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Translation: Shiawase/幸せ (back number)

Warning: This translation was made by someone who hasn’t studied Japanese for that long. There may be mistakes. If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

Recently I listened to this cover and was really moved by the lyrics. Honestly, if I couldn’t understand the lyrics at all, I would probably find the song nice but that’s it... in my opinion, there are many sad/bittersweet songs with a similar feel, so it doesn’t exactly stand out to me. But the 5th? stanza, about how the singer just wants the person they like to notice their haircut, just hit me in the feels, and I kind of fell in love with the song. I love the heartfelt earnestness of the lyrics and the quiet, selfless strength of the speaker.

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Translation: BLACK SHOUT (BanG Dream, Roselia)

Warning: This translation was made by someone who has studied Japanese for less than a year. There may be mistakes. If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

I really like Roselia’s songs. Since “BLACK SHOUT” isn’t way beyond my current level (like “Passionate Starmine” is...), I decided to try translating it. It was still pretty difficult though. Even though I can figure out the meaning of every line, often the subject, topic, etc. is missing or implied, so I need to make an assumption so that the lyrics flow more smoothly. Without the intuition of a native speaker, there’s no way I can be sure my assumptions are correct... (Assumptions are in parentheses).

Lyrics and alternate translation

#japanese #song #translation #BLACK SHOUT #bandori #bang dream #roselia

My top 5 Muse songs:

Nawatobi (Hanayo)

Arifureta Kanashimi no Hate (Eli)

Kodoku na Heaven (Hanayo)

Natsu, Owaranai de (Bibi)

Watashitachi wa Mirai no Hana (Umi)

My top 5 Aqours songs:

Thrilling・One Way

Kowareyasuki (Guilty Kiss)

Tokimeki Bunruigaku (Azalea)

Yozorawa Nandemo Shitteruno? (Cyaron)

Strawberry Trapper (Guilty Kiss)

I know songs mostly from the animes and School Idol Festival, so there are songs I've never listened to.

#love live #thoughts

Translation: Joui Fan Club

Warning: This translation was created by someone who has studied Japanese for less than a year. There may be mistakes. If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

So I'm kind of obsessed with Gintama and I stumbled across this Youtube video... The song is catchy and the lyrics are amusing, so I wanted to try making a translation. It's amazing how the singers sound just like the (Japanese) voice actors... The version of Gintama I watched was subbed by Rumbel fan subs I think? So some lines that came from the anime might coincidentally be similar to their subtitles.

【銀魂】攘夷組で攘夷ふぁんくらぶを歌ってみた【声真似】 [Gintama] The Joui group tried singing "Joui Fan Club" [Voice actor imitation] Link to song Singers:あほの坂田 (Aho no Sakata), ちゃげぽよ。(Chagepyo), ツナカン (Tsunakan), KYS Lyrics by: singers(?) and the viewers of their live stream Original song by: みきとP Lyrics taken from Youtube user 2どん’s comment

#gintama #japanese #translation #song #Joui fan club

Translation: Onaji Hoshi ga Mitai (Love Live, Muse)

Warning: This translation was created by someone who has studied Japanese for less than a year. There may be mistakes. If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

Since there's an event in School Idol Festival going on at the moment involving this song, I played it many times and started wanting to know what it meant. So, here's my translation. Thanks to the few people who answered my questions on a few lines that were difficult to figure out. Since I'm practicing my Japanese, I tried to translate literally, with only minor cosmetic adjustments. Sometimes the subject, etc. were not clear, so I guessed as well as I could. Lyrics and alternate translation here.

