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Dakishimeru

A Japanese ballad about holding someone close when love feels impossible.

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A Japanese ballad about holding someone close when love feels impossible.

There's a quiet defiance in how she frames weakness.

'Dakishimeru yowai anata sae', 'embrace even your weak self.' It treats fragility not as something to fix, but as the exact thing worth holding onto.

Editor's note

BoA's 'Dakishimeru' holds a lonely truth

A Japanese ballad about holding someone close when love feels impossible.

I know loneliness is best friend

There's a quiet defiance in how she frames weakness. 'Dakishimeru yowai anata sae', 'embrace even your weak self.' It treats fragility not as something to fix, but as the exact thing worth holding onto.

The phrase 'I know loneliness is best friend' sits right there in the middle of a verse, almost shrugged off. It's not a complaint, just a fact she's accepted. That pressure to keep going even when you're meeting someone at 6:30 and they always show up after seven.

It's delivered like a confession you've made to yourself too many times to feel dramatic about. The English phrase cuts through the Japanese, plain and weary.

The way 'So sweet' lands after 'iyasu', healing those wounded wings, feels like a small, genuine offering.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "Dakishimeru yowai anata sae" the pull of "I know loneliness is best friend" the pull of "So sweet"
Lyrics

Dakishimeru

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side seat bag to keita nagekonde

konayuki hikaru curb wo nikeru Cabriolet

hitori kimama ni biru no tsuki wo oikosu no

I know loneliness is best friend

wakatteruno rokujihan machiawase demo

anata itsumo shichiji sugi ni arawareru

yaritai koto omoikiri yaritaindesho

Mama says a man is dreamer

Honmette ienai mon dane

Can't love anymore otagaisama ne

saikou ni aishiteru no ni

dakishimeru yowai anata sae

True love watashi ni wa tenshi

donna tatte tada anata ga suki

kaeru basho nara sono mune

isogashii asa erabitoru hakinareteru shoes

shogyou mujou Cinderella wa honno sekai

shiawase wa igai to ashimoto mukuchi ni Dance

Baby will you dance take a chance

michi ga ippon dake nara

show me where to go? te no naru hou e

mayou koto nai no ni

hitorizutsu sore ga nozomi nara

chi no hate made hashiru wa

kizutsuita sono hane wa iyasu

So sweet tenohira wo ageru

Hey ittai nani wo nozonderuno?

hajimete anata wo mita toki

anata wa ikinari watashi no kokoro ni hairi kondekita

naze ima konna ni nami daga afureru no

shojou janai kedo onna janai no

Hold you!

honmette ienai mon dane

Can't love anymore otagaisama ne

saikou ni aishiteru no ni

dakishimeru yowai anata sae

True love watashi ni wa tenshi

donna tatte tada anata ga suki

kaeru basho nara sono mune

hitorizutsu sore ga nozomi nara

chi no hate made hashiru wa

kizutsuita sono hane wo iyasu

So sweet tenohira wo ageru

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What is "Dakishimeru" by BoA about?

A Japanese ballad about holding someone close when love feels impossible. There's a quiet defiance in how she frames weakness. 'Dakishimeru yowai anata sae', 'embrace even your weak self.' It treats fragility not as something to fix, but as the exact thing worth holding onto.

Who performs "Dakishimeru"?

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Yes. The related section below points to Jewel Song and Everything Needs Love (Piano-pella) with a short reason for opening each page next.

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