Yumi Arai 荒井由実
中央フリーウェイ lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2004
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 3:40
中央フリーウェイ
Central Freeway
調布基地を追い越し
Overtaking Chofu Base
山にむかって行けば
If I head towards the mountains
黄昏が フロントグラスを
The twilight will
染めて広がる
Stain and spread across the windshield
中央フリーウェイ
Central Freeway
片手で持つハンドル
Steering with one hand
片手で肩を抱いて
With one arm around my shoulder
Learn languages through musicJapanese and 10+ more. Quizzes, karaoke, vocabulary bookmarks. Free.Get愛してるって 言ってもきこえない
Even if I say I love you, it can't be heard
風が強くて
The wind is strong
町の灯が やがてまたたきだす
The town's lights begin to flicker once more
二人して 流星になったみたい
It feels like we became shooting stars together
中央フリーウェイ
Central freeway
右に見える競馬場
The racetrack to the right
左はビール工場
On the left is the beer factory
この道は まるで滑走路
This road is just like a runway
夜空に続く
Leading up to the night sky
中央フリーウェイ
Central freeway
初めて会った頃は
Back when we first met
毎日ドライブしたのに
Even though we drove every day
このごろは ちょっと冷いね
Lately, it's a bit chilly, eh-eh.
送りもせずに
Without even a goodbye,
町の灯が やがてまたたきだす
The town's lights will soon start to twinkle again.
二人して 流星になった みたい
It feels like we became a shooting star together, yeh.
中央フリーウェイ
Central Freeway,
右に見える競馬場
On the right, you can see the racetrack.
左はビール工場
On the left, there's the brewery.
この道は まるで滑走路
This road is just like a runway,
夜空に続く
Leading into the night sky.
夜空に続く
Leading into the night sky.
夜空に続く
Leading to the starlit sky
中央フリーウェイ
The Central Freeway
中央フリーウェイ
The Central Freeway
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Key vocabulary
- ウェイ
- way
- このこの
- this (used before a noun)N5
- 工場こうじょう
- factoryN5
- 広がるひろがる
- spreadN3
- 調布ちょうふ
- Chofu
- ちょっとちょっと
- a little; slightlyN5
- てるてる
- to shine; (also) short form of ている
- フリー
- free
- 冷ひや
- cold
- 流星りゅうせい
- meteor
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About this song
Yumi Arai is a Japanese pop and rock songwriter and vocalist who later used the surname Matsutoya. Active since 1972, she is known for chart-topping releases and composing songs that became hits for other Japanese artists, with her music also used in Studio Ghibli films.