Monthly Archives: August 2016

Densetsu no sakana – AKB48

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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伝説の魚 (Densetsu no sakana) – Legendary fish


from LOVE TRIP single.

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I’ve been swimming ever since I was born, yet
I’m still far from reaching the horizon
Living my life in a corner of this vast ocean
There was no way I knew anything about other worlds

Tears of sorrow lost
Not even realizing that I’m crying
I stand facing the current

I can see the sky so clearly right there, yet
I have no wings to soar on the wind
Just looking up at the faraway light
Will my entire life be spent here?
Dreams exist above the surface
Even if I can never reach it
I jump upon the waves again and again
Someday, I’ll become
A legendary fish

“If you go up out of the sea, you’ll die”
My comrades whispered to me many times
“The sunlight and wind will dry you out, you can’t do anything”
Even my tiny modest hopes were finally dashed

It’ll be easier if I give up
If I can’t even reverse my own fate
Then life is meaningless

The birds are free, looking down upon the sea, but
They don’t have the means to swim in the water
Just gazing upon the sparkling surface
Can you comprehend life from where you are?
Dreams are always at the bottom of the ocean
To be searched for by diving deep
Circling around again and again
The cowardly birds do nothing more
I don’t want to be like them

I can see the sky so clearly right there, yet
I have no wings to soar on the wind
Just looking up at the faraway light
Will my entire life be spent here?
Dreams exist above the surface
Even if I can never reach it
I jump upon the waves again and again
Someday, I’ll become
A legendary fish

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Hikari to kage no hibi – AKB48

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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光と影の日々 (Hikari to kage no hibi) – Days of light and shadow



from LOVE TRIP single.

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How many more dreams will we dream?
How many more revolutions around the sun will we make?

What is that coming season telling us?
That the scenery we can see now isn’t everything

Even when the sunlight is blocked by clouds
The width of the sky won’t change
Even tomorrow…

If you wish for it
The light is right there
Reach out! Until you touch it
The sweat trailing down your skin
Is always beautiful
Your determination sparkles
Lighting up the way

How many more times do we have to overcome regret?
How many more rounds do we have to run around the field?

Victory? Defeat? What do they teach us?
Something important that burns as we shed tears

Because there is shadow in that corner
Hope will finally seep in, waiting
Someday…

Don’t look back
The light is before you
So believe in yourself
As long as you don’t give up
The sky will surely turn sunny
A too-bright dream
Reflected in your eyes

Yes
Everything is right there
The tall mountain you looked up at
The promised land always looks
To be so far away, but
Just step on the ground and progress

Now
The light is before you
So believe in yourself
As long as you don’t give up
The sky will surely turn sunny
A too-bright dream
Reflected in your eyes
Lighting up the way

How many more dreams will we dream?
Struggling and floundering, youth goes on

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Shiawase wo wakenasai – AKB48

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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しあわせを分けなさい (Shiawase wo wakenasai) – Share your happiness



from LOVE TRIP single.

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Today, you are
The most beautiful you’ve ever been
That pure white
Wedding dress
Fits your smile well

With that beloved person
Whom you’ve walked a long path with
This day of marriage
Is not a goal
But a beginning
That starts with the two of you

Share your happiness
And your life from now on
Share your tears too
So this promise lasts forever…

The days I spent
Bringing you up in the best way
So that I can pass the baton
To a future someone
Who loves you

Share your happiness
With family and friends
Then, show your weakness
Everyone is watching over you

You smile
He smiles
Papa and Mama too
As long as you smile
Everyone will smile

Share your happiness
And your life from now on
Share your tears too
So this promise lasts forever…

Share your happiness
With everyone around you
As long as you are happy
Everyone will be happy
Everyone will be happy

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LOVE TRIP – AKB48

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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from LOVE TRIP single.

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The city that we know
Just where did it go?
Vacant plots, small knolls, all gone
A scenery we’ve never seen before spread before us

Modifying our memories
We had become adults before we knew it
To the past or future?

I wanna go
LOVE TRIP
To the other side of time
LOVE TRIP
Let’s go back there
That time locked at the back of our hearts
I was there
LOVE TRIP
Where are you?
LOVE TRIP
Wanna see you
There’s something I’ve always forgot to tell you
Love has always somehow been overwritten
But I remember that first sorrow
Under the summer sky
Where I met you

You’re always smiling kindly
In our graduation photo
Whenever my heart broke
I gazed upon it countless times, a continuation of a dream

Back then, what kind of future
Did we imagine with much anticipation?
I can’t remember

I wanna do
LOVE TRIP
To search for you…
LOVE TRIP
Once again
A youth where we talked only of ideals
You were there
LOVE TRIP
What are you doing?
LOVE TRIP
Wanna see you
There’s something I’ve never been able to tell you
And I continue to regret to this day
About how I hid my feelings away…
If I don’t say “I love you”
Summer won’t end

What should I say if I meet you?
At a corner of the schoolyard, just like on that day
Now that I’ve become an adult
Have I become more honest?

