正しくなれない – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ずっと真夜中でいいのに。, ACAね
• Album: ぐされ

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through 'Tadashiku Narenai' by ZUTOMAYO offers a deep dive into poetic and emotionally charged language. The song's lyrics are rich with metaphors and expressions of internal conflict, such as the struggle between truth and falsehood, and the definition of 'right' and 'wrong'. What makes this song special for learners is its narrative connection to 'The Promised Neverland,' allowing for a contextual understanding of the vocabulary and themes of resilience, hope, and the fight for one's beliefs. The complex phrasing and emotive singing style of ACAne also provide a unique challenge for listening comprehension and pronunciation.

[English]

I can't be right, the fog sees the poison

I want to check everything one by one

I want to keep thinking

Meeting through lies, we have nothing at all

Because nothing's been taken from us

...

It feels like we're growing up, like being loved

Reading the warm waves

Choosing today, this moment, a clear morning color

Asking over and over again

We’re liars, aren’t we? We’re in love, aren’t we?

Laughing and crying till we’re all dried out

Accepting today

I won’t forget the days of joy

Because I believe it's happier not to know

The more I know, the more I learn

I can’t be right, the fog sees the poison

I want to check everything one by one

I want to keep thinking

Meeting through lies, we have nothing at all

Because nothing's been taken from us

...

Now, don’t shut your heart

Keep training carefully, watchful and steady

Just a smile on a withered tree

Your body, your true feelings, everything

I won’t let it go to waste, not at all

Hey, isn’t it happier to know?

Can I reach that place?

The sunset mirror only you see

Until I understand someday, even I

Want to keep thinking

Meeting through lies, the branches bend

Led by fate

It’s not much, it’s not waste

Our perspectives grow more generous

Always, even if mocked forever

A trap of unbreakable sand

If I can overlook the possibilities

Because I can’t give up on potential

...

Still

...

You saw that I can’t be right

I want to check everything one by one

I want to keep thinking

Meeting through lies, we have nothing at all

Even if everyone hates it all

Because nothing's been taken from us

...

[Japanese]

正しくなれない 霧が毒をみた

片っ端から確かめたくて

考え続けたい

偽りで出会えた 僕らは何一つも

奪われてないから

僕ら育ってゆくみたい 愛されるみたい

暖かな波を読む

今日を 今を選ぶ 澄んだ朝色

尋ねる声で何度でも

僕ら嘘つきだね、両想いだね

枯れ果てるまで泣き笑い

今日を 受け入れてゆく

喜びあった日々を 忘れはしないけど

知らない方が幸せだって

知れば 知り得るほど

正しくなれない 霧が毒をみた

片っ端から確かめたくて

考え続けたい

偽りで出会えた 僕らは何一つも

奪われてないから

今 心を閉ざさぬように

虎視眈々と 訓練を続けよ

枯れ木に 笑顔だけ

君の肉体 本心全て

無駄になんかさせないよ

ねぇ、知り得る方が幸せだって

辿り着いてもいい？

君だけが見る 夕焼け風鏡

僕でもいつか 解る日まで

考え続けたい

偽りで出会えた 撓る枝分かれよ

導かれ

大したもんじゃない 無駄なもんじゃない

視野は脳裏を 寛大にしていくように

ずっと もうずっと 茶化されようが

折れない砂の罠

可能性が 見逃せるならば

可能性を 諦められないから

未だ

正しくなれない 君が僕をみた

片っ端から確かめたくて

考え続けたい

偽りで出会えた 僕らは何一つも

全て嫌われても

奪われてないから

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
正しい(tadashii) /tadashii/ B1	adjective - correct, right, proper
霧(kiri) /kiɾi/ B1	noun - fog, mist
毒(doku) /doku/ B2	noun - poison, venom
確かめる(tashikameru) /taɕikameɾu/ B2	verb - to confirm, to ascertain
考える(kangaeru) /kaŋɡaeɾɯ/ A2	verb - to think, to consider
偽り(itsuwari) /it͡sɯwaɾi/ C1	noun - falsehood, lie, fabrication
奪う(ubau) /ɯbau/ B2	verb - to steal, to snatch
育つ(sodatsu) /sodat͡sɯ/ A2	verb - to grow up, to be brought up
愛する(aisuru) /aisɯɾɯ/ B1	verb - to love
波(nami) /nami/ A2	noun - wave
選ぶ(erabu) /eɾabɯ/ A2	verb - to choose, to select
嘘(uso) /ɯso/ A2	noun - lie, falsehood
枯れる(kareru) /kaɾeɾɯ/ B2	verb - to wither, to die
笑う(warau) /waɾau/ A1	verb - to laugh
受け入れる(ukeireru) /ɯkeːɾeɾɯ/ B2	verb - to accept, to receive
喜び(yorokobi) /joɾokobi/ B1	noun - joy, delight
忘れる(wasureru) /wasureɾɯ/ A2	verb - to forget
幸せ(shiawase) /ɕiawase/ A2	adjective - happy, fortunate
閉ざす(tozasu) /tozasɯ/ B2	verb - to close; to shut
笑顔(egao) /eɡao/ A2	noun - smiling face; smile

Key Grammar Structures

• 正しくなれない

  ➔ Potential form + ない (negative form)

  ➔ Using the potential form + ない to express the inability to become something.

• 霧が毒をみた

  ➔ Subject + が + verb

  ➔ Using が to mark the subject performing the action.

• 考え続けたい

  ➔ 続けたい (want to continue)

  ➔ Using the verb stem + たい to express desire to do something.

• 偽りで出会えた

  ➔ で (particle indicating means or manner)

  ➔ Using the particle で to indicate the means or manner of meeting, which is 'by falsehood'.

• 奪われてないから

  ➔ ～ていない (negative te-form) + から (because)

  ➔ Using the negative te-form + から to give a reason or cause.

• 全て嫌われても

  ➔ ても (even if)

  ➔ Using ても to express concession or allowance, meaning 'even if' or 'despite'.

• 導かれ

  ➔ 導かれる (passive form of 'to guide')

  ➔ Using the passive form of the verb '導く' to express being guided or led.