おかえり – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Tani Yuuki

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Long time no see

I'm Tani Yuuki, a singer-songwriter

Nice to meet you

You're under the same sky right now

Weaving memories in a faraway place

Holding back these overwhelming feelings, waiting for you

Until you come back here with a smile on your face

You're different from anyone else I've ever met

If you're the sun and I'm the moon

I can't shine without that light

In return, I'll give you peace, healing, and quiet

Hey, why? Ah, to that extent

Even though I have nothing to offer in return, the meaning of you loving me

I always want to be by your side

So I can live up to the love you've shown me all this time

You're under the same sky right now

Weaving memories in a faraway place

Holding back these overwhelming feelings, waiting for you

Until you come back here with a smile on your face

Up until now, never crossing paths

You showed me a whole new world

Forever, or as far as we can go

Until the moment I close my eyes, our red thread

Hey, wait. Don't go yet

The meaning of how painful it gets when I think of you

I won't ever look away

So no matter where we are, we can always find each other

You're under the same sky right now

Weaving memories in a faraway place

Holding back these overwhelming feelings, waiting for you

Until you come back here with a smile on your face

On the day I was born, my life felt half incomplete

I cried out, aching for something missing

Even without memories, I sensed it

That at the end of the thread I reached for, the answer awaits

And now, under the same sky

I'm shouting memories from this faraway place

These uncontrollable feelings, I'm singing them out

Until you come back here with a smile on your face

That moment when we can laugh together again

I'll be waiting right here for it

[Japanese]

お久しぶりです

シンガーソングライターのTani Yuukiです

よろしくお願いします

あなたは今同じ空の下

遠く離れた場所で思い出を紡ぐ

抑えきれぬ想い抱き待ってるから

あなたがここへ笑顔で帰るまで

今までの他の誰とも違う

あなたは太陽、僕が月だとするなら

その光無しじゃ輝けやしない

代わりに安らぎと癒しと静寂を

ねぇ、なんで？あぁ、そこまで

返せるものもないのに、愛してくれる意味を

いつだって僕がそばに居たくて

今までくれた愛に応えられるように

あなたは今同じ空の下

遠く離れた場所で思い出を紡ぐ

抑えきれぬ想い抱き待ってるから

あなたがここへ笑顔で帰るまで

今までは交わることのない

新しい世界を僕に見せてくれたあなたと

いつまでも、いっそどこまでも

目を閉じるその時まで赤い糸を

ねぇ、まって。まだ行かないで

あなたを想うほどに苦しくなる意味を

いつだって目を逸らさないで

どこへ行ってもお互いを見つけられるように

あなたは今同じ空の下

遠く離れた場所で思い出を紡ぐ

抑えきれぬ想い抱き待ってるから

あなたがここへ笑顔で帰るまで

生まれ落ちた日、半分だけ欠けた命

泣き喚いたんだ、満たされぬ何かに

記憶などなくともわかってたんだ

手繰り寄せた糸の先に答えを

私は今同じ空の下

遠く離れた場所で思い出を叫ぶ

抑えきれぬ想い歌いまってるから

あなたがここへ笑顔で帰るまで

また2人で笑えるその瞬間を

ここで待っているから

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sora /soɾa/ B1	noun - the sky
basho /baɕo/ A2	noun - a place
omoide /omoide/ B2	noun - memories
omoi /omoĩ/ B2	noun - feelings
egao /eɡao/ A2	noun - a smile
taiyou /taïjoː/ A1	noun - the sun
tsuki /tsɯki/ A1	noun - the moon
hikari /çikaɾi/ A1	noun - light
yasuragi /jasɯɾaɡi/ B2	noun - peace or rest
iyashi /i̯ajaɕi/ B2	noun - healing
seijaku /seːdʑakɯ/ B2	noun - silence
ai /aï/ A1	noun - love
ito /íto/ B2	noun - thread
inochi /ino̞tɕi/ A1	noun - a life
kagayaku /kaɡaja̠kɯ/ B2	verb - to shine
idaku /ida̠kɯ/ A2	verb - to hold or embrace
matsu /ma̠tsɯ/ A1	verb - to wait
kaeru /kae̞ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to return

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたがここへ笑顔で帰るまで

  ➔ Until + verb phrase

  ➔ '帰るまで' means 'until you return'. It uses the time expression with the verb in plain form followed by まで to indicate the duration until the action occurs.

• 遠く離れた場所で思い出を紡ぐ

  ➔ In + place +, verb

  ➔ '場所で' indicates the location where the action takes place, followed by a verb describing the action.

• 抑えきれぬ想い抱き待ってるから

  ➔ Because + clause

  ➔ 'から' means 'because' or 'since', giving a reason for the preceding statement.

• あなたは太陽、僕が月だとするなら

  ➔ If + clause

  ➔ The phrase 'とするなら' expresses a hypothetical or conditional statement, similar to 'if' in English.

• 生まれ落ちた日、半分だけ欠けた命

  ➔ Noun + the day of + noun

  ➔ '日' (day) combined with '生まれ落ちた' (born) indicates the specific day of birth.

• また2人で笑えるその瞬間を

  ➔ Object + を + verb

  ➔ 'を' marks the direct object of a verb, indicating what the action is directed at.