I wanna go
LOVE TRIP
To the other side of time
LOVE TRIP
Let’s go back there
That time locked at the back of our hearts
I was there
LOVE TRIP
Where are you?
LOVE TRIP
Wanna see you
There’s something I’ve always forgot to tell you
Love never disappears, just covered up by the heart
So sometimes, I want to open it up
Under the blue summer sky
That makes me think of you

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Higeki no Macho Man – nanoCUNE

26 Friday Aug 2016

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悲劇のマッチョマン (Higeki no Macho Man) – The tragic Macho Man


from Higeki no Macho Man single.

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Anticipating something out of the extension of these days of fighting, always waiting
Upon the battlefield of repeating days, we ingest protein and put up a resistance
In this unrealistic state, we’re dyed a subliminal black
Getting hurt again and again, superhuman recovery, our hearts are like a macho man’s now

Instant hero
Instant realism

Having grown stronger, unable to realize
That our happiness lies in the joy we have right here and now
We grow numb, our lost emotions a tragedy

Thinking of what to do tomorrow, there’s really nothing that interesting…
Teeming with entertainment, knock it all down, macho man

Instant funny
Instant fantasy

Now, just desiring a future
Far more stimulating than ever, our lost emotions
Where have they gone? This indifferent feeling is a tragedy

Oh! Yeah!! Can’t reach your heart. Oh! Yeah!! Fading sympathy
Oh! Yeah!! The emotion that you had. Oh! Yeah!! Can’t feel it now…
Oh! Yeah!! Your steel-like heart. Oh! Yeah!! Forged from stubborn training
Oh! Yeah!! Can’t be easily. Oh! Yeah!! Penetrated now…

Having grown stronger, can’t even see
That our happiness lies in the joy we have right here and now

Now, just desiring a future
Far more stimulating than ever, our lost emotions
Where have they gone? This indifferent feeling is a tragedy

Don’t want to forget, this miracle of love right here

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Massatsu rock – nanoCUNE

26 Friday Aug 2016

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抹殺ロック (Massatsu rokku) – Erasure Rock


from Tenjou rakuen album.

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How many losses as it been? Fragmented SHADOW
Theories of idealism lurking within the curriculum
Feeling doubts about what has been assigned
What you’ve lost is your identity

Even when you’ve always been told that it’s your fault

Dancing NOISE, you strummed out the sound
The words riding on the sound are so dazzling
You hurl abuse at heartless disasters
Decorated illusions, justice has lost its meaning, right?

Shouting out your standard phrase with pride
Theories of hope do not exist within the curriculum
Puffed up with pride from things with certainty
You’ve lost your identity

A hero opening up a path towards the future he’s always wished for
Surely you’re like that too, your ruthless heart rocking on

Dancing NOISE, you strummed out the sound
The words riding on the sound are so dazzling
You hurl abuse at heartless disasters
Decorated illusions, justice has lost its meaning, right?

If there is a too-perfect vision of the future, everyone will simply
Accept that as the default best answer. Are you satisfied with that?
Would you wait for it nervously? That time when you first knew pain
Is a chance for you to notice your true feelings. So what will you do?

Strum it out, an answer for me…

Echoing in the back of my chest now, all sounds become one, no lies
You hurled abuse again and again at the present condition of human nature
Peerless rock that you extol, always repeating on and on

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Ii hito ii hito sagi – SKE48

24 Wednesday Aug 2016

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いい人いい人詐欺 (Ii hito ii hito sagi) – Nice guy, nice guy scam

Performed by Yancha na tenshi to yasashii akuma.


from Kin no ai, gin no ai single.

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Lalala…

Whenever I let down my guard
It won’t be long till I get deceived
These days, my emotions are
Taking a break, even as I remain calm…

Breaking up with my previous boyfriend
Was such a huge relief
“I won’t fall in love again”
I said, making light of my insecurities

“He can’t be that kind of person”
It didn’t even cross my mind when we first met…
You were a true gentleman
Someone who put my doubts to rest

I was tricked by your “nice guy scam”
Just like taking candy from a baby…
Without a single doubt
I started to really fall in love with you
Caught up in your “nice guy scam”
A splendid modus operandi by a repeat offender
But why?
I still forgive you
GOD BLESS YOU!

If you are so kind to me
How can I keep my guard up?
As if you’re already family
Yes, I believed everything you said

You accepted things about me
That I never told anyone else about
Sometimes, you are blunt
And reprimanded me when I needed it

It was an ideal relationship
Between man and woman, surpassing friendship
I willfully set my heart on you
And before I knew it, I was in your arms

Frustrated by your “kiss kiss scam”
When I wasn’t mentally prepared at all
The moment I smiled
You suddenly stole my lips in a kiss
Premeditated crime, your “kiss kiss scam”
You got close to me just to do that, right?
But why?
I just can’t hate you…
OH!MY GOD!

I was tricked by your “nice guy scam”
Just like taking candy from a baby…
Without a single doubt
I started to really fall in love with you
Caught up in your “nice guy scam”
A splendid modus operandi by a repeat offender
But why?
I still forgive you
GOD BLESS YOU!

