時よ止まれ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ILLIT

Lyrics & Translation

Learn Japanese with ILLIT's debut single “時よ止まれ”! This song is perfect for language learners as it features clear, bright vocals and catchy, repetitive phrases. Through its sweet lyrics about youth and friendship, you can pick up vocabulary related to school life and emotions, all while enjoying a fun and energetic disco-pop tune that captures the special feeling of wanting to make a perfect moment last forever.

[English]

Hey, let's share a story at summer’s end.

Shimmering brightly, lighting everything up.

The sun is a spotlight.

Attention, attention

(Attention, please)

The lacto ice cream we ate after school.

Even splitting it in half isn’t enough, oh.

Adults (absolutely) can’t see this world.

Come on, let’s go (let’s go).

Makeup in a blue shadow.

Reached the sea that shines blue.

Stuck without being able to go back.

Turn off the smartphone.

With you, anywhere goes.

If we have this rouge.

We can be anything.

Be beautiful (Mwah; Ooh-woah).

Invincible cuteness, attention, please.

With mysterious magic.

Transforming with technical makeup.

Girls are the best, attention, please.

If we’re together.

We can go anywhere.

Shimmering brightly, lighting everything up.

The sun is a spotlight, attention, please.

Transforming with technical makeup.

Youth isn’t a fleeting moment— that’s a lie— it’s forever, attention, please.

Time, please stop. Chronostasis.

Like a soda bubble fading away.

A Sunday that ends in an instant.

But these memories

Candy that never melts.

Hair all a mess from sweat.

The faded bus rattles.

Where shall we go?

We can go anywhere, come on.

We don’t need uniforms.

We can become anything.

If it’s us (Mwah).

Invincible cuteness, attention, please.

With mysterious magic.

Transforming with technical makeup.

That’s what girls are, attention, please.

This moment is the best.

Can’t stop yet.

Shimmering brightly, lighting everything up.

The sun is a spotlight, attention, please.

Transforming with technical makeup.

Youth isn’t a fleeting moment— that’s a lie— it’s forever, attention, please.

Yeah, see? Alright.

[Japanese]

ねえ、夏の終わりのとある御噺をしよう。

燦々 さんさん と照らしてる

太陽が spotlight

Attention, attention

(Attention, please)

放課後に食べたラクトアイス

半分こしても足りない, oh

大人達は (絶対) 視えない世界 (世界)

さあゆこう (ゆこう)

Blue shadowで make up

蒼く光る海へ辿り着いて

戻れないままで

スマホの電源も切って

君となら何処までも

この rouge さえあれば

何にだってなれる

綺麗になあれ (Mwah; Ooh-woah)

無敵の可愛さ attention, please

不思議な魔法で

変身するの technical メイク

女の子って最高, attention, please

私達一緒なら

何処へだってゆける

燦々 さんさん と照らしてる

太陽が spotlight, attention, please

変身するの technical メイク

青春は一瞬なんて嘘、永遠に, attention, please

時よ止まれ Chronostasis

炭酸の泡が消えるくらいに

一瞬で終わる Sunday

でもこの思い出

一生溶けない candy

汗で髪がぐちゃぐちゃ

褪せたバスは rattle

何処へゆこうか

何処へでもゆける さあ

制服はいらないわ

何にでもなれる

私達なら (Mwah)

無敵の可愛さ, attention, please

不思議な魔法で

変身するの technical メイク

女の子ってそう, attention, please

最高この瞬間

まだまだ止まれない

燦々 さんさん と照らしてる

太陽が spotlight, attention, please

変身するの technical メイク

青春は一瞬なんて嘘、永遠に., attention, please

そう、ほら alright

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - the season between spring and autumn, characterized by warm weather
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star around which the Earth orbits
spotlight /ˈspɒt.laɪt/ B1	noun - a bright light focused on a particular area
attention /əˈtɛn.ʃən/ A2	noun - notice or awareness
ice cream /aɪs kriːm/ A2	noun - a sweet frozen dessert made from milk and cream
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all the people and places on it
shadow /ˈʃæd.oʊ/ B1	noun - a dark area or shape produced by an object blocking light
makeup /ˈmeɪkʌp/ A2	noun - cosmetics applied to the face
sea /siː/ A1	noun - the salty water that covers much of the Earth's surface
smartphone /ˈsmɑːrt.foʊn/ B1	noun - a mobile phone with advanced computing capability
rouge /ruːʒ/ C1	noun - red cosmetic for the cheeks
magic /ˈmædʒ.ɪk/ A2	noun - the power to affect events by supernatural means
transformation /ˌtræns.fərˈmeɪ.ʃən/ B2	noun - a complete change in appearance or character
youth /juːθ/ B1	noun - the period of being young
eternal /ɪˈtɜːr.nəl/ B2	adjective - lasting forever
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
stop /stɑːp/ A1	verb - to cease moving, performing, etc.
memory /ˈmɛm.ə.ri/ B1	noun - the faculty of recalling past events
candy /ˈkæn.di/ A2	noun - a sweet food made with sugar
bus /bʌs/ A1	noun - a large vehicle for transporting passengers
uniform /ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːrm/ A2	noun - a set of clothes worn by members of an organization

Key Grammar Structures

• ねえ、夏の終わりのとある御噺をしよう。

  ➔ Volitional form ('shall we' / 'let's')

  ➔ Volitional form: the verb ends with 'しよう' to propose doing something. In the sentence, the word to note is "しよう".

• 放課後に食べたラクトアイス

  ➔ Past tense (た-form) used to denote a completed action

  ➔ Past tense: '食べた' is the past tense of '食べる' (to eat). The line shows a completed action that happened after school: 放課後に '食べた'.

• 半分こしても足りない, oh

  ➔ Concessive clause with ても (even if) + negative consequence

  ➔ Concessive clause: 'しても' means 'even if you do ~'. Highlight the concessive form in the sentence: 半分こ『しても』足りない.

• 大人達は (絶対) 視えない世界 (世界)

  ➔ Relative clause with negative ability: '視えない' modifies '世界' to form 'the world adults cannot see'

  ➔

• 戻れないままで

  ➔ Negative potential + ままで: 'remain unable to go back' or stay in that state

  ➔ Expression of staying in an unchanged, impossible-to-go-back state: '戻れない' with 'ままで'.

• 君となら何処までも

  ➔ Conditional if + topic marker: 'なら' indicating 'if with you' or 'as long as with you'

  ➔ Conditional sense: 'なら' sets a hypothetical condition: 'if with you'.

• この rouge さえあれば

  ➔ Emphatic particle さえ + 〜あれば (if there is) expressing 'even this' is enough

  ➔ Emphasis marker: 'さえ' adds emphasis, meaning 'even this (one thing) would be enough'. Highlight: この『さえ』あれば.

• 何にだってなれる

  ➔ Potential with 〜れる + だって to emphasize 'anything at all'

  ➔ Potential meaning: 'なれる' is the potential form of 'なる' (to become); '何にだって' adds emphasis that you can become anything.

• 時よ止まれ Chronostasis

  ➔ Imperative mood: '止まれ' gives a command to stop

  ➔ Imperative: telling something to stop, a direct command.