真夜中のジョーク – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 間宮貴子
• Album: Love Trip

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

もうすぐ朝の中 近いわこの匂い

Soon it'll be morning, I can smell it close

一人っきりのドライブ

Driving all alone

ほんの思いつき 真夜中のジョーク

Just a whim, a midnight joke

早起きなら 苦手だけど

I'm not good at waking up early

夜更かしなら 気分次第

But staying up late, it depends on my mood

その気になれば走り続ける女なの

If I get in the mood, I’ll keep running, I’m a girl like that

恋にしたって 言えそうだけど

Even love, I might say it’s just a thing

始まりはジョークのつもりだけ

It all started as a joke, that’s what I meant

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対向車も 人もいない

No oncoming cars, no one around

私だけが 流れるまま

Just me, drifting along

ドラマの場合となりを見ると男なの

In this drama, looking to the side, it's a man

少しだけ逢ったことのある 渋い人

A slightly familiar, serious-looking person

ひどいジョークね、やめて！

What a terrible joke, stop it!

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もうすぐ朝の中 近いわこの匂い

Soon it'll be morning, I can smell it close

一人っきりのドライブ

Driving all alone

ほんの思いつき 真夜中のジョーク

Just a whim, a midnight joke

うまくいけば 海が見える

If all goes well, I might see the sea

うまくいけば 忘れられる

If all goes well, I can forget

ジョークがすぎて泣くこともある女なの

This girl, crying over jokes too much

本気だって言えそうだけど 走るのよ

I might even say I’m serious, but I run on

こんな私のままで

Just as I am

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
朝 /あさ/ A1	noun - morning
匂い /におい/ A2	noun - smell
ドライブ /どらいぶ/ A2	noun - drive (as in a car ride)
思いつき /おもいつき/ B1	noun - idea, thought
ジョーク /じょーく/ A2	noun - joke
女 /おんな/ A1	noun - woman
恋 /こい/ B1	noun - love
始まり /はじまり/ B1	noun - beginning
人 /ひと/ A1	noun - person
流れる /ながれる/ B1	verb - to flow
泣く /なく/ A2	verb - to cry
海 /うみ/ A1	noun - sea
見える /みえる/ A2	verb - to be visible
忘れられる /わすれられる/ B2	verb - to be forgotten
本気 /ほんき/ B2	noun - seriousness, earnestness
走る /はしる/ A2	verb - to run

Key Grammar Structures

• 一人っきりのドライブ

  ➔ Noun + の + Noun (possessive or descriptive)

  ➔ The phrase "一人っきりの" describes the type of drive, indicating it is a solitary one.

• 早起きなら 苦手だけど

  ➔ Conditional form (なら) + contrastive conjunction (けど)

  ➔ The phrase indicates a condition (if I wake up early) followed by a contrasting statement (but I am not good at it).

• 恋にしたって 言えそうだけど

  ➔ Verb in conditional form (したって) + potential form (言えそう)

  ➔ This indicates that even in love, it seems possible to say something, but there is a hint of uncertainty.

• 対向車も 人もいない

  ➔ Noun + も (also) + negative form (いない)

  ➔ This structure indicates that there are neither oncoming cars nor people, emphasizing solitude.

• うまくいけば 海が見える

  ➔ Conditional form (うまくいけば) + potential form (見える)

  ➔ This indicates that if things go well, it is possible to see the sea.

• ジョークがすぎて泣くこともある女なの

  ➔ Noun + が (subject marker) + verb + こと (nominalizer) + も (also)

  ➔ This structure indicates that there are times when the woman cries due to excessive jokes.

• こんな私のままで

  ➔ Phrase + のままで (as it is)

  ➔ This indicates a desire to remain as she is, without change.