25ｺ目の染色体 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 上白石萌音
• Album: Dear Jubilee -RADWIMPS TRIBUTE-

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the profound lyrical world of J-Pop with Mone Kamishiraishi's cover of '25コ目の染色体'. This song is a fantastic way to study Japanese lyrics because it features the unique, philosophical and emotionally intense word choice of its original writer, Yojiro Noda, and even includes key English phrases like 'I will die for you, and I will live for you,' offering a blend of Japanese wordplay and direct emotionality for language learners. What makes it special is the juxtaposition of a scientific metaphor—the '25th chromosome'—with an overwhelming message of eternal love.

[English]

Lyrics: Yojiro Noda

Music: Yojiro Noda

The things you gave me

I have a lot

I'm counting them one by one now

The first, second, third one taps my tear glands

The 131st one rests on my eyelid

...

The way of crying I forgot, but

Something that is here now

Even when I close my eyes, I feel like it might spill over

...

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will die for you, there is nothing more that

I could really say to you

...

When you die

Exactly one day before

Please hold my breath

This is my lifelong wish

...

On the last day you live, I

Want to guess what color the world will be painted from the sky

...

Right in the middle between this place (here) and heaven

Perhaps that spot where you stretch out from the moon

The scenery visible from there

I feel like I could peek even with my eyes closed

...

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will die for you, well you never ever told me to

...

What shall we do in the next life

Being reborn and meeting again, etc.

Let's just skip it because it's troublesome

Let's be born as one life

Then we won't have to fight

Neither of us will die first

...

And have the same friends

Let's all celebrate birthdays together

Intentionally preparing two cakes here

Short and chocolate

There's no particular meaning to that

When happy, laugh twice as much

It leaves twice as many wrinkles on your face

This is my second request

My second lifelong request

...

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will cry for you because you're the one who told me how

...

The lives of the two of us that will be born someday

When that time comes, to you

I want them to be babies that look just like you

Even though it’s impossible, 100% of your genes

I hope it reaches (you)

May I not resemble it even a little

Every night before going to sleep

I put my hands together

...

Whenever I say such things

You say you want me to be similar

I absolutely don’t want that

If I had to say, my this

Only my happy luck and lucky luck, one each, on the chromosomes

I want you to give me one of each on my chromosomes

[Japanese]

作词 : 野田洋次郎

作曲 : 野田洋次郎

あなたがくれたモノ

たくさん僕持ってる

それを今ひとつずつ数えてる

1, 2, 3個目が涙腺をノックする

131個目が瞼にのったよ

忘れてた泣き方 でも

今ここにある何か

目を閉じても零れそうな気がして

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will die for you, there is nothing more that

I could really say to you

あなたが死ぬその

まさに一日前に

僕の 息を止めてください

これが一生のお願い

あなたが生きるその最後の日に僕は

ソラからこの世が何色に染まるか当てたいんだ

この場所(ここ)と天国の丁度真ん中

月から手のばすあのあたりかな

あそこから見える景色

目を閉じても覗けそうな気がして

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will die for you well you never ever told me to

次の世の僕らはどうしよう

生まれ変わってまためぐり合ってとかは

もうめんどいからなしにしよう

一つの命として生まれよう

そうすりゃケンカもしないですむ

どちらかが先に死ぬこともない

そして同じ友達を持ち

みんなで祝おうよ誕生日

あえてここでケーキ二つ用意

ショートとチョコ

そこに特に意味はない

ハッピーな時は2倍笑い

2倍顔にシワを残すんだい

これが僕の2番目のお願い

2つ目の一生のお願い

I will die for you, and I will live for you

I will cry for you because you're the one who told me how

いつか生まれる二人の命

その時がきたらどうか君に

そっくりなベイビーであって欲しい

無理承知で100%君の遺伝子

伝わりますように

俺にはこれっぽっちも似ていませんように

寝る前に毎晩

手を合わせるんだ

そんなこと言うといつも

君は僕に似てほしいなんて言うの

そんなのは絶対いやだよ

強いて言うなら俺のこの

ハッピー運とラッキー運だけは一つずつ染色体に

のせて あげて ほしいな

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
命 inochi B1	noun - life; existence
涙腺 rusen C1	noun - tear gland
瞼 mabuta C1	noun - eyelid
お願い onegai A2	noun - request; wish
死ぬ shinu A2	verb - to die
生きる ikiru A2	verb - to live; to exist
染まる somaru B2	verb - to be dyed; to be influenced
景色 keshiki B1	noun - scenery; view
場所 basho A2	noun - place; location
天国 tengoku B2	noun - heaven; paradise
遺伝子 idenshi C1	noun - gene; genetic material
祝う iwau B1	verb - to celebrate; to congratulate
笑う warau A2	verb - to laugh; to smile
涙 namida B1	noun - tear; tears
空 sora A1	noun - sky

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:あなたがくれたモノ たくさん僕持ってる]

  ➔ Relative clause using 'くれた' modifies the noun 'モノ'.

  ➔ Here, 'くれた' (gave me) describes what kind of things — 'the things you gave me'.

• [translate:それを今ひとつずつ数えてる]

  ➔ The te-iru form (～ている) expresses a continuing or progressive action.

  ➔ The word '数えてる' (counting) shows he is in the process of counting now.

• [translate:忘れてた泣き方 でも]

  ➔ The ta-form of '忘れる' used as an adjective modifying a noun.

  ➔ '忘れてた泣き方' means 'the way of crying I had forgotten'—a noun clause.

• [translate:目を閉じても零れそうな気がして]

  ➔ 'ても' expresses concession — 'even if'.

  ➔ In '目を閉じても', it means 'even if I close my eyes'.

• [translate:僕の息を止めてください]

  ➔ Request form using '～てください'.

  ➔ Here, '止めてください' means 'please stop (my breath)'.

• [translate:生まれ変わってまためぐり合ってとかは]

  ➔ The te-form used to link verbs sequentially ('生まれ変わって', 'めぐり合って').

  ➔ He lists 'be reborn' and 'meet again' as sequential actions.

• [translate:どちらかが先に死ぬこともない]

  ➔ Using nominalization with 'こと' to turn a verb into a noun phrase.

  ➔ '死ぬこともない' means 'there won’t even be the act of dying first'.

• [translate:そっくりなベイビーであって欲しい]

  ➔ '～であって欲しい' expresses the speaker’s desire for something to be a certain way.

  ➔ He hopes the baby will resemble her — 'I want it to be a baby just like you'.

• [translate:俺にはこれっぽっちも似ていませんように]

  ➔ The pattern '～ませんように' expresses a wish that something does not happen.

  ➔ He wishes the child won’t resemble him at all — 'I hope it doesn’t look like me'.