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Kimi ga aoide kureta – Nogizaka46

26 Friday May 2017

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君が扇いでくれた (Kimi ga aoide kureta) – You blew towards me


from Umarete kara hajimete mita yume album.

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Whenever summer comes, I remember
That sweet yet bitter time
Just where is it coming from?
This nostalgic breeze

Nobody (nobody)
Knows (knows)
That episode
Time (time)
Passes (passes)
That faded photo
Still makes my heart clench now

Suddenly, you blew towards me
With your clear file or underlay
Nonchalantly, quietly during class…
A small confession
That made my heart race
Our secret

Because I’m an adult now
That vague memory
Is an embarrassing, sweet incident
Like a short-sleeved uniform blouse

Why (why)
Just (just)
That scene?
I’ve (I’ve)
Always (always)
Remembered it
How unexpected

I didn’t notice your wind
Sometimes blowing to me
Coming from you right beside me
Your gentle intentions…
I was too late
In noticing the opposite sex

Every time I gently close my eyes
A breeze blows from my right
It’s just a hallucination
But I miss that day so much…

Suddenly, you blew towards me
With your clear file or underlay
Nonchalantly, quietly during class…
A small confession
That made my heart race
Our secret

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Skydiving – Nogizaka46

26 Friday May 2017

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スカイダイビング (Sukaidaibingu) – Skydiving


from Umarete kara hajimete mita yume album.

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Before I knew it, the rain had stopped
I hadn’t noticed the blue of the sky

In the open cafe under the weak sunshine
I became a prisoner to your ponytail

Will we always be friends?
Will we become something more special?
Oh, tell me
It’s summer

Skydiving with you
I’ve tried to fly
Yet I’m falling head over heels
Just like skydiving
We’re buffeted by the wind
Where will we go?
Nobody knows

Amidst the sound of helicopter blades
I’ve been waiting for your words

Will something start?
Or will you pass me by?
I want an answer
Mr. Sun

Love is skydiving
Even if we can’t see the future
I’ll break through the clouds…
Emotions gone skydiving
Mustering my courage
I want to make a landing to you
With my parachute…

My speed of descent
Tells of my feelings for you
Giving myself to the wind’s direction
Will my love be granted?
I should know
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Skydiving with you
I’ve tried to fly
Yet I’m falling head over heels
Just like skydiving
We’re buffeted by the wind
Where will we go?
Nobody knows

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Tabibito – Miliyah Kato

02 Tuesday May 2017

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旅人 (Tabibito) – Traveler


from Utopia album.

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Searching for things to enjoy
Always in love with freedom
This bag is stuffed full
Of things I can’t throw away

I can be myself you can be the one
Even as I grow tired of walking on these desert sands
I’ll definitely not stop these feet
With you, I can go anywhere

We’re still in the midst of a long journey
Still unsure of our destination
There’s only one thing we know for sure
And that’s a beautiful place
We’re both nameless travelers

When I hear happy news
I just want to share it with you too
On the far side of the star-studded nightsky
I scatter my fervent wishes

I want to enjoy myself, no matter how old I get
Want to frolic in the scents and sights of different countries
If I wish, it’ll come true, because the world is vast
Filled with countless emotional experiences

We’re still in the midst of a long journey
Still unsure of our destination
There’s only one thing we know for sure
And that’s a beautiful place
We’re both nameless travelers

We’re still in the midst of a long journey
Still unsure of our destination
There’s only one thing we know for sure
And that’s a beautiful place
We’re both nameless travelers

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Mata atte kudasai – Keyakizaka46

01 Sunday Jan 2017

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また会ってください (Mata atte kudasai) – Please meet me again

Performed by Nagahama Neru.


from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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“Please meet me again”
I just couldn’t say that one phrase
Because I felt that it might become a burden for you…

Walking on the gentle slope at evening
The sunshine somehow felt sorrowful

My first romance
When even locking gazes felt awkward
Time, with hastened steps
Passed us by in a flash

“Please meet me again”
My heart whispered quietly
As I followed diagonally behind your back
We’ve made memories, but
There is so much I can’t tell you
If only we could speak just a little closer
We might have been happy…

The wind of loneliness swayed the trees
As the evening cicadas chirped with regret

The shadow I admired
Was walking right beside me, yet
The distance between us didn’t shrink
Romance’s pace is so frustrating

“Please meet me again”
I want to be courageous and say it
I tried to call out to you again and again, but
I could already see your house
You smiled as you stopped
“See you”, you said to me
And I only nodded in silence

