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リフレイン – Yurie Kokubu 国分友里恵

Yurie Kokubu 国分友里恵

リフレイン lyrics with English translation

Language
Japanese
Level
Advanced
Released
1986
Genre
City Pop
Length
4:22
  1. 蒼い夜明け

    Leave me the blue dawn,

  2. just for me to keep.

  3. タイヤ

    The tires squeal,

  4. クラクションひとつ

    one honk of the horn.

  5. あぁ あなたらしい

    Ah, so typical of you,

  6. 別れ

    the way you part.

  7. ない

    It doesn’t pull at my tears,

  8. リフレイン

    a refrain.

  9. あのふたり

    To the two of us back then,

  10. さよなら joke 代え

    let's turn goodbye into a joke.

  11. リフレイン

    Refrain

  12. 微笑いちど

    I want to see your smile once more

  13. さりげなく見送りたい

    Casually, I wish to see you off

  14. いつ痛み

    Always, the pain of love is

  15. くり返し

    A repetition

  16. サングラス

    Behind my sunglasses

  17. 隠し

    Hiding my eyes

  18. テール行方

    The direction of the tail

  19. ぼんやりてい

    I was watching absently

  20. あぁ 止めるタイミング

    Ah, the timing to stop

  21. したから

    I took it off,

  22. 今さらない

    Now it's too late to say.

  23. リフレイン

    Refrain,

  24. 友達なら

    If we had stayed as friends,

  25. ふたり

    We could have talked without hesitation,

  26. リフレイン

    Refrain,

  27. 思い出しない

    Don't turn it into a memory,

  28. またいつかしたら

    If we fall in love again someday,

  29. 言い訳キスした

    I want my excuses to be sealed with a kiss,

  30. その時

    At that moment,

  31. リフレイン

    Refrain

  32. あのふたり

    To the two of us back then

  33. さよなら joke 代え

    Let me swap goodbye for a joke

  34. リフレイン

    Refrain

  35. 微笑いちど

    I want to see your smile once more

  36. さりげなく見送りたい

    Casually, I want to send you off

  37. いつ痛み

    For all days, the pain of love's

  38. くり返し

    Repeating

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Key vocabulary

あぁ
ah
あなた
youN5
さりげ
casual
いちど
once
いつか
someday
から
from
キス
kiss
くり返しくりかえし
repeat
さよなら
goodbye
サングラス
sunglassesN3

About this song

Yurie Kokubu is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and lyricist whose early-1980s work, produced by Tetsuji Hayashi, has returned to attention through the city pop revival; she has focused on Christian music since the 1990s.

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リフレイン

あお夜明よあ

Leave me the blue dawn,

わたしのこ

just for me to keep.

タイヤきし

The tires squeal,

クラクションひとつ

one honk of the horn.

あぁ あなたらしい

Ah, so typical of you,

わかかた

the way you part.

なみださそない

It doesn’t pull at my tears,

リフレイン

a refrain.

あのころふたり

To the two of us back then,

さよなら joke

let's turn goodbye into a joke.

リフレイン

Refrain

微笑びしょういちど

I want to see your smile once more

さりげなく見送みおくたい

Casually, I wish to see you off

いつあいいた

Always, the pain of love is

くりかえ

A repetition

サングラスなか

Behind my sunglasses

ひとみかく

Hiding my eyes

テール行方ゆくえ

The direction of the tail

ぼんやりてい

I was watching absently

あぁ めるタイミング

Ah, the timing to stop

はずしたから

I took it off,

いまさらない

Now it's too late to say.

リフレイン

Refrain,

友達ともだちなら

If we had stayed as friends,

まよはなふたり

We could have talked without hesitation,

リフレイン

Refrain,

おもしない

Don't turn it into a memory,

またいつかこいしたら

If we fall in love again someday,

わけキスした

I want my excuses to be sealed with a kiss,

そのとき

At that moment,

リフレイン

Refrain

あのころふたり

To the two of us back then

さよなら joke

Let me swap goodbye for a joke

リフレイン

Refrain

微笑びしょういちど

I want to see your smile once more

さりげなく見送みおくたい

Casually, I want to send you off

いつあいいた

For all days, the pain of love's

くりかえ

Repeating