正解 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: RADWIMPS

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

この先に出会うどんな友とも

No matter what friends I meet from here on out

分かち合えない秘密を共にした

We shared secrets that we can't divide

それなのにたったひと言の 「ごめんね」だけ

Yet, just a single word, "I'm sorry"

やけに遠くて言えなかったり

Felt so far away, I couldn't say it

明日も会うのになぜか僕らは

Even though we'll meet again tomorrow, for some reason we

眠い眼こすり 夜通しバカ話

Rub our sleepy eyes and talk nonsense all night

明くる日 案の定 机並べて居眠りして

The next day, as expected, we doze off at our desks

怒られてるのに笑えてきて

Even though we're being scolded, I can't help but laugh

理屈に合わないことを どれだけやれるかが青春だとでも

How much we can do things that don't make sense is what youth is, I guess

どこかで僕ら思っていたのかな

Maybe we thought that somewhere

あぁ 答えがある問いばかりを 教わってきたよ そのせいだろうか

Ah, I've only been taught questions that have answers, is that why?

僕たちが知りたかったのは いつも正解などまだ銀河にもない

What we wanted to know was that there's never a right answer in the galaxy

一番大切な君と 仲直りの仕方

The way to make up with you, who is the most important to me

大好きなあの子の 心の振り向かせ方

How to turn the heart of that girl I love

なに一つ見えない 僕らの未来だから

Because our future is completely invisible

答えがすでにある 問いなんかに用などはない

I have no use for questions that already have answers

Oh

Oh

これまで出逢ったどんな友とも

With any friend I've met until now

違う君に見つけてもらった

I found you, who is different

自分をはじめて好きになれたの

For the first time, I was able to like myself

分かるはずない

There's no way you could understand

君に分かるはずもないでしょう

You probably can't understand either

並んで歩けど どこかで追い続けていた 君の背中

Though we walk side by side, I was still chasing your back somewhere

明日からは もうそこにはない(そこにはない)

From tomorrow, it won't be there anymore (won't be there)

あぁ 答えがある問いばかりを 教わってきたよ そのせいだろうか

Ah, I've only been taught questions that have answers, is that why?

僕たちが知りたかったのは いつも正解など大人も知らない

What we wanted to know was that even adults don't know the right answers

喜びが溢れて止まらない 夜の眠り方

How to sleep at night when joy overflows and won't stop

悔しさで滲んだ 心の傷の治し方

How to heal the wounds of my heart that are blurred with regret

傷ついた友の 励まし方

How to encourage a hurt friend

あなたとはじめて怒鳴り合った日

The day I first shouted at you

あとで聞いたよ 君は笑っていたと

I heard later that you were laughing

想いの伝え方がわからない

I don't know how to convey my feelings

僕の心 君は無理矢理こじ開けたの

You forcibly pried open my heart

あぁ 答えがある問いばかりを 教わってきたよ だけど明日からは

Ah, I've only been taught questions that have answers, but from tomorrow

僕だけの正解をいざ 探しにゆくんだ また逢う日まで

I'm off to search for my own right answer until we meet again

次の空欄に当てはまる言葉を

Fill in the words that fit in the next blank

書き入れなさい ここでの最後の問い

Write them down, the last question here

「君のいない 明日からの日々を

“From tomorrow, the days without you

僕は きっと きっと

I will surely, surely

制限時間は あなたのこれからの人生

The time limit is your life from now on

解答用紙は あなたのこれからの人生

The answer sheet is your life from now on

答え合わせの 時に私はもういない

When it's time to check the answers, I won't be there anymore

だから 採点基準は あなたのこれからの人生

So, the grading criteria is your life from now on

「よーい、はじめ」

“Ready, set, go”

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
友 /とも/ A1	noun - friend
秘密 /ひみつ/ A2	noun - secret
明日 /あした/ A1	noun - tomorrow
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart/mind
傷 /きず/ B1	noun - wound/injury
喜び /よろこび/ B1	noun - joy
答え /こたえ/ B1	noun - answer
未来 /みらい/ B2	noun - future
方法 /ほうほう/ B2	noun - method
大切 /たいせつ/ B2	adjective - important
分かる /わかる/ A2	verb - to understand
探す /さがす/ B1	verb - to search
怒る /おこる/ B1	verb - to get angry
思い /おもい/ B2	noun - thought
言葉 /ことば/ B2	noun - word/language

Key Grammar Structures

• 分かち合えない秘密を共にした

  ➔ Potential Form (〜えない): expresses inability or impossibility

  ➔ The suffix "〜えない" shows that the action cannot be performed.

• 答えがすでにある問いなんかに用などはない

  ➔ はない (nai): negative form indicating absence

  ➔ The phrase "はない" is used to deny the existence of something or the presence of a certain attribute.

• 笑っていたと

  ➔ ている form: ongoing or habitual action in the past or present

  ➔ The ている form indicates an action that was ongoing or habitual in the past or present.

• 大切なあの子の 心の振り向かせ方

  ➔ の (no): possessive or descriptive particle

  ➔ The の particle connects nouns to show possession or to describe qualities.

• 解答用紙は あなたのこれからの人生

  ➔ は (wa): topic particle; の (no): possessive particle

  ➔ The は particle marks the topic of the sentence, while の indicates possession or relation.

• 次の空欄に当てはまる言葉を

  ➔ に (ni): direction, target, or indirect object particle

  ➔ The particle に indicates the target or destination of an action.

• 「よーい、はじめ」

  ➔ imperative form: giving a command or instruction

  ➔ The phrase is in imperative form, used to instruct someone to begin.