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初恋 – Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル

Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル

初恋 lyrics with English translation

Language
Japanese
Level
Intermediate
Released
2018
Genre
Pop
Length
4:41
  1. あなたの隣で見た景色は

    The scenery I saw beside you

  2. 永遠に続きそうな夢でした

    It felt like a dream that could last forever.

  3. 手を繋いでもらうのが嬉しくて いつも

    I'm always happy when you take my hand.

  4. 空けた右手はあなたのもの

    My open right hand is yours.

  5. 私はツバサを手に入れたみたいだった

    It felt like I had gained my wings.

  6. 何年経っても新しい恋をしても

    Even after all these years, and finding new love,

  7. あなたの優しさと

    Your kindness and

  8. 比べてしまうの

    I can't help but compare.

  1. あなたの隣で見た景色は

    The scenery I saw beside you

  2. 永遠に続きそうな夢でした

    It felt like a dream that could last forever.

  3. 長い指 大きい肩 背中に乗って

    Long fingers, broad shoulders, riding upon your back

  4. 見た星空 想い出はきれいなままで

    The starry sky I saw, memories remain beautifully intact.

  5. 好きだけじゃうまくいかない

    Just liking isn't enough to make it work.

  6. やるべきことが いつか

    What I must do someday

  7. 二人を遠ざけた 今ならわかる

    Now I understand how we drifted apart.

  8. 答えを叫んでも 声は雑踏に紛れた

    Even if I shout for answers, my voice gets lost in the crowd.

  9. とりたての免許で迎えにきてくれた

    You came to pick me up with your brand new license.

  10. 笑顔が私には

    Your smile means everything to me

  11. 眩しすぎたから

    Because it was too dazzling

  12. あなたの隣で見た景色が

    The scenery I saw beside you

  13. 永遠に続きそうで怖かった

    I was scared it would last forever.

  14. 馬鹿だな あなたを許せるまでに

    How foolish, until I can forgive you.

  15. こんなにも こんなにも 時が流れた

    So much time has passed, so much time.

  16. 今でもどこかで笑ってますか

    Even now, are you laughing somewhere?

  17. たまには私を思い出しますか

    Do you ever think of me?

  18. 立ち止まり 伸びた髪 失った時間

    Stopped in my tracks, flowing hair, lost time.

  19. 夜の空 見上げれば 星がこぼれた

    Looking up at the night sky, stars spilled out.

  20. 馬鹿だな あなたを許せるまでに

    How foolish, until I can forgive you.

  21. こんなにも こんなにも 時が流れた

    So much time has passed, so much time.

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Key vocabulary

やる
doN5
手て
handN5
長いながい
longN5
背中せなか
backN4
あなたあなた
youN5
隣となり
neighborN5
景色けしき
sceneryN4
いつも
alwaysN5
きれい
cleanN5
じゃ
thenN5

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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.

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初恋

あなたの隣となりで見みた景色けしきは

The scenery I saw beside you

永遠えいえんに続つづきそうな夢ゆめでした

It felt like a dream that could last forever.

手てを繋つないでもらうのが嬉うれしくて いつも

I'm always happy when you take my hand.

空あけた右手みぎてはあなたのもの

My open right hand is yours.

私わたしはツバサを手てに入いれたみたいだった

It felt like I had gained my wings.

何なん年ねん経たっても新あたらしい恋こいをしても

Even after all these years, and finding new love,

あなたの優やさしさと

Your kindness and

比くらべてしまうの

I can't help but compare.

あなたの隣となりで見みた景色けしきは

The scenery I saw beside you

永遠えいえんに続つづきそうな夢ゆめでした

It felt like a dream that could last forever.

長ながい指ゆび 大おおきい肩かた 背中せなかに乗のって

Long fingers, broad shoulders, riding upon your back

見みた星空ほしぞら 想おもい出ではきれいなままで

The starry sky I saw, memories remain beautifully intact.

好すきだけじゃうまくいかない

Just liking isn't enough to make it work.

やるべきことが いつか

What I must do someday

二人ふたりを遠とおざけた 今いまならわかる

Now I understand how we drifted apart.

答こたえを叫さけんでも 声こえは雑踏ざっとうに紛まぎれた

Even if I shout for answers, my voice gets lost in the crowd.

とりたての免許めんきょで迎むかえにきてくれた

You came to pick me up with your brand new license.

笑顔えがおが私わたしには

Your smile means everything to me

眩まぶしすぎたから

Because it was too dazzling

あなたの隣となりで見みた景色けしきが

The scenery I saw beside you

永遠えいえんに続つづきそうで怖こわかった

I was scared it would last forever.

馬鹿ばかだな あなたを許ゆるせるまでに

How foolish, until I can forgive you.

こんなにも こんなにも 時ときが流ながれた

So much time has passed, so much time.

今いまでもどこかで笑わらってますか

Even now, are you laughing somewhere?

たまには私わたしを思おもい出だしますか

Do you ever think of me?

立たち止どまり 伸のびた髪かみ 失うしなった時間じかん

Stopped in my tracks, flowing hair, lost time.

夜よるの空そら 見上みあげれば 星ほしがこぼれた

Looking up at the night sky, stars spilled out.

馬鹿ばかだな あなたを許ゆるせるまでに

How foolish, until I can forgive you.

こんなにも こんなにも 時ときが流ながれた

So much time has passed, so much time.