人生は戦場だ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 安斉かれん

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

追い続けてた夢が

The dreams I've been chasing

独り歩きになってた

Have started wandering alone

次の道への地図は

The map to the next path

どこかに忘れてきた

I somehow left behind

行く当てすら決めず彷徨った

Without even a destination in mind, I wandered

夜道が少しぼやけた

The night road became a little blurry

人生は戦場だ そう感じることもある

Sometimes I feel like life is a battlefield

自分らしくとは何？模範解答はない

What does it mean to be myself? There's no right answer

「頑張れ」は嫌い「優しさ」も怖い

"Keep going" feels wrong, kindness can be scary too

でも本当は強くないよ

But honestly, I’m not that strong

歩くべき道をずっと手探りだけで

Always feeling my way along the path I need to walk

探してる

I'm searching

夢見がちの僕は

Dreamer that I am

馬鹿にされるのも知っていた

I knew I’d be laughed at

誰も僕を知らない

No one knows me

誰も知らなくていい

And that’s okay

一人で歩き戻る事出来ない

I can't walk back alone

振り返るのが怖くて

Out of fear of looking back

人生は戦場だ そう感じることもある

Sometimes I feel like life is a battlefield

求めてたのは何？自問自答だけ

What was I really searching for? Just questioning myself

愛なんて知らない笑うのも痛い

I don't know about love, even laughing hurts

そう本当は強くないよ

I’m really not that strong

歩くべき道をずっと手探りだけで

Always feeling my way on the path I must walk

探してた

I've been looking

人生は戦場だ そう感じることもある

Sometimes I feel like life is a battlefield

自分らしくとは何？模範解答はない

What does it mean to be myself? No right answer

「頑張れ」は嫌い「優しさ」も怖い

"Keep going" feels wrong, kindness can be scary

でも本当は強くないよ

But honestly, I’m not that strong

歩くべき道をずっと手探りだけで

Always feeling my way along the path I need to walk

探してる

I'm searching

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夢(yume) /jɯme/ A2	noun - dream
道(michi) /mit͡ɕi/ A1	noun - road, path, way
人生(jinsei) /d͡ʑĩːseː/ B1	noun - life
戦場(senjō) /se̞ɲd͡ʑoː/ B2	noun - battlefield, war zone
感じる(kanjiru) /kaɲd͡ʑiɾɯ/ A2	verb - to feel, to sense
自分(jibun) /d͡ʑibɯ̃/ A2	noun - oneself
夜道(yomichi) /jomiʨi/ B1	noun - night road
模範(mohan) /mo̞hã̠ɴ/ C1	noun - model, example
解答(kaitō) /kaitoː/ B2	noun - answer, solution
優しさ(yasashisa) /jasashisa/ A2	noun - kindness, gentleness
手探り(tesaguri) /te̞sa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝɾʲi/ B2	noun - groping, fumbling; guesswork
馬鹿(baka) /bakah/ A2	noun - fool, idiot
愛(ai) /a̠i/ A2	noun - love
自問自答(jimonjitō) /d͡ʑimo̞ɲd͡ʑito̞ː/ C1	noun - questioning oneself, soliloquy
痛み(itami) /itami/ A2	noun - pain

Key Grammar Structures

• 人生は戦場だ

  ➔ Noun + は + Noun + だ (da)

  ➔ `は` is the topic particle marking the topic of the sentence, and `だ` is the copula indicating a state or identity.

• 人生は戦場だ そう感じることもある

  ➔ Verb + こともある (also sometimes)

  ➔ `こともある` expresses that something happens occasionally or is true sometimes.

• 模範解答はない

  ➔ Noun + は + negative form of ある/いる (ない)

  ➔ `は` marks the topic, and `ない` is the negative form of the verb `ある` indicating non-existence.

• 自分らしくとは何？

  ➔ 主格 + とは + Noun + 何？ (what is...)

  ➔ `とは` is used to define or ask for the meaning of a term or phrase, often translated as "what is".

• 求めてたのは何？

  ➔ Verb in past tense + のは + Noun + 何？

  ➔ `のは` is a nominalizer that allows a verb to function as a noun, here asking "what was the thing I was seeking".

• 強くないよ

  ➔ Adjective or i-adjective + ない (negation)

  ➔ `ない` is the negative form of an i-adjective or verb, indicating negation or something not being the case.