StarRingChild – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Aimer

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the world of Aimer and the epic universe of 'Gundam' through 'StarRingChild.' This song offers a great opportunity to learn Japanese through its poetic and emotional lyrics that delve into universal themes of growing up. The mix of quieter verses and the powerful chorus can also help in understanding dynamic expression in the Japanese language.

[English]

Please listen to me, I'm telling you

Please listen to me and hear my voice

Please listen, I'm telling you

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

StarRingChild

StarRingChild

If I open up honestly, I can reach the sprouting touch

Hidden behind grown-up words and lines

Stretching on my tiptoes, the city I peeked into is swaying

Even if the promises of that day fade and lose their hue, they can be replaced

The bravado mixed with truth and lies can't hide the voice I've lost

StarRingChild

If I hold this trembling heartbeat, I can make it sound

Every image drawn by hands from when I was still young

A future that spilled out of the notebook was there

Choosing only gritty sounds, the rough vibrations

Muffling the ringing ears, more noise layering in

The distorted膜no longer even picks up true intent

The sound of stepping with forgotten weakness erases even innocent love songs

Playing its role, the lines that lost direction can’t be connected anymore

A wish resembling a tangled starry sky seemed scary

Even if I wave around words dressed in cowardice, they don’t reach anywhere

StarRingChild

Even this trembling body can still produce sound

Every image drawn by the hands from when I was little

A wish that spilled out of the notebook was there

Children who don’t wave their hands never ended it

A treasure map spreading as they like

At that place, I didn’t even need fragments of answers

A world packed into a second

The innocent colors that ran out, even if they clash

I won’t forget the sound of painting them

There’s no need for the answered riddles here

The world that seemed to be one second ahead, onto the next

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[Japanese]

Please hear me out, I'm telling you

Please hear me out and hear my voice

Please hear me out, I'm telling you

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

StarRingChild

StarRingChild

素直に開ければ 触れる芽を

大人びたセリフの陰に隠した

背伸びして覗いた街は揺れてる

遠ざかるあの日の約束も 色褪せてしまえばすり替えられる

本当と嘘を混ぜた強がりは 見失った声を隠せない

StarRingChild

この震えた鼓動握れば 音を鳴らせる

まだ小かった頃の手が描く全てに

ノートからはみ出す未来がいた

ザラついた響きばかり選んで

耳鳴り止まず ノイズまた被せる

歪んだ膜はもう真意も拾えないまま

弱さを忘れた足音リズム 無垢な愛の詞さえかき消してゆく

演じる意味はどこもブレたまま 見失った線は繋げない

ちらかった星空に似ている願いが こわく見えた

臆病に飾った言葉振り回しても どこもかすらない

StarRingChild

この震えた身体もまだ 音を鳴らせる

あの小かった頃の手が描く全てに

ノートからはみ出す願いがいた

手を振らない子供達が 終らせなかった

好きに広がる宝地図

あの場所で答えなんて 欠片さえいらなかった

1秒に詰めた世界

駆け出した 無邪気な色は ぶつかり合っても

塗り上げる音忘れない

なぞられた答えなんて ここに必要ないから

1秒に見えた世界を 次へ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice
約束 /yakusoku/ B1	noun - promise
未来 /mirai/ B1	noun - future
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
音 /oto/ A1	noun - sound
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
星 /hoshi/ A2	noun - star
言葉 /kotoba/ B1	noun - word
身体 /karada/ B1	noun - body
色 /iro/ A1	noun - color
音楽 /ongaku/ A2	noun - music
道 /michi/ B1	noun - way/path
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart/mind
世界 /sekai/ A2	noun - world
時 /toki/ A1	noun - time

Key Grammar Structures

• 素直に開ければ 触れる芽を

  ➔ Conditional form + ば (ba)

  ➔ The "ば" form indicates "if" or "when" in conditional sentences, expressing a cause or condition.

• 遠ざかるあの日の約束も 色褪せてしまえばすり替えられる

  ➔ Passive form + すり替えられる

  ➔ The "られる" ending attaches to verb stems to form the passive voice, indicating that the action can be done to or by the subject.

• 辛い夢を見た

  ➔ Object + を (wo) + の past tense form

  ➔ The particle "を" marks the direct object of a verb, and is used with verb stems in various tenses.

• ノートからはみ出す未来がいた

  ➔ From + noun + から (kara) + はみ出す

  ➔ The particle "から" indicates the starting point or origin of something, often translated as "from".

• 塗り上げる音忘れない

  ➔ Verb + ない (nai) for negative form

  ➔ Adding "ない" to the verb stem creates the negative form, meaning "do not" or "cannot".

• 次へ

  ➔ Particle + へ (e) indicating direction or goal

  ➔ The particle "へ" indicates the direction towards which an action is headed or the goal of movement.