渚のCHERRY – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: AKB48

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

あなたが走る

You run

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

水しぶき

Splashes of water

白い砂浜で脱いだ サンダル

Shoes I took off on the white sand

打ち寄せる波が夏を運んで来る

Waves coming ashore bring summer

裸足の恋なら

If it's love barefoot

どこまででも行ける

I can go anywhere

憧れてた

I've always dreamed of

Seventeen

Seventeen

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

逃げる私を

Running away from me

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

追いかけて！

Chase after me!

(Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl)

(Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl)

(Angel of the summer beach)

(Angel of the summer beach)

(Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl)

(Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl)

(You are seventeen)

(You are seventeen)

丸い太陽がジリジリ照らすの

The round sun burns brightly

差し出した手と手 触れたその瞬間

The moment our hands touched

初めてのキスは

Our first kiss was

甘くて酸っぱくて

Sweet and tart

わからなかった

I didn't understand

渚のキュン

The flutter at the beach

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

瞳を閉じて

Close my eyes

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

潮風の中

In the sea breeze

...

...

Tシャツの胸に

On my T-shirt’s chest

顔を埋めながら

While burying my face in it

聞いていたの

I was listening to you

あなたは海

You are the sea

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

逃げる私を

Running away from me

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

追いかけて！

Chase after me!

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

あなたが走る

You run

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

Cherry, cherry boy, cherry, cherry girl

水しぶき

Splashes of water

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...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
走る /hashiru/ A2	verb - to run
脱いだ /nu:da/ B1	verb (past tense) - took off (clothes)
運んで /hakonde/ B2	verb - to carry, to transport
裸足 /hadashi/ B1	noun - barefoot
恋 /koi/ B1	noun - love (romantic)
憧れてた /akogareta/ B1	verb (past tense) - dreamed of, admired
逃げる /nigeru/ A2	verb - to run away, to escape
追いかけて /oikakete/ B1	verb - to chase after
照らす /terasu/ B2	verb - to shine light on
初めて /hajimete/ A2	adjective, adverb - first time
キス /kisu/ A1	noun - kiss
甘くて /amakute/ B2	adjective (te-form) - sweet
酸っぱくて /suppakute/ B2	adjective (te-form) - sour

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたが走る

  ➔ Subject + Verb

  ➔ In this line, "あなた" (you) is the subject and "走る" (run) is the verb.

• 水しぶき

  ➔ Noun

  ➔ "水しぶき" (splash) is a noun that describes the action of water splashing.

• 初めてのキスは甘くて酸っぱくて

  ➔ Adjective + て-form

  ➔ In this line, "甘くて" (sweet) and "酸っぱくて" (sour) are adjectives connected by the て-form.

• 逃げる私を

  ➔ Verb + を (object marker)

  ➔ In this line, "逃げる" (to escape) is the verb and "私" (me) is the object marked by を.

• あなたは海

  ➔ Subject + は + Noun

  ➔ In this line, "あなた" (you) is the subject, "は" is the topic marker, and "海" (sea) is the noun.

• 差し出した手と手

  ➔ Verb + た + Noun

  ➔ In this line, "差し出した" (extended) is the past form of the verb, and "手" (hand) is the noun.

• 瞳を閉じて

  ➔ Noun + を + Verb

  ➔ In this line, "瞳" (eyes) is the noun, "を" marks the object, and "閉じて" (close) is the verb.