Below, I translated the lyrics of the song とくべチュ、して by =LOVE from Japanese to English.
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Intro
tokubechu shite
"Give me a special kiss?"
Oh baby I love you ja tarinai
Oh baby, "I love you" isn't enough
ichiban daiji ga ii
I want to be your number one
kimi ga tsukuru orijinaru no
An original one made by you
tokubetsu chuushite
A special kiss, please
Verse 1
mabushikutte me ga samete
It's so bright I wake up
itooshiku omotteyo
Think of me lovingly
nemurihime no you ni yasashiku kuchizukete
Kiss me gently, like Sleeping Beauty
gomimeita kono sekai
This trashy world
pyuagakaru kimi ga iru
And here you are, kind of pure
subete ni furezuni futari dake de iyou
Let's stay just us two, not touching anything else
Prechorus 1
watashi no koto dokusenshite
Keep me all to yourself
kimi dake no mono ni nattemo ii
I don't mind becoming yours and only yours
nandemo aru hi no
On a day when everything's going on
nandemonai kizuite ne
Notice when I say "it's nothing"
Chorus 1
Oh baby I love you ja tarinai
Oh baby, "I love you" isn't enough
kimi no tokubetsu ni shite
Make me your "special" one
nee motto give me a kiss
Hey, give me a kiss, more
mou watashi wa kimi de ippai yo
I'm already full of you
hodokenai ribonmusubi
A ribbon bow that won't come undone
koyubi kyutte shibatte
Tie it tight around our pinkies
sou yo isshou issho ga ii mon
Yeah, I wanna be together forever
tokubechu ga hoshii
I want a special kiss
Verse 2
futari kiri shuumatsu wa
Just the two of us on the weekend
kanadete yo haamonii
Play me a harmony
nagareboshi mitara watashi o omotte hoshii
When you see a shooting star, I want you to think of me
amaamana kimi na noni
Even though you're so sweet
hiroi machi suikomare
Swallowed up by the big city
tatakau sugata ni ookii hanamaru da ne
The way you fight deserves a big gold star
Prechorus 2
sukina tokoro yasashii toko
What I like about you is how kind you are
kiraina toko mo yasashii toko
And what I hate about you is how kind you are
dare ni mo agenai
I won't give you to anybody
watashi dake hitorijime
I'm keeping you all to myself!
u datte
Ooh, 'cause
ima made no hito to onaji wa iranaindesu
I don't want the same thing I had with the people before
Chorus 2
nee motto give me more love
Hey, give me more, give me more love
watashi no tame ikite hoshiindesu
I want you to live for me
dakara usagi to watashi wa
So the bunny and me
sabishikusasenaide
Don't leave us lonely
sonnan ja sokubaku janaiwa
That's not tying you down
kurushii no ga suki
I like it when it hurts
Bridge
shootokeeki
Shortcake
ichigo mitai ni suwattemo ii
Can I sit on top, like a strawberry?
akaku amai koi da mon
'Cause it's a red, sweet love
dare ka ni ageta daisuki mo
Even the "I love you" you gave someone else
kaeshitemoratte
I want it back
zenbu watashi ni choodai motto
Give it all to me, more!
Prechorus 3
kimi wa kamisama ga tsukuru
You're someone God created
kiseki no you na hito
like a miracle
suneta kao mo sono negao mo
Your sulky face, your sleeping face too
mamotteageru ne yeah
I'll protect them, yeah
Chorus 3
Oh baby I love you ja tarinai
Oh baby, "I love you" isn't enough
kimi no tokubetsu ni shite
Make me your "special" one
nee motto give me a kiss
Hey, give me a kiss, more
mou watashi wa kimi de ippai yo
I'm already full of you
hodokenai ribonmusubi
A ribbon bow that won't come undone
koyubi kyutte shibatte
Tie it tight around our pinkies
nee baby saisho de saigo no
Hey baby, my first and last
tokubechu ni shite ne
make it a special kiss for me
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The title is a pun, and it's the whole song in one word. とくべチュ glues together 特別 (tokubetsu, "special") and チュー (chuu, the cute Japanese sound for a kiss). So the hook, "とくべチュ して?" [give me a special kiss?], is the singer asking for a kiss that belongs only to her. And she is not shy about the bar being high: "Oh baby「I love you」じゃ足りない" [Oh baby, "I love you" isn't enough]. She doesn't want to be loved, she wants to be number one, and "一番 大事がいい" [I want to be the most important] says it flat out.
What makes it fun is how sugary and a little bit intense it gets. The world is "ゴミめいた この世界" [this trash-like world] and he's the one pure thing in it. She wants a "ほどけない リボン結び" [a ribbon knot that won't come undone] and asks him to "小指 キュッて縛って" [tie our little fingers tight], a nod to the Japanese idea of the red string of fate tied to your pinky. キュッ is a sound word for something pulled snug, worth learning on its own. Then she goes full dessert: "イチゴみたいに 座ってもいい?" [can I sit there like a strawberry?], picturing herself as the strawberry on top of a ショートケーキ (Japanese strawberry shortcake). It's adorable right up to "苦しいのが好き" [I like it when it hurts] and her insisting this is not 束縛 (sokubaku, controlling someone in a relationship). Possessive? Very. But it's sung with such a straight face that you end up grinning.
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