The Hearties – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: MECHATU-A

Lyrics & Translation

Key Grammar Structures

• 君が笑うたびに、胸が高鳴る。

  ➔ 〜たびに (whenever, each time)

  ➔ The phrase **たびに** attaches to a verb to mean “whenever/ each time”. Here, **笑うたびに** = “whenever you laugh”.

• 遠くの空に向かって、手を伸ばす。

  ➔ に向かって (towards, in the direction of)

  ➔ The particle **に向かって** indicates a direction. **空に向かって** = “towards the sky”.

• 泣きたい気持ちを抑えて、前へ進む。

  ➔ ことを (nominalizer) + て-form (continuative)

  ➔ The nominalizer **こと** turns the verb phrase **泣きたい** into a noun phrase, and the **て**‑form **抑えて** links two actions: “suppressing the desire to cry and moving forward”.

• もしも時間が戻せたら、もう一度会いたい。

  ➔ もしも…たら (hypothetical conditional)

  ➔ The pattern **もしも … たら** expresses a hypothetical “if … were possible”. **戻せたら** = “if (I) could turn back time”.

• この心は誰にも奪われない。

  ➔ Passive negative (～られる + ない)

  ➔ The verb **奪われない** is the passive negative form of **奪う** (to take away). It means “won’t be taken away”.

• 星が瞬くように、君の笑顔が輝く。

  ➔ ように (simile, “like …”)

  ➔ The pattern **ように** creates a simile. **星が瞬くように** = “like the stars twinkling”.

• もう一度だけ、声を聞かせてくれませんか。

  ➔ ～てくれる (request) + ませんか (polite invitation)

  ➔ The **てくれる** form asks someone to do something for the speaker; adding **ませんか** turns it into a polite invitation: “Would you let me hear your voice one more time?”.

• 何があっても、君を守ると誓う。

  ➔ と誓う (quotative + verb “to swear”)

  ➔ The particle **と** marks a quotation; combined with **誓う** it means “to swear that…”. Here, **守ると誓う** = “swear to protect”.