Suki – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Gen Hoshino

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Gen Hoshino with 'Suki'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning Japanese, offering repetitive and emotive vocabulary related to affection and feelings. Its infectious soul-pop beat makes learning through music an enjoyable and rhythmic experience.

[English]

It suddenly bloomed in my chest

This heart of mine

Just won't stop racing

It's something that needs no one's permission

Something I felt in my childhood

Is this what it means to "love"?

You don't have to put it into words, though

Right now

The person in the mirror

Who hates everything about themselves, is shining

I still can't change just yet

But if I could think, "I love this feeling"

Then look

I can hear a song like this

That the moon looks beautiful

Is probably just my imagination

But that's just how we are

It doesn't matter if no one spares us a glance

If you laugh, I'll comfort you

I don't care anymore

Because they don't matter at all

Right now

The person in the mirror

Who hates everything about themselves, is shining

Even if you haven't changed yet

If I could think, "I love you just as you are"

Then look

I can hear a song

"Actually, it's fine just being yourself"

No, that's a lie, isn't it?

Because just as you are, you are

So vast

Ever-changing

Always shifting

Right now

The person in the mirror

Who keeps on changing, is shining

Well, it doesn't really matter anyway

But if I think, "I love you just as you are"

Then look

From deep within my heart

I can hear a song like this

I can hear it

[Japanese]

不意に胸に咲いた

この心が

跳ねて仕方ないな

誰の許可もいらないもの

幼い日にあったもの

これが “好き” か

言葉にはしなくていいけど

いま

すべて嫌いな

鏡の君がきらり

まだ 変われないけど

私この好きが好きだ

思えたら ほら

こんな歌聴こえる

月が綺麗なのは

気のせいだが

それが私たちだ

誰も見向きしなくたっていい

笑うなら あやすよ

どうでもいいや

彼らには価値などないから

いま

すべて嫌いな

鏡の君がきらり

まだ 変わらなくても

私この君が好きだ

思えたら ほら

歌が聴こえる

本当はありのままでいい

なんて嘘でしょ

そのままで君は

大きくて

多すぎて

移ろえるから

いま

変わり続ける

鏡の君がきらり

まあ どうでもいいけど

私この君が好きだ

思ったら ほら

胸の中から

こんな歌聴こえる

聴こえる

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
胸 mune N5	noun - chest; heart
咲く saku N4	verb - to bloom; to flower
跳ねる haneru N3	verb - to leap; to bounce; to jump
許可 kyoka N3	noun - permission; authorization
幼い osanai N3	adjective - childish; young
嫌い kirai N5	adjective - dislike; hateful
鏡 kagami N3	noun - mirror
きらり kirari N2	adverb - sparkling; glinting
歌 uta N5	noun - song
月 tsuki N5	noun - moon
綺麗 kirei N5	adjective - beautiful; clean
価値 kachi N3	noun - value; worth
嘘 uso N3	noun - lie
移ろう utsurou N1	verb - to shift; to change; to fade