LOVE TRIP – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: AKB48

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

僕らの知ってる街は

The town we know has

どこへ行ってしまったのだろう？

Where has it gone?

空き地も丘も消えてた

The vacant lots and hills have disappeared

見たことない景色が広がる

A scenery I've never seen spreads out

記憶を修正しながら

While correcting my memories

いつしか大人になってしまった

Before I knew it, I became an adult

過去か未来か？

Is it the past or the future?

I wanna go

I wanna go

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

時間(とき)の彼方へ

To the other side of time

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

帰ろう

Let's go back

胸の奥にしまっていたあの頃

To those days I kept deep in my heart

I was there

I was there

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

君はどこにいる？

Where are you?

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

会いたい

I want to see you

ずっと言い忘れたことがあるんだ

There’s something I’ve always forgotten to say

恋はいつしか上書きされて行くもの

Love is something that gets overwritten over time

だけど最初の切なさ覚えてる

But I remember the first bittersweet feeling

君と出会った

When I met you

夏の空の下

Under the summer sky

...

...

卒業写真の中で

In the graduation photo

君はずっとやさしく微笑む

You always smile gently

心が折れる度に

Every time my heart breaks

夢の続き 何度も眺めた

I gazed at the continuation of my dreams many times

あの時 僕らは期待して

Back then, we were hopeful

どういう未来を想像してたか？

What kind of future did we imagine?

思い出せない

I can't remember

I wanna do

I wanna do

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

君を探しに...

To search for you...

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

もう一度

Once more

理想だけを語り合った青春

In our youth, we only talked about ideals

You were there

You were there

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

君は何してる？

What are you doing?

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

会いたい

I want to see you

ずっと言えなかったことがあるんだ

There’s something I’ve never been able to say

僕は今日まで後悔し続けている

I’ve been regretting until today

自分の気持ちを隠していたことを...

That I hid my feelings...

好きと言えなきゃ

If I can't say I like you

夏は終わらない

Summer won't end

...

...

君に会えたら何を言えるのだろう？

What can I say if I see you?

あの日と同じ 校舎の片隅で

In the same corner of the school as that day

大人になった僕はようやく

The adult me has finally

正直になれるのだろうか？

Become able to be honest?

I wanna go

I wanna go

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

時間(とき)の彼方へ

To the other side of time

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

帰ろう

Let's go back

胸の奥にしまっていたあの頃

To those days I kept deep in my heart

I was there

I was there

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

君はどこにいる？

Where are you?

LOVE TRIP

LOVE TRIP

会いたい

I want to see you

ずっと言い忘れたことがあるんだ

There’s something I’ve always forgotten to say

恋は消えずに 心が蓋をするもの

Love doesn't disappear; the heart just covers it up

だから時々 開いてみたくなる

So sometimes, I want to open it up

君を想った

I thought of you

夏の青い空

Under the blue summer sky

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
街 /machi/ A2	noun - town, city
景色 /keseki/ B1	noun - scenery, landscape
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory
大人 /otona/ A2	noun - adult
未来 /mirai/ B1	noun - future
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
青春 /seishun/ B2	noun - youth
気持ち /kimochi/ B1	noun - feeling, emotion
会う /au/ A1	verb - to meet
探す /sagasu/ B1	verb - to search, to look for
言う /iu/ A1	verb - to say, to tell
切なさ /setsunasa/ B2	noun - bittersweet feeling, sadness
思い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - memory, recollection
帰る /kaeru/ A2	verb - to return, to go back
消える /kieru/ B1	verb - to disappear

Key Grammar Structures

• 君と出会った夏の空の下

  ➔ The use of the past tense in the verb "出会った" to indicate a specific past event.

  ➔ The verb "出会った" (deatta) is the past tense of "出会う" (deau), meaning "to meet". Its use here indicates a specific meeting that happened in the past.

• 怖くて一人ぼっちだった

  ➔ The use of the conjunction "て" to connect cause and effect in "怖くて".

  ➔ The "て" form connects "怖い" (scared) with "一人ぼっちだった" (was alone) to show cause and effect.

• 恋はいつしか上書きされて行くもの

  ➔ Use of "て行く" to indicate an ongoing or progressive action or change over time.

  ➔ "て行く" (te iku) combines the verb with "行く" (iku, to go) to mean "to go on to do something" or "to continue" over time.

• 心が折れる度に

  ➔ The use of "度に" to indicate the frequency or timing of an action happening repeatedly.

  ➔ "度に" (tani) indicates that the action occurs each time the specified event happens; in this case, each time "heart breaks".

• 好きと言えなきゃ 夏は終わらない

  ➔ The conditional "と言えなきゃ" (if I can't say) using the negative potential form to express necessity or obligation.

  ➔ The form "と言えなきゃ" is a colloquial contraction of "と言えなければ", meaning "if I cannot say". It expresses that without being able to say "I love you", summer won't end.