Never Grow Up – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ちゃんみな
• Album: Never Grow Up

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and ちゃんみな's 'Never Grow Up' offers a beautiful opportunity to dive into Japanese. The song's mix of conversational lyrics and emotional expressions can help learners grasp natural phrasing and the nuances of expressing feelings. Its catchy melody and relatable story of love and nostalgia make the learning process engaging and memorable.

[English]

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Where do I start?

Our long, long story

It feels like it's coming to an end, doesn't it?

Thank you, I loved you.

I don't even know what love is, so we created love ourselves.

Don't ask me if this is okay, please.

Yeah, we're always high.

We were drawn to each other.

You played Peter, and I played Wendy.

Getting used to being close.

Getting used to not being there.

Hey, I love you, again and again.

And then we part again and again.

And we come back again and again.

The broken clock and compass that drove us crazy won't let us grow up.

We keep repeating that last kiss, ah.

We're still here, we never, never grow up.

We are never, never growing up, even though we both knew.

Our love started to distort, I saw it in your eyes.

Hey, what the hell is going on? Please understand. I’m not filled with such rough feelings.

Your 'goodbye' became such a heavy word, I couldn't hear it anymore.

I don't want to say things like this.

But you're the only one who truly understands.

Please don’t go, again and again.

Just disappear now, again and again.

I love you, again and again.

The broken clock and compass that drove us crazy won't let us grow up.

We repeat that last kiss again, ah.

We're still here, we never, never grow up.

It’s been a long time, we loved each other, but let’s end it now.

We are never growing up, letting go of the days that have passed. (It was a long time, wasn’t it?)

It's not that I’ve forgotten, or want to erase it. (Let’s just end it now)

From the start, I knew someday there would be nights so sad.

The real, real thing, different from usual.

Let’s say goodbye under the beautiful moon.

Never grow up...

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Never grow up...

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[Japanese]

何から話せばいい

長い長い our story

最後になりそうだね

ありがとう愛してた

何が愛か知らない だから二人で愛を作ったんだ

これでいいのかなんて 私に聞かないでよね

Yeah we are always high

惹かれあってた

あなたがピーターで 私がウェンディを演じた

そばにいる事にも慣れ

いない事にも慣れてた

ねぇ君が好きって again and again

また離れて again and again

また戻るの again and again

狂わせた時計と壊れたコンパスが 私たちを大人にさせない

繰り返してる最後のキス あぁ

まだここにいる we never never grow up

We are never never grow up 二人とも気付いてはいたけど

歪み始めていた love 君の目を見てわかっちゃった

ねぇなんなんだよわかってくれよ とか決してそんな荒い気持ちじゃない

君のさよならが重い言葉に 聞こえなくなったんだよ

こんな事言いたくない

けど君しか知らないからさ

行かないでって again and again

もう消えてって again and again

愛してるって again and again

狂わせた時計と壊れたコンパスが 私たちを大人にさせない

繰り返してる最後のキス あぁ

まだここにいる we never never grow up

長かったね愛してたよねもう終わりにしよう

We are never growing up 過ぎ去ってく日々たちを (長かったね愛してたよね)

忘れたわけじゃない 消したいわけじゃない (もう終わりにしよう)

いつかはこんなにも悲しい夜が 来ることなんか最初からわかってた

いつもとは違うほんとのほんとの

さよならをしよう月が綺麗だね

Never grow up...

Never grow up...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
話す(hanasu) /haˈna.sɯ/ A1	verb - to speak, to talk
長い(nagai) /ˈna.ɡa.i/ A1	adjective - long
愛(ai) /aɪ/ A2	noun - love
作る(tsukuru) /t͡sɯˈku.ɾɯ/ A1	verb - to make, to create
聞く(kiku) /ˈki.kɯ/ A1	verb - to hear, to listen, to ask
惹かれる(hikareru) /hi.ka.ɾe.ɾɯ/ B2	verb - to be attracted to
演じる(enjiru) /eɲ.d͡ʑi.ɾɯ/ B2	verb - to perform, to act (a part)
好き(suki) /sɯki/ A1	adjective - liked, favorite; love
離れる(hanareru) /ha.na.ɾe.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to separate, to leave
狂う(kuruu) /kɯˈɾɯː/ B2	verb - to go mad, to go out of order
壊れる(kowareru) /ko̞.wa.ɾe̞.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to be broken
大人(otona) /o̞.to̞.na/ A2	noun - adult
繰り返す(kurikaesu) /kɯɾʲikaesu/ B1	verb - to repeat
歪む(yugamu) /jɯ.ɡa.mɯ/ B2	verb - to be distorted, to be warped
重い(omoi) /o̞.mo̞.i/ A2	adjective - heavy
悲しい(kanashii) /ka̠na̠ɕiː/ A2	adjective - sad
綺麗(kirei) /kiɾeː/ A1	adjective - pretty, clean

Key Grammar Structures

• 私に聞かないでよね

  ➔ Imperative form with negative request

  ➔ Used to strongly ask someone not to do something.

• また離れて again and again

  ➔ Repetition of 'again and again' to emphasize ongoing action

  ➔ Expresses repeated actions or feelings occurring multiple times.

• 狂わせた時計と壊れたコンパスが

  ➔ Using a noun + participle to describe something that has caused a certain effect

  ➔ Indicates objects that have undergone a change or caused a certain effect.

• 気付いてはいたけど

  ➔ Past perfect continuous tense expressing realization that was ongoing or known

  ➔ Expresses that the speaker was aware of something over a period of time, but perhaps didn't act on it immediately.

• 末尾になりそうだね

  ➔ Expressing an event that is likely to happen in the near future

  ➔ Indicates that something appears to be heading towards a certain state or outcome.

• いつかはこんなにも悲しい夜が

  ➔ Using 'は' (wa) as topic marker to emphasize 'someday' and the night

  ➔ Marking the topic to emphasize the eventual occurrence of a sad night.