謝罪状況
(An Apologetic Situation)

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romaji

kumitotte   aijoutte   iwayuru shinraikankei sa

yakusoku no jikan ni okuresou    boku wa kimi wo okorasenai you ni
iiwake toka kangaeta no ni   ie ni keitai wo wasurete kita

renraku no shyou ga nai mama   yabai ne   nankayarikirenai ne
tameiki mo shiroku kietetta   tobotobo ieji ni tsuitan da
“dokka atatakai toko de matte te” nan te   sonna hitokoto ga tsutaerarenakute

kumitotte   aijoutte shinjiattereba kowai mon nante nai sa
arigashina talk de   MC wa kataru in the radio
shinken ni  massugu ni  kimi no kao wo mite GOMENNASAI tte iou
rusuden kiita kana?  Date nandakanda ittemo  aitai joukyou

ichijikan kurai nara matsu kedo  onshinfutsuu  sorya nain ja nai
chikoku joushuuhan no anata  atashi wa go fun mae koudou no hito
itsumo no funsui no toko de machibouke   hashi kara hashi made yonda free paper1

kenkashite  akirete  sore wa otagai no aijou tamesu shiren
arigachina talk  MC wa kataru in the radio
keitai no rusuden ni  attehoshi nante irete aru kara  nana kai mo
kurikaeshi kiita  date yurushichau no mo  ai aru yue da mon

wasuremono wa suru keredo  kimi no koto wasurerarenai
ashita ni naru made  matenainda

kumitotte   aijoutte shinjiattereba kowai mon nante nai sa
arigashina talk de   MC wa kataru in the radio
shinken ni  massugu ni  kimi no kao wo mite GOMENNASAI tte iou
rusuden kiitenakute mo iiya  kyoujuu ni doushite mo aitai

english

empathy – affection – the so-called “relationship built upon mutual trust”

It seems that the time for promises has passed; even though I spent time thinking up excuses
so that you wouldn’t get upset, I managed to forget my cell phone at home

No means of communication, that’s wonderful.  This is just too much!
Even my sigh disappeared, became white and vanished.  I’m going to start plodding back home.
I can’t even tell you something as simple as “Wait somewhere where it’s warm”

“empathy – affection – sharing these beliefs isn’t that scary,”
Is common talk that an MC recites in the radio
Whole-heartedly, and as quickly as possible, I plan to look at your face and say I’m sorry
I wonder if you’ve listened to your voice mail.  I may have had a lot to say, but all I want to do is see you

I’ll wait for an hour, but if I don’t hear from you, I’m not going to put up with it
Your always late for everything.  I’m someone who always does things five minutes early
I’ve waited by the water fountain for nothing, and I’ve read this free paper1 from front to back

“fighting – being upset – these are the trials of attempting mutual love”
Is common talk that an MC recites in the radio
You left me a message saying that you wanted to meet.  I listen to it
over and over again seven times.  I’ve already forgiven you, because I love you.

I forget about things now and then, but I could never forget about you
There’s just no way that I can wait till tomorrow

“empathy – affection – sharing these beliefs isn’t that scary,”
Is common talk that an MC recites in the radio
Whole-heartedly, and as quickly as possible, I plan to look at your face and say I’m sorry
It’s alright even if you haven’t checked your voicemail.  Whatever it takes, I want to see you before the day is over.

This note is very important, so please read. Any words that look like this are spoken by the woman of the story, and unstylized words are the man of the story, in most cases (sometimes it may arguably be atsuko herself as a narrator) . The story is of a guy who told a woman that he wanted to meet with her... unfortunately the guy is late for everything, and forgets his cell phone at home so that he can't tell the lady that he'll be late. He ends up having to go back home to get it, but the woman is getting tired of waiting.

1  Here's what Jim Breen's online dictionary had to say about "free paper": (n) newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge (trans: free paper)