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怖い It's scary 00:05
けど but 00:09
震えは my trembling 00:12
止まってないけど hasn't stopped, but 00:14
それはさ that means 00:18
失くすのが怖いものを what I'm afraid of losing 00:21
ちゃんと持ってるって is something I actually have, 00:24
ことだろう right? 00:27
大丈夫だよって Even if I tell myself 00:31
いくら言い聞かせても over and over again, "It's okay," 00:34
また迷いながら I still hesitate 00:37
疑いながら and doubt myself. 00:40
強くなりたかった I wanted to be stronger. 00:42
止まない拍手も The applause that never ends, 00:46
光の雨も the rain of light, 00:49
特別なものはいらない I don't need anything special. 00:53
いつだって Because somehow, 00:57
なぜか僕を選んだ you always chose me, 00:59
から that's why. 01:03
見慣れた笑顔が Familiar smiles 01:06
何かのゴールだったりするんだ can sometimes be the goal. 01:08
上がってしまっても Even if it's over, 01:27
嘆いても even if I lament, 01:33
遠く離れても even if we're far apart, 01:35
悔しかったことは the things that made me regret 01:39
悔しいまま will remain regrets. 01:43
自分は自分で I am who I am, 01:45
そのまんま just as I am. 01:48
今更竦む足と My feet are stuck 01:52
滲む弱さに and my weakness is blurred, 01:56
なれるでもなく but I can't get used to it, 01:58
諦めるでもなく nor can I give up. 02:01
強くなりたい I want to become stronger. 02:04
止まない拍手も The applause that never ends, 02:07
光の雨も the rain of light, 02:10
特別なものはいらない I don't need anything special. 02:13
あと少し Just a little more, 02:17
もう just 02:20
少し頑張ってみるから a little more, I'll try my best, 02:21
あ so 02:25
終わったら when it's over, 02:27
頑張ったねって cheers to me, saying "You did great," 02:29
乾杯してよ okay? 02:31
決して一人では I can never do 03:03
何もできないこと anything alone. 03:06
助けられてなんとか I've managed to live 03:09
僕を生きてきたこと by being helped. 03:11
荷物は重くて The burden is heavy, 03:15
世界は理不尽だってこと and the world is unfair. 03:17
全部忘れて If only I could forget 03:22
歌えたらいいのに all of it and sing... 03:25
止まない拍手も The applause that never ends, 03:28
光の雨も the rain of light, 03:31
特別なものはいらない I don't need anything special. 03:35
願うなら If I can wish for anything, 03:39
なぜか僕を選んだんだから it's that because you chose me somehow, 03:41
から that's why. 03:46
見慣れた笑顔が I want familiar smiles 03:47
最後のゴールであってほしいんだ to be the final goal. 03:49
だからその瞬間まで So until that moment, 03:54
大事なものを守れるくらい I want to be strong enough 03:59
強くなりたい to protect the things I cherish. 04:05
強くなりたい I want to be strong. 04:11
強くありたい I want to stay strong. 04:17

幕が上がる – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

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Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through music becomes a deeply emotional journey with back number's "幕が上がる." The song's title, meaning "The Curtain Rises," metaphorically sets the stage for its message of growth. The lyrics offer a beautiful look into expressing complex feelings, such as in the line 「怖いけど震えは止まってないけどそれはさ失くすのが怖いものをちゃんと持ってるってことだろう」, which translates to "I'm scared and the trembling won't stop, but that just means I have something precious that I'm afraid to lose." This nuanced expression of finding strength within fear makes it a special piece for learners to connect with the heart of the Japanese language.

[English] It's scary
but
my trembling
hasn't stopped, but
that means
what I'm afraid of losing
is something I actually have,
right?
Even if I tell myself
over and over again, "It's okay,"
I still hesitate
and doubt myself.
I wanted to be stronger.
The applause that never ends,
the rain of light,
I don't need anything special.
Because somehow,
you always chose me,
that's why.
Familiar smiles
can sometimes be the goal.
Even if it's over,
even if I lament,
even if we're far apart,
the things that made me regret
will remain regrets.
I am who I am,
just as I am.
My feet are stuck
and my weakness is blurred,
but I can't get used to it,
nor can I give up.
I want to become stronger.
The applause that never ends,
the rain of light,
I don't need anything special.
Just a little more,
just
a little more, I'll try my best,
so
when it's over,
cheers to me, saying "You did great,"
okay?
I can never do
anything alone.
I've managed to live
by being helped.
The burden is heavy,
and the world is unfair.
If only I could forget
all of it and sing...
The applause that never ends,
the rain of light,
I don't need anything special.
If I can wish for anything,
it's that because you chose me somehow,
that's why.
I want familiar smiles
to be the final goal.
So until that moment,
I want to be strong enough
to protect the things I cherish.
I want to be strong.
I want to stay strong.

