名前は片想い – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: indigo la End
• Album: 夜行秘密

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

一目惚れだったよ

It was love at first sight.

だから怖かったな

That's why I was so scared.

始まりに恋して途中を飛ばしたの

I fell in love at the start and skipped the middle part.

あなたと私混ざれないのかな

I wonder if you and I can never really blend together.

偶然色が同じなだけ

We just happen to have the same color by chance.

たったそれだけでバツが悪いの

Just that alone makes me feel awkward.

知っちゃった

I found out.

曖昧な関係の名前は片想い

The ambiguous relationship we're in is just unrequited love.

賢くなった私って誰

Who am I that’s become smarter?

そうやって縛った

That's how I put restrictions on myself.

いつも通りのこと

The usual things.

私らしく生きるより

Instead of living true to myself,

あなたらしく生きて欲しいから

I want you to live your life true to you.

バイバイ

Goodbye.

いつも悲しいけど

It’s always sad, but

明るく歌ったよ

I sang brightly anyway.

わかって欲しいけど

I want you to understand,

わかって欲しくもない

But I don't even want you to understand.

どんな溜め息も見逃さないと

Because I won't miss even the slightest sigh,

社会の空気が言い出した

the social air started to say.

正しさの矛

The knife of righteousness.

たまに痛いよ

Sometimes it hurts.

問題ない関係で悩んだりしないから

I don’t worry about relationships that are just fine.

賢くなったつもりにならないで

Don’t pretend to be smarter than you are.

そうやって縛ってしまって片想い

That's how I put restrictions on myself and fall in unrequited love.

生きていくためのリアル

Living in the real world.

あなたはあなたらしく生きたの？今日も

Did you live today as yourself?

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曖昧な関係の名前は片想い

The ambiguous relationship we have is just unrequited love.

賢くなった私って誰

Who am I, the one who’s become smarter?

そうやって縛った

That’s how I put restrictions on myself.

いつも通りのこと

The usual things.

私らしく生きるより

Instead of living true to myself,

あなたらしく生きて欲しいとか

I want you to live your life true to yourself.

強がってしまったの

Or did I just act strong?

本当は崩れ落ちそうで

Honestly, I feel like I’m about to fall apart.

飛んでった理性を取り戻したいのに

I want to regain my fallen rationality,

身体はやけに正直

but my body is strangely honest.

私らしく片想いに乗せて歌った

I sang unrequited love with a true self.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
恋 /こい/ A2	noun - love
関係 /かんけい/ B1	noun - relationship
名前 /なまえ/ A1	noun - name
痛い /いたい/ B1	adjective - painful
生きる /いきる/ B1	verb - to live
歌う /うたう/ A2	verb - to sing
明るい /あかるい/ B1	adjective - bright
強がる /つよがる/ B2	verb - to pretend to be strong
社会 /しゃかい/ B2	noun - society
問題 /もんだい/ B1	noun - problem
正直 /しょうじき/ B2	adjective - honest
飛ぶ /とぶ/ A2	verb - to fly
偶然 /ぐうぜん/ B2	noun - coincidence
悪い /わるい/ A2	adjective - bad
悩む /なやむ/ B1	verb - to worry
崩れる /くずれる/ B2	verb - to collapse

Key Grammar Structures

• 一目惚れだったよ

  ➔ Past tense using 'だった' for descriptive verbs

  ➔ 'だった' is the past tense form of 'だ', used to describe a state or condition in the past.

• あなたと私混ざれないのかな

  ➔ Potential form of verb using '混ざれない' indicating inability

  ➔ '混ざれない' is the potential form of '混ざる' (to mix), expressing inability to do so.

• 私らしく生きるより

  ➔ Using 'より' to compare actions, meaning 'rather than' or 'more than'

  ➔ 'より' indicates comparison, expressing preference for one action over another.

• 本当は崩れ落ちそうで

  ➔ Using 'そうで' to indicate an appearance or likelihood of 'about to' or 'seems like'

  ➔ 'そうで' is a construction used to suggest that something appears to be about to happen or seems like that.

• 身体はやけに正直

  ➔ Use of 'やけに' to mean 'excessively' or 'remarkably'

  ➔ 'やけに' is an adverb used to emphasize that something is to an unusual or excessive degree.

• 私らしく生きるより

  ➔ Similar to previous 'より', comparing living in one's own way to another option

  ➔ 'より' is used here to compare the act of living in one's own way versus another mode of living.