Time – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Hikaru Utada

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

カレシにも家族にも言えない

I can't tell even my boyfriend or family

いろんなこと

About many things

あなたが聞いてくれたから

Because you listened to me

どんな孤独にも運命にも耐えられた

I could endure any loneliness or fate

降り止まない雨に打たれて泣く私を

Crying in the rain that won’t stop, I’m caught in tears

あなた以外の誰がいったい笑わせられるの？

Who else but you could possibly make me smile?

いつも

Always

近すぎて言えなかった、好きだと

I couldn’t say it too close, that I love you

時を戻す呪文を胸に今日もGo

Holding a spell to turn back time, I go on today too

キスとその少しだけ先まで

To the moment just before the kiss and a little beyond

いったこともあったけど

We’ve even gone that far

恋愛なんかの枠に収まる二人じゃないのよ

But we’re not the kind of couple that fits into just a romance

（そゆことそゆことそゆこと）

(That’s what I mean, that’s what I mean)

大好きな人にフラれて泣くあなたを

Feeling happy yet crying because you got rejected by someone you love

慰められる only one である幸せよ

That’s a happiness to be comforted, my one and only

だけど

But still

抱きしめて言いたかった、好きだと

I wanted to hold you and say I love you

時を戻す呪文を胸に今日もGo

Holding a spell to turn back time, I go on today too

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ずっと

Always

聞きたくて聞けなかった、気持ちを

I wanted to hear and couldn’t, my feelings

誰を守る嘘をついていたの？

Who were you protecting with lies?

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逃したチャンスが私に

The missed chance has unexpectedly given me

与えたものは案外大きい

Something big

溢した水はグラスに返らない 返らない

Spilled water can’t go back into the glass, won’t go back

出会った頃の二人に

To the times when we first met

教えてあげたくなるくらい

I want to tell you, so much better than before

あの頃より私たち魅力的 魅力的

We are more attractive now, more attractive

友よ

My friend

失ってから気づくのはやめよう

Let’s stop realizing only after losing

時を戻す呪文を君にあげよう

I’ll give you a spell to turn back time

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If I turn back time

If I turn back time

If I turn back time

If I turn back time

Will you be mine?

Will you be mine?

If I turn back time

If I turn back time

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
孤独 /こどく/ B2	noun - loneliness
運命 /うんめい/ B2	noun - fate
泣く /なく/ A2	verb - to cry
好き /すき/ A1	adjective - like
チャンス /ちゃんす/ B1	noun - chance
気持ち /きもち/ B1	noun - feeling
魅力的 /みりょくてき/ B2	adjective - charming
抱きしめる /だきしめる/ B1	verb - to hug
フラれる /ふられる/ B2	verb - to be rejected (in love)
時 /とき/ A1	noun - time
戻す /もどす/ B1	verb - to return
家族 /かぞく/ A2	noun - family
言う /いう/ A1	verb - to say
打たれる /うたれる/ B2	verb - to be hit
幸せ /しあわせ/ A2	noun - happiness

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたが聞いてくれたから

  ➔ Because you listened to me

  ➔ The 【が】 particle marks the subject of the sentence, emphasizing who performed the action.

• 時を戻す呪文を胸に今日もGo

  ➔ The phrase '時を戻す' (to turn back time) uses a verb in its base form combined with an object.

  ➔ The verb 【戻す】 (to return, to revert) is in its basic form, and combined with 【時を】, meaning 'to turn back time'.

• 恋愛なんかの枠に収まる二人じゃないのよ

  ➔ The phrase '収まる' is a verb meaning 'to fit within' or 'to be contained in'.

  ➔ 【収まる】 indicates something fits or is contained within a boundary, here meaning 'not fitting into the typical categories of love'.

• 失ってから気づくのはやめよう

  ➔ The phrase '失ってから気づく' uses the causative and temporal 【てから】 (after doing).

  ➔ 【てから】 connects two actions, indicating that the second action occurs after the first. Here, it conveys 'after losing, I realize'.

• 大好きな人にフラれて泣くあなたを

  ➔ The verb 'フラれて' is the te-form of '振られる' (to be rejected), showing passive voice.

  ➔ 【振られる】 in passive voice means 'to be rejected', and the 【て】 form connects it to '泣く' (to cry).