Ado - 好きでいて/Keep Loving Me

Ado - 好きでいて/Keep Loving Me

Ado


koi ni ochita hi wa kimi no kotoba dake
The day I fell in love, all I had were your words

  • 恋こいに落おちた /koi ni ochita/：
    fell in love; past tense of 恋に落ちる
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
nando mo atama no naka de mawari tsuzukeru
They keep circling through my mind again and again

  • 何度なんども /nando mo/：
    many times; over and over
  • 頭あたまの中なか /atama no naka/：
    inside one's head; in one's mind
  • 回まわり続つづける /mawari tsuzukeru/：
    to keep circling; verb stem plus 続ける expresses continuing an action
atatakakute itai
Warm, yet painful

  • 温あたたかくて /atatakakute/：
    warm; the くて form of 温かい links it to what follows, here with a contrasting nuance
  • 痛いたい /itai/：
    painful; also emotionally painful here
sono kokoro no iku saki ga dokoka
Where that heart is headed

  • その /sono/：
    that; modifies something near the listener or already mentioned
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; feelings
  • 行いく先さき /iku saki/：
    destination; where something is headed
  • どこか /dokoka/：
    where; linked to the next line in the sense of not knowing where
wakarazu nayande hontou wa tsurai hazu nano ni na
I worry because I do not know, though it really ought to be painful

  • わからず /wakarazu/：
    not knowing; わからず is the negative connective form of わかる
  • 悩なやんで /nayande/：
    worrying; the て-form of 悩む
  • 本当ほんとうは /hontou wa/：
    actually; in truth
  • 辛つらい /tsurai/：
    painful; hard to bear
  • はず /hazu/：
    should; ought to, based on expectation or reasoning
  • なのに /nano ni/：
    even though; follows a noun or な-adjective and expresses contrast
motto hanashite mitai
I want to try talking with you more

  • もっと /motto/：
    more
  • 話はなしてみたい /hanashite mitai/：
    want to try talking; 話す plus てみる expresses trying, and たい expresses desire
sora no aosa mo nami no oto mo
Both the blue of the sky and the sound of the waves

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 青あおさ /aosa/：
    blueness; さ turns the adjective 青い into a noun denoting its quality
  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • も〜も /mo ... mo/：
    both ... and ...; marks that the statement applies to both items
itsumo yori itoshiku omoeru
Seem more precious to me than usual

  • いつも /itsumo/：
    usually; always
  • より /yori/：
    than; marks the basis of comparison
  • 愛いとしく /itoshiku/：
    dearly; adverbial form of 愛しい, precious or beloved
  • 思おもえる /omoeru/：
    can feel or naturally seems; the potential form of 思う often expresses a spontaneous impression
kimi to deaeta hi kara
Ever since the day I was able to meet you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 出会であえた /deaeta/：
    was able to meet; past potential form of 出会う, often carrying a grateful nuance
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • から /kara/：
    from; since, marking a starting point in time
suki de suki de
I love you, I love you so much

  • 好すきで /suki de/：
    loving; the connective form of 好き, linking the feeling to the next line and suggesting continuation or cause
konna ni watashi ga kawatte iku no
I am changing this much

  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much; to this extent
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 変かわっていく /kawatte iku/：
    to go on changing; ていく expresses a change continuing from now onward
  • の /no/：
    sentence-final の adds an explanatory or emotional nuance, here surprise at her own change
tada kotoba wo kawashite iru dake de kokoro ga nari hibiite
Just exchanging words with you makes my heart ring out

  • ただ /tada/：
    merely; just
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    words; language
  • 交かわしている /kawashite iru/：
    exchanging; the progressive form of 交わす, here exchanging words or talking
  • だけで /dake de/：
    just by; merely doing something is enough to cause the result
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; feelings
  • 鳴なり響ひびいて /nari hibiite/：
    ringing out and reverberating; the て-form of 鳴り響く
suki de suki de mienai
I love you so much that I cannot see clearly

  • 好すきで /suki de/：
    loving; the connective form of 好き, here suggesting because I love you so much
  • 見みえない /mienai/：
    cannot see; negative form of 見える
koi tte muzukashii nda na
Love really is difficult, isn't it?

  • 恋こい /koi/：
    romantic love
  • って /tte/：
    a colloquial topic marker, like は or というものは: speaking of
  • 難むずかしい /muzukashii/：
    difficult
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, adding explanation or emphasis
kimi mo onaji kimochi de ite hoshii to
Wishing that you would feel the same way too

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling; emotion
  • でいてほしい /de ite hoshii/：
    want someone to remain in a state; でいる means to stay that way and てほしい expresses a wish for another person
yume ni egaite sukoshi aruki dasu yo
I picture it in my dreams and begin to take a small step forward

  • 夢ゆめに描えがいて /yume ni egaite/：
    picture in one's dreams; the て-form of 夢に描く
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    a little; slightly
  • 歩あるき出だす /aruki dasu/：
    to start walking or step forward; verb stem plus 出す marks the beginning of an action
koe wo kakete kureta ano hi kara hajimatta
It all began that day when you spoke to me

  • 声こえをかけてくれた /koe wo kakete kureta/：
    spoke to me; 声をかける means to approach or address someone, and てくれた frames it as a welcome favor to the speaker
  • あの日ひ /ano hi/：
    that day
  • 始はじまった /hajimatta/：
    began; past tense of 始まる
hajimete no shashin no kimi wa tanoshisou na kao shiteru
In our first photo, you look happy

