星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 好き/Suki (Love)

星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 好き/Suki (Love)

星野源 (Hoshino Gen)


fui ni mune ni saita
An unexpected feeling blossomed in my chest

  • 不意ふいに /fui ni/：
    suddenly, unexpectedly
  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest; heart
  • 咲さいた /saita/：
    past form of saku, to bloom; here, for a feeling to arise
kono kokoro ga hanete shikata nai na
This heart of mine simply cannot stop leaping

  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; feelings
  • 跳はねて /hanete/：
    te-form of haneru, to leap; here, for the heart to leap with excitement
  • 仕方しかたない /shikata nai/：
    cannot be helped; -te shikata nai means unbearably or uncontrollably
dare no kyoka mo iranai mono
It is something that needs no one's permission

  • 誰だれ /dare/：
    who
  • 許可きょか /kyoka/：
    permission, approval
  • いらない /iranai/：
    negative form of iru (要る), to not need
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; can nominalize the preceding description
osanai hi ni atta mono
It is something I had in my childhood

  • 幼おさない /osanai/：
    young, childish
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day; osanai hi means one's childhood days
  • あった /atta/：
    past form of aru, to exist or have
  • もの /mono/：
    thing; here, the feeling just described
kore ga suki ka
Is this what 「suki」—love—is?

  • これ /kore/：
    this; here, the feeling arising in the heart
  • 好すき /suki/：
    liking, love, fondness
kotoba ni wa
I do not need to put it into words

  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word, language
shinakute ii kedo
It is fine not to do so, though

  • しなくて /shinakute/：
    negative te-form of suru, not doing something
  • なくていい /nakute ii/：
    do not have to; it is fine not to
  • けど /kedo/：
    but, though; can soften an unfinished sentence
ima subete kirai na
Right now, while hating everything

  • いま /ima/：
    now, at this moment
  • すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 嫌きらい /kirai/：
    dislike, hate; na links it to what follows
kagami no kimi ga kirari
You in the mirror shine brightly

  • 鏡かがみ /kagami/：
    mirror
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; with 'in the mirror,' it can refer to the speaker's reflected self
mada kawarenai kedo
Though I still cannot change

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet
  • 変かわれない /kawarenai/：
    negative potential form of kawaru, cannot change
  • けど /kedo/：
    though, but
watashi kono suki ga suki da
I love this love of mine

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • この /kono/：
    this; used before a noun
  • 好すき /suki/：
    liking or love; first the feeling itself, then being fond of that feeling
omoetara hora
If I can come to think that way, look

  • 思おもえたら /omoetara/：
    tara-form of omoeru, if or when one can think that way
konna uta kikoeru
I can hear a song like this

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; used before a noun
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 聴きこえる /kikoeru/：
    to be audible, to be heard; 聴 emphasizes listening to music
tsuki ga kirei na no wa
As for why the moon looks beautiful

  • 月つき /tsuki/：
    moon
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/：
    beautiful, pretty; also clean
  • ～のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding clause and marks it as the topic
ki no sei da ga
May only be in our imagination, but

  • 気きのせい /ki no sei/：
    one's imagination, a mistaken impression
  • だが /da ga/：
    but, although; firmer or more formal than kedo
sore ga watashitachi da
That is part of who we are

  • それ /sore/：
    that; here, the subjective feeling that the moon is beautiful
  • 私わたしたち /watashitachi/：
    we, us; tachi marks a group or plural
dare mo mimuki shinakute ii
It is fine if no one pays it any attention

  • 誰だれも /dare mo/：
    with a negative predicate, no one or nobody
  • 見向みむきする /mimuki suru/：
    to turn and look; to pay attention
  • しなくていい /shinakute ii/：
    negative te-form of suru plus ii, it is fine not to do
warau nara ayasu yo
But if anyone mocks it, they will pay

  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; here, to mock something cherished
  • なら /nara/：
    if; sets a condition based on what precedes
  • 危あやす /ayasu/：
    a coined lyric expression read ayasu; the character for danger turns it into a warning that mockers will pay
dou demo ii ya
It does not matter anyway

  • どうでもいい /dou demo ii/：
    it does not matter; one does not care
karera ni wa
After all, they

