Jpop Recommend #99 First Love by Hikaru Utada

First Love
宇多田ヒカル Hikaru Utada



Released in April 1999, this song is her 3rd single.  Many of you might already know Hikaru Utada.  Right after her stunning debut in 1998, she instantly gained popularity at the age of 15.  I still remember the first contact with her debut single, "automatic".  It was clearly different from other Jpop...  










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<Lyrics>
Japanese
Japanese pronunciation
English translation

最後   の  キス は  タバコ   の flavor  が した
Saigo no kiss wa tobacco no flavor ga shita
The last kiss smells like a flavor of tobacco
ニガくて    せつない 香り
Nigakute setsunai kaori
A bitter yet unforgettably yearning flavor

明日    の  今   頃    には あなた は どこ   に いるんだろう
Ashita no ima goro niwa anata wa doko ni irundarou
Around this time tomorrow, where will you be?
誰     を  思ってるんだろう
dare wo omotterundarou
Who will you be thinking of?

You are always gonna be my love

いつか  誰か    と  また  恋  に 落ちても
Itsuka dareka to mata koi ni ochitemo
Even if I fall in love with someone again someday

I’ll remember to love
You taught me how
You are always gonna be the one

今    は まだ     悲しい love song
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Right now, I still sing a sad love song
新しい      歌 歌える   まで
Atarashii uta utaeru made
Until the day when I can sing a new song


立ち止まる     時間  が 動き   出そう と してる
Tachidomaru jikan ga ugoki dasou to shiteru
The time that has been stopped is now started to move again
忘れたく       ない こと  ばかり wow
Wasuretaku nai  koto bakari
But there are so many things I don't want to forget

明日    の  今    頃   には わたし    は  きっと 泣いてる
Ashita no ima goro niwa watashi wa kitto   naiteru
Around this time tomorrow, I'm sure I will be crying
あなた を  思ってるんだろう yeah yeah yeah
Anata wo omotterundarou
and I will be thinking of you

You will always be inside my heart

いつも   あなた だけ の   場所   が ある から
Itsumo anata dake no basho ga aru kara
There will always be the place reserved only for you
I hope that I have a place in your heart too
Now and forever you are still the one

今    は  まだ   悲しい   love song
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Right now, I still sing a sad love song
新しい    歌 うたえる まで
Atarasii uta utaeru made
Until the day when I can sing a new song

You are always gonna be my love

いつか  誰か   と  また   恋 に  落ちても
Itsuka dareka to mata koi ni ochitemo
Even if I fall in love with someone again someday

I’ll remember to love
You taught me how
You are always gonna be the one

まだ    悲しい   love song
Mada kanashii love song
I still sing a sad love song

Now and forever Fu…



Any comment about this blog is highly appreciated.  Requests to pick up any singer or song are always welcome!

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