“When will we meet again?”
I heard your voice asking
You’re shouting at me from across the road
Yes, I had given up once
This second chance made me so happy
“Anytime”, I replied with a smile
And you showed me a peace sign

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Shibuya kara PARCO ga kieta hi – Keyakizaka46

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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渋谷からPARCOが消えた日 (Shibuya kara PARCO ga kieta hi) – The day PARCO disappeared from Shibuya


from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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No matter what is asked, I don’t feel like answering
With a rebellious gaze, I glared back at them
It’s my resistance

Everyone who pretends to be kind to get close to me
Are aiming to steal my future
That’s my suspicion

At Koendori where I was ambushed
The adults get angry, wanting to bring me back
Let me go!

Love is
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Only
There’s nothing obscuring
My line of sight
Always
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Only
Holding back tears when I’m sad
I always gazed up at that building of fashion
This isn’t goodbye
Shibuya PARCO

Where did you go with who? What did you do?
The creases in my uniform answer
It’s my secret

A long detour home, mapped out on my smartphone
I want to stay longer amidst the crowd
It’s my loneliness

Whenever I get lonely, I come here
Want to be fashionable like in those magazines
I sigh

Dreams are
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Girl
When I’m close
It seems to almost come true
I mean
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Freak
The frustration and doubt I’ve been embracing alone
When I’m here, yes, I can honestly forget about them
My conversation partner is
Shibuya PARCO

Someday
I’ll remember
Today…
Something
That had once disappeared
Surely
Came back into existence…
2019
At that time, I’ll be an adult

Surely
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
DAYS
I’ll wait till then
Want to meet again in the future

Love is
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Only
There’s nothing obscuring
My line of sight
Always
PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO PARCO
Only
Holding back tears when I’m sad
I always gazed up at that building of fashion
This isn’t goodbye
Shibuya PARCO

——

Misa’s note:
1. PARCO is a famous shopping mall in Shibuya.

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Kataru nara mirai wo… – Keyakizaka46

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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語るなら未来を… (Kataru nara mirai wo…) – If so, let’s talk about the future…


from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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It was unexpected
I was just unlucky
My heart called out in that instant

When a glass bottle
Falls down and breaks
It can never go back to how it was

There’s no meaning in finding out
What was in the bottle
Spreading
Upon the asphalt
It’s just a black stain now

Don’t talk about the time you’ve lost anymore
It’s just a small part of the whole
What you’ve got is fragile reality and
A decorated label of lies
So don’t gather up the broken shards
If so, let’s talk about the future…

It’s over
The useless epilogue
It just doesn’t know when to stop

Even if you grasp it
And try to affirm it
If it doesn’t exist, then there’s no point

It’s nobody’s fault
There’s no use in turning back
Frustration and
Regret are
Due to conceit

Don’t talk about things you can speak about only now
Carry them to the grave with you
If you voice them out, together with cheap desires
It’ll be an overly exaggerated truth
There’s only self-loathing in the past
If so, let’s talk about predictions…

There is a glass bottle
In everyone’s hearts
Filled with love and dreams
We protect them carefully
So they won’t break, but…

Don’t talk about the time you’ve lost anymore
It’s just a small part of the whole
What you’ve got is fragile reality and
A decorated label of lies

Don’t talk about things you can speak about only now
Carry them to the grave with you
If you voice them out, together with cheap desires
It’ll be an overly exaggerated truth
There’s only self-loathing in the past
If so, let’s talk about predictions…

——

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Sekai ni wa ai shika nai – Keyakizaka46

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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世界には愛しかない (Sekai ni wa ai shika nai) – There’s only love in this world


from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

——

“As I dashed up the pedestrian overpass, summer’s blue sky was just there.
I knew I definitely couldn’t reach it, yet I stood up on my tiptoes
And reached upwards with all my might.”

I can’t just stand silently and watch
These feelings for you overflowing in my heart are so frustrating

“The pure white cumulonimbus clouds swell near,
As cicadas hiding somewhere chirped in unison.
For a moment, the sun seemed afraid.”
“This world which seems so complex
Moves because of pure emotions.”

When did we start keeping secrets?
Adults all have so many lies, they forget

The passing wind calls to me
Just a little longer, and the evening showers will come

There’s only love in this world
(That’s all I believe)
I’ll go search for you right now
Even if someone opposes me
(My heart’s direction can’t be changed)
That is (that is) my (my) identity

“The sky is still bright, yet suddenly, the rain fell.
As I got drenched, I ran through the city.”
“A future with unpredictable showers isn’t that bad.”