  • 彼かれら /karera/：
    they, them; ra marks the plural group
kachi nado nai kara
Have no chance of winning

  • 勝かち /kachi/：
    a win, victory; derived from katsu
  • など /nado/：
    such as; with a negative, strongly dismisses the possibility
  • ない /nai/：
    not exist, there is no
  • から /kara/：
    because; gives a reason
ima subete kirai na
Right now, while hating everything

  • いま /ima/：
    now, at this moment
  • すべて /subete/：
    everything, all
  • 嫌きらい /kirai/：
    dislike, hate; na links it to the following line
kagami no kimi ga kirari
You in the mirror shine brightly

  • 鏡かがみ /kagami/：
    mirror
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; here, it can also mean one's reflected self
mada kawaranakute mo
Even if I still do not change

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, yet
  • 変かわらなくても /kawaranakute mo/：
    from kawaru; nakute mo means even if something does not happen
watashi kono kimi ga suki da
I love this version of you

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • この /kono/：
    this, this version of; here modifying kimi
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; in context, it may also refer to the self in the mirror
  • 好すき /suki/：
    to like, to love
omoetara hora
If I can come to think that way, look

  • 思おもえたら /omoetara/：
    tara-form of omoeru, if one can think that way
uta ga kikoeru
I can hear a song

  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 聴きこえる /kikoeru/：
    to be audible, to be heard; 聴 emphasizes listening to music
hontou wa
The truth is

  • 本当ほんとうは /hontou wa/：
    actually, the truth is; introduces one's real thought
ari no mama de ii nante uso desho
Saying 「you are fine just as you are」 is a lie, isn't it?

  • ありのまま /ari no mama/：
    as one is, the unvarnished truth
  • ～でいい /de ii/：
    to be fine as; accepts a state or choice
  • なんて /nante/：
    something like; quotes the preceding idea with surprise, dismissal, or doubt
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
  • でしょ /desho/：
    casual contraction of deshou, expressing probability or seeking agreement
sono mama kimi wa
You, just as you are now

  • そのまま /sono mama/：
    just like that, unchanged; the description continues into the next line
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
ookikute oosugite
Are so vast, with far too much within you

  • 大おおきくて /ookikute/：
    te-form of ookii, big or vast, linking to the next description
  • 多おおすぎて /oosugite/：
    te-form of oosugiru, to be too much; sugiru marks excess
utsuroeru kara
Because you are able to keep shifting

  • 移うつろえる /utsuroeru/：
    potential form of utsurou, to shift or change; to be able to change
  • から /kara/：
    because; gives a reason
ima kawari tsuzukeru
Right now, continuing to change

  • いま /ima/：
    now, at this moment
  • 変かわり続つづける /kawari tsuzukeru/：
    kawaru plus tsuzukeru, to keep changing; verb stem plus tsuzukeru means to continue doing
kagami no kimi ga kirari
You in the mirror shine brightly

  • 鏡かがみ /kagami/：
    mirror
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; here, it can also mean one's reflected self
maa dou demo ii kedo
Well, it does not really matter, though

  • どうでもいい /dou demo ii/：
    it does not matter; one does not care
  • けど /kedo/：
    but, though; can soften the tone at sentence end
watashi kono kimi ga suki da
I love this version of you

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I, me
  • この /kono/：
    this, this version of; here modifying kimi
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you; in context, it may also refer to the self in the mirror
  • 好すき /suki/：
    to like, to love
omottara hora
When I think that way, look

  • 思おもったら /omottara/：
    tara-form of omou, if or when one thinks that way
mune no naka kara
From inside my chest

  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest; heart
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, within; mune no naka means within one's heart
  • ～から /kara/：
    from; marks a starting point or source
konna uta kikoeru
I can hear a song like this

  • こんな /konna/：
    this kind of; used before a noun
  • 歌うた /uta/：
    song
  • 聴きこえる /kikoeru/：
    to be audible, to be heard; 聴 emphasizes listening to music
kikoeru!
I can hear it!

  • 聴きこえる /kikoeru/：
    to be audible, to be heard; 聴 emphasizes listening to music