色香水 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Yoh Kamiyama

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

Surely it won't disappear, I can't say it today

元どおりにはもうできない

I can't go back to how it was anymore

あの頃に 君を残したまま

Leaving you behind back then

記憶の中では 晴れ間の部屋

In my memory, a sunny room

惹かれ合えばサラバ 知りたくない

If we’re drawn to each other, goodbye, I don't want to know

思い出せば今も ふわっと香る

Even now, if I recall, that scent softly lingers

君と僕は同じ 色香水

You and I share the same scent of perfume

ほんの少し 背伸びをして歩いた道

Walking on a path where I just slightly reached higher

ビードロの靴 移り変わる季節模様

Glass-shoed feet, changing seasons depicted

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

Surely it won't disappear, I can't say it today

元どおりにはもうできない

I can't go back to how it was anymore

あの頃に隠した 本物はどこ

Where is the true self I hid back then?

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

They won’t get angry, they won’t understand

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

Even if I think about it, I just keep on longing

懐かしい匂いと この歌が残る

With nostalgic smells and this song remaining

記憶の中では 二人の部屋

In my memory, a shared room

惹かれ会えば 僕らこのまま

If we're drawn to each other, we could stay like this

思い出せば今も ふわっと香る

Even now, if I recall, that scent softly lingers

君と僕は同じ 色香水

You and I share the same scent of perfume

失うほど

The more I lose

優しさすら嫌になって

Even kindness itself becomes tiresome

ビー玉の中

Like tears spilling from a marble

こぼれ落ちる涙のよう

Falling like tears, just like

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

Surely it won't disappear, I can't say it today

元どおりにはもうできない

I can't go back to how it was anymore

あの夏に隠した 本当はもう

Where is the real thing I hid in that summer?

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

They won’t get angry, they won’t understand

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

Even if I think about it, I just keep on longing

新しい匂いと この街に残る

Remains in this town with a new scent

いつか いつか

Someday, someday

口をついたこの嘘が

This lie I once uttered

一つ残らず本当になって

Will turn into everything true, one by one

どうか どうか

Please, please

繰り返し唱えていた

Repeatedly whispering to myself

君が透明になったまま

While you remained invisible

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

Surely it won't disappear, I can't say it today

元どおりにはもうできない

I can't go back to how it was anymore

あの頃に隠した 本物はどこ

Where is the true self I hid back then?

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

They won’t get angry, they won’t understand

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

Even if I think about it, I just keep on longing

懐かしい匂いと この歌が残る

With nostalgic smells and this song remaining

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
消えない /kienai/ B1	verb - to not disappear
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory
香る /kaoru/ B1	verb - to smell good
優しさ /yasashisa/ B2	noun - kindness
思い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - memory, recollection
隠す /kakusu/ B2	verb - to hide
道 /michi/ A2	noun - road, path
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tear
歌 /uta/ A1	noun - song
本物 /honmono/ B2	noun - genuine article, real thing
季節 /kisetsu/ A2	noun - season
街 /machi/ A2	noun - town, street
透明 /toumei/ B2	adjective - transparent
新しい /atarashii/ A2	adjective - new
怒る /okoru/ B1	verb - to get angry
募る /tsunoru/ B2	verb - to grow stronger, to intensify

Key Grammar Structures

• きっと消えない

  ➔ Expressing certainty with 'きっと' plus the negative form '消えない' (won't disappear).

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• もうできない

  ➔ Using the potential negative form 'できない' to express inability, with 'もう' meaning ' anymore' or 'no longer'.

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• 隠したまま

  ➔ The verb '隠す' in past tense '隠した' plus the auxiliary 'まま' indicating 'remaining in the state of having hidden'.

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• 知りたくない

  ➔ The verb '知る' in the desiderative form with negative 'たくない' to express 'don't want to know'.

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• ふわっと香る

  ➔ Adverb 'ふわっと' describes a gentle or soft manner, with the verb '香る' in the dictionary form indicating 'to smell' or 'to emit a fragrance'.

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• 残る

  ➔ The verb '残る' in its dictionary form, meaning 'to remain' or 'to be left behind'.

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• 解ってくれない

  ➔ Using the verb '解る' in the negative form '解ってくれない', with 'くれない' indicating 'someone does not do something for the speaker'.

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