携帯電話 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: DISH//

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into '携帯電話,' a poignant song of connection and solitude, beautifully reinterpreted by DISH//. As a cover of a RADWIMPS classic, it offers a window into rich, modern Japanese language and emotional vocabulary focused on relationships and technology. You can learn subtle expressions of melancholy and gratitude, all wrapped in a warm, folksy sound that is both easy to follow and deeply moving, making it a perfect track to explore Japanese lyrical depth.

[English]

作词 : 野田洋次郎

作曲 : 野田洋次郎

Today again, I walk with my cellphone in my pocket

But no matter how long I wait, there's no message from you

It feels like I'm carrying loneliness in my pocket as I go

That's just the kind of person I am

...

Sometimes I think I should just throw my cellphone away

But my contact list is full of so many names

It's like I'm living while carrying my friends around with me

That's just how strange I am

...

Now I can't make sense of anything anymore

I just want to be alone for a while

So I turn off my phone and say "Good night" to myself

...

If it weren't for things like this, even today, I wouldn't have to face being alone

I could have gone on living without having to realize that

...

But because I have this, today too, somewhere, for someone

There's a place for me in their pocket

...

Absentmindedly I check my phone to kill some time

Old arguments and promises are all still there

It's like I'm living while carrying my whole history with me

That's just the kind of person I am

...

As I blankly stare at names in my contact list

There's someone I just can't remember at all

It's like this strange box knows me better than I know myself

That's just how weird it is

...

Now I don't understand anything anymore

I want to hold onto myself, only for me

So I turn off my phone and say "Welcome home" to myself

...

If it weren't for things like this, I wouldn't have to face that you're not here with me today

I could have kept living without noticing your absence

...

Because I have this, even things that I could've forgotten

Not a single one can be lost — they all stay with me forever

...

But still, that's why today, I put it in my pocket and keep walking

...

Can't see, can't hear

It's a mystery how I stay connected to you

Invisible threads are woven all around me

And in that web, I live again today

In that web, today as always, I'm searching

...

If it weren't for things like this, even today, you'd still be gone

But I'd know for sure you were here, right by my side

...

All those things, all of you and me

Are things I can't seem to lose, things I can't seem to forget

...

But because I have this, because things like this exist

Even if it's just a tiny bit, I know there's a place for me

Somewhere, with you, among all of that

[Japanese]

