色香水 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Yoh Kamiyama

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of "色香水" by Yoh Kamiyama, the captivating opening theme of the anime "Horimiya." This song offers a beautiful melodic journey into profound emotions and hidden self, making it an excellent piece to engage with Japanese language through its expressive lyrics and melancholic yet hopeful atmosphere. You can learn about poetic expressions related to memory, longing, and identity, as well as common conversational phrases within its lyrical structure. Its popularity as an anime theme also provides a rich cultural context for language learners.

[English]

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

I can't go back to how it was anymore

Leaving you behind back then

In my memory, a sunny room

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

Even now, if I recall, that scent softly lingers

You and I share the same scent of perfume

Walking on a path where I just slightly reached higher

Glass-shoed feet, changing seasons depicted

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

I can't go back to how it was anymore

Where is the true self I hid back then?

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

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

With nostalgic smells and this song remaining

In my memory, a shared room

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

Even now, if I recall, that scent softly lingers

You and I share the same scent of perfume

The more I lose

Even kindness itself becomes tiresome

Like tears spilling from a marble

Falling like tears, just like

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

I can't go back to how it was anymore

Where is the real thing I hid in that summer?

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

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

Remains in this town with a new scent

Someday, someday

This lie I once uttered

Will turn into everything true, one by one

Please, please

Repeatedly whispering to myself

While you remained invisible

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

I can't go back to how it was anymore

Where is the true self I hid back then?

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

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

With nostalgic smells and this song remaining

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[Japanese]

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

元どおりにはもうできない

あの頃に 君を残したまま

記憶の中では 晴れ間の部屋

惹かれ合えばサラバ 知りたくない

思い出せば今も ふわっと香る

君と僕は同じ 色香水

ほんの少し 背伸びをして歩いた道

ビードロの靴 移り変わる季節模様

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

元どおりにはもうできない

あの頃に隠した 本物はどこ

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

懐かしい匂いと この歌が残る

記憶の中では 二人の部屋

惹かれ会えば 僕らこのまま

思い出せば今も ふわっと香る

君と僕は同じ 色香水

失うほど

優しさすら嫌になって

ビー玉の中

こぼれ落ちる涙のよう

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

元どおりにはもうできない

あの夏に隠した 本当はもう

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

新しい匂いと この街に残る

いつか いつか

口をついたこの嘘が

一つ残らず本当になって

どうか どうか

繰り返し唱えていた

君が透明になったまま

きっと消えない 今日は言えない

元どおりにはもうできない

あの頃に隠した 本物はどこ

怒ってくれない 解ってくれない

思ってもただ 募ってしまうだけ

懐かしい匂いと この歌が残る

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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