ガムガムガール – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a new language can be a fun adventure, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's "GUM GUM GIRL" is the perfect song to start your Japanese journey. The lyrics are filled with iconic Japanese words like 'sushi,' 'shuriken,' and 'konnichiwa,' making them easy and enjoyable to pick up. The song's catchy melody and playful energy will have you singing along and absorbing new vocabulary without even realizing it!

[English]

Oh, cha cha cha cha cha Drink it all up

When I knead the rice cake, I get inspired

Yah-ya-ya-ya-ya-yi Our ninja technique

Sushi, shuriken, Hello!

Not alone anymore

See, we're all in this Color

It’s a mysterious magic

The more you get excited, the more it stirs

Gum gum girl, good morning boy, good morning, until night, Party Time

Gum gum girl, good morning baby, good morning, gum gum girl

Green Tea Tea Tea Tea Tea Drinking, drinking, drinking

Jumping around like toys

Yah-ya-ya-ya-ya-yi Our ninja technique

Katana, Kimo no, Hello!

(Hello!)

Not grown-up yet

Yeah, our eyes sparkle brightly

If only wishes could come true, see, get excited, hold on tight to me

Gum gum girl, good morning boy, good morning, until morning, Party Time

Gum gum girl, good morning baby, good morning, gum gum girl

Gum gum girl, good morning boy, good morning, until night, Party Time

Gum gum girl, good morning baby, good morning, gum gum girl

Gum gum girl

[Japanese]

おー茶茶茶茶茶 ごくごく飲んで

お餅こねれば　閃くの

うーりゃりゃりゃりゃりゃぃ 僕らの忍法

お寿司　手裏剣　コンニチワ

一人じゃナイザー

ほらみんなといるColor

不思議　魔法さ

ほら氣をねるねるねるねるほどに

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワボーイ　コニチワ夜まで　Party Time

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワBaby　コニチワ　ガムガムガール

Green Tea Tea Tea Tea Tea Drinking Drinking Drinking

おもちゃみたいに飛び跳ねて

うーりゃりゃりゃりゃりゃぃ 僕らの忍法

カタナ　マキモノ　コンニチワ

(コンニチワ)

オトナじゃナイザー

そう目は輝いている

もしも願いが　ほら氣をねるねるねるねる　Hold on me

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワボーイ　コニチワ朝まで　Party Time

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワBaby　コニチワ　ガムガムガール

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワボーイ　コニチワ夜まで　Party Time

ガムガムガムガール　コニチワBaby　コニチワ　ガムガムガール

ガムガムガール

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
飲む /nomu/ A1	verb - to drink
お餅 /omochi/ A2	noun - rice cake
魔法 /mahou/ B1	noun - magic
輝く /kagayaku/ B1	verb - to shine
忍法 /ninpou/ B2	noun - ninja technique
パーティー /paatii/ A2	noun - party
色 /iro/ A1	noun - color
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish
飛び跳ねる /tobihaneru/ B2	verb - to jump around
気 /ki/ A2	noun - spirit, feeling
おもちゃ /omocha/ A1	noun - toy
夜 /yoru/ A1	noun - night
大人 /otona/ A2	noun - adult
茶 /cha/ A1	noun - tea
色 /iro/ A1	noun - color

Key Grammar Structures

• ごくごく飲んで

  ➔ Te-form of the verb + で (de) to connect the action

  ➔ The *te-form* is used to connect sequential actions, here indicating 'drinking continuously'.

• 気をねるねるねるねるほどに

  ➔ Expressing a degree or extent of a feeling with ほどに

  ➔ The particle ほどに indicates the extent or degree of the action or feeling, here emphasizing intensifying the feeling.

• 僕らの忍法

  ➔ Possessive の (no) indicating 'our ninja technique'

  ➔ The の (no) particle shows possession, meaning 'our ninja technique'.

• オトナじゃナイザー

  ➔ Negative form of the noun + じゃナイザー (ja nai-zaa) as a playful negation

  ➔ Using the negative form of a noun combined with じゃナイザー as a playful way to say 'not adult'.

• そう目は輝いている

  ➔ ている (teiru) indicates the ongoing state or condition

  ➔ The ている form shows a current, ongoing state, here meaning 'their eyes are shining'.