リボン

• By: BUMP OF CHICKEN

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

嵐の中をここまで来たんだ　嵐の中をここまで来たんだ

We came this far through the storm

出会って生まれた光　追いかけて

Chasing the light born from our encounter

ポケットに勇気がガラス玉ひとつ分　それぞれ持っている　ガラス玉ひとつ分

Courage in our pockets, like a glass marble each

並べても同じ数　あの日から　始まりから

Placed side by side, the same number since that day, since the beginning

つぎはぎの傘　汚れたカンテラ

A patched-up umbrella, a dirty lantern

手作りの地図　大事に一緒に　使った

A handmade map, cherished, used together

ここはどこなんだろうね　どこに行くんだろうね

I wonder where this is, I wonder where we're headed

誰一人　わかっていないけど

Even though no one understands

側にいる事を選んで　今側にいるから　迷子じゃないんだ

Choosing to stay by your side, I am here now, so we're not lost

たくさん笑ったり　それよりはるかに少ない　泣いたり怒ったりした事の全部が

Laughing a lot, and even more often, crying and getting angry, all of that

音符になって繋がって　僕らを結んだ

Became musical notes, connected, binding us together

ポケットに恐怖が宇宙と同じくらい　それぞれ持っている　宇宙と同じくらい

Fears in our pockets, as vast as the universe, each of us carrying our own

同じ時に震えたら　強くなれた　弱くなれた

Shaking at the same time, we grew stronger, or weaker

指差したUFO　すれ違った野良猫

The UFO I pointed at, the stray cat we brushed past

あくびのユニゾン　あと何があった　教えて

Yawn in unison, what else happened, tell me

意地や恥ずかしさに負けないで　心で正面から向き合えるよ

Don't let stubborn pride or shyness win, face everything head-on with your heart

僕らを結ぶリボンは　解けないわけじゃない　結んできたんだ

The ribbon that ties us together isn't about undoing, we've been tying it

君の勇気を　僕が見れば星だ　並べても同じでありたい

Your courage, when I see it, becomes stars; I want to be on the same level

あぁ　ここはどこなんだろうね　どこに行くんだろうね　迷子じゃないんだ

Ah, I wonder where this is, I wonder where we're going, we're not lost

嵐の中をここまで来たんだ　嵐の中をここまで来たんだ

We came this far through the storm

カウントからせーので息を読み合って　泣いたり怒ったり笑ったりの全部で

Timing our breaths from counting together, crying, angry, laughing, everything

嵐の中をここまで来たんだ　出会って生まれた光　追いかけて

We came this far through the storm, chasing the light born from our encounter

嵐の中をどこまでも行くんだ　赤い星並べてどこまでも行くんだ

Going endlessly through the storm, lining up red stars and heading wherever it leads

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
嵐 /aɾaɕi/ B1	noun - storm
光 /hikari/ A2	noun - light
勇気 /yūki/ B1	noun - courage
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
怒る /okoru/ B1	verb - to get angry
結ぶ /musubu/ B2	verb - to tie, to connect
星 /hoshi/ A2	noun - star
道 /michi/ B1	noun - road, path
側 /gawa/ B2	noun - side
迷子 /maiko/ A2	noun - lost child
音符 /onpu/ B2	noun - musical note
宇宙 /uchū/ B1	noun - universe
強い /tsuyoi/ A2	adjective - strong
弱い /yowai/ A2	adjective - weak
カンテラ /kantera/ B2	noun - lantern
地図 /chizu/ A2	noun - map

Grammar:

• 嵐の中をここまで来たんだ

  ➔ Past tense + んだ (nda) combined with 'desu' to explain or emphasize a reason or situation

  ➔ The んだ (nda) form here emphasizes a personal statement about having come through the storm.

• 出会って生まれた光

  ➔ Te-form + て and past participle to express cause and effect or sequence

  ➔ The phrase combines the te-form of 出会う (to meet) with the noun 生まれた (born) to express the resulting 'light' born from meeting.

• 側にいる事を選んで

  ➔ たら form to indicate the conditional 'if' or 'when', combined with noun + を + verb to select/choose

  ➔ This pattern expresses a conditional choice—'choosing to be by your side'—based on the verb form linked with the noun.

• 僕らを結ぶリボンは　解けないわけじゃない

  ➔ いや + じゃない to negate an implied statement, and は as topic marker; also, the noun + は + verb structure

  ➔ The phrase negates the idea that the ribbon connecting 'us' is unbreakable, emphasizing it can be tied and untied.

• 星だ　並べても同じでありたい

  ➔ ても form expresses 'even if' or 'even when', combined with a verb to express aspiration or wish

  ➔ This pattern shows a desire or aspiration to be equal or the same, even when arranging stars—symbolic for unity or similarity.