KOEWOKIKASETE – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

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Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

さっきまでの雨はもう上がって

The rain from earlier has already stopped

アスファルト漂う街の匂い

The scent of the city drifts over the asphalt

ねえそっちも もう晴れてるよね

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

西から回復するって

They say it will clear up from the west

朝は苦手な君だからねえ

Since mornings are tough for you

毎日ちゃんと起きられてるかい？

Are you managing to wake up properly every day?

そんなこと未だに心配してるよ

I still worry about that

広がる空はそう自由で

The vast sky is so free

何も変わってないけれど

Nothing has really changed, but

隣に今はただ... ただ君がいないだけ

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

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

素直になればきっと

If you can be honest, surely

分かりあえるはずさ

We can understand each other

ココロを開いて

Open your heart

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

歩いてきた道は僕たちにとってきっと

The path we've walked is surely

大切なSTEPさ その未来への

An important step for us, towards the future

君と初めて出逢ったのはそう

The first time I met you was around

ちょうど今くらいの季節だったね

This very season, wasn't it?

ライトアップした街並みが

The illuminated streets

きれいに輝いていた

Were shining beautifully

泣き虫な君はあれからよく

You, who used to cry easily, often

僕の肩におでこをのっけて

Rested your forehead on my shoulder

泣いてたね その温もりに

And cried, that warmth

無性に触れたくなる

Makes me want to touch you so badly

人は誰でもそれぞれに悩みを抱えて生きる

Everyone lives with their own troubles

壊れそうな心を必死に抱きしめて

Desperately holding onto a fragile heart

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

優しくなればもっと

If you can be gentle, then even more

愛し合えるはずさ

We can love each other

目をそらさないで

Don't look away

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

絡みつく不安も寂しさも越えて行こう

Let's overcome the entangling anxiety and loneliness

今のこの気持ちが絆になる

This feeling now will become our bond

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

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

In my heart all I got is pain

In my heart all I got is pain

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

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

Sunlight moonlight you lit my life realize in the night

While love shines bright

While love shines bright

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

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

This past without you, Can't forget you

This past without you, can't forget you

Letting me be the cloud hanging above me

Letting me be the cloud hanging above me

Raining on me missing you touch

Raining on me missing your touch

Nights get long and it's hard to clutch

Nights get long and it's hard to clutch

We're apart breaks my heart

We're apart breaks my heart

Its all for the best girl you're my world

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

In time my love unfurls

In time my love unfurls

He will then wait for you girl

He will then wait for you girl

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

素直になればきっと

If you can be honest, surely

分かりあえるはずさ

We can understand each other

ココロを開いて

Open your heart

声をきかせて

Let me hear your voice

歩いてきた道は僕たちにとってきっと

The path we've walked is surely

大切なSTEPさ その未来への

An important step for us, towards the future

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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.