名前を呼ぶよ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ラックライフ

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

僕が僕でいられる

I can be myself

理由を探していた

I was searching for the reason

あなたの胸の中で

Inside your heart

生きている僕がいるのならば

If there's a me alive

暗闇も長い坂道も

Through darkness and long hills

越えて行けるような

I believe I can overcome them

僕になれるはず

I should be able to become that person

それぞれに今を歩いてる僕らが笑えるように

So that each of us walking our own paths can smile

生きている意味を確かめ合いながら進めるように

To find the meaning of living and move forward together

名前を呼ぶよ

I'll call your name

あなたの名前を

Your name

あなたがあなたでいれるように

So that you can stay true to yourself

悲しみに暮れてあなたの涙がこぼれる時

When sorrow darkens your days and tears flow

寂しさに溢れて心がしぼんでく時

When loneliness overflows and your heart shrinks

名前を呼ぶよ

I'll call your name

あなたの名前を

Your name

僕の名前を呼んでくれたみたいに

Seems like you called my name too

深く息を吸い込む

Taking a deep breath in

飲み込んで空に放つ

Swallow it and breathe out to the sky

誰もが幸せになれる

So everyone can be happy

信じてもいいかな

Is it okay to believe in that?

僕にだって

Even for me

眩しいくらいの未来がこの先に待っていても

Even if a dazzling future awaits me

僕一人きりで迎えてもなんの意味もないの

It’s meaningless if I face it all alone

名前を叫ぶよ

I'll shout your name

僕の名前を

My name

今でもここにいるよ

I'm still here

聞こえてるかな

Can you hear me?

『いなくてもいいか』

I wonder if you can hear me

一人呟いて空を見上げてた

Whispering to myself, looking up at the sky

風に紛れて

Blended into the wind

どこからか聞こえた

I heard from somewhere

僕の名前僕が僕で

My name, the one that makes me who I am

いれるように貰ったモノ

The gift I received to be myself

それぞれに今を歩いてる僕らが笑えるように

So that each one of us walking our own paths can smile

生きている意味を確かめ合いながら進めるように

To find the meaning of living and move forward together

名前を呼ぶよ

I'll call your name

あなたの名前を

Your name

あなたがあなたでいれるように

So that you can stay true to yourself

悲しみに暮れてあなたの涙がこぼれる時

When sorrow darkens your days and tears flow

寂しさに溢れて心がしぼんでく時

When loneliness overflows and your heart shrinks

名前を呼ぶよ

I'll call your name

あなたの名前を

Your name

僕の名前を呼んでくれたみたいに

It’s like you called my name too

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
理由 /りゆう/ B1	noun - reason
胸 /むね/ B1	noun - chest
生きる /いきる/ A2	verb - to live
暗闇 /くらやみ/ B2	noun - darkness
坂道 /さかみち/ B1	noun - slope
笑える /わらえる/ B1	verb - to be able to laugh
悲しみ /かなしみ/ B2	noun - sadness
涙 /なみだ/ A2	noun - tear
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart/mind
未来 /みらい/ B1	noun - future
迎える /むかえる/ B1	verb - to welcome
叫ぶ /さけぶ/ B1	verb - to shout
空 /そら/ A1	noun - sky
風 /かぜ/ A2	noun - wind
聞こえる /きこえる/ A2	verb - to be heard
一人 /ひとり/ A1	noun - one person

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたの胸の中で

  ➔ The possessive particle "の" indicates possession or relation, connecting "あなた" (you) and "胸" (chest).

  ➔ The phrase shows possession or relation, meaning "inside your chest".

• 生きている僕がいるのならば

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional "のならば" to express "if that is the case" or "if so," combined with the ongoing "生きている" (living).

  ➔ This structure expresses a conditional scenario: "if I am alive".

• 僕が僕でいられる理由

  ➔ The phrase uses "でいられる" (potential form of "いる" in the continuative context) to express "being able to remain" as "the reason for being myself."

  ➔ This grammar indicates the ability or possibility to remain as oneself, emphasizing identity and inner strength.

• 笑えるように

  ➔ The phrase uses the potential form "笑える" (can laugh) combined with "ように" to express "so that we can laugh" or "in order to laugh."

  ➔ This grammar expresses purpose or goal, indicating the desire or hope that something becomes possible.

• 名前を呼ぶよ

  ➔ The verb "呼ぶ" is in the plain present/future tense, indicating a regular or habitual action "call or shout out" someone's name.

  ➔ This grammatical form is used for habitual or future actions, indicating the act of calling someone's name.

• 寂しさに溢れて心がしぼんでく時

  ➔ The phrase uses "に" to indicate the target of the emotion (寂しさに溢れて - overflowing with loneliness) and the verb "しぼんでく" in the te-form combined with "時" (time) to describe "when the heart shrinks."

  ➔ The grammar uses "に" to mark the target of feelings and "時" to specify the timing of the emotional change.

• 僕の名前を呼んでくれたみたいに

  ➔ The expression uses "みたいに" to compare the act of calling one's name to something similar, meaning "as if you called my name."

  ➔ The grammar employs "みたいに" to make a comparison, indicating that the action is similar to another.