Below, I translated the lyrics of the song 3XL by Number_i from Japanese to English.
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Verse 1
raibu no saizenretsu
In the front row at the show
kimi ga ore no oto ni notteru
You're grooving to my sound
ore wa sukoshi tomadotteru
And I'm a little thrown
bukabuka no 3XL
A baggy 3XL
kikazaru kikazaru fuku bakka dekakunatte
Dressing up, dressing up, only my clothes keep getting bigger
kimi to atta jikan de freeze
Frozen in the moment I met you
kogu yunikoon ga michibiku soudaina bouken o masayume ni
The unicorn I pedal leads the way, turning a grand adventure into a dream come true
tada see you again
Just see you again
kimi no kiss me kiss me kiss k-k-k-kiss me
Your kiss me, kiss me, kiss, k-k-k-kiss me
itazurana kao de ore o sasotta hiruyasumi
You tempted me with that mischievous face at lunch break
itsu ni nattara joujusun no kono koi
When's this love ever gonna come true?
kuso apirimakutta dansu no sukuuru
I showed off like crazy at dance school
tada nachuraru ni i shite
Just naturally, love me
kanchigai wa tokashite
And melt away the misunderstanding
kimi to ore marude sa men'eki to byougen
You and I are like an immune system and a pathogen
toriko ni nareba naru hodo
The more I fall under your spell
kurushimi wa masu no ga ore no job
Hurting more and more is my job
Prechorus 1
suki ni natchau
I can't help falling for you
suki ni natchau
I can't help falling for you
dondon dondon
More and more and more
dekasuginze kono ai wa
This love's way too big
Chorus 1
tsutaetainda three by love
I wanna tell you, three by love
kimi mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even you'd be captivated
fittosuru 3XL
It fits, 3XL
You're gonna kill me have a nice
(English)
Chorus 1
kikoetekka three by love
Can you hear me? Three by love
ore mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even I'm captivated
fittoshiteru 3XL
It fits me, 3XL
Verse 2
Yeah are kara 10 nan nen tattenda
Yeah, it's been over ten years since then
otagai sorezore jinsei yattenda
We're each living our own lives
(English)
Verse 2
atama no katasumi
In the back of my mind
kimi wa kareshi ga ite sorya sou da karaburi
You've got a boyfriend, well of course, I swung and missed
kanashikuhanai yo
I'm not sad
kimi to issho ni mukashi kiiteta
The songs we used to listen to together
MD no futarigoto ga natsukashii
That MD with "Futarigoto" on it takes me back
My rakuen ni tsudou nanman no love
Tens of thousands of loves gather in my paradise
ai wa hettari fuetari no mono janai
Love isn't something that grows or shrinks
Prechorus 2
suki ni natchau
I can't help falling for you
suki ni natchau
I can't help falling for you
dondon dondon
More and more and more
dekasuginze kono ai wa
This love's way too big
Chorus 2
tsutaetainda three by love
I wanna tell you, three by love
kimi mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even you'd be captivated
fittosuru 3XL
It fits, 3XL
You're gonna kill me have a nice
(English)
Chorus 2
kikoetekka three by love
Can you hear me? Three by love
ore mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even I'm captivated
fittoshiteru 3XL
It fits me, 3XL
Bridge 1
shiawase sou de shiawase
Seeing you happy makes me happy
asebamu te nigirikaesenakatta okage de ima ga aru no sa
It's because I couldn't squeeze back your sweaty hand that I'm where I am now
sakenda asoko kara
From that place where I screamed
mata matteru saizen no furoa
Front row on the floor, waiting again
chikakute tooi hoshi no sora
A star-filled sky so close yet so far
ima nara nigireru
Now I could hold your hand
Chorus 3
dekasuginze kono ai wa
This love's way too big
tsutaetainda three by love
I wanna tell you, three by love
kimi mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even you'd be captivated
fittosuru 3XL
It fits, 3XL
You're gonna kill me have a nice
(English)
Chorus 3
kikoetekka three by love
Can you hear me? Three by love
ore mo mitoreru kurai ni
So much that even I'm captivated
fittoshiteru 3XL
It fits me, 3XL
dekasuginze kono ai wa
This love's way too big
(English)
(English)
Uh-uh uh-uh-uh uh-uh-uh ooh
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3XL is a love song built on one silly, great joke: his feelings got too big for him, like a T-shirt three sizes too large. It opens with a girl he once liked standing in the front row at his show, "君が俺の音に乗ってる" [you're riding on my sound], and he admits "俺は少し戸惑ってる" [I'm a little thrown]. Then the image lands: "ブカブカの 3XL" [a baggy 3XL]. Bukabuka is the Japanese word for clothes that hang loose and flap around, and it is a fun one to learn.
The verses flash back to school. She teased him at lunch, "悪戯な顔で俺を誘った昼休み" [lunch break, when you tempted me with a mischievous face], and he showed off way too hard at dance school, "クソアピりまくった" [I showed off like crazy]. Apiru is slang made from the English word "appeal", meaning to show yourself off, and kuso here just cranks it up. He also compares the two of them to "免疫と病原" [an immune system and a germ], which is a very odd way to say you are lovesick, and I love it.
The second verse jumps ahead: "あれから10何年経ってんだ" [it's been ten-something years since then]. She has a boyfriend, and he shrugs it off as "空振り" [a swing and a miss], a baseball word for a strikeout. He even remembers the "MD" they listened to together, the MiniDisc, a music format that was big in Japan around the 2000s. The chorus turns the joke around: "デカすぎんぜこの愛は" [this love is way too big], but now it "フィットしてる 3XL" [fits, 3XL]. He grew into it. The kindest line comes near the end, "幸せそうで幸せ" [you look happy, so I'm happy], and he even says not squeezing her sweaty hand back is why he has the life he has now.
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