On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song ひまわりの約束 (Promise of the sunflower) by 秦基博 (Motohiro Hata).
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- そばにいたいよ
- 君のために出来ることが僕にあるかな
- いつも君にずっと君に笑っていてほしくて
You can find them in the video. Go to 1:00.
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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
そばにいたいよ
- そば (so ba) means ‘near’.
- に (ni) is a location marking particle.
- に usually means ‘in’ or ‘at’.
- いたい (i ta i) means ‘want to be (stay)’.
- い is Stem Form of いる (i ru) which means ‘be’ or ‘exist’.
- たい is ‘want to’.
- よ (yo) is added at the end of a sentence to show your friendliness.
君のために出来ることが僕にあるかな
- 君（きみ／ki mi）means ‘you’.
- 君 is not used as much as あなた which also means ‘you’.
- のために (no ta me ni) means ‘for’.
- 出来る（で・き・る／de ki ru）means ‘can do’.
- こと (ko to) means ‘thing’.
- が (ga) is a topic marking particle and does not mean anything.
- 僕（ぼく／bo ku）means ‘I’.
- ある (a ru) means ‘be’ or ‘exist’.
- かな (ka na) can be placed at the end of an interrogative sentence.
- かな is more casual and informal than か.
いつも君にずっと君に笑っていてほしくて
- いつも (i tsu mo) means ‘always’.
- 君（きみ／ki mi）means ‘you’.
- ずっと (zu t to) means ‘forever’.
- 笑って（わら・って／wa ra t te）is in てForm.
- Dictionary Form of 笑って is 笑う（わら・う／wa ra u）which means ‘to smile’.
- somebody + に + てForm + ほしい means ‘want somebody to do’.
- 笑っていてほしくて means ‘want you to smile’.
- くて (ku te) follows いadjective or ほしい.
- くて indicates that you have not finished the sentence and would like to say more.