Japanese English 離れない…と指先であなたへ伝えたいの I want to convey to you with my fingertips... that we won’t be apart 夢語る　あなたの中に消えない情熱感じながらついて行く私のことを少しだけ　気にして欲しくなる Describing a dream Inside you While feeling passion that won’t disappear Following you, I start wanting you to pay attention to me Just a little 一緒に時を駆け抜けたい涙に濡れても　私は悔やまないわ I want to race together through time Even if (my face) grows wet from tears, I won’t regret it 離れない…と指先であなたへ伝えたいの恋のように揺れ燃える同じ星が見たい I want to convey to you with my fingertips... that we won’t be apart In love, I tremble and burn up I want to gaze at the same stars 愛されて　でも寂しくて優しさ求めるお互いが生み出せる未来があると信じてるの　だからもう迷わない I am loved, but I’m lonely Each of us, seeking kindness, Believe that a future we can create exists So we won’t hesitate anymore どんな明日探していても傷ついた心　包みこんであげたい No matter what kind of tomorrow (you’re) searching for I want to embrace your injured heart 抱きしめたら熱くなる好きです…と騒ぐ鼓動黙り込む二人には細い月の明かり If I hug you tightly, I heat up “I like you”... my heartbeat pounds Inside the two of us, who have lapsed into silence, is the light of a slender moon 涙に濡れても　私は悔やまないわ Even if (my face) grows wet from tears, I won’t regret it 離れない…と指先であなたへ伝えたいの I want to convey to you with my fingertips... that we won’t be apart 抱きしめたら熱くなる好きです…と騒ぐ鼓動恋のように揺れ燃える同じ星が見たい　同じ場所で二人 If I hug you tightly, I heat up “I like you”... my heartbeat pounds In love, I tremble and burn up I want the two of us, in the same place, to gaze at the same stars いつだって同じ星が　いつだって二人の星 Always, the same stars Always, our stars

#japanese #song #translation #love live #onaji hoshi ga mitai

Translation: Hana Ichi Monme/花一匁 (BURNOUT SYNDROMES)

Warning: This translation was created by someone who has only studied Japanese for 4 months. Disclaimer: This song was much too advanced for me, and I basically looked up every single phrase in the dictionary. There are probably tons of mistakes, but... what can I do? I just really wanted to know what the song meant... If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

ED size lyrics Full lyrics Reference for ては Reference for 放せど

According to Wikipedia, hana ichi monme is a Japanese children's game. In the game, the players chant "かってうれしい、はないちもんめ," and "まけてくやしい、はないちもんめ," as well as "(player name)が欲しい," which appears in the song and may be related.

#japanese #gintama #song #translation #hana ichi monme #burnout syndromes

Translation: Anata Magic/アナタMAGIC (Monobright)

Warning: This translation was created by someone who has only studied Japanese for 4 months. There may be mistakes. If you find a mistake, please let me know, and please include an explanation. Thanks ^^

Introduction

I like listening to songs while knowing what the lyrics mean. Knowing the meaning behind the words really enhances my listening experience. Since I'm learning Japanese, I find it fun to try translating Japanese songs. Instead of trusting a translation done by some person online I know nothing about, why not try figuring out the meaning myself? Since I know the meaning of most of the words in this song, I thought I wouldn't do a completely horrible job if I tried translating it (although, I still have trouble figuring out where the sentence boundaries are in songs). Many of the translations I found online also seemed slightly off. Those are the reasons why I'm going to try translating it myself.

I'm going to try rearranging the lyrics into sentences and filling in some missing parts so the sentence is clearer to me. Of course other choices are possible, and the parts I add in might not fit the context, formality, etc. Just don't take it too seriously.

Link to lyrics (I made a few corrections) This video's Chinese translation was used for reference

#gintama #anatamagic #monobright #song #translation #japanese

Amounts/Only/Too Much

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Notes:

only: だけ or しか + neg. verb

too much: stem + 過ぎる (ru verb) verb: verb stem + 過ぎる na-adj: attach 過ぎる i-adj: remove い, attach 過ぎる neg: ない -> なさ + 過ぎる

