ずうっといっしょ！ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Tatsuya Kitani

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through Tatsuya Kitani's 'ずうっといっしょ！' offers a unique and intense experience. The song's rapid-fire lyrics and emotionally charged vocabulary provide a challenging yet rewarding way to engage with the language. You can learn about the nuanced expressions of dark emotions and the use of the informal first-person pronoun 'あたし' (atashi), often used by women. The song is special for its stark contrast between its cheerful-sounding title and its dark, obsessive lyrical content, a hallmark of Kitani's clever and often provocative songwriting.

[English]

Lend me your charger! Once again, I wore myself out because of you

I missed the last train, and now I can't go home because of you

Let's stay connected, dragging each other into a war of attrition

We pulled each other down during our youth

With settled memories, we’re always together! Oh

Even on the day of the school visit, I felt like no one was watching

I tried not to expect anything from the daytime streets after being hurt so much

Even the loneliness I protected like that became a mess

I've always wanted to die so badly

I can't even think of cherishing this face

The days we spent together

The small happiness

I hope they’ve become irreplaceable traumas

Isn't being apart just a bug someone made us say?

I’ll stay with you as your lifelong regret

What is something precious?

That which I lost now

I made a mistake with you

It can't be undone

In health and in sickness

We’re always together in this gruesome history!

I wanted to feel sad about sad things a little more normally

I wanted to entrust my emotions to a major key tune and feel at ease

“Just do your best to live your life, okay?”

I've always wanted to die so badly

I don’t want to be at the mercy of that kind of song

Just you alone

Stealing my gaze

Don’t think about being happy

Since that night you dried my hair

I was broken

I’ll stay with you as your lifelong regret

Like a ring that can’t be taken off

I keep having flashbacks over and over, it’s the worst

I was cuter when we were together

I’ll stay with you as your lifelong regret

What is something precious?

That which I lost now

I made a mistake with you

It can't be undone

In health and in sickness

Even if you sleep with someone else

We’re always together in matching nightmares!

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[Japanese]

充電器を貸して！ またあなたのせいであたしすり減った

終電見逃してまたあたしのせいで帰れなくなった

繋がっていようね 消耗戦に持ち込んで

お互いに足を引っ張ったアオハル

沈殿した思い出でずうっといっしょ！ Oh

参観日にだって誰からも見られていない気がしたんだ

散々シニカって昼の街に期待しないようにしたんだ

そうやって守った孤独さえめちゃくちゃになった

あたしいつだって死にたくて仕方ない

こんな顔だいじにしたいと思えないもん

共に過ごした日々が

ささやかな幸せが

かけがえのないトラウマになってたらいいな

はなればなれなんて誰かが吐かせたバグだよね？

あなたの一生の後悔として添い遂げるよ

大切なものって なあに？

今失くしたそれ

あたしと間違いを犯しちゃったんだ

取り返しがつかないね

健やかなるときも病める時も

グロい履歴の中でずうっといっしょ！

もうちょっとふつうに悲しいこと悲しいと思いたかった

長調のチューンに感情委託して楽になりたかった

「せいぜい一生懸命に生きてくださいね」

あたしいつだって死にたくて仕方ない

あんな歌の言いなりになっていたくないの

あなただけひとりで

あたしの目を盗んで

幸せになろうなんて思わないで

髪を乾かしてくれた夜から

あたしは壊されたんだよ

あなたの一生の後悔として添い遂げるよ

外れなくなってしまった指輪みたいに

何度もずっとフラッシュバックしている 最低だよ

一緒に居た時の方があたし可愛かったなあ

あなたの一生の後悔として添い遂げるよ

大切なものって なあに？

今失くしたそれ

あたしと間違いを犯しちゃったんだ

取り返しがつかないね

健やかなるときも病める時も

他の誰かと眠っていても

お揃いの悪夢でずうっといっしょ！

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
充電 /じゅうでん/ B1	noun - recharge
すり減っ /すりへっ/ B2	verb - to wear out
終電 /しゅうでん/ B1	noun - last train
消耗戦 /しょうもうせん/ C1	noun - war of attrition
沈殿 /ちんでん/ B2	noun - sediment
シニカ /しにか/ B2	verb - to sneer
トラウマ /とらうま/ B2	noun - trauma
バグ /ばぐ/ B1	noun - bug
グロい /ぐろい/ B2	adjective - grotesque
フラッシュバック /ふらっしゅばっく/ C1	noun - flashback
悪夢 /あくむ/ B1	noun - nightmare

Key Grammar Structures

• またあなたのせいで

  ➔ Using "また...で" to indicate "again...because of" or "due to".

  ➔ "また" means "again" or "also", and "で" indicates the cause or reason.

• 沈殿した思い出で

  ➔ Using "～で" to indicate the means or context in which something happens.

  ➔ "で" indicates the context, material, or means related to the noun.

• お互いに足を引っ張った

  ➔ Using "～に" to indicate "to each other" or mutual action.

  ➔ "に" after "お互い" (each other) shows mutual action or relation.

• ずうっといっしょ！

  ➔ Using "ずっと" to indicate "continuously" or "steadily" over a period of time.

  ➔ "ずっと" expresses the idea of doing or being something continuously over a long period.

• 誓いを立てる

  ➔ Using "～を」to mark the direct object of the verb "立てる" (to establish, to make).

  ➔ "を" marks the direct object of the verb, indicating what is being established or created.

• 取り返しがつかない

  ➔ Using "が" to mark the subject, combined with "つかない" (cannot be done) to express impossibility.

  ➔ "が" indicates the subject of the sentence, and "つかない" means "cannot be done" or "impossible".