コインランドリー – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 櫻坂46
• Album: Lonesome rabbit / What's “KAZOKU”?

Lyrics & Translation

This song is a wonderful resource for learners of Japanese to study evocative, descriptive language related to daily life and emotions. Through its steady, clear tempo and poetic use of vocabulary, it provides an accessible window into the nuanced expressions of melancholy and reflection used in modern Japanese pop culture.

[English]

The laundromat is deathly silent at midnight

It's always so crowded, yet now it feels like it's all mine

Listening to my favorite music through my wireless earbuds

I lined up two broken pipe chairs and waited with my feet up

I wonder if that regular hostess moved away?

She used to stare at the moon while smoking, makeup-free

She was a woman of few words, but she once muttered

“It’s best not to expect anything at all”

I'll clean it all up—yes, everything that happened today

Without a trace, making it brand new

So I can face tomorrow

Love, jealousy, regret—those stains

Will just keep spinning until they fade away

I have no use for this leftover hundred-yen coin anymore

I let it jingle in my pocket as I stretched to loosen up my body

I wonder what happened to that businessman working far from home?

His exhausted face wasn't my business, but I worried about him

He was piling up both laundry and stress

Everyone is always meddling in other people's business

Let's wash the dirt away; I want to reset everything to zero

So that even a strange scent won't remain...

I gently bury my face

Dreams, setbacks, and starting over again

I'll stay here until the dryer stops spinning

With my supermarket shopping bag

過去をたっぷり詰め込み

Packed full of the past, shall I head back to my apartment?

The back alley is pitch black

But I can see the lights of the convenience store ahead

Where did the moon and the hope from before go?

I'll clean it all up—yes, everything that happened today

Without a trace, making it brand new...

So I can face tomorrow

Love, jealousy, regret—those stains

Will just keep spinning until they fade away

[Japanese]

静まりかえった　深夜０時のコインランドリー

あんなに　いつも混んでいたのに　私だけの貸切みたい

お気に入りのMUSIC Wireless earbudsで聴きながら

壊れかけのパイプチェア　二つ並べ　足を乗せ待ってた

常連だったあのホステスさんは引っ越したの？

ノーメイクでタバコふかしながら　月を見ていた

無口だったけどただ一言つぶやいた

期待なんかしないのが一番

キレイにしよう　そう　今日起きたことなんか

跡形もなく　真っ新で

明日を迎えたい

愛　嫉妬　悔い その染みは

くるくると消えて行くまで　回るだけ

余った百円玉の使い道なくなってしまった

ポケットの中　じゃらじゃらさせて　背伸びして身体ほぐしてみた

単身赴任のあのサラリーマンはどうしたかな？

疲れ切った顔はひとごとながら　心配してた

洗濯物とストレスを溜め込んでた

誰もがみんな余計なお世話

汚れ落とそう　全てもう０に戻したい

変な匂いもしないように…

顔をそっと埋め

夢　挫折　またやり直す

カラカラと乾燥するまで　ここにいる

スーパーのショッピングバッグ

過去をたっぷり詰め込み

アパートへと帰ろうか？

路地の裏は真っ暗で

先のコンビニの灯りが見える

さっきの月と希望はどこへ行った？

キレイにしよう　そう　今日起きたことなんか

跡形もなく　真っ新で…

明日を迎えたい

愛　嫉妬　悔い その染みは

くるくると消えて行くまで　回るだけ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
深夜 shinya N3	noun - late at night
貸切 kashikiri N2	noun - private use / chartered
常連 jouren N2	noun - regular customer
無口 mukuchi N3	adjective - taciturn / quiet
期待 kitai N3	noun - expectation
嫉妬 shitto N2	noun - jealousy
悔い kui N1	noun - regret
染み shimi N3	noun - stain
使い道 tsukaimichi N2	noun - use / way to use
背伸び senobi N2	noun - stretching / trying to act older
単身赴任 tanshinfunin N1	noun - working away from family
挫折 zasetsu N2	noun - setback / frustration
乾燥 kansou N3	noun - drying
希望 kibou N3	noun - hope
真っ暗 makkura N3	adjective - pitch black