I just want to be by myself, that's all. 私は一人でいたいだけ。それだけだ。

I only have good grades (nothing else). 私はいい成績（せいせき）しかない。

Today I've done nothing but watch anime. 今日はアニメをしか見なかった。

Don't eat too much cake. You'll become fat. ケーキを食べ過ぎないで。太くなる。

You're too unkind. No one likes you. あなたは優しくなさ過ぎる。誰もあなたが好きじゃない。

It's too obvious that you're lying. あなたが嘘をついているのは明白（めいはく）過ぎる。

Only a few people like doing homework. 少（すく）ない人だけ宿題をするのが好きだ。

I played many songs. 私は多（おお）い曲（きょく）を弾（ひ）いた。

Were you that scared? あなたはそんなに恐（おそ）れた？

#japanese #practice

Counting and Counters

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Notes:

匹(ひき): small animals (same variations as ひゃく)

個(こ): small (often round) objects

回(かい): number of times

ヶ所/箇所(か・しょ): number of locations

～目(め): attaches to a counter to indicate order

～ずつ: attaches to a counter to indicate each

～おきに: attaches to a counter to indicate repeated intervals

check link again for generic counter

I ate 10 apples today. 今日は林檎を10（とお）食べた。

My friend has 8 cats. 友達は猫が8匹（はっぴき）ある。

He exercised 6 times today. 彼は今日六回（ろっかい）運動した。

Eat three carrots each. 人参を三本（さんぼん）ずつ食べて。

#japanese #practice

Love Live! School Idol Festival

Story: I tried reading the main story, but nothing interesting ever happened, so now I skip everything. The individual characters' side stories are a little better, but sometimes it feels... kind of... as if the app is targeting males? As in, the characters act like the player is a guy they have a crush on. Which I don't like that much.

Art: Pretty.

Gameplay:

Live shows: It's surprisingly enjoyable to tap along with the music. Most of the songs sound all right to me, but some have gradually grown on me (and some I've come to dislike). In each live show, you're graded on your combo count and score (from card stats and score boosting skills). I kind of dislike the combo count system because it causes me to feel pressure about getting every single tap perfect in order to get S rank for a song. It is quite discouraging when you miss only one or two taps in the middle of the song and end up getting a low combo count and a C rank (or no rank).

Stamina(LP): I've advanced to the point where only Hard level songs are enough of a challenge for me to enjoy. It's kind of ridiculous that it takes perhaps 6 hours for your stamina to completely recover, but you can only play 4 live shows with that stamina... which is definitely not more than 10 minutes of game time. It's frustrating to have to wait so long to only be able to play 10 minutes... (since I'm not spending money buying love gems, I don't spend love gems to refill my LP). I would rather play once a day for 30+ minutes than play a few times a day for 10 minutes each.

Events: They're fine, but you usually don't get to choose the song you want to play, so sometimes you end up playing a song you hate over and over again. It seems like you need to play a lot and collect a ridiculous amount of points to get a reward that's even remotely good. For a casual player like me who doesn't want to only play the event the entire time it's going on... well, I haven't been able to get anything good. But I don't mind too much. In some events, your score or combo count is compared with that of 3 other players, but I don't really feel that much pressure to do well, so it's fine.

Scouting: Once you get a few SR and SSR cards, you'll pretty much be able to get S rank score on Normal and Hard level songs, so I don't really feel the urge to scout often. I don't have a favorite girl and I don't particularly want any cards, so scouting is never super disappointing to me. Compared to Puzzle and Dragons, scouting in this game doesn't make me feel horrible and disappointed. The rates are pretty low, but I'm satsified with being guaranteed an SR+ in 11 rolls.

Leveling cards: The system was a little confusing to me at first because it's not very intuitive what "Practice" and "Special Practice" actually do to your cards. (I mean, in real life what kind of practice partner only ever practices with you once? And why would you ever practice with some random person in your school instead of your club members?) It takes quite a while to feed your cards up to max level. Repeatedly regular scouting, then clicking auto feed gets tedious and boring quickly. It's also annoying that you can't filter out cards with the same skill to feed to level another card's skill. Although I'm not too sure how much leveling R cards' skills matter.