  • 初はじめて /hajimete/：
    for the first time; first
  • 写真しゃしん /shashin/：
    photograph
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 楽たのしそう /tanoshisou/：
    looks happy; adjective stem plus そう expresses an appearance-based impression
  • 顔かおしてる /kao shiteru/：
    wearing a certain expression; colloquial shortening of 顔をしている with を and い omitted
ureshikatta honto ni
I was truly happy

  • 嬉うれしかった /ureshikatta/：
    was happy; past tense of 嬉しい
  • ほんとに /honto ni/：
    truly; colloquial spelling of 本当に
yuuki wo dashite sasotta hi ni
On the day I gathered my courage and invited you

  • 勇気ゆうきを出だして /yuuki wo dashite/：
    gathering one's courage; the て-form of 勇気を出す
  • 誘さそった /sasotta/：
    invited; past tense of 誘う
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
arigatou tte itte kureta dake
All you did was say 「thank you」 to me

  • って /tte/：
    colloquial quotation marker equivalent to と, here quoting ありがとう
  • 言いってくれた /itte kureta/：
    said to me; 言う plus てくれた presents the action as a welcome favor to the speaker
  • だけ /dake/：
    only; just
sore dake de mune ga atsukute fushigi nanda kokoro
That alone makes my heart burn warm—what a mysterious heart

  • それだけで /sore dake de/：
    with that alone; just that is enough to
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest; heart
  • 熱あつくて /atsukute/：
    hot or stirred; the くて-form of 熱い, here describing emotional warmth
  • 不思議ふしぎなんだ /fushigi nanda/：
    it is mysterious; なんだ adds explanation or emphasis after a noun or な-adjective
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; feelings
kimi no shisen no saki ni wa dare ga utsutte iru no
Who is reflected at the end of your gaze?

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 視線しせん /shisen/：
    line of sight; gaze
  • 先さき /saki/：
    ahead; the point beyond or at the end
  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • 映うつっている /utsutte iru/：
    is reflected or appearing; 映る in the ている form describes an ongoing state
  • の /no/：
    sentence-final の forms a softer question seeking an explanation
sono egao no riyuu wa watashi ga ii
I want to be the reason for that smile

  • その /sono/：
    that
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile; smiling face
  • 理由りゆう /riyuu/：
    reason
  • 私わたしがいい /watashi ga ii/：
    I want it to be me; 〜がいい expresses a preference or desired choice
futari de itai yo motto motto
I want it to be the two of us, for much, much longer

  • 二人ふたりでいたい /futari de itai/：
    want to be together as a pair; いる means to be present and たい expresses the speaker's desire
  • もっともっと /motto motto/：
    much more; repetition intensifies the sense of more
suki de suki de
I love you, I love you so much

  • 好すきで /suki de/：
    loving; the connective form of 好き, linking to the next line and potentially expressing cause
konna ni watashi wo kaete shimatta no
You have changed me this much

  • こんなに /konna ni/：
    this much; to this extent
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 変かえてしまった /kaete shimatta/：
    changed completely; 変える plus てしまった marks completion and can add surprise or emotion
  • の /no/：
    sentence-final の adds an explanatory or emotional nuance
unmei hodo oogesa ja nakute mo kimi ga risou no subete
Even if calling it destiny would be an exaggeration, you are everything I dream of

  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate; destiny
  • ほど /hodo/：
    to the extent of; here, to the extent of calling it destiny
  • 大袈裟おおげさ /oogesa/：
    exaggerated; overblown
  • じゃなくても /ja nakute mo/：
    even if it is not; the て-form of じゃない plus も forms a concessive expression
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 理想りそう /risou/：
    ideal; dream
  • 全すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
suki de suki de itai kara
Because I love you so much that it hurts

  • 好すきで /suki de/：
    loving; the connective form of 好き, emphasizing the continuing feeling
  • 痛いたい /itai/：
    painful; here, emotionally aching from love
  • から /kara/：
    because; marks a reason
kokoro wa koko ni arunda na
So this is where my heart is

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; feelings
  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • ある /aru/：
    to exist; used for inanimate or abstract things
  • んだ /nda/：
    colloquial form of のだ, used to explain or express a realization
kimi mo onaji kimochi de ite hoshii to
Wishing that you would feel the same way too

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; an intimate or familiar form of address
  • 同おなじ /onaji/：
    same
  • 気持きもち /kimochi/：
    feeling; emotion
  • でいてほしい /de ite hoshii/：
    want someone to remain in a state; でいる means to stay that way and てほしい expresses a wish for another person
yume ni egaite ima tsutae ni iku yo
I picture it in my dreams, and now I am going to tell you

  • 夢ゆめに描えがいて /yume ni egaite/：
    picture in one's dreams; the て-form of 夢に描く
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • 伝つたえにいく /tsutae ni iku/：
    to go and tell or convey; verb stem plus にいく means to go in order to do something
zutto soba ni itai
I want to stay by your side forever

  • ずっと /zutto/：
    all along; forever
  • そば /soba/：
    side; nearby
  • いたい /itai/：
    want to stay; いる plus たい expresses the speaker's desire
nee suki de ite
Please keep loving me

  • 好すきでいて /suki de ite/：
    please keep loving me; 好きでいる means to remain in a state of liking, and the て-form makes a request here