明日への手紙 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 手嶌葵

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

元気でいますか

Are you doing well?

大事な人はできましたか

Have you found someone important?

いつか夢は叶いますか

Will your dreams come true someday?

この道の先で

Ahead on this road

覚えていますか

Do you remember?

揺れる麦の穂 あの夕映え

The swaying wheat ears, that evening glow

地平線 続く空を探し続けていた

The endless horizon, searching the sky

明日を描こうともがきながら

While struggling to draw tomorrow

今 夢の中へ

Now, into the dream

形ないものの輝きを

The brilliance of intangible things

そっと そっと抱きしめて

Gently, gently holding them close

進むの

We keep moving forward

笑っていますか

Are you smiling?

あの日のように無邪気な目で

With innocent eyes like that day

寒い夜も雨の朝も

Through cold nights and rainy mornings

きっとあったでしょ

Surely, there were

ふるさとの街は

My hometown

帰る場所ならここにあると

If a place to return to exists, it's here

いつだって変わらずに

Always unchanged

あなたを待っている

Waiting for you

明日を描くことを止めないで

Don't stop dreaming of tomorrow

今 夢の中へ

Now, into the dream

大切な人のぬくもりを

The warmth of someone precious

ずっと ずっと 忘れずに

Never, ever forgetting

進むの

We keep moving forward

人は迷いながら揺れながら

People stumble and sway as they walk

歩いてゆく

Continuing onward

二度とない時の輝きを

Wanting to see the fleeting brilliance of time that will never come again

見つめていたい

Hold it close in your heart

明日を描こうともがきながら

While struggling to draw tomorrow

今 夢の中で

Now, in the dream

形ないものの輝きを

The brilliance of intangible things

そっと そっと 抱きしめて

Gently, gently holding them close

進むの

We keep moving forward

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
元気 /ɡenki/ A2	noun - health, vitality
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
道 /michi/ A2	noun - road, path
空 /sora/ A2	noun - sky
進む /susumu/ B1	verb - to advance, to proceed
描く /kaku/ B1	verb - to draw, to depict
大切 /taisetsu/ B1	adjective - important, precious
抱きしめる /dakishimeru/ B2	verb - to hug, to embrace
無邪気 /mujaki/ B2	adjective - innocent, naive
街 /machi/ A2	noun - town, street
帰る /kaeru/ A2	verb - to return, to go back
寒い /samui/ A1	adjective - cold
雨 /ame/ A1	noun - rain
時 /toki/ A2	noun - time
迷う /mayou/ B1	verb - to hesitate, to be lost
輝き /kagayaki/ B2	noun - shine, radiance

Key Grammar Structures

• 大事な人はできましたか

  ➔ Use of the particle 'は' to indicate the topic of the sentence.

  ➔ "は" marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing "大事な人" (important person).

• 夢は叶いますか

  ➔ Use of the verb in potential form to ask about the possibility.

  ➔ "叶います" (can be fulfilled) is in potential form, indicating ability or possibility.

• あの日のように無邪気な目で

  ➔ Use of the noun "ように" to make a comparison or similarity.

  ➔ "ように" means "like" or "as", expressing similarity to a past state.

• 進むの

  ➔ Use of の to nominalize a verb, turning it into a noun phrase.

  ➔ "の" turns verbs into a noun phrase, here indicating the action of moving forward.

• 形ないものの輝きを

  ➔ Use of the possessive の to connect "もの" (things) and "輝き" (brightness) indicating possession or characteristic.

  ➔ "の" connects "もの" and "輝き" to describe the brightness of intangible things.

• 歩いてゆく

  ➔ Use of the verb in te-form combined with 行く (ゆく) to express movement proceeding forward.

  ➔ The combination of the te-form of a verb with "ゆく" indicates continuous or onward movement.