WanteD! WanteD! – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
• Album: 5

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese with 'WanteD! WanteD!' by Mrs. GREEN APPLE offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with contemporary slang and the emotional expressions of modern Japanese youth. The song's fast-paced lyrics and clever rhymes make it a fun challenge for language learners, providing insight into the anxieties and hopes of a generation. It's special because it masterfully combines a catchy, danceable tune with a deep, thought-provoking message about self-acceptance and the complexities of growing up.

[English]

My heart has gradually become easier to break

My motivation's been torn away, I'm hurt

“Ah, I quit!”

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

We are running away

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

From our own weakness

Putting on a foolish act

We live swaying back and forth

No one knows

Where we're headed

Wow, wow, wow, wow

It's gradually become pleasurable

You boring adults

Are just nobly conservative, aren't you?

But for now, let's dance

Coloring with messy paints

Entangled with a reckless night

I don't wanna do a trap of love

Well, I don't care

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

We are running away

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

From envious hearts

That girl's an idiot

Living smoothly

“The moon is beautiful”

The shape of happiness

...

Blaming it on something

The only time we can play is now

Is it okay if we don't rush?

Is it okay to notice little by little?

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

We are living

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

Even while making mistakes

Getting used to running away

Becoming unable to notice love

Will we ever become

Wonderful adults?

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

Wow, wow, wow, wow

...

[Japanese]

だんだん簡単に心が壊れてしまうようになったな

やる気捥がれて傷ついたから

「あぁもう辞めだ」

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

僕らは逃げている

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

自分の弱さから

お馬鹿な振りをして

ゆらゆら生きている

誰も知らない

僕らの行き先は

Wow, wow, wow, wow

だんだん快感になってきたよ

ツマラヌ オトナドモ

気高く保守的なだけね

でもとりあえず踊りましょう

グチャグチャ絵の具で彩って

ムチャムチャな夜と絡まって

I don't wanna do 愛の罠よ

まぁ I don't care

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

僕らは逃げている

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

妬む心から

あの子は馬鹿で

スラスラ生きれている

「月が綺麗だ」

幸せの形を

何かのせいにして

遊べるのは今だけなんだ

焦らなくていい？

少しずつ気付いてゆけばいい？

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

僕らは生きている

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

間違いながらも

逃げるのに慣れて

愛に気づけなくなっている

いつか綺麗な

大人になれるかな

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

Wow, WanteD! WanteD!

Wow, wow, wow, wow

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
心 /こころ/ B1	noun - heart; mind; spirit
逃げる /にげる/ B1	verb - to escape; to run away
弱さ /よわさ/ B2	noun - weakness
傷 /きず/ B2	noun - wound; injury
気高く /けたかく/ C1	adverb - nobly; with dignity
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
大人 /おとな/ A2	noun - adult
快感 /かいかん/ B2	noun - pleasure; sensation
形 /かたち/ B1	noun - shape; form
気付く /きづく/ B1	verb - to notice; to realize
遊ぶ /あそぶ/ A2	verb - to play; to have fun
傷つく /きずつく/ B2	verb - to be hurt; to be injured
辞める /やめる/ B1	verb - to quit; to stop
振り /ふり/ B2	noun - behavior; act
夜 /よる/ A1	noun - night

Key Grammar Structures

• だんだん簡単に心が壊れてしまうようになったな

  ➔ 〜ようになる: indicates a change of state or becoming able to do something.

  ➔ Expresses that the speaker's heart has gradually become easier to break.

• お馬鹿な振りをして

  ➔ 〜をして: indicates performing an action or pretending to be something.

  ➔ Means pretending or acting as if one is foolish.

• 間違いながらも

  ➔ 〜ながらも: Despite doing something, still ...

  ➔ Indicates doing one thing while still being in a certain state or despite something else.

• 僕らは逃げている

  ➔ 〜ている: present continuous tense indicating ongoing action.

  ➔ Expresses that 'we are running away' currently happening.

• 僕らは生きている

  ➔ 〜ている: present continuous tense indicating ongoing state.

  ➔ States that 'we are alive' currently.

• 愛に気づけなくなっている

  ➔ 〜なくなる: indicates a change to a negative or lost state.

  ➔ Means 'no longer being able to realize love' or losing the awareness of love.