クスシキ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic depths of Japanese with 'Kusushiki.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to encounter literary and evocative Japanese vocabulary, offering a special look at how language can transform abstract feelings into breathtaking melodies.

[English]

It's a total mystery

Are words truly powerful?

That person, who was being deceptive

Fell down from the heavens

Or so I had heard

But it seems that person

Was actually loved by everyone

The feelings I want to feel

Are therefore completely free

A wondrous paradise born from

Mysterious magic

"You are here"

Just that alone makes me realize

The pain of living again today

The difference between "I love you" and "I'm sorry"

Is just like the moon and the sun

Thinking "It's fine because I can see you again tomorrow"

A soul that learns nothing at all

Still finds itself thinking of you

Even in this lifetime

It's an act of devotion

Rather than "I want to do this"

I want to hear "I want you to do this"

My world is unexpectedly self-centered

I want to devour a love that has gone around one and a half times

Where is the medicine that works for me?

If you ask a fool

They'd say this world is paradise

I can't be honest

Someday, I'm sure

That girl who can be so sincere

Will leave me behind and take everything

The difference between "I love you" and "I like you so much"

Is just like the moon and its surface

The words I swallowed again begin to sprout

And if they stay inside my body forever

Before I know it, my love becomes complicated

Turning the page to the next chapter

I'll walk along, humming your song

The song of you, who has turned to stone

Let's smile and say we're not alone

A thick, heavy next book

I'll walk along, humming my song

The song of me, who has fallen ill

Walking through a lonely night

I love you

I'm sorry

Goodbye

It's just like a sun in the night

In the mysterious flow of time

A soul that found what is precious

Will find itself thinking of you again

In the next life, too

[Japanese]

摩訶不思議だ

言霊は誠か

偽ってる彼奴は

天に堕ちていった

って聞いたんだけども

彼奴はどうも

皆に愛されてたらしい

感じたい思いは

故に自由自在だ

奇しき術から転じた

まほろば

「あなたが居る」

それだけで今日も

生きる傷みを思い知らされる

愛してるとごめんねの差って

まるで月と太陽ね

また明日会えるからいいやって

何一つ学びやしない魂も

貴方をまた想う

今世も

奉仕だ

こうしたいとかより

こうして欲しいが聞きたい

思いの外 自分軸の世界

一周半廻った愛を喰らいたい

私に効く薬は何処だ

馬鹿に言わせりゃ

この世は極楽だ

正直になれない

私はいつか

素直になれるあの子にきっと

色々と遅れては奪われる

愛してると大好きの差って

まるで月と月面ね

また呑んだ言葉が芽を出して

身体の中にずっと残れば

気づけば拗れる恋模様

めくれば次の章

石になった貴方の歌を

口ずさんで歩こう

ひとりじゃないって笑おう

分厚めの次の本

病になった私の歌を

口ずさんで歩こう

ひとりの夜を歩こう

愛してるよ

ごめんね

じゃあね

まるで夜の太陽ね

クスシキ時間の流れで

大切を見つけた魂も

貴方をまた想う

来世も

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
摩訶不思議 makafushigi N1	adjective - very mysterious
言霊 kotodama N1	noun - the power of words
彼奴 kyatsu N1	noun - that guy
故に yue ni N2	adverb - therefore
自由自在 jiyuujizai N2	adjective - free and easy
奇しき kushiki N1	adjective - mysterious
まほろば mahoroba N1	noun - wonderful place
奉仕 houshi N2	noun - service
魂 tamashii N3	noun - soul
極楽 gokuraku N2	noun - paradise
素直 sunao N3	adjective - honest, gentle
拗れる kojieru N1	verb - to get complicated
口ずさむ kuchizusamu N2	verb - to hum
今世 konze N2	noun - this life
来世 raise N2	noun - next life

Key Grammar Structures

• 天に堕ちていったって聞いたんだけども

  ➔ ~ていた / ~んだけども (Hearsay / Softened contrast)

  ➔ The "~ていた" form indicates reported speech, and "~んだけども" is a colloquial way to introduce background information or contrast.

• 感じたい思いは故に自由自在だ

  ➔ ~故に (Therefore/Consequently)

  ➔ "故に" (yue ni) is a formal conjunction used to express a logical consequence or reason.

• 生きる傷みを思い知らされる

  ➔ ~させられる (Causative-passive: forced to feel/experience)

  ➔ The causative-passive form "させられる" expresses that the subject is forced to experience an action or feeling by an external influence.

• また明日会えるからいいやって

  ➔ ~から (Because) / ~って (Quotation marker)

  ➔ In colloquial speech, "から" indicates the reason, and "って" functions as an informal version of "と", indicating a thought or utterance.

• こうしたいとかよりこうして欲しいが聞きたい

  ➔ ~より (Rather than)

  ➔ "より" functions as a comparative particle indicating preference: "Rather than wanting to do this, I want to hear what you want me to do."

• 素直になれるあの子にきっと

  ➔ ~になれる (Potential form: Can become)

  ➔ "なれる" is the potential form of "なる" (to become), meaning "the child who can become honest".

• 石になった貴方の歌を口ずさんで歩こう

  ➔ ~て歩こう (Volitional form with auxiliary verb: Let's do while walking)

  ➔ The "~て歩こう" construction combines the te-form with "歩く" to indicate performing an action while walking, with a volitional tone.

• 気づけば拗れる恋模様

  ➔ ~ば (Conditional: If/When)

  ➔ The "~ば" form acts as a conditional, where "気づけば" implies "When I noticed it (the situation changed/progressed)".