作词 : 野田洋次郎

作曲 : 野田洋次郎

今日も携帯電話をポッケに入れて歩くけど

待てど暮らせどあの人からの連絡はなくて

まるで寂しさをポッケに入れて歩いているような

そんな こんな僕です

いっそ携帯なんて捨ててしまおうかと思うけど

電話帳にいくつもの名前が入っていて

まるで友達を携帯しながら生きているような

そんな 変な僕です

もうわけが分かんなくなっちゃって

一人ぼっちになりたくなって

電源を切って 僕に「おやすみ」

こんなものがなければ 今日も僕は一人だと

思い知らされることもなく 生きてけたんだろう

だけどこれがあるから 今日もどこかの誰かの

ポッケの中に僕の居場所が あるんだろう

ふいに携帯電話を暇つぶしがてら見ていると

あのケンカもあの約束も残っていて

まるで僕の歴史を携帯しながら生きているような

そんな こんな僕です

さらに電話帳の名前をぼんやりと眺めてると

どうにもこうにも思い出せない人がいて

まるで僕よりも僕の事をわかっているような

そんな変な箱です

もう何もわかんなくなっちゃって

僕を僕のものにしたくなって

電源を切って 僕に「おかえり」

こんなものがなければ 今日も君がいないことを

思い知らされる事もなく生きていけたんだろう

こんなものがあるから忘れていいようなことも

何ひとつ失くせずにいつまでもずっと残っている

だけど だから 今日もポッケに入れて 僕は歩いてく

見えもしない 聴こえもしない

君と繋がっている不思議

見えない糸が張り巡った

その中で今日も僕は生きている

その中で今日も僕は探してる

こんなものがなければ 今日も君はいないこと

君と確かにいたことすぐ隣にいたこと

そんなことのすべてを 僕と君のすべてを

失くせそうにもないこと 忘れられそうにもないこと

だけどこれがあるから こんなものがあるから

今日もどこかにいる君の ほんの少しだと知っても

その中のどっかに僕の居場所が あるんだろう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
携帯 けいたい (keitai) B1	noun - mobile phone; something portable
電話 でんわ (denwa) A1	noun - telephone; phone call
歩く あるく (aruku) A1	verb - to walk
寂しさ さびしさ (sabishisa) B2	noun - loneliness; sense of solitude
捨てる すてる (suteru) A2	verb - to throw away; to abandon
名前 なまえ (namae) A1	noun - name
友達 ともだち (tomodachi) A1	noun - friend
生きる いきる (ikiru) A2	verb - to live; to exist
歴史 れきし (rekishi) B1	noun - history
思い出す おもいだす (omoidasu) B1	verb - to remember; to recall
電源 でんげん (dengen) B2	noun - power supply; electrical source
繋がる つながる (tsunagaru) B2	verb - to be connected; to be linked
不思議 ふしぎ (fushigi) B2	adjective - mysterious; strange
失くす なくす (nakusu) A2	verb - to lose (something)
居場所 いばしょ (ibasho) C1	noun - place where one belongs; emotional home
残る のこる (nokoru) B1	verb - to remain; to be left behind
探す さがす (sagasu) A2	verb - to search; to look for

Key Grammar Structures

• 待てど暮らせどあの人からの連絡はなくて

  ➔ ～ても～ても (Even if …, even if …) – expresses that the result is the same regardless of different situations.

  ➔ The phrase "待てど暮らせど" uses the pattern ～ても～ても to mean "no matter whether I wait or live, ..."

• いっそ携帯なんて捨ててしまおうかと思うけど

  ➔ ～かと思う (I think that …) – used to express a tentative thought or impression.

  ➔ The clause "捨ててしまおうかと思う" employs ～かと思う to convey the speaker’s tentative idea of “maybe I should throw it away”.

• もうわけが分かんなくなっちゃって

  ➔ ～ちゃう (colloquial form of ～てしまう) – indicates a result that occurs unintentionally or with a feeling of regret.

  ➔ "分かんなくなっちゃう" uses ～ちゃう to show that becoming unable to understand happens unintentionally, with a nuance of regret.

• 電源を切って 僕に「おやすみ」

  ➔ Verb‑te + (imperative) – the て‑form links actions sequentially, often giving a command‑like nuance when followed by a quoted phrase.

  ➔ The phrase "電源を切って" uses the て‑form to link the action "turn off the power" with the following quoted command "おやすみ".

• だけどこれがあるから 今日もどこかの誰かのポッケの中に僕の居場所があるんだろう

  ➔ ～んだろう (probability / conjecture) – expresses the speaker’s guess or expectation.

  ➔ The ending "あるんだろう" uses んだろう to convey the speaker’s speculation that “there is probably a place for me”.

• ふいに携帯電話を暇つぶしがてら見ていると

  ➔ ～がてら (while doing …) – used to indicate doing something as a side activity while doing another thing.

  ➔ "暇つぶしがてら" uses がてら to mean “as a way to kill time, I was looking at my phone”.

• 見えもしない 聴こえもしない

  ➔ ～も…も (both … and …) – used with negatives to emphasize “not… nor…”.

  ➔ "見えもしない 聴こえもしない" repeats も after each verb to stress “I can’t see *and* I can’t hear”.

• だから 今日もポッケに入れて 僕は歩いてく

  ➔ Verb‑te + く (continuative) – indicates ongoing movement or continuation of an action.

  ➔ "歩いてく" uses the continuative く after the て‑form to convey “keep walking”.

• そんなことのすべてを 僕と君のすべてを 失くせそうにもないこと 忘れられそうにもないこと

  ➔ ～そうだ (seems like) + こと – used with potential-negative to express that something is unlikely to happen.

  ➔ The phrase "失くせそうにもないこと" combines そうだ with a negative potential to mean “it’s hard to imagine losing it”.