Ordinary Girls – English Lyrics

• By: Happiness
• Album: GIRLZ N' EFFECT

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the energetic world of J-pop with "Ordinary Girls" by Happiness! This song is a great way to learn Japanese through music, with its catchy chorus and mix of sung and rapped verses. It's special because it expresses a modern and empowering, yet romantic, side of girlhood, a theme that resonates globally.

[English]

まずはpush upsこなす my girls

振りもbrush up して my girls

受身なんかじゃいられない Oh

ナンデモできる気分 so right

おまじないナンバーセヴン alright？

強力な味方はそう my girls oh

気まぐれなほどアガるの baby

止められないheartbeats (Baby baby, okay？)

Supersonic girl知らないでいてね ma boy

ドキドキしたいなら

We can be, we can be, Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

彼の前では Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Boysは立てて Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Oh we can be, Ordinary girls！

OH GOD！ Can I be your baby girl？

簡単じゃないほどアガるの baby

止められないheartbeats (Baby baby, okay？)

Supersonic girl知らないでいてね ma boy

ドキドキしたいなら

We can be, we can be, Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

彼の前では Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Boysは立てて Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Oh we can be, Ordinary girls！

OH GOD！ Can I be your baby girl？

まじヤバイ！？ なにもかもが perfect

カレのせい！？ いつもよりもhot (Hoot！！)

Okay okay, this is kind of crazy

ありのままを見て love me right

We can be, we can be, Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

彼の前では Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Boysは立てて Ordinary girls (GIRLS！)

Oh we can be, Ordinary girls！

OH GOD！ Can I be your baby girl？

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
push /pʊʃ/ A2	verb - to exert force to move something away
brush /brʌʃ/ A2	verb - to clean or arrange with a brush
受身 /ukemi/ B1	noun - passive voice or being affected by something
ナンデモ /nandemo/ B2	adverb - anything or whatever
できる /dekiru/ A2	verb - to be able to do
right /raɪt/ A2	adjective - correct; fitting
ナンバー /nanbā/ A2	noun - number
味方 /mikata/ A2	noun - ally; supporter
気まぐれ /kigemugure/ B1	adjective - fickle; capricious
止められない /tomenarenai/ B2	expression - cannot be stopped
heartbeats /ˈhɑːt.biːts/ B1	noun - the pulsing of the heart; heartbeat
doki doki /doki_doki/ B2	onomatopoeia - sound of a pounding heart; fluttering
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
ordinary /ˈɔːrdɪnəri/ B1	adjective - normal; standard; usual

Key Grammar Structures

• Can I be your baby girl?

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'can' to ask for permission or possibility.

  ➔ The phrase is a question formed with the modal verb 'can', indicating possibility or permission.

• We can be, we can be, Ordinary girls

  ➔ Use of 'can be' to express ability or possibility of being something.

  ➔ The phrase shows the potential or ability to be something, emphasizing possibility.

• 止められないheartbeats (Baby baby, okay？)

  ➔ Use of a negative potential form 'cannot be stopped' implied by '止められない' (cannot stop).

  ➔ The phrase expresses an unstoppable feeling or action, highlighting intensity.

• 受身なんかじゃいられない Oh

  ➔ Use of passive form 'じゃいられない' to express inability to remain passive or inactive.

  ➔ Expresses the inability or unwillingness to stay in a passive or inactive state.

• 気まぐれなほどアガるの baby

  ➔ Use of 'ほど' to indicate extent or degree (as much as, to the point that...).

  ➔ Indicates that something escalates or increases to a certain extent or degree.

• 気まぐれなほどアガるの baby

  ➔ Use of 'ほど' to express emphasis on the extent of feeling or action.

  ➔ Emphasizes the degree or intensity to which something is happening or felt.