Takako Mamiya 間宮貴子
真夜中のジョーク lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 4:53
もうすぐ朝の中 近いわこの匂い
Soon it's morning, this scent is so close,
一人っきりのドライブ
A drive all alone,
ほんの思いつき 真夜中のジョーク
Just a fleeting thought, a midnight joke,
早起きなら 苦手だけど
Early rising, it's not my strong suit,
夜更かしなら 気分次第
But staying up late is all about the mood,
その気になれば走り続ける女なの
If I feel like it, I'm a woman who keeps running,
恋にしたって 言えそうだけど
Even in love, I could say so,
始まりはジョークのつもりだけ
It started off as just a joke,
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No oncoming cars, no one around,
私だけが 流れるまま
Only I flow with the current.
ドラマの場合となりを見ると男なの
In drama terms, I'm looking at a man
少しだけ逢ったことのある 渋い人
Just someone I've met a little, a sophisticated guy
ひどいジョークね、やめて！
What a horrible joke, stop it!
もうすぐ朝の中 近いわこの匂い
Morning is near, I can smell this scent close by
一人っきりのドライブ
A drive all alone
ほんの思いつき 真夜中のジョーク
Just a fleeting thought, a midnight joke
うまくいけば 海が見える
If all goes well, I’ll see the ocean
うまくいけば 忘れられる
If all goes well, I'll be able to forget
ジョークがすぎて泣くこともある女なの
Sometimes I’m a woman who cries from too many jokes
本気だって言えそうだけど 走るのよ
I could say I'm serious, but I'm running away
こんな私のままで
Just as I am, like this
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Key vocabulary
- こと
- thingN3
- このこの
- this (used before a noun)N5
- ジョーク
- jokeN1
- だって
- because
- つもり
- intentionN3
- ドライブ
- driveN4
- もうすぐ
- soon
- 夜よる
- night
- 思いつきおもいつき
- idea
- 恋こい
- loveN3
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About this song
Takako Mamiya is a Japanese city pop singer whose sole album, Love Trip (1982), has since been re-evaluated as a classic of the genre.