KOEWOKIKASETE – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: BIGBANG

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the nuances of Japanese through BIGBANG's heartfelt song, 'KOEWOKIKASETE.' Delve into themes of lost love and the importance of communication, all while experiencing the melodic blend of J-Pop and R&B that defines this track .

[English]

The rain from earlier has already stopped

The scent of the city drifts over the asphalt

Hey, it's sunny over there too, right?

They say it will clear up from the west

Since mornings are tough for you

Are you managing to wake up properly every day?

I still worry about that

The vast sky is so free

Nothing has really changed, but

Right now, it's just... you're not here

Let me hear your voice

If you can be honest, surely

We can understand each other

Open your heart

Let me hear your voice

The path we've walked is surely

An important step for us, towards the future

The first time I met you was around

This very season, wasn't it?

The illuminated streets

Were shining beautifully

You, who used to cry easily, often

Rested your forehead on my shoulder

And cried, that warmth

Makes me want to touch you so badly

Everyone lives with their own troubles

Desperately holding onto a fragile heart

Let me hear your voice

If you can be gentle, then even more

We can love each other

Don't look away

Let me hear your voice

Let's overcome the entangling anxiety and loneliness

This feeling now will become our bond

Yeah, since you went away hasn't been the same

In my heart all I got is pain

Could it be that I played a game to lose you, I can't maintain

Sunlight moonlight you lit my life realize in the night

While love shines bright

Can't let you go we're meant forever baby let me know

This past without you, can't forget you

Letting me be the cloud hanging above me

Raining on me missing your touch

Nights get long and it's hard to clutch

We're apart breaks my heart

It's all for the best girl you're my world

In time my love unfurls

He will then wait for you girl

Let me hear your voice

If you can be honest, surely

We can understand each other

Open your heart

Let me hear your voice

The path we've walked is surely

An important step for us, towards the future

...

[Japanese]

さっきまでの雨はもう上がって

アスファルト漂う街の匂い

ねえそっちも もう晴れてるよね

西から回復するって

朝は苦手な君だからねえ

毎日ちゃんと起きられてるかい？

そんなこと未だに心配してるよ

広がる空はそう自由で

何も変わってないけれど

隣に今はただ... ただ君がいないだけ

声をきかせて

素直になればきっと

分かりあえるはずさ

ココロを開いて

声をきかせて

歩いてきた道は僕たちにとってきっと

大切なSTEPさ その未来への

君と初めて出逢ったのはそう

ちょうど今くらいの季節だったね

ライトアップした街並みが

きれいに輝いていた

泣き虫な君はあれからよく

僕の肩におでこをのっけて

泣いてたね その温もりに

無性に触れたくなる

人は誰でもそれぞれに悩みを抱えて生きる

壊れそうな心を必死に抱きしめて

声をきかせて

優しくなればもっと

愛し合えるはずさ

目をそらさないで

声をきかせて

絡みつく不安も寂しさも越えて行こう

今のこの気持ちが絆になる

Yeah, Since you went away hasn't been the same

In my heart all I got is pain

Could it be that I played a game to lose you, I can't maintain

Sunlight moonlight you lit my life realize in the night

While love shines bright

Can't let you go we're meant forever baby let me know

This past without you, Can't forget you

Letting me be the cloud hanging above me

Raining on me missing you touch

Nights get long and it's hard to clutch

We're apart breaks my heart

Its all for the best girl you're my world

In time my love unfurls

He will then wait for you girl

声をきかせて

素直になればきっと

分かりあえるはずさ

ココロを開いて

声をきかせて

歩いてきた道は僕たちにとってきっと

大切なSTEPさ その未来への

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
雨 /ame/ A1	noun - rain
街 /machi/ A2	noun - street
匂い /nioi/ A2	noun - smell
晴れる /hareru/ A2	verb - to clear up or become sunny
回復 /kaifuku/ B1	noun - recovery, improvement
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
声 /koe/ A1	noun - voice
気持ち /kimochi/ A2	noun - feelings, emotions
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
夢 /yume/ B1	noun - dream
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
大切 /taisetsu/ B2	adjective - important, precious
歩く /aruku/ A2	verb - to walk

Key Grammar Structures

• もう上がって

  ➔ Verb in the te-form + いる (iru) to indicate an ongoing action or state.

  ➔ The phrase "もう上がって" uses the te-form + いる to indicate that the rain has already stopped (the action of 'rising' or 'stopping' is completed and relevant to the present).

• ねえそっちも もう晴れてるよね

  ➔ Using もう (mou) + present tense verb to indicate that something has already happened.

  ➔ The phrase "もう晴れてる" uses もう + ている form implicitly to express that it is already clear or sunny.

• 声をきかせて

  ➔ Verb in the causative or imperative form combined with を (wo) to request or ask someone to do something.

  ➔ The phrase "声をきかせて" uses the causative form to request someone to listen or speak up.

• 分かりあえるはずさ

  ➔ Potential form of verb + はず to express expectation or assumption about the ability to do something.

  ➔ The phrase "分かりあえるはずさ" uses the potential form of "分かりあえる" (to understand each other) plus はず to indicate that we are expected to be able to understand each other.

• 歩いてきた道は僕たちにとってきっと

  ➔ The phrase "はにとって" indicates the perspective or relation of something to someone.

  ➔ In "歩いてきた道は僕たちにとって", the phrase "にとって" marks the perspective from which the "path we walked" is meaningful or relevant.

• おでこをのっけて

  ➔ Verb in the te-form + もらう (morau) or expressing an action involving physical contact or support.

  ➔ The phrase "おでこをのっけて" uses the te-form of "のっける" (to put or rest one's forehead) to describe an action of resting one's forehead on someone else's.