最大公約数 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SEKAI NO OWARI
• Album: Dear Jubilee -RADWIMPS TRIBUTE-

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the depth of Japanese lyricism with SEKAI NO OWARI's rendition of '最大公約数' (Saidaikouyakusu). This track offers a beautiful, mathematical metaphor for navigating a relationship, allowing you to learn about commitment and compromise while appreciating the nuanced emotional storytelling characteristic of top J-Rock/Pop.

[English]

My two steps are your three steps

My four steps are your six steps

If we keep going like that

I think it’ll be just fine

What you think—it’s basically what I think

We don’t need some kind of miracle

Even if they say it’s free

The fact that you and I kept our hearts hidden

Had its own reasons

So the two of us

To not forget

Checked with each other

And connected those melting nights

To not forget

Shared it all

That’s why

Without trying to give anything

Without forcing ourselves to be close

Let’s just go search for it

Our greatest common divisor

Unspoken feelings

Without forcing them into words

Someday I’ll understand

In time

Your heart is twice as big as mine

My pinky finger is twice as big as yours

There’s one thing I want you to know

My desire to be loved is five times yours

Two seconds before you say, “Let’s break up”

Two seconds before tears fall, before it’s too late

Today’s 100th “I’m sorry”

You laughed in disbelief

If there are three reasons to part ways

I’ll find 100 reasons to stay together

Stubbornly, stubbornly, I’ll

Carve out what’s crumbling

Pack in those fading feelings

And overcome these collapsing nights

Together

The feelings I draw for you

The feelings you hold for me

Even if they’re different, they don’t have to be one

Feelings we can’t understand

Don’t need to be forced into agreement

Let’s save them for some future joy

Without asking for anything

Without trying to add meaning

Let’s just go search for it

Our greatest common divisor

I’m me, and you’re you

Between us, there’s infinitely

Something, I’m sure

Our own common divisor

If you’re 8, I’ll be 2

If I’m 10, you’ll be 5

What are you plus me?

What am I minus you?

Rain, then sun, then clouds

Me, then you, then simply

That’s how we’ll keep going from now on

[Japanese]

僕の2歩は君の3歩

僕の4歩は君の6歩

そんな風にこれからも

歩いてければいいと思うんだ

君が思うこと、それはつまり僕が思うこと

そんな奇跡は必要ないよ

ただで上げるって言われても

僕と君が心だけは隠し持っていたのには

それなりの理由があったんだ

だから二人は

忘れないように

確かめ合って

溶けそうな夜を繋いだんだ

忘れないように

分け合って

だからそう

何も与える手もなく

無理に寄り添うわけでもなく

つまりは探しに行こう

二人の最大公約数を

声にならぬ想いは

無理に言葉にする手もなく

いつか僕も分かる時が

経って

君の心は僕の2倍

僕の小指は君の2倍

ひとつ分かってて欲しいのは

愛されたい気持ちは君の5倍

「別れよ」って言われる2秒手前

涙がわかる惜しまれる2秒手前

本日100回目の「ごめんね」

呆れて君は笑ったね

別れる理由3つあるなら

別れない理由100個探すから

ガンコにガンコにきっと

壊れそうなボケをそいだんだ

消えそうな想い詰め込んだんだ

崩れそうな夜を超えたんだ

二人で

僕が君に描く想い

君が僕に抱く想い

違ったって一つじゃなくていいと思う

分かり合えない想いは

無理に頷くためでもなく

いつかの楽しみにそっと置こう

何も求める手もなく

無理に意味を添える手もなく

つまりは探しに行こう

二人の最大公約数を

僕は僕で君は君

その間には無限に

あるはずだよ

二人だけの公約数

君が8なら僕は2になる

僕が10なら君は5になる

君足す僕はなんだろう

僕引く君はなんだろう

雨のち晴れのち曇り

僕のち君のちつまり

そうやってこれからだってやってこう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
僕 /boku/ A1	noun - I (used by males)
君 /kimi/ A1	noun - you
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart, mind
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tears
雨 /ame/ A1	noun - rain
晴れ /hare/ A1	noun - clear weather, sunny
曇り /kumori/ A2	noun - cloudy weather
分かる /wakaru/ A1	verb - to understand, to know
歩く /aruku/ A1	verb - to walk
探す /sagasu/ A2	verb - to search, to look for
与える /ataeru/ B2	verb - to give, to provide
抱く /daku/ B2	verb - to hold, to embrace
頷く /unazuku/ C1	verb - to nod
別れる /wakareru/ B1	verb - to separate, to break up
理由 /riyuu/ B1	noun - reason
壊れる /kowareru/ B1	verb - to break, to be broken
詰め込む /tsumekomu/ C1	verb - to cram, to stuff
繋ぐ /tsunagu/ B2	verb - to connect, to tie
想い /omoi/ C2	noun - feelings, thoughts, love
最大公約数 /saidakouyakusuu/ C2	noun - greatest common divisor

Key Grammar Structures

• そんな風にこれからも歩いてければいいと思うんだ

  ➔ Conditional desire ～ばいい

  ➔ I think it would be good if we "walk like this" from now on.

• 君が思うこと、それはつまり僕が思うこと

  ➔ Nominalizer こと + それはつまり (in other words)

  ➔ "What you think" – "that is, "what I think".

• ただで上げるって言われても

  ➔ Concessive ～ても (even if)

  ➔ Even if I'm "told it's free".

• 忘れないように 確かめ合って

  ➔ Purpose ～ように + て‑form (do … in order to)

  ➔ "So that we don't forget", we "confirm each other".

• 声にならぬ想いは

  ➔ Classical negative ～ぬ (won't become)

  ➔ "Feelings that "won't become" a voice".

• 別れる理由3つあるなら

  ➔ Conditional ～なら (if there are…)

  ➔ "If there are three reasons to break up"...

• 別れない理由100個探すから

  ➔ Reason/causal から (because…)

  ➔ "Because I'll search for a hundred reasons not to break up".

• 君が8なら僕は2になる

  ➔ Conditional ～なら + result (if X then Y)

  ➔ "If you are 8, I become 2".

• 雨のち晴れのち曇り 僕のち君のちつまり

  ➔ Sequential expression のち (then) to list events

  ➔ "Rain then sunshine then cloudy, my then yours then in short".