Mine or Yours

• Por: 宇多田ヒカル

Letra:

[日本語]

[English]

昨日の僕は

Yesterday, I was

僕が思う僕とはかけ離れていた

So far from the person I thought I was.

素直になれず君を泣かせるやつには

I'm disappointed in someone who can't be honest and makes you cry.

失望している

I'm disappointed.

自分を大事にできるようになるまで

Until I can learn to value myself,

なんにも守れない

I can't protect anything.

なにが食べたい？　店探すよ

What do you want to eat? I'll look for a place.

元気出るまでダラダラしよう

Let's just chill until you feel better.

なにか飲むかい？　お湯沸かすよ

Want something to drink? I'll boil some water.

君はコーヒー　僕は緑茶、いつもの

You'll have coffee, and I'll have green tea, like always.

どの道を選ぼうと

Whichever path we choose,

選ばなかった道を失う寂しさとセット

It comes with the sadness of losing the path not taken.

令和何年になったらこの国で

What year of the Reiwa era will it be when this country

夫婦別姓OKされるんだろう

Finally allows married couples to have different surnames?

冷めたら温め直せばいい

If it gets cold, just reheat it.

不安材料も味付け次第

Even anxieties can be good depending on how you spice them.

ずっと一緒にいたいけれど

I want to be with you forever, but

毎日一緒はしんどいかも

Being together every day might be too much.

なにかいるかい？　買って行くよ

Need anything? I'll buy it for you.

君はコーヒー　僕は緑茶、いつもの

You'll have coffee, and I'll have green tea, like always.

I love making love to you

I love making love to you

掛け違えたボタン

Like mismatched buttons,

一つ一つ外す

We undo them one by one.

恐る恐る

Hesitantly,

自由に慣れれば慣れるほど

The more we get used to freedom,

不自由だって、どうして誰も

The more we relize that unfreedom, why didn't anyone

僕らに教えてくれなかったの

Tell us about it?

君はコーヒー　僕は緑茶、いつもの

You'll have coffee, and I'll have green tea, like always.

Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario	Significados
僕 /boku/ A1	noun - I (male)
君 /kimi/ A1	noun - you
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
失望 /shitsubou/ B2	verb - to be disappointed noun - disappointment
大事 /daiji/ A2	adjective - important, valuable
守る /mamoru/ A2	verb - to protect
店 /mise/ A1	noun - shop, store
元気 /genki/ A2	noun - energy, health
お湯 /oyu/ A1	noun - hot water
沸かす /wakasu/ A2	verb - to boil
コーヒー /koːhiː/ A1	noun - coffee
緑茶 /ryokucha/ A1	noun - green tea
道 /michi/ A1	noun - road, path
夫婦 /fuufu/ A2	noun - married couple
不安 /fuan/ B1	adjective - anxious, uneasy noun - anxiety, uneasiness
味 /aji/ A1	noun - taste
ボタン /botan/ A1	noun - button
自由 /jiyuu/ A2	noun - freedom adjective - free
不自由 /fujiyuu/ B1	noun - discomfort, inconvenience adjective - inconvenient, uncomfortable

Gramática:

• 昨日の僕は 僕が思う僕とはかけ離れていた

  ➔ Topic marker は (wa), Quotative particle と (to), Verb in past perfect tense (かけ離れていた - kakehanareteita)

  ➔ "は" marks the topic of the sentence (yesterday's me). "と" indicates a quote or thought (what I thought I was). "かけ離れていた" shows something was far removed, expressing a state completed in the past.

• 素直になれず君を泣かせるやつには失望している

  ➔ Causative verb form (泣かせる - nakaseru), Conditional form of noun/na-adjective + には (niwa), ている (teiru) form for present continuous state.

  ➔ "泣かせる" means 'to make someone cry' (causative). "には" expresses a conditional or a feeling towards something. "失望している" shows the state of being disappointed is ongoing.

• 自分を大事にできるようになるまでなんにも守れない

  ➔ Potential form of verb (できる - dekiru), ～まで (made) indicating a time limit/until, Negative potential form (守れない - mamorenai)

  ➔ "できる" in the potential form shows the ability to do something. "まで" indicates 'until' a certain point. "守れない" shows the inability to protect anything.

• どの道を選ぼうと 選ばなかった道を失う寂しさとセット

  ➔ Volitional form + と (to) indicating a supposition, Nominalizer こと (koto), Noun + とセット (to setto) indicating something comes as a set.

  ➔ "選ぼうと" is the volitional form of '選ぶ' (to choose), used to suggest 'even if you choose'. "寂しさ" is a noun made from the adjective '寂しい' (lonely). "とセット" means 'comes as a set' with something.

• 令和何年になったらこの国で 夫婦別姓OKされるんだろう

  ➔ たら (tara) conditional, Passive voice (される - sareru), ～んだろう (ndarou) for rhetorical question or conjecture.

  ➔ "たら" indicates 'if/when' a certain condition is met. "される" is the passive form of 'する' (to do), here meaning 'to be allowed/OKed'. "～んだろう" expresses a sense of wondering or rhetorical questioning about when something will happen.

• 冷めたら温め直せばいい

  ➔ Conditional form (たら - tara), verb + ばいい (ba ii) expression indicating advice or suggestion

  ➔ "たら" indicates 'if' something happens. "温め直せばいい" uses the conditional form + 'いい' to mean 'it would be good if you reheat it', giving a suggestion.

• 自由に慣れれば慣れるほど 不自由だって、どうして誰も 僕らに教えてくれなかったの

  ➔ ～ば～ほど (ba... hodo) construction expressing 'the more... the more...', Causative-passive form (教えてくれなかった - oshiete kurenakatta)

  ➔ "慣れれば慣れるほど" means 'the more you get used to it, the more...'. "教えてくれなかった" is a complex form combining giving a favor (くれる) with the causative (教えさせる) and negative past (なかった), expressing regret that someone didn't teach something.