SAPPY – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Red Velvet

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

You’re sappy boy

You're a sappy boy

はっきりさせてよ

Make it clear

You’re such a young boy

You're such a young boy

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

You’re such a sappy sappy boy

You're such a sappy, sappy boy

はっきりさせてよ no

Make it clear

Come on boy

Come on, boy

Yeah

Yeah

Sappy Yeah

Sappy, yeah

メソメソして　マイナス思考気味

Complaining and thinking negatively

ウジウジ　また　優柔不断なキミ

Worrying and being indecisive again, that’s you

ノートにポエム

Writing poems in a notebook

書き溜めて　センチな趣味ね

Collecting them, such a sentimental hobby

ほら今こそ　扉を開けて

See, now’s the time to open the door

愛されたいと思うほど

The more you want to be loved

Oh why?　臆病になるのはもうやめて

Oh why? Stop being so scared

Amazing!

Amazing!

キライじゃないよ

I don’t dislike it

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re so sappy, so cute

妄想からはログアウト

Logging out of your daydreams

What? Sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

What? Sappy, so cute

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

今夜はホントの気持ち聞かせて

Tell me tonight how you truly feel

コドモじゃないの

You’re not a kid anymore

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re sappy, so cute

Tell me どっちが好き

Tell me, which do you like?

はっきりさせてよ no

Make it clear, no

夢見るのが悪いことじゃない

Dreaming isn’t a bad thing

おとぎ話じゃない　現実世界

This isn’t a fairy tale, it’s the real world

何をするの　どれにするの

What will you do? Which one will you choose?

感傷　幻想　思春期の boy

Sentiment, fantasy, in your adolescence, boy

恋愛ゲーム

Love game

マニュアルで　クリアしたって

Even if you clear it with a manual

ほど遠いよ　リアルな恋は

Romance is much further in real life

愛されたいと願うなら

If you wish to be loved

Oh why?　私から瞳逸らさないで

Oh why? Don’t turn your eyes away from me

Amazing!

Amazing!

キライじゃないよ

I don’t dislike it

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re so sappy, so cute

二次元をエスケープするの

Escaping into two-dimensional worlds

What? Sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

What? Sappy, so cute

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

今夜はホントの気持ち聞かせて

Tell me tonight how you truly feel

オトナになるの

Growing up

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re sappy, so cute

Tell me どっちが好き

Tell me, which do you like?

どっちが好きなの（Don’t you know that?）

Which do you like? (Don’t you know that?)

はっきりさせてよ（She or I）

Make it clear (She or I)

どっちが好きなの（woo woo woo yeah）

Which do you like? (Woo woo woo yeah)

はっきりさせてよ no no no…

Make it clear, no no no...

どちらでもいいわ

I don’t mind either way

はっきりさせてよ no no no…

Make it clear, no no no...

キライじゃないよ

I don’t dislike it

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re so sappy, so cute

妄想からはログアウト

Logging out of your fantasies

What? Sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

What? Sappy, so cute

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

そんなキミだけど

You, even now,

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re sappy, so cute

二次元をエスケープするの

Escaping into two-dimensional worlds

What? Sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

What? Sappy, so cute

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

私かあの子かどちらか選んで

Choose either me or that girl

心の中はオトメよりオトメ

Inside your heart, more romantic than a maiden

今夜こそホントの気持ち聞かせてよね

Tonight, tell me your true feelings

オトナになるの

Growing up

You’re sappy sappy Too cutie cutie

You’re sappy, so cute

Tell me どっちが好き

Tell me, which do you like?

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

はっきりさせてよ

Make it clear

どっちが好きなの

Which do you like?

はっきりさせてよ

Make it clear

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
好き (suki) /sɯki/ A1	adjective - liked, favorite noun - liking, love
気持ち (kimochi) /kʲimo̞t͡ɕi/ A2	noun - feeling, sensation
夢 (yume) /jɯme/ A2	noun - dream
世界 (sekai) /se̞ka̠i/ A2	noun - world
恋 (koi) /ko̞i/ B1	noun - love, romance
扉 (tobira) /to̞biɾa/ B1	noun - door
気持ち (kimochi) /kʲimo̞t͡ɕi/ A2	noun - feeling, sensation
感情 (kanjou) /ka̠nd͡ʑo̞ː/ B2	noun - emotion, feeling
現実 (genjitsu) /ɡe̞ɲd͡ʑitsu/ B2	noun - reality
恋愛 (ren'ai) /ɾẽ̞ːai/ B2	noun - love, romance
愛 (ai) /ai/ B1	noun - love
願う (negau) /ne̞ɡa̠ɯ/ B2	verb - to wish, to desire
選ぶ (erabu) /eɾabɯ/ B1	verb - to choose, to select
開ける (akeru) /akeɾɯ/ A2	verb - to open
話 (hanashi) /ha̠na̠ɕi/ A2	noun - story, talk
乙女 (otome) /o̞to̞me̞/ B2	noun - young woman, maiden

Key Grammar Structures

• どっちが好きなの

  ➔ Question word + が +好き + なの (inquiry about preference or choice, with an explanatory nuance)

  ➔ The phrase ends with 'なの', which adds an explanatory tone, making the question more emotional or seeking clarification.

• はっきりさせてよ

  ➔ Verb + て + よ (imperative form with emotional emphasis, requesting clarification)

  ➔ Using the て form + よ adds an imperative tone with emotional nuance, requesting the listener to clarify something.

• あなたから瞳逸らさないで

  ➔ From + noun + から + verb stem + ないで (negative imperative, asking not to do something)

  ➔ The phrase uses the negative te-form ないで to politely or emotionally ask someone not to avert their gaze.

• どちらでもいいわ

  ➔ でも + いい (expression meaning 'any is fine' or 'it doesn't matter')

  ➔ The phrase uses でも to indicate indifference or that either choice is acceptable.

• 今夜はホントの気持ち聞かせてよね

  ➔ を + て + ください (polite request asking someone to do something)

  ➔ The phrase uses the て form + ください to make a polite request for someone to tell their true feelings.

• ほど遠いよ

  ➔ ほど + noun + い (used to denote 'far from' or 'distant from' in degree or extent)

  ➔ The phrase uses ほど to compare degree or extent, indicating something is 'far from' or 'not close to' in metaphorical or literal senses.