虎虎 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 京本大我
• Album: ART-PUT

Lyrics & Translation

Discover “虎虎” to improve your Japanese vocabulary regarding animal metaphors and forceful, assertive verbs. The song is special for its unique blend of traditional Japanese imagery and modern pop intensity, offering a fast-paced way to practice rhythmic enunciation and emotional expression in the Japanese language.

[English]

While imagining you jumping for joy with a beaming smile

I prepared and polished everything, and yet, it's all gone horribly wrong

You don't even crack a tiny smile—in fact, you're practically shouting at me

You keep coming at me relentlessly—but I have an elegant lifestyle to maintain

I won't offer a single response to your self-righteous questions

Even if you pelt me with filthy words, they won't leave a single mark

When I think about it, you aren't really "you"

You aren't the person I thought you were

So it doesn't matter at all—after all, you weren't someone close to my heart to begin with

You even took my gift by surprise and trampled it into a messy pulp

To those whose morals are broken, possessed by misfortune

I've decided from the start: don't come within a millimeter of me

And so, let us dance to an end

Surely everyone knows their own dark side; yes, they know it

The blood drains from my face at such dry emotions, making me feel as if I'm already dead

Ah, gathering together in a swarm

Saying, "Once we condemn others, we have nothing left to fear"

How about this? "We're just fools who can't even recognize our own mistakes"

Crying out that title constantly

Saying there's nothing left but to live in shame

It's a total defeat; I can't save you

You are beyond saving

So it doesn't matter at all—after all, you weren't someone close to my heart to begin with

You even invade my personal space by surprise, barging right in

To those whose sense of justice is broken, possessed by misfortune

I'm telling you right now: don't come within a millimeter of me

There is no magic mallet to grant wishes

I just want to keep on dreaming

Almost swallowed whole, I desperately claw my way back up

Through a previous chapter filled with endless retakes

So it doesn't matter at all—after all, you weren't someone close to my heart to begin with

You even took my gift by surprise and trampled it into a messy pulp

To those whose morals are broken, possessed by misfortune

I've decided from the start: don't come within a millimeter of me

I have reached a conclusion—it seems you want to kill me

It looks like you want to tear me apart piece by piece, but what a shame

I will reveal my passing only within a gentle world

There's no way I'd ever die, let alone in front of people like you

Keeping these venomous fangs hidden, I shall dance again tonight with a composed face

[Japanese]

