最低 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: れん

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through '最低' offers a chance to explore the nuanced language of emotion and relationships. The lyrics are rich with expressions of inner conflict, resignation, and unspoken feelings, providing a deep dive into how personal turmoil is conveyed in Japanese. The song's simple yet powerful vocabulary makes it an accessible and moving piece for language learners to connect with authentic emotional expression in music.

[English]

Don't let me say I'm at my lowest - Your shadow

It's okay to get hurt, right? - Surely, I'll be rejected

But I still like you - Is this feeling too heavy?

Let's break up with these five letters - Drifting further apart than strangers

If we had never met - I could have gone without crying

I stayed silent while you were crying - Unable to even lie, just watching

I already knew that you from back then is gone -

The accumulated frustrations - Can't disappear, and I can't even tell you

You told me not to keep secrets - Yet you hide things from me, why is that?

You keep things from me, why is it so?

The time spent with you - Can't be filled by anyone else

One-sided love is so empty, isn't it? - No matter how I struggle, it's meaningless

I have to suppress my feelings for you - Already

I stayed silent while you were crying - I stood still, ignoring my selfishness

It'll be okay, that's all I could say - Irresponsibly

I stayed silent while you were crying - Unable to even lie, just watching

I already knew that I from back then is gone -

[Japanese]

最低なんて言わせないで あなたの影

傷ついてもいいんだよね きっと振られてしまうのでしょう

でもまだ好きなの 重いかなこの想い

わかれようこの5文字で 他人より離れていく

出会う事がなければ 泣かずにいられたのに

僕は泣いてる君に黙っていた 嘘すらも吐けずただ見ていた

あの頃の君はいないそんなことは もう分かっていた

降り積もってしまった不満達は 消えることもなく君にすら言えなくて

隠し事なんてしないでねって 言っていたくせに

私には隠すんだねどうしてなの

貴方と過ごした時間は 誰にも埋められないのに

一方通行の愛は虚しいんだね どう足掻いても無意味で

あなたを想う気持ちにも 蓋をしなくちゃ もう

僕は泣いてる君に黙っていた わがままも聴かず立ち尽くした

きっと大丈夫無責任な言葉 しか言えずに

泣いてる君に黙っていた 嘘すらも吐けずただ見ていた

あの頃の僕もいないそんなことは もう分かっていた

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
影 /kage/ A2	noun - shadow
傷 /kizu/ B1	noun - wound
想い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought, feeling
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
言う /iu/ A1	verb - to say
時間 /jikan/ A1	noun - time
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
虚しい /munashii/ B2	adjective - empty, futile
分かる /wakaru/ A2	verb - to understand
隠す /kakusu/ B1	verb - to hide
言えない /ienai/ B1	verb - cannot say
重い /omoi/ B1	adjective - heavy, serious
嘘 /uso/ A2	noun - lie
事 /koto/ A2	noun - thing, matter
埋める /umeru/ B2	verb - to bury, to fill

Key Grammar Structures

• 最低なんて言わせないで

  ➔ Verb causative +ないで

  ➔ The phrase "言わせないで" uses the causative form "言わせる" (to make someone say) plus "ないで" to mean "don't make me say" or "don't let me say."

• 傷ついてもいいんだよね

  ➔ ても + いいんだよね = even if / although + いいんだ

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• きっと振られてしまうのでしょう

  ➔ しまう + でしょう = probably / probably will

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• 出会う事がなければ

  ➔ なければ = if not / unless

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• 嘘すらも吐けずただ見ていた

  ➔ すらも + 〜ず = even / even to the extent of

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• もう分かっていた

  ➔ ていた = past continuous / past perfect continuous

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