛してもいいんですか

Is it okay to love you?

僕は君の何ですか？

What am I to you?

愛してくれますか

Will you love me back?

赤い糸は心の血管

The red thread is the blood vessel of the heart

互いに知らず知らず生かし合う

Unknowingly, we sustain each other

ああ、僕は君に出逢うために

Ah, I might have been born

生まれてきたのかもしれない

To meet you

ねえ、勘違いだとしてもいい

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

君は世界でたった1人だけのカタワレ

You are my one and only other half in the world

鏡の中で見つめ合う2人は

The two of us gazing at each other in the mirror

いびつで凸凹な心の形をしてる

Have a distorted and uneven shape of the heart

「ああ、夢見てた王子様じゃないけど

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

君が好きなの

But I like you

ねえ、へたくそなエスコートしてよ

Hey, give me a clumsy escort

エンドロールの続きも」

And let’s continue the end roll”

さあ、始めよう

Now, let's begin

運命は君と僕とで手作り

Fate is handmade by you and me

ああ、新しい感動で

Ah, with new emotions

生まれ変わってゆくラブストーリー

A love story is reborn

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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.