MEOW – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: STAYC
• Album: STAYC JAPAN 4th Single

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

STAYC girls

STAYC girls

It's going down

It's going down

誰にも媚びない

I won't flatter anyone

そんな気分じゃない

I'm just not in that mood

得意の知らんぷり

Playing it cool as usual

気まぐれ any time

Whimsical any time

立ち位置は holy day

My position is a holy day

写真はお断り

No photos, please

Please don't touch me

Please don't touch me

名前なんて呼んだって

No matter what name you call me

しっぽふらないから

I won't wag my tail

Tell me now

Tell me now

欲しいものだけ

Only what I want

ディスっても chill out

Even if you diss me, chill out

スキなんてない 私の為

I don't like anyone, just for me

思い通りになんていかないわ

Things won't go as I wish

選択肢なら give and give

If it's a choice, give and give

Meow, meow

Meow, meow

手に入れるためのテクニック

Techniques to get what I want

この手に

In my hands

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

構って 待って置いてかないで

Pay attention, don't leave me behind

勝手にどこに行ってたの

Where have you been all this time?

きっと寂しく思ってたでしょ？

You must have felt lonely, right?

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

構って 待って置いてかないで

Pay attention, don't leave me behind

爪立てても抱きあっても

Even if we scratch each other or hug

傷つけあう ジレンマの檻

A dilemma of hurting each other in a cage

睨み合っても 離れられない

Even if we glare at each other, we can't part

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

あれもこれもそれもめっ！

This and that, everything!

なんてなんでなんて

Why, why, why

書き込みしちゃえば

If I just write it down

It's all right

It's all right

ルールなんて過去の鎖

Rules are chains of the past

もっとつぶやいて

Whisper more

So さらけ出す時代

So it's an era of exposing ourselves

STAYC girls

STAYC girls

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

構って 待って置いてかないで

Pay attention, don't leave me behind

勝手にどこに行ってたの

Where have you been all this time?

ずっと寂しく待ってたでしょ？

You've been waiting lonely, right?

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

構って 待って置いてかないで

Pay attention, don't leave me behind

勝つために負けるんでしょ

You lose to win, right?

求めたって気分次第

No matter how much I seek, it's up to the mood

子猫のように 生きたいのよ

I want to live like a kitten

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

Kitty, kitty, kiss me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
気分 /kibun/ A2	noun - feeling, mood
名前 /namae/ A1	noun - name
欲しい /hoshii/ A2	adjective - wanted, desired
テクニック /tekunikku/ B1	noun - technique
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
待って /matte/ A1	verb - wait
爪 /tsume/ A2	noun - nail, claw
傷 /kizu/ B1	noun - wound, scar
檻 /ori/ B2	noun - cage
ルール /ruːru/ A2	noun - rule
時代 /jidai/ A2	noun - era, period
勝つ /katsu/ A2	verb - to win
負ける /makeru/ A2	verb - to lose
気分次第 /kibunshidai/ B2	noun - depending on one's mood
子猫 /koneko/ A2	noun - kitten

Key Grammar Structures

• It's going down

  ➔ Present continuous tense to describe an action happening now or in the near future.

  ➔ "It's going down" is an idiomatic expression meaning something is happening or about to happen intensely.

• 誰にも媚びない

  ➔ Negative form with 急にも (ni mo) coupled with ない (nai) to express 'not flattering anyone'.

  ➔ This phrase means 'not flattery or fawning towards anyone,' emphasizing independence or defiance.

• 思い通りになんていかないわ

  ➔ Negative form with ない (nai) to express that things do not go as one wishes.

  ➔ This phrase indicates disappointment or frustration that things are not going as expected.

• 書き込みしちゃえば

  ➔ Conditional form using ば (ba) to express 'if you write or post (something)'.

  ➔ This phrase suggests that writing or posting something will make things better or change perception.

• ルールなんて過去の鎖

  ➔ Noun phrase using なんて to dismiss or belittle the concept of rules, comparing them to 'chains of the past'.

  ➔ This phrase implies that rules are outdated or restrictive, likening them to chains from the past.

• 求めたって気分次第

  ➔ Conjunction using って (te) to mean 'even if you ask' or 'regardless of,' combined with 気分次第 to mean 'dependent on mood.'

  ➔ This phrase indicates that desires or requests are subject to one's mood, implying flexibility or unpredictability.

• 生きたいのよ

  ➔ Verb stem + たい to express desire to do something, with のよ ending to add emphasis or explanation.

  ➔ This phrase expresses a strong desire to live or continue life, with のよ emphasizing personal intent or emotion.