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A Tearful Farewell Song: A Love Song About Parting with Someone You Love

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Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.
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I’ve been playing the Electone since I was six, mainly performing Disney music, anime songs, and music from dramas and films. I post performance videos on YouTube and social media, and I also give concerts. Building on my Electone experience, I took up synthesizer and piano during my student years and performed at school-sponsored events. As a writer, I’ve covered not only music-related topics but a wide range of genres, so I hope to draw on my experience to deliver articles that make readers think, “I want to try that!” or “I want to listen to that!”

Even when you understand it in your head, an unexpected breakup with a partner is hard because your feelings can’t keep up.

Everyone has different reasons for breaking up, but I imagine most people feel the same way—“it hurts,” “I just want to cry.”

In this article, we’re picking out tear-jerking breakup songs from popular love songs.

Focusing on tracks that sing about lingering feelings of love, we’ll introduce breakup songs that stay close to your heart.

When you feel like crying, give them a listen.

[Tear-Jerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about parting with someone you love (211–220)

I still love you.Chu-Z

Chu-Z / I Still Love You

I still love you.Chu-Z

This is a ballad that portrays the aching feeling of not being able to forget someone you still love.

Being broken up with through a message on LINE or the like is unbearably sad.

The lovey-dovey music video featuring Tokito and Reipoyo brings back memories of those happy days and tightens my chest.

A heartache you can’t help but relate to.

Please listen to it together with ‘The Whereabouts of the Ring,’ which continues into their reunion afterward.

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GoodbyeN.S.P

Goodbye, NSP

GoodbyeN.S.P

A song released as the debut single of NSP, a 1970s folk-rock trio from Iwate Prefecture.

Their debut came after winning the Nippon Broadcasting Award at the Yamaha Popular Song Contest, which has launched many singers.

At the time, they were still students enrolled at a technical college.

Perhaps for that reason, the lyrics of Sayonara convey both a youthful freshness and a sense of melancholy.

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A Farewell Giftburetto & batā

A Farewell Gift

A Farewell Giftburetto & batā

This is “Sayonara no Okurimono,” which was sung as an insert song in the theatrical version of the anime Touch.

It makes me wonder whether clumsy men who, despite mutual feelings, pretend to be cold and give up the person they like to a friend still exist today.

From a woman’s perspective, it’s a story that makes you want to get angry.

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[Tear-Jerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about parting with someone you love (221–230)

Ueno StationMani☆Raba

Mani☆Lover 'Ueno Station'

Ueno StationMani☆Raba

It’s a poignant classic about a girl who, covered in snow and yearning for spring in Aomori, sets off alone for the big city of Tokyo and sorrowfully parts with her lover.

Even if our hometowns differ, the feelings are the same—this song makes me cry every time I hear it.

There’s also a song by Mani☆Lover called “Aomori Station” that portrays the same situation from his perspective.

Be sure to give it a listen as well.

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It’s only loveFukuyama Masaharu

Masaharu Fukuyama / It’s Only Love [PV]

It's only loveFukuyama Masaharu

The heart-stirring “It’s only love” is a wrenching breakup song delivered by ballad master Masaharu Fukuyama.

Its lyrical, delicate worldview lends a realism as if one has personally lived through a parting, while the lingering melody speaks directly to the heart.

Though it announces the end of a romance, it weaves together the universal feelings of bittersweet longing and lingering attachment, resonating deeply with listeners.

In moments of heartbreak, Fukuyama’s warm voice offers solace and becomes a source of support.

On nights weighed down by tender sorrow, listening to this quietly flowing song may make you feel a touch lonelier, but it will surely make you feel understood.

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Blue Daysayaka

Blue Days by Ayaka (Eng subs)

Blue Daysayaka

The B-side track from Ayaka’s second single, “melody ~SOUNDS REAL~.” You know that feeling when you think you’ve spotted an ex on the street and can’t help but turn around? It’s a sad yet beautiful song that seems to help you remember the important things you’d forgotten amid the rush of everyday life.

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sayonaraHirai Dai

Hirai Dai / sayonara (Lyric Video)

sayonaraHirai Dai

This is a song that captures the poignant feelings of a man spending his final moments with his lover.

Released in September 2020 as the ninth installment of Dai Hirai’s project to drop a new digital single every two weeks, it pairs gentle sounds with an unspoken love for his girlfriend that’s heartbreakingly bittersweet.

There are many reasons couples break up, but having to part when one person is still in love, like in this song, is incredibly painful.

It’s a masterpiece that quietly stays by the side of anyone feeling the same way.

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