Romaji Title: gomoji no ito
Kanji Title: 五文字の糸
English Title: A 5 Character Thread
The reason that "I love you" and "good bye" are referred to as 5 character words in this song, is because that the Japanese phrases "ai shiteru" ("I love you") and "sayounara" ("Good bye") are in fact 5 hiragana characters. So though it doesn't necessarily make sense when translated into English, there isn't really much to be done about that! |
"ai shiteru" no gomoji wa hosoku nagaku nobiru ito
kokoro no ito maki kara sukoshizutsu hodokete yuku yo
sono ito wa tochuu de yojiretari karamatte
sore demo hisshi ni boku no kawari ni hanareta kimi e
tooku naru kage...nante kirei ni tatoerarenai
dakedo hitotsu dake tsutaenakucha
ai shiteru ai shiteru ai shiteru sono hoka ni
arawasu kotoba ga mitsukannai
omoi wa kage wo kae todoku you ni to mada iru yo
"sayounara" no gomoji wa mune wo sasu hari ni natte
kokoro no sono sukima wo nuikonde tojikomeyou to suru
karuhazumi na shigusa ga sukoshizutsu kimi no koto
kezutteta n da ne ima sara shitta
sayounara sayounara sayounara tonari kara
hanfumae ni susundatte kono te wa mae ni aru
wazuka na kehai kanjinagara mada iru yo
ai shiteru ai shiteru ai s hiteru dakedo ne
sayounara sayounara sayounara kimi wa mou
ippo mae ni susunda n da kono te wa hitsuyou nai
gomoji no ito togireta kedo mada iru yo
mada iru yo...