どうしてもどうしても – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: back number
• Album: Grateful Yesterdays Tour 2026

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of back number with 'Doushitemo Doushitemo.' This song is a perfect resource for learners to explore Japanese expressions of longing and desire, featuring repetitive, emphatic phrasing that demonstrates how to convey strong emotional insistence in Japanese.

[English]

I can't even remember how it began—it wasn't anything dramatic

But once I gave it a name, it felt like it just happened naturally

The reason I thought "I can do this" was only because I knew nothing back then

Now, every memory shines so brightly; they feel distant and precious

Things I lost, things I found, and things I was given

After burning and lighting up my very own reasons

No matter what, ah, no matter what—that's all that remained

I don't need a reward—I came here to seize it for myself

Through rainy days and days of strong winds, piling up chance encounters and the ordinary

I hope this someday turns into a miracle that exists nowhere else

I stood my ground, I imitated others, and I grew conceited

Even after burning and lighting up my very own version of the right answer

No matter what, ah, no matter what—what I want remains the same

Using this thirst as my guide, I came here to seize it

Even if effort and its outcome are just

A tiny part of a story that repeats endlessly, this moment is my turn

O encounters, O farewells—O future that I saw that day

I am right here—I won't run away or hide

I held it close, I broke it, and I fixed it

After burning and lighting up my one and only life

No matter what, ah, no matter what—that's all that remained

I don't need a reward—I've come to welcome it here

Even if effort and its outcome are just

A tiny part of a story that repeats endlessly, this moment is my turn

All the light, gather together—this moment is my turn

[Japanese]

はじまりはもう思い出せない それは とてもドラマチックで

だけど 名前をつけてしまえば なりゆきだったような

出来るかも なんて思えたのは 何も知らないあの日だからで

今じゃ どれも とても眩しく 遠く 尊く 思う

失くしたり 見付けたり 貰えたりした

僕だけの理由を燃やして灯したそのあとで

どうしても あぁ どうしても 残ったのはそれだけ

ご褒美は大丈夫だよ ここに掴みに来たんだ

雨の日も強い風の日でも 偶然と普通を積み重ねて

これがいつかどこにもない 奇跡に変わるように

貫いたり 真似したり 自惚れたりした

僕だけの正解を燃やして灯したそのあとでも

どうしても あぁ どうしても 欲しいものは同じで

渇きを目印にして ここに掴みに来たんだ

努力と結末が 繰り返される物語の

ほんの一部だとしたって この瞬間は僕の番だ

出会いよ 別れよ あの日見た未来よ

僕はここだ 逃げも隠れもしない

抱きしめて 壊したり 直したりした

ひとつだけの人生を燃やして灯したそのあとで

どうしても あぁ どうしても 残ったのはそれだけ

ご褒美は大丈夫だよ ここに迎えに来たんだ

努力と結末が　 繰り返される物語の

ほんの一部だとしたって この瞬間は僕の番だ

光よすべて集まれ この瞬間は僕の番だ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
思い出せない omoidasenai N4	verb - cannot recall/remember
ドラマチック doramachikku N3	adjective - dramatic
眩しい mabushii N3	adjective - dazzling/radiant
尊い toutoi N2	adjective - precious/noble
燃やす moyasu N3	verb - to burn
灯す tomosu N2	verb - to light/ignite
ご褒美 gohoubi N3	noun - reward
掴む tsukamu N3	verb - to grasp/seize
偶然 guuzen N3	noun - coincidence
奇跡 kiseki N2	noun - miracle
貫く tsuranuku N1	verb - to persist/carry through
自惚れる unuboreru N2	verb - to be conceited/vain
正解 seikai N3	noun - correct answer
渇き kawaki N3	noun - thirst/craving
目印 mejirushi N3	noun - landmark/sign
結末 ketsumatsu N2	noun - conclusion/ending
瞬間 shunkan N3	noun - moment
抱きしめる dakishimeru N3	verb - to hug/embrace

Key Grammar Structures

• なりゆきだったような

  ➔ Noun + no + you na (Similarity/Vague judgment)

  ➔ Used to express that something appears or seems like a 'nariyuki' (a course of events).

• 出来るかも なんて思えたのは

  ➔ Verb (plain form) + kamo (Possibility/Uncertainty)

  ➔ Adding 'kamo' after the verb expresses a slight possibility or hope.

• どれも とても眩しく遠く尊く思う

  ➔ Adjective stems + ku (Adverbial usage)

  ➔ Using the 'ku' form connects multiple adjectives to describe the state of an action or feeling.

• 奇跡に変わるように

  ➔ Verb + you ni (Purpose/Desire for a result)

  ➔ Used to express a hope or goal that something happens in a certain way.

• ほんの一部だとしたって

  ➔ Noun + da to shitatte (Concessive: Even if it is...)

  ➔ A colloquial version of 'da to shitemo', meaning 'even assuming that...'

• 逃げも隠れもしない

  ➔ Verb (stem) + mo + verb (stem) + mo + shinai (Emphasis on doing neither)

  ➔ Emphasizes the refusal of multiple actions by repeating the 'mo' particle.

• 光よすべて集まれ

  ➔ Noun + yo (Vocative particle: Oh...)

  ➔ The particle 'yo' is used to address or call out to something directly (poetic/dramatic).

• この瞬間は僕の番だ

  ➔ Noun + wa + noun + da (Definitive identity/Assignment)

  ➔ Used to definitively assign a state or turn to oneself.