SUGAR FLAVOR – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 有村麻央, 姫崎莉波

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese idol music with “SUGAR FLAVOR.” This song is an excellent resource for language learners to practice colloquial, enthusiastic Japanese phrasing, light-hearted vocabulary related to emotions, and the upbeat cadence typical of modern J-pop hits.

[English]

You’re stealing away my heart, melting it down, so sweet, so sweet.

I want to sing of an honest love; no one can stop me.

Taking hold.

Your timid words are all inside me.

Dancing.

It’s okay if you cry, just take a step forward into a new world overflowing with things that burst with joy.

If, just if, I could have one wish.

To go beyond where no one else knows.

You’re stealing away my heart, melting it down, so sweet, so sweet.

I want to stand by an honest love; no one can stop me.

From far away.

All I could do was watch.

I couldn't do anything.

I’ve been searching for this all along—the true nature of these feelings.

It’s undoubtedly love itself.

Don't you think? Hey, listen, hey listen, I’m starting to hope a little.

Our story starts right here.

Story.

Melting it down, so sweet, so sweet. You’re taking my heart.

I want to stand by an honest love, an unstoppable love. Deep in your eyes,

I’m losing the thoughts I kept hidden away; I want to sing of an honest love.

In a world that belongs only to us.

[Japanese]

甘く甘く溶けていく心を君は奪っていく

飾らない愛を歌って痛い誰にも止められ

てもとる

臆病な君の言葉はと1人中

を舞

お泣き君でいいから踏み出せばた新しい世界溢れるもの胃が弾けてあ

ももしも願い願い

1つかなら誰も知らぬのその先

甘く甘く溶けてく心君はく

か飾らない愛を立てたい誰もなりゃし

遠くから

眺めてるのが精だったの

何もできり

あのガラずっと探してた。この感情の正体

は紛れもなく濃いそのもの

でしょ。あのね、あのね、少し

期待してみる。ここから始まる僕らの

ストリー。

甘く甘く溶けてく。心を君にっていく。ら

ない愛を立ってたい誰に乙められない瞳の

奥に隠したした思考をなくしてくだらない

愛も立てたい2人だけの世界

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
甘い amai N5	adjective - sweet
溶ける tokeru N3	verb - to melt
心 kokoro N5	noun - heart/mind
奪う ubau N2	verb - to steal/take away
愛 ai N4	noun - love
臆病 okubyou N2	adjective - cowardly/timid
世界 sekai N5	noun - world
願い negai N3	noun - wish/desire
眺める nagameru N2	verb - to gaze at
感情 kanjou N3	noun - emotion/feeling
正体 shoutai N2	noun - true character/identity
紛れもなく magure mo naku N1	adverb - undoubtedly
期待 kitai N3	verb/noun - expectation
瞳 hitomi N2	noun - pupil/eye
隠す kakusu N3	verb - to hide

Key Grammar Structures

• 甘く甘く溶けていく心を君は奪っていく

  ➔ Verb + ていく (te-iku)

  ➔ The suffix "ていく" in "溶けていく" and "奪っていく" expresses an action or state progressing into the future or moving away.

• 誰にも止められない

  ➔ Potential form negative (～られない)

  ➔ "止められない" combines the verb "止める" (stop) in its potential form "止められる" with the negative "ない", meaning "cannot stop".

• お泣き君でいいから

  ➔ ～でいい (～de ii)

  ➔ The structure "～でいい" indicates that something is sufficient as it is, implying "it is fine to be an "お泣き君" (a crying you)".

• 踏み出せば新しい世界

  ➔ Conditional form ～ば (～ba)

  ➔ The "～ば" conditional form links the action "踏み出せば" (if you take a step) to the consequence "新しい世界" (a new world [will open up]).

• もしも願いが1つかなうなら

  ➔ Conditional "もしも～なら" (If hypothetically...)

  ➔ "もしも" emphasizes the hypothetical nature of the condition "願いが1つかなうなら" (if one wish were to come true).

• 眺めてるのが精だったの

  ➔ Nominalizer の (no) + Copula

  ➔ The "の" turns the verb "眺めてる" (watching) into a noun phrase "眺めてるの" (the act of watching), which is then defined by "精だった" (it was my best/limit).

• この感情の正体は紛れもなく恋そのもの

  ➔ Noun + そのもの (sono mono)

  ➔ "そのもの" emphasizes that the identity is exactly "恋" (love) itself, strengthening the affirmation.

• 瞳の奥に隠した思考をなくして

  ➔ Te-form for connecting actions (～して)

  ➔ The "して" form connects the action of "hiding thoughts" (隠した) to "losing" them (なくして) to progress the state of the subject.