君が大満開の笑みで 飛び跳ねるイメージを浮かべながら

拵えて　整えてきた　それなのにどうにも酷いんだ

君はこれっぽっちもクスッちゃいない なんなら怒号すら飛ぶ勢いで

こちらに畳み掛けてくるんだ　 こちとら優雅な　暮らしがあるんだ

正論気取りの問いになんざ 何も応えやしないけど

汚の言の葉　撃ち込まれようが 別に何処も堪えやしないけど

よく考えりゃ君は君じゃない

思ってた君じゃない

だからどうでもいいのさ そもそも大切な側の人じゃないから

僕のプレゼントすら不意打ちで ぐちゃぐちゃ、めためたに踏みつけてさ

倫理観ごとバグった　不幸様に憑かれたモンにはさ

1mm足りとも近付かんこと ハナから肌感で決めとんのさ。

ってなわけで終いに舞いましょう

きっと誰もが自身の汚い部分を知ってる　そう知ってる

もう死んでる？って錯覚する程の ドライな感情に血の気が引くわ

嗚呼　皆で集って（たかって）

咎めりゃ怖いもん無しです。って

どう？　 「過ちだって気付けねえボンクラ達です。」って

そう名乗りまくって 生き恥を晒すしかないよって

丁寧に説明したって どうせ分かりゃしないって

もう完敗じゃん 僕に救えない

君は救いようがない

だからどうでもいいのさ そもそも大切な側の人じゃないから

僕のパーソナルすら不意打ちで どかどか、ズカズカと踏み込んでさ

正義感ごとバグった　不幸様に憑かれたモンならさ

1mm足りとも近付かんこと 今から今更に決めといてや

打ち出の小槌なんてありゃしないけど

夢を見続けていたいだけ

飲まれそうになって　必死に這い上がって

リテイク繰り返した前章

だからどうでもいいのさ そもそも大切な側の人じゃないから

僕のプレゼントすら不意打ちで ぐちゃぐちゃ、めためたに踏みつけてさ

倫理観ごとバグった　不幸様に憑かれたモンにはさ

1mm足りとも近付かんこと ハナから肌感で決めとんのさ。

ある解に辿り着きました どうやら僕を殺したいのですね

隅々まで壊してしまいたいみたいですが 実に残念です

僕の死に様は優しい世界の中だけで お披露目しますから

まだまだ、ましてやアンタらの前で息絶えてたまるものですか

この毒牙隠し持ったまま 今宵も澄まし顔で　いざ舞いましょう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
大満開 daimankai N2	noun - full bloom
飛び跳ねる tobihaneru N3	verb - to jump, to leap
拵える koshiraeru N2	verb - to make, to manufacture
整える totonoeru N3	verb - to put in order, to adjust
怒号 dogou N1	noun - roar of anger, angry shout
優雅 yuuga N2	adjective - elegant, graceful
正論 seiron N2	noun - sound argument, correct opinion
堪える kotaeru N2	verb - to endure, to withstand
不意打ち fuiuchi N2	noun - surprise attack, sudden blow
倫理観 rinrikan N1	noun - sense of ethics
錯覚 sakkaku N2	noun - illusion, hallucination
咎める togameru N2	verb - to blame, to find fault with
過ち ayamachi N2	noun - mistake, fault
晒す sarasu N2	verb - to expose
完敗 kanpai N2	noun - total defeat
辿り着く tadoritsuku N3	verb - to arrive at, to reach
死に様 shinizama N2	noun - way of dying
息絶える ikitaeru N2	verb - to die, to breathe one's last

Key Grammar Structures

• 君が大満開の笑みで飛び跳ねるイメージを浮かべながら

  ➔ V-stem + ながら (While doing...)

  ➔ Used to indicate two simultaneous actions. Here, ""浮かべながら"" (while imagining) describes the state of the subject.

• 君はこれっぽっちもクスッちゃいない

  ➔ 〜ちゃいない (Emphasis on negative)

  ➔ A colloquial, emphatic version of ""～てはいない"" (are not at all). ""クスッちゃいない"" means not even smiling a little.

• 正論気取りの問いになんざ何も応えやしないけど

  ➔ Noun + になんざ (colloquial 'to such a thing')

  ➔ ""なんざ"" is a rough, dismissive form of ""なんかには"" (to such things as). It shows contempt for the questions.

• 1mm足りとも近付かんこと

  ➔ ～足りとも (Even a little/the slightest bit)

  ➔ Used with negatives to emphasize ""not even one bit/moment."" Here, ""1mm足りとも"" means ""not even 1mm.""

• 皆で集って（たかって）咎めりゃ怖いもん無しです

  ➔ V-conditional form (ば) + Result

  ➔ The ""ば"" form expresses a condition: ""If (everyone) gathers and blames... (then they feel) no fear.""

• 生き恥を晒すしかないよって丁寧に説明したって

  ➔ V-て + も (Even if/Although)

  ➔ ""たって"" is a colloquial version of ""としても"" (even if). ""説明したって"" means ""even if I explained it carefully.""

• リテイク繰り返した前章

  ➔ Noun-modifying clause (Relative clause)

  ➔ The clause ""リテイク繰り返した"" modifies the noun ""前章"" (the previous chapter that had repeated retakes).

• 僕の死に様は優しい世界の中だけでお披露目しますから

  ➔ V-stem + から (Reason/Justification)

  ➔ The ""から"" here expresses the reason for not dying in front of them: ""Because I will only show my death in a gentle world.""