スターマーカー – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: KANA-BOON
• Album: KANA-BOON THE BEST

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through KANA-BOON's "Starmarker" offers a vibrant and encouraging experience. The song's clear vocals and upbeat tempo make it accessible for language learners, while the lyrics, filled with themes of hope and perseverance, provide inspiring and memorable vocabulary. What makes "Starmarker" special is its connection to the globally popular anime "My Hero Academia," adding a layer of cultural context that can enhance the learning process and make it more engaging.

[English]

In the brightness illuminated by the obvious

I think of you with closed eyelids

In the shadows unseen by anyone

A single grain of light is there

With confusion and hesitation, in the blink of a dream

Even if a shooting star runs down my cheek

I want to give you a sound that can wipe it away

Painting colors on an unchangeable past

変えられない過去に色を塗っていく

Surely the future is seven colors, with a palette in one hand, show me your smile

Just one wish, I always have it

Breaking through the worst nights

Connecting dots and lines to each star

A light shines, all right

How deep and dark the midnight is

If I dive in, will I meet you?

Just as lonely as the same amount

In the maze of bravado

Mistakes left and right, go back and move forward

Surely at the corner, after climbing the hill, I will find it

Even just one is fine, I always think so

Breaking through the worst nights

Connecting eyes and ears, on the dance floor

Let’s dance until dawn breaks

If you raise your hand in the midst of an unending dream

I’ll hold that hand forever, never letting go, show me your smile

Just one wish, I always have it

Breaking through the worst nights

Misunderstandings and mistakes, not wrong

So that I can laugh from the heart

Just once, just a moment of sparkle

It’s not such a fragile prayer

I want to believe in a different way, to leap over it once more

Widening your narrowed view

Expanding our world

[Japanese]

当たり前が照らす眩しさに

瞼を閉じた君のこと

誰の目にも触れない影に

ひと粒の光をそこに

迷い戸惑い　夢の瞬きに

流れ星が頬を伝っても

拭い去ってくれるくらいの

ひと鳴りの音色を君に

変えられない過去に色を塗っていく

きっと未来七色　片手にパレット　笑ってみせてよ

たったひとつだけ　願ってるんだ　いつだって

最低な夜を抜けて

点と点　線で繋ぐ　それぞれの星に

灯るライト　オールライト

どれくらい暗い深い真夜中に

潜れば君に出会えるか

同じ分だけの寂しがり

強がりの迷路の中で

右左間違い　また戻って進め

きっと曲がり角で　坂登った先で　見つけてみせるよ

たったひとつでも　構わないさ　いつだって

最低な夜を抜けて

目と目　耳と声　繋ぐダンスフロアで

踊ろう　さぁ夜が明けるまで

醒めない夢の途中で君が手挙げたなら

ずっとその手掴んで離しはしないぜ　笑ってみせてよ

たったひとつだけ　願ってるんだ　いつだって

最低な夜を抜けて

見違い　勘違い　間違いじゃなくって

心から笑えるように

たった一度だけ　一瞬のきらめきだけ

そんなやわな祈りじゃない

段違いに信じたい　飛び越えてもう一回

狭んでく君の視界を

僕らの世界を広く

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
眩しさ /まぶしさ/ B2	noun - brightness, glare
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
夢 /ゆめ/ A2	noun - dream
未来 /みらい/ B1	noun - future
願う /ねがう/ B1	verb - to wish, to hope
夜 /よる/ A1	noun - night
星 /ほし/ A1	noun - star
音色 /ねいろ/ B2	noun - tone, timbre
強がり /つよがり/ B2	noun - pretending to be strong
視界 /しかい/ B2	noun - field of vision
世界 /せかい/ A1	noun - world
深い /ふかい/ B1	adjective - deep
明ける /あける/ B1	verb - to dawn, to break (day)
構わない /かまわない/ B2	verb - to not mind, to not care
戻る /もどる/ B1	verb - to return

Key Grammar Structures

• 最低な夜を抜けて

  ➔ te-form + て (te) + いる (iru) to indicate the continuation of an action

  ➔ The phrase "抜けて" is the te-form of "抜ける" which means "to pass through" or "to get through". The te-form is used here to connect to the implied ongoing action.

• きっと未来七色　片手にパレット

  ➔ The use of きっと (kitto) conveys certainty or strong probability, often translating as "surely" or "certainly".

  ➔ The word "きっと" emphasizes the speaker's strong belief or certainty about the future. The phrase "未来七色" refers to a colorful future, with "片手に" indicating holding something in one hand, here metaphorically a palette.

• 心から笑えるように

  ➔ ように (yō ni) expresses the purpose or desire to achieve the action; it can be translated as "so that" or "in order to."

  ➔ The phrase "笑えるように" combines the potential form of "笑う" (to laugh) with "ように" to express a hope or wish that someone can genuinely laugh from the heart.

• 段違いに信じたい

  ➔ に (ni) as a particle indicates the manner or way in which the action is performed; here, it emphasizes the manner of believing "differently" or "disbelieving."

  ➔ The phrase "段違いに信じたい" uses "段違い" (dandakai) to mean "disparately" or "differently," and "信じたい" is the volitional form of "信じる" (to believe), expressing the desire to believe in a different or unconventional way.

• 狭んでく君の視界を

  ➔ を (wo) is a particle indicating the direct object of the verb.

  ➔ The verb "狭んでく" is the causative form of "狭む" (to narrow), meaning "to cause to narrow" or "to make narrower." The phrase "君の視界を" indicates "your field of view" as the direct object.

• 僕らの世界を広く

  ➔ を (wo) marks the direct object of the verb "広く" (to make it broad), where "広く" is an adverbial form derived from the adjective "広い" (wide).

  ➔ The phrase "僕らの世界を広く" uses the object particle "を" with the adverbial form "広く" derived from "広い" meaning "broad" or "wide." It expresses the action of making the world "more expansive."