#lovelive #app #game #thoughts

Love Live! School Idol Project

May contain spoilers

#anime #thoughts #lovelive

Transitivity Pairs (Notes)

Tae Kim Link Helpful Link

Notes: (from second link)

自動詞 (じどうし) – self-move word (intransitive) 他動詞 (たどうし) – other-move word (transitive) (causes something else to move)

All verbs ending in す are self-move verbs. (they come from する)

Verbs ending in aru are other-move verbs. (they come from ある)

-u -> -eru flips transitivity (either way) Common subrule: ~む(self-move) -> 〜める(other-move)

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Have you ever...?

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Note: past tense verb + こと + ある

Have you ever drunk alcohol? お酒を飲んだことはある？

I've never driven a car by myself. 私は、一人で車で走（はし）ったことはない。

Before last quarter, I'd never taken a Japanese class before. 前学期（ぜんがっき）の前に、私は、日本語のクラスを取ったことはありませんでした。

#japanese #practice

Phrasing Thoughts/Quoting

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Note: short casual version of という is って

I don't think he's a very nice person. 私は、彼はとても優しい人だと思わない。

Did you say you wanted me to buy toilet paper? (not too sure about this one...) あなたは、私がトイレットペーパーを買いたかったと言ったか？

I already said I don't want to go. 私はもう、行きたくないって。

Decided not to buy a drink. (from Pokemon vending machine) 飲み物を買わないと決（き）めた。

#japanese #practice

Listing Multiple Verbs

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Notes:

Partial list of verbs: (past tense)+り (+more verbs of that form) +する

Partial list of reasons: add (だ and) し to the end of each verb clause

During winter break, I do things like drink milk tea, sleep a lot, and watch anime. 冬休みに、私はミルクティーを飲んだり、たくさん寝たり、アニメを見たりする。

I dislike things like talking to strangers, eating vegetables, and taking tests. 私は見知らぬ人と話したり、野菜を食べたり、テストを受（う）けたりするのが好きじゃない。

I'm not going to school today because I have a cold and I'm tired (among other reasons). 風邪を引（ひ）いたし、疲（つか）れたから、今日は学校に行かない。

I didn't do my homework because I didn't want to and my dog ate it (among other reasons). 私は宿題をしなかった。したくなかったし、犬が宿題を食べたから。

#japanese #practice

Verb Sequences

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Note:

use non-past verb before 前に

use past tense verb before 後（で）

te-form + から: similar to after, but conveys a stronger and more immediate relation btwn the two events; often used when previous action needs to be completed for next action to start

(first verb's) stem + ながら: first verb takes place simultaneously as second verb

I made cookies and ate them. 私はクッキーを焼いて、クッキーを食べた。

Cookies are round, sweet, and tasty. クッキーは丸くて、甘くて、美味しい。

I wrote boring, short, and long sentences. 私はつまらなくて、短（みじか）くて、長い文を書いた。

Please wash your hands after using the bathroom. お手洗いを使った後、手を洗（あら）ってください。

I'll eat dessert after eating dinner. 晩ご飯を食べてから、デザートを食べる。

I took a shower and brushed my teeth before sleeping. 寝る前に、私はシャワーを浴びて、歯（は）を磨（みが）いた。

I watched anime while eating dinner. 晩ご飯を食べながら、私はアニメを見た。

I sang while taking a shower. シャワーを浴びながら、歌った。

#japanese #practice

Plain Past Tense Verbs

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Today (I) baked cookies with (my) little sister. (They) were chocolate and mint (cookies). 今日は妹とクッキーを焼（や）いた。チョコレートとミントのでした。

I watched a movie with my family. 私は家族で映画を見た。

My friend gave me a sentence yesterday. 私の友達は昨日私に文を与（あた）えた。

I said to my friend, "Give me another sentence." 『別の文を与えて』と私は友達に言った。

#japanese #practice

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