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Vocabulary Meanings

怖い

/kowai/

A2
  • adjective
  • - scary, frightening

止まってない

/tomattenai/

A2
  • verb
  • - not stopping

失くす

/nakusu/

B1
  • verb
  • - to lose

持ってる

/motte'ru/

A1
  • verb
  • - to have, to hold

大丈夫

/daijoubu/

A1
  • adjective
  • - all right, okay

言い聞かせても

/iikikase'temo/

B2
  • verb
  • - even if I tell myself

迷いながら

/mayoi'nagara/

B1
  • verb
  • - while being lost, while hesitating

疑いながら

/utagai'nagara/

B2
  • verb
  • - while doubting

強くなりたかった

/tsuyoku'naritakatta/

B1
  • verb
  • - wanted to become strong

止まない

/yamanai/

B1
  • verb
  • - unceasing, never-ending

拍手

/hakushu/

B2
  • noun
  • - applause, clapping

光

/hikari/

A2
  • noun
  • - light

雨

/ame/

A1
  • noun
  • - rain

特別

/tokubetsu/

B1
  • adjective
  • - special

選んだ

/eranda/

B1
  • verb
  • - chose

見慣れた

/minareta/

B1
  • adjective
  • - familiar, well-acquainted

笑顔

/egao/

A2
  • noun
  • - smiling face, smile

ゴール

/go'ru/

A1
  • noun
  • - goal

上がって

/agatte/

A1
  • verb
  • - to go up, to ascend

嘆いても

/nageite'mo/

B2
  • verb
  • - even if I lament, even if I sigh

遠く

/tooku/

A2
  • adverb
  • - far away

離れても

/hanarete'mo/

B1
  • verb
  • - even if separated

悔しかった

/kuyashikatta/

B1
  • adjective
  • - regrettable, frustrating

自分

/jibun/

A1
  • pronoun
  • - oneself

そのまま

/sonomama/

B1
  • adverb
  • - as it is, just like that

今更

/imasara/

B2
  • adverb
  • - now, at this late hour

竦む

/sukumu/

C1
  • verb
  • - to shrink back, to be petrified (with fear)

滲む

/nijimu/

C1
  • verb
  • - to blur, to be stained, to ooze

弱さ

/yowasa/

B1
  • noun
  • - weakness

諦める

/akirameru/

B1
  • verb
  • - to give up

強くなりたい

/tsuyoku'naritai/

B1
  • verb
  • - want to become strong

あと

/ato/

A1
  • adverb
  • - after, remaining

少し

/sukoshi/

A1
  • adverb
  • - a little

頑張ってみる

/ganbatte'miru/

B1
  • verb
  • - try to do my best, try to persevere

終わったら

/owattara/

A2
  • verb
  • - when it's over

頑張ったね

/ganbatta'ne/

A2
  • verb
  • - you did your best, you worked hard

乾杯

/kanpai/

A2
  • interjection
  • - cheers

一人

/hitori/

A1
  • noun
  • - one person, alone

何も

/nani'mo/

A1
  • pronoun
  • - nothing

できない

/dekinai/

A1
  • verb
  • - cannot do

助けられて

/tasukerarete/

B1
  • verb
  • - being helped

なんとか

/nantoka/

B2
  • adverb
  • - somehow, by some means

生きてきた

/ikite'kita/

B1
  • verb
  • - have lived

荷物

/nimotsu/

B1
  • noun
  • - luggage, burden

重くて

/omokute/

A2
  • adjective
  • - heavy

世界

/sekai/

A2
  • noun
  • - world

理不尽

/rifujin/

C1
  • adjective
  • - unreasonable, irrational

忘れて

/wasurete/

A2
  • verb
  • - forgetting

歌えたら

/utaetara/

B1
  • verb
  • - if I could sing

願う

/negau/

B1
  • verb
  • - to wish, to desire

願うなら

/negau'nara/

B1
  • verb
  • - if I wish

最後

/saigo/

A1
  • noun
  • - last, end

瞬間

/shunkan/

B2
  • noun
  • - moment, instant

大事

/daiji/

A2
  • adjective
  • - important, precious

守れる

/mamoreru/

B1
  • verb
  • - can protect

強くなりたい

/tsuyoku'naritai/

B1
  • verb
  • - want to become strong

強くありたい

/tsuyoku'aritai/

B1
  • verb
  • - want to be strong

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