SPEED – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

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Lyrics & Translation

Explore the Japanese language through the energetic lens of Natori's "SPEED." This song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn vocabulary related to determination, self-belief, and overcoming obstacles. Its raw power and direct message about personal drive provide a modern and motivating context for anyone looking to connect with the Japanese language in a dynamic way.

[English]

Is this pain for someone else?

My wish eventually scatters.

Like a game of musical chairs.

Still, I have no choice but to keep breathing.

Can you still hear?

My breath has been stuck for ages.

It doesn't matter, shut up.

Only I can hear it.

I threw away stability.

Now, at a speed that cuts through everything.

Struggling until that moment.

Just wringing my brain until I can see now.

Swallow this moment and dance again.

Show me something I've never seen.

There's no one who can take your place.

Even if someone denies it.

There's no one who can replace me.

It's no different, my alarm.

The pain that brushed away someone's praying hands.

A sign of malice drifting from somewhere.

Anger that held its breath for what's right.

Even that stayed as a lingering light for me.

The feeling of stealing everyone's heat.

I have no intention of running away, not at all.

The illusion that makes my hand tremble creates friction.

Can you still see?

I already stole the spotlight.

It doesn't matter, shut up.

I only let myself hear it.

Stability? No.

Now, at a speed that cuts through everything.

Struggling just for this moment is pointless.

Now, up to where I can see.

Drawn together by sixth sense, we dance again.

Show me something I've never seen.

Break through the now!

Now, nonstop until the brain wears out.

Swallow this moment and dance again.

Show me something I've never seen.

Swallow this moment and dance again.

Show me something I've never seen.

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[Japanese]

誰かのための痛み？

僕の願い、やがて散り散り

椅子取りゲームみたい

それでも、息をしていくしかない

まだ、聞こえるか？

とっくのとうに詰まった呼吸

関係ない、うるせえわ

自分だけが聞こえてる

安定なんて捨てた

もう、すべてを振り切るスピードで

その瞬間まで、足掻いて

ただ、脳絞って 今、見えるとこまで

この瞬間を飲み干して、また踊って

見たことないもの、見せて

「君の代わりはいない」

もし、誰かが否定しても

僕の代わりはいない

違うことない、僕の目覚まし

誰かの祈る手を払った痛み

どこから漂う悪意の兆し

正しさに息を潜めた怒り

それすらも僕に残った光

誰彼の熱を奪う感覚

逃げる気はとうにないぜ、全く

この手が震えるほどの錯覚が、起こした摩擦

まだ、見えてるか？

とっくにスポットライトを奪った

関係ない、うるせえわ

自分だけに聞かせてる

安定なんてやめだ

もう、すべてを振り切るスピードで

この瞬間だけ、足掻いたって意味ないぜ

今、見えるとこまで

第六感で惹きあって、また踊って

見たことないものを見せて

今をブチ抜いて！

もう、ノンストップで 脳、擦り切れるまで

この瞬間を飲み干して、また踊って

見たことないもの、見せて

この瞬間を飲み干して、また踊って

見たことないもの、見せて

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
speed /spiːd/ A2	noun - the rate at which something moves or happens verb - to move very fast
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - a feeling of discomfort or distress
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something
breath /brɛθ/ B1	noun - the air taken into or sent out from the lungs
light /laɪt/ A1	adjective - with a lot of or sufficient light noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot or warm
fury /ˈfjʊri/ B2	noun - wild or violent anger
illusion /ɪˈluːʒən/ B2	noun - a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted
friction /ˈfrɪkʃən/ B2	noun - the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
spotlight /ˈspɑːtlaɪt/ C1	noun - a bright lamp focusing a beam of light on a particular area
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ B1	noun - a very short period of time
sense /sɛns/ A2	noun - an awareness or sensation resulting from stimulation of a sense organ
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	verb - to allow or cause something to be visible
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to take liquid into the mouth and swallow

Key Grammar Structures

• 誰かのための痛み？

  ➔ For someone's pain?

  ➔ Use of the particle "の" (no) to indicate possession or a relationship between the words. The question mark at the end indicates it's a question.

• 僕の願い、やがて散り散り

  ➔ My wish, soon scattering.

  ➔ The use of "やがて" (yagate) meaning "soon" or "before long". The reduplication of "散り"(chiri) to emphasize the scattering.

• 安定なんて捨てた

  ➔ I threw away stability.

  ➔ The use of "なんて" (nante) expresses disdain or downplaying the subject, here 'stability'. The past tense "捨てた"(suteta) indicating a decisive action.

• もう、すべてを振り切るスピードで

  ➔ At a speed that breaks everything away; At the speed of breaking everything.

  ➔ Use of the particle "で" (de) to indicate a method or a condition; "振り切る" (furikiru) means "to shake off" or "to break away from", indicating the action.

• その瞬間まで、足掻いて

  ➔ Until that moment, struggling.

  ➔ Use of "まで" (made) which means "until". The verb "足掻いて" (agaitae) is a te-form of "足掻く" (agaku) means "to struggle", describing an ongoing action.

• ただ、脳絞って 今、見えるとこまで

  ➔ Just, squeezing my brain; to where I can see now.

  ➔ Use of the te-form "絞って" (shibotte) of "絞る" (shiboru) meaning "to squeeze" or "to wring out". "見えるとこまで" (mieru tokoro made) literally means "until the place I can see" indicates the goal.

• この瞬間を飲み干して、また踊って

  ➔ Drinking down this moment, then dancing again.

  ➔ Use of the te-form "飲み干して" (nomihoshite) of "飲み干す" (nomihosu) which means "to drink up" or "to drain". Use of "また" (mata) to mean "again" or "also".

• 見たことないもの、見せて

  ➔ Show (me) things I've never seen.

  ➔ Use of the imperative form of the verb "見せる" (miseru), meaning "to show" or "to let see". The object "もの"(mono) is modified by a relative clause, “見たことない” (mita koto nai), which means "things I've never seen" .

• 今をブチ抜いて！

  ➔ Break through the present!

  ➔ Use of the imperative form. The word "ブチ抜いて" (buchinuite) is a strong, colloquial term meaning "to punch through" or "to break through". Emphasizes action and overcoming a barrier.