New Beginning – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 伊藤千晃

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

これ以上どこまで　痛みを感じたら

How much more pain must I feel

出口は見つかるの　Uh…

To find the exit? Uh…

ここから抜け出せる　術を知らないなら

If I don't know how to escape from here

もう一度信じて　Uh…

I'll believe once more, Uh…

微かな光を探し出して　わずかな奇跡はそこにあって

Searching for a faint light, a slight miracle is there

暗闇の中でしか気付けなかった

I could only notice it in the darkness

There’s nothing that can hold me back

There’s nothing that can hold me back

Hello my new beginning, beginning

Hello my new beginning, beginning

I have nothing left to lose だから　いつもここに

I have nothing left to lose, so I'm always here

この手で開くべき ドアがあることだけを信じていこう

Believing that there's a door I should open with this hand

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
痛み /いたみ/ B1	noun - pain
出口 /でぐち/ B1	noun - exit
信じる /しんじる/ B1	verb - to believe
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
奇跡 /きせき/ B2	noun - miracle
暗闇 /くらやみ/ B2	noun - darkness
始まり /はじまり/ A2	noun - beginning
手 /て/ A1	noun - hand
ドア /どあ/ A1	noun - door
失う /うしなう/ B1	verb - to lose
ここ /ここ/ A1	noun - here
ある /ある/ A1	verb - to exist
見つかる /みつかる/ B1	verb - to be found
抜け出す /ぬけだす/ B2	verb - to escape
気付く /きづく/ B1	verb - to notice
何も /なにも/ A2	pronoun - nothing

Key Grammar Structures

• これ以上どこまで　痛みを感じたら

  ➔ Conditional form (if... then...)

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional form with "痛みを感じたら" meaning "if (I) feel pain..."

• 出口は見つかるの　Uh…

  ➔ Passive voice

  ➔ The phrase "出口は見つかる" means "the exit can be found" indicating a passive construction.

• ここから抜け出せる　術を知らないなら

  ➔ Negative conditional

  ➔ The phrase "術を知らないなら" means "if (you) do not know the way..." indicating a negative condition.

• 微かな光を探し出して

  ➔ Gerund form

  ➔ The phrase "探し出して" is in gerund form, meaning "searching for..."

• 暗闇の中でしか気付けなかった

  ➔ Negative potential form

  ➔ The phrase "気付けなかった" means "could not notice..." indicating a negative potential.

• There’s nothing that can hold me back

  ➔ Negative construction

  ➔ The phrase "There’s nothing that can hold me back" indicates a negative construction emphasizing absence.

• この手で開くべきドアがあることだけを信じていこう

  ➔ Expressing obligation

  ➔ The phrase "開くべきドア" means "the door that should be opened" indicating obligation.