Hashire! (“Run!”)
“‘I like you’. Just with that, can the world change? WILL it?”
OR: A cute “working up the courage to ask your (train) crush out” song.
egao ga tomaranai! odoru KOKORO tomaranai! ugokidasu yo kimi no moto e hashire! hashire! hashire!
My smile won’t stop! My dancing heart won’t stop! I’ll start moving, towards you—Run! Run! Run!
zutto KIMI wo onaji densha de miru tabi ni itsukara darou? boku no KOKORO no naka de ookiku natteita omoi
For the longest time, each time I see you, on the same train… Since when has it been there? This feeling grown big inside my heart
hanashikakeru koto mo dekinakute itsumo tomodachi to issho ni shabetteru furi de yokome de miteta boku dakedo
Unable to so much as strike up a conversation with you, I’ve always Pretended to be chattering away with my friends as I watched you from the corner of my eye
kidzuita kono kanjou ni mou kankei nante shitakunai boku wa boku ni USO tsuite nigetaku mo nai afuredashishou na KIMOCHI wo hitotsu nokorazu kotoba ni zenbu tsumekomou
But I don’t want to have any more regrets regarding this emotion I’ve recognized And I don’t want to run away by lying to myself either. Without leaving a single bit of these feelings that feel like they’ll overflow behind, I’ll pour all of them into words
egao ga tomaranai! odoru KOKORO tomaranai! ugokidasu yo kimi no moto e hashire! hashire! hashire! ima wa mada yuuki ga tarinai! sukoshi no kikkake ga tarinai! ugokidashite boku no karada hashire! hashire! hashire!
My smile won’t stop! My dancing heart won’t stop! I’ll start moving, towards you—Run! Run! Run! I still don’t have enough courage right now! This slight setting into motion isn’t enough! C’mon, body, start moving! Run! Run! Run!
itsudatte fumidasu mae ni iiwake bakkari kangaete kekkyoku nannimo dekinakute jikan ga sugite wasureteiku koto ni nareteta boku no KOKORO ga hashiridashita
Always dwelling only on excuses before taking a step forward— In the end, I’m unable to do anything as time slips me by Forgetting it all—my heart that had gotten used to that has stirred and started racing.
konna ni hiroi sekai kara sureba boku nante chippoke darou na demo KIMI e no boku no omoi wa kono sora yori mo ookii kara
In a world as big as this, someone like me is surely insignificantly small But my feelings toward you are even bigger than this sky, that’s why
egao ga tomaranai! odoru KOKORO tomaranai! ugokidasu yo kimi no moto e hashire! hashire! hashire! ima wa mada yuuki ga tarinai! sukoshi no kikkake ga tarinai! ugokidashite boku no karada hashire! hashire! hashire!
My smile won’t stop! My dancing heart won’t stop! I’ll start moving, towards you—Run! Run! Run! I still don’t have enough courage right now! This slight setting into motion isn’t enough! C’mon, body, start moving! Run! Run! Run!
matteitemo hajimannai KIMI to zenryoku de mukiaitai onaji kono hoshi ni umarete onaji kono jidai ni umarete korete guuzen nante kantan na kotoba de surechigai hanarete shimau nante kangaeru dake de mune no oku ga itakute junsui ni KIMI to tsunagatteitai yo ima mo nannen mo nanjuunen mo kono saki no mirai mo ichido kiri no jinsei dakara KIMI no mae ja sunao de itainda
Nothing starts by waiting! I want to face you head-on, with everything I have. Being born on the same planet, being born in the same era… “Coincidence”—Passing by each other, ending up going our separate ways, with that simple word— Just thinking about that makes my chest hurt and I purely want to be connected to you, right now and Any number of years later, any number of decades later, from now on and into the future too. We’ve only got one shot at life, so I want to be honest in front of you
soredemo kotae wa dasenai yo sukoshi no kotoba dasenai yo 「kimi ga suki」 soredake de sekai wo kaeru? kawaru?
Even so, I can’t voice the answer out loud—I can’t get those few words out “I like you” Just with that, can the world change? Will it?
egao ga tomaranai! odoru KOKORO tomaranai! ugokidasu yo kimi no moto e hashire! hashire! hashire! ima wa mada yuuki ga tarinai! sukoshi no kikkake ga tarinai! ugokidashite boku no karada hashire! hashire! hashire!
My smile won’t stop! My dancing heart won’t stop! I’ll start moving, towards you—Run! Run! Run! I still don’t have enough courage right now! This slight setting into motion isn’t enough! C’mon, body, start moving! Run! Run! Run!
