Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル
DISTANCE lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:01
気になるのに聞けない
I want to ask, but I can't bring myself to do it
泳ぎつかれて君まで無口になる
Worn out from swimming, even you become quiet
会いたいのに見えない波に押されて
Though I want to meet, I'm pushed by invisible waves
また少し遠くなる
Once again, we drift a little further apart
途切れないように keep it going, baby
Let's keep it going, baby, so it won't break off
同じ気持ちじゃないなら tell me
If your feelings aren't the same, just tell me
無理はしない主義でも、少しならしてみてもいいよ
I’m not one to push too hard, but a little might be okay
I wanna be with you now
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Let's shorten the distance between us
今なら間に合うから
Right now, we can still make it
We can start over
一つにはなれない
We can't become one
I wanna be with you now
いつの日か distance も
One day, even the distance
抱きしめられるようになれるよ
Will allow us to embrace each other
We can start sooner
やっぱり I wanna be with you
After all, I wanna be with you
一言でこんなにも傷つく君は
You who gets hurt so deeply from a single word
孤独を教えてくれる
Teaches me about loneliness
守れない時 keep on trying, baby
When I can't protect you, keep on trying, baby
約束通りじゃないけど
It's not as promised, but
Trust me 無理はしない主義でも
Trust me, I don't believe in pushing limits
君とならしてみてもいいよ
But if it's with you, I might just give it a try
I wanna be with you now
二人で distance 見つめて
Together we gaze at the distance
今なら間に合うから
Because we still have time
We can start over 言葉で伝えたい
We can start over, I want to express it in words
I wanna be with you now
そのうちに distance も
Eventually, even the distance
抱きしめられるようになれるよ
Will become something we can embrace
We should stay together
やっぱり I need to be with you
After all, I need to be with you
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Key vocabulary
- やっぱり
- as expectedN4
- 気持ちきもち
- feelingN4
- 波なみ
- waveN4
- 泳ぎおよぎ
- swimmingN4
- 無理むり
- impossibleN4
- 気き
- spiritN4
- なるなる
- to become; to happenN4
- 君きみ
- youN5
- まで
- until
- 無口むくち
- quietN1
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About this song
Hikaru Utada is a Japanese singer-songwriter born in New York whose work blends J-pop with American R&B, trip-hop, and dance-pop, and who is known for redefining late-1990s J-pop and for the best-selling 1999 album First Love. Raised partly in the United States and writing and producing much of their own material, Utada gained major acclaim with a string of hit singles and albums including First Love and Exodus.