MIRROR – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SCANDAL
• Album: MIRROR

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

微かに漂う

Faintly drifting

淡い煙の中を彷徨ってるの

Wandering through the pale smoke

乱反射してる

Refracting light

白い光が今を映し出してる

White light is reflecting the present

目と目をそっと合わせて

Gently meeting eyes

受け入れては拒んだ

Accepted and rejected

ちぐはぐな心と声

Clumsy hearts and voices

どうしようもないくらい

To the point of helplessness

儚い鼓動 鳴り止まないよう

Fleeting heartbeat, won't stop pounding

ありのままいたいの

I want to be myself

静かに手を伸ばした

Reaching out quietly

きっと繰り返してゆく

I believe it will keep repeating

暗闇と光を 抜け出したら

When we break through darkness and light

どこかで交差してる

Somewhere, we're crossing paths

境界線の上 そう信じさせて

On the edge of boundaries, I want to believe so

鏡に映った

Reflected in the mirror

鏡に映った姿で

The 모습 reflected in the mirror

散らばってる

Scattered all around

甘い祈りは冷たい雨に打たれ

Sweet prayers are hit by cold rain

変わる世界を跳ね返してく

Rejecting a changing world

胸の奥に抱えてる

Holding inside my chest

美しく醜いもの

Beautiful and ugly things

ちらちらと舞う花びら

Petals fluttering softly

もう溢れそうなくらい

Almost overflowing

消えない残像 忘れたくないの

Unfading afterimage, I don't want to forget

まだこうしていよう

Let’s stay this way for now

柔らかい風を待って

Waiting for a gentle breeze

向かい合おうよ、今

Let's face each other now

きっと繰り返してゆく

I believe it will keep repeating

暗闇と光を 抜け出したら

When we break through darkness and light

どこかで交差してる

Somewhere, we're crossing paths

境界線の上 そう信じさせて

On the edge of boundaries, I want to believe so

鏡に映った

Reflected in the mirror

鏡に映った姿で

The 모습 reflected in the mirror

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
漂う /ただよう/ B1	verb - to drift or float
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart or mind
姿 /すがた/ B1	noun - figure or appearance
祈り /いのり/ B2	noun - prayer
雨 /あめ/ A1	noun - rain
世界 /せかい/ A2	noun - world
暗闇 /くらやみ/ B2	noun - darkness
胸 /むね/ A2	noun - chest
花びら /はなびら/ A1	noun - petal
消えない /きえない/ B1	adjective - unfading or unerasable
柔らかい /やわらかい/ B1	adjective - soft
冷たい /つめたい/ B1	adjective - cold
変わる /かわる/ B1	verb - to change
交差する /こうさする/ B2	verb - to intersect or cross
境界線 /きょうかいせん/ C1	noun - boundary or border

Key Grammar Structures

• 受け入れては拒んだ

  ➔ Te-form + は (contrastive topic marker) + past tense verb

  ➔ The te-form of the verb "受け入れる" (to accept) is "受け入れて" and combined with "は" to set a contrast or topic, then a past tense verb "拒んだ" (to refused).

• きっと繰り返してゆく

  ➔ Adverb "きっと" + te-form of "繰り返す" + "ゆく" (to go / will continue)

  ➔ "きっと" is an adverb meaning "surely" or "certainly". The te-form of "繰り返す" (to repeat) is "繰り返して" and "ゆく" indicates continuation or future action, together expressing "will surely continue to repeat."

• 散らばってる

  ➔ Present continuous form of "散らばる" (to scatter / spread)

  ➔ The form "散らばってる" is the contractions of "散らばっている," which is the te-iru form indicating an ongoing state of scattering or spreading.

• 変わる世界を跳ね返してく

  ➔ Verb stem "変わる" (to change) + direct object "世界" + "を" + "跳ね返してく" (te-form + auxiliary "く") indicating ongoing action

  ➔ The verb "変わる" is conjugated to its stem "変わる" and combined with "世界" plus the particle "を" as the direct object. The phrase "跳ね返してく" combines the te-form of "跳ね返す" (to bounce back) with "く" indicating ongoing or repeated action, meaning "keep bouncing back" from a changing world.

• 静かに手を伸ばした

  ➔ Adverb "静かに" + verb "手を伸ばした" (past tense of "手を伸ばす" meaning to stretch out one's hand)

  ➔ The adverb "静かに" means "quietly," and "手を伸ばした" is the past tense form of the verb "手を伸ばす" (to stretch out one's hand), indicating an action performed quietly in the past.

• 鏡に映った姿で

  ➔ Noun "鏡" + particle "に" (indicating location) + "映った" (past tense of "映る" - to be reflected) + noun "姿" + particle "で" (means "as" or "in the form of")

  ➔ The noun "鏡" (mirror) is marked with the particle "に" to indicate the location of reflection. "映った" is the past tense of "映る" (to be reflected), and "姿" (form or appearance) combined with "で" indicates "as" or "in the form of" the reflected image.