新しい恋人達に – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: back number
• Album: 新しい恋人達に (2024.09.11 release)

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through music is a fantastic way to connect with the culture, and back number's "新しい恋人達に" is a perfect song to start with. Its clear and emotional vocals make it easier to follow the lyrics, which tell a touching story about family and hope. By listening to this song, you can learn heartfelt expressions and vocabulary related to love and life's journey, all wrapped in a beautiful melody that has touched many in Japan.

[English]

As the light closes in

Even if the number of people I can't meet increases

I couldn't become an adult

And I can't tell anyone about it

I've received wonderful things, precious things

Yet I can't hold onto them all

Tracing the clouds with my fingertips

There are things I can no longer see

As you draw

Even if I have words to say

I probably won't be able to find them

Even if I don't remember asking

I know I've been protected

I can't do it on my own

But I wish for you to be gentle, I pray

I don't fit in at all - even though I'm lacking in everything

I don't even know how to give up - I'm here

Even if it's a rainbow drawn on a cardboard

Or a baton covered in fingerprints

If I could find just one thing

That I could pass on

Maybe I could hold my head a little higher

On the last page of a closed picture book

Whose life is this?

Whose life is this?

Whose life is this?

Whose life is this?

Whose life is this?

Your future, pure white

Stays pure white

So you can paint it with colors

Tracing the clouds with my fingertips

There are things I can no longer see

As you draw

Even if I have words to say

I probably won't be able to find them

But someday, if you wish

To somehow make someone happy

On the day you wish for that

If you could smile and nod

Then I think that would be enough

[Japanese]

光が閉じるように

会えない人がまた増えても

大人になれなかった

それを誰にも言えないでいる

素敵なものを 大事なものを

抱えきれないくらいに もらったのに

指先で雲をなぞって

僕にはもう見えないもの

描く君に

かける言葉があるとしても

僕にはとても探せないだろう

頼んだ覚えは無くても

守られてきた事は知ってる

自分じゃできやしないけど

君には優しくあれと願い 祈る

似合ってなんかいなくて なにもかも足りないのに

投げ出し方も分かんなくて ここにいる

張りぼてに描いた虹でも

手垢にまみれたバトンでも

なにかひとつ

渡せるものが見つけられたら

少しは胸を張れるだろうか

閉じた絵本の 終わりのページで

これは誰の人生だ

誰の人生だ

誰の人生だ

誰の人生だ

誰の人生だ

真白な君の未来を

真白なまま

君が色を塗れるように

指先で雲をなぞって

僕にはもう見えないものを

描く君に

かける言葉があるとしても

僕にはとても探せないだろう

でもいつか君が誰かを

どうにか幸せにしたいと

願う日に

笑って頷けたとしたら

それでもうじゅうぶんじゃないかと思う

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
閉じる (tojiru) /to.d͡ʑi.ɾɯ/ B1	verb - to close, to shut
増える (fueru) /ɸɯeɾɯ/ A2	verb - to increase, to grow
大人 (otona) /o.to.na/ A2	noun - adult
大事 (daiji) /daid͡ʑi/ B1	adjective - important, valuable
指先 (yubisaki) /jɯ.bi.sa.ki/ B1	noun - fingertip
雲 (kumo) /kɯ.mo/ A1	noun - cloud
描く (egaku) /e.ɡa.kɯ/ A2	verb - to draw, to paint, to depict
言葉 (kotoba) /ko.to.ba/ A2	noun - word, language
探す (sagasu) /sa.ɡa.sɯ/ A2	verb - to search, to look for
守る (mamoru) /ma.mo.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to protect, to defend
優しい (yasashii) /ja.sa.ɕiː/ A2	adjective - kind, gentle
願い (negai) /ne.ɡa.i/ B1	noun - wish, desire, request
祈る (inoru) /i.no.ɾɯ/ B1	verb - to pray, to wish
虹 (niji) /ni.d͡ʑi/ A2	noun - rainbow
人生 (jinsei) /d͡ʑin.seː/ B1	noun - life
未来 (mirai) /mi.ɾa.i/ A2	noun - future
幸せ (shiawase) /ɕi.a.wa.se/ A2	adjective - happy noun - happiness
頷く (unazuku) /ɯ.na.zɯ.kɯ/ B2	verb - to nod