You are…
A bad guy

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Sayonara ga utsukushikute – SKE48

24 Wednesday Aug 2016

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サヨナラが美しくて (Sayonara ga utsukushikute) – Goodbye is so beautiful

Performed by Shibata Aya and 4th Generation.


from Kin no ai, gin no ai single.

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From the day we were born till this day today
Just how many people have we met?
The people who come to mind will only be our true friends
Whom we still wish to see, even now

I used to be terrible at interacting
With the people around me
It always took a long time
For me to form friendships and open up my heart

The dream train’s bell rings
There’s just a little bit of time left
Before the door closes
I just want to talk about my feelings now

Thank you, even though we quarreled sometimes
Thank you, we smiled lots
Yes, we’ve finally become friends, right?
When we look back, we see dazzling days
Goodbye is
So beautiful…

In all honesty, it seemed like you always
Had a barrier up around you
Shut away in your own world alone
Maintaining a distance from everyone else

Before I knew it, I’d realized that it’s possible
To have a personal opinion
Everyone has their own way of life
Yes, you taught me that

The dream train starts to move
There’s no regret
Your wet eyes
Are smiling with all their might

Take care, even though I’ll be lonely
Take care, everything into memories
Yes, surely we’ll meet again someday, right?
Along the road leading to the future
I want to
Make a promise

Thank you, I’m glad I met you
Thank you, my true friend
I can finally speak from my heart
These aren’t words of sorrow
Goodbye is
So beautiful…

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Madogiwa LOVER – SKE48

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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窓際LOVER (Madogiwa LOVER) – Window-seat LOVER

Performed by Next Position.


from Kin no ai, gin no ai single.

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The curtains flutter in the breeze
The blue sky appears greedy
The lecture on ancient writings, started since noon
Makes me want to fall asleep
The tale of Genji

I’m interested in you
(Dressed in your uniform, diagonally in front of me)
If you could turn back to face me
I may be able to strive on a little more…
So I make a wish

Falling in love in a corner of the classroom
You’re right next to me, but so far away
My heart’s needle ticks by slowly
This unchanging distance turns into sorrow
A frustrating window-seat LOVER

Is that barking coming from the school yard?
From one lost dog
Staving off boredom, I imagined
And doodled it onto my notebook
How adorable

You always sit facing forward
(A sweet blooming flower)
When your long hair falls
And you brush it behind your right ear…
What are you thinking of?

My heart has been astir since that day
Even though I know it won’t come true…
An escaped sigh is a breeze from my heart
If only I can convey my love with nonchalance
To my transient window-seat LOVER

Falling in love in a corner of the classroom
You’re right next to me, but so far away
My heart’s needle ticks by slowly
This unchanging distance turns into sorrow
A frustrating window-seat LOVER

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Konya wa Shake it! – SKE48

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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今夜はShake it! (Konya wa Shake it!) – Shake it tonight!

Performed by Love Crescendo.



from Kin no ai, gin no ai single.

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Shake it! Shake it! Love me tonight!
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
WOW WOW YEAH!
Shake it! Shake it! Hold me tight!
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

Numerous empty yellow taxi cabs
Pass me by
The safe night grows late
But I don’t want to go home
Until dawn breaks

My flashy nails are a sign
They mean “come and chat me up”
Intentionally fluttering my fingers
I danced right before you

You are
Still too young
And withdrawn, but
You look more
Mature than you are…
Peeking into
The backs of your eyes
I give you a smile

Shake it! Shake it!
Embrace me, just for tonight
I’ll follow you
Anywhere you want
Follow you…
Shake it! Shake it!
If we just stand here
The dream won’t begin
Take me!
Shake it! Shake it!
Embrace me, just for tonight
I’m looking forward
To see what you have
A surprise
Shake it! Shake it!
If we’re going to love
Let’s hurry before the morning sun
Shake it up!

Since you’re waiting for the first train
Let’s play a little longer
Under this dark sky for grown-ups
Where nothing can be seen
In this long night

I put on glossy lipstick
As if they’re begging to be kissed
Want to purse my lips
And pose a riddle to you

You’re trying
To act tough
But I see right through you
A total
Rebellion is
Not present today
Want to make Mama
And Papa worry

Shake it! Shake it!
Sleepless loneliness
Heal my
Loneliness
Follow me!
Shake it! Shake it!
I spend my time with others
But I can’t feel the gentleness
Leave me!
Shake it! Shake it!
Sleepless loneliness
Just what
Can satisfy my
Desire?
Shake it! Shake it!
As I test it out
The sun is amazed
Shake it up!

Love can’t be picked up
Look, it’s scattered all over the road…
There
Dropped by the roadside
Is someone’s worn out love

Shake it! Shake it!
Embrace me, just for tonight
I’ll follow you
Anywhere you want
Follow you…
Shake it! Shake it!
If we just stand here
The dream won’t begin
Take me!
Shake it! Shake it!
Embrace me, just for tonight
I’m looking forward
To see what you have
A surprise
Shake it! Shake it!
If we’re going to love
Let’s hurry before the morning sun
Shake it up!
No good!

Shake it! Shake it! Shake it!
Don’t love!
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
Shake it! Shake it! Shake it!
Don’t love!

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