When did I last go against an adult?
Was it that day when I was forced to give up…?

The rain retorts as it splashes on the asphalt
There are days when we wish to run, even without an umbrella

There’s only love in the future
(The rain has finally lifted)
Sorrow resembles the sky from that time
If tears had colors
(Humans will be kinder)
That is (that is) my (my) reality

The moment I met you, it’s as if I regained something
And a rainbow formed in our sky

There’s only love in this world
(That’s all I believe)
I’ll go search for you right now
Even if someone opposes me
(My heart’s direction can’t be changed)
That is (that is) my (my) identity

“My breath is still quick from running with all my might.
It’s refreshing to be honest with my own feelings.
I believe. There’s only love in this world.”

——

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Priority – NMB48

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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プライオリティー (Puraioritii) – Priority

Performed by Kinoshita Momoka.


from Boku igai no dareka single.

——

Pelted by the pouring rain
I waited for you alone
The broken neon ‘M’ sign
Turns into darkness at the bottom of my heart

Wearing a dress and gaudy make-up
You spotted me along the street
“Why are you here?” As if blaming me
Your lips moved to ask

Maybe I should have grabbed your arm
With more force, and walked on?
If I had hurt you with our breakup
Then punch me as hard as you like

Only now
I’ve finally realized
That you are the most important thing
Our hearts jostled
And as if the string was cut
The broken
Shards of love
Scatter and fall
Like a necklace’s pearls
I reached out above the asphalt
Because we saw the same sparkle, but
When should I pick it all up?
Priorities

Scary men donning sunglasses
Threaten me near the door
Pierced by their wordless gazes
I can’t help but be afraid

If it can be solved with money
Then I’ll make the first move
As long as you’re not the only one
Carrying the unhappiness of the world

That’s right, I’m the one at fault
Falling into self-loathing
I couldn’t get used to love
So I won’t make excuses

The drops falling
From your drenched hair
Are words I’ve amassed in my heart
Rejecting your calls
So your resistance
Had nowhere to go
The pain of love
Overflows
Tears fall down your cheeks
As you silently glared at me
I know it’s all true feelings
When should I erase it all?

Please don’t say that
It’s too late
We may still make it
No matter what happens
From now on
I’ll protect you
So

So
Only now
I’ve finally realized
That you are the most important thing
Our hearts jostled
And as if the string was cut
The broken
Shards of love
Scatter and fall
Like a necklace’s pearls
I reached out above the asphalt
Because we saw the same sparkle, but
When should I pick it all up?
Priorities

——

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Let it snow! – NMB48

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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Performed by Team BII.


from Boku igai no dareka single.

——

Finally, it’s the day when I can see you
A date I’ve been waiting for forever
Yet the weather is the worst
The rain hasn’t stopped since this morning (hasn’t stopped)
No thanks to the thick clouds and my bad behavior

But, this time
I’ll love earnestly
Need to pass you the umbrella…
Want to gaze upon you forever
Not missing even a moment…

Let it snow!
Change rain into snow now!
Let it snow!
Let’s walk with umbrellas closed
Let it snow!
A pure white city
Is the start of romance
Let it snow!
Change rain into snow now!
Let it snow!
So that we’ll never forget
This precious day known as today…
A beautiful snowy day

You came, dressed in a red raincoat
Looking like an early blooming camellia
Suddenly, the city seemed brilliant
The sullen scenery turning bright (turning bright)
To me, you are like the sun

Dashing across the street
I couldn’t tell your expression
The umbrella obstructing your face
Are you happy? Or slightly shy?
Are you smiling? I want to know…

It’s snowing
The two of us in the snow
It’s snowing
Eyes locked upon each other
It’s snowing
Events from now on
Accumulating upon us
It’s snowing
The two of us in the snow
It’s snowing
If I can be your lover, then
I don’t mind getting drenched
Our anniversary with the first snow

Let it snow!
Change rain into snow now!
Let it snow!
Let’s walk with umbrellas closed
Let it snow!
A pure white city
Is the start of romance
Let it snow!
Change rain into snow now!
Let it snow!
So that we’ll never forget
This precious day known as today…
A beautiful snowy day

——

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Koi wa sainan – NMB48

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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恋は災難 (Koi wa sainan) – Love is misfortune

Performed by Team M.


from Boku igai no dareka single.

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Love comes suddenly
We can’t hear its footsteps
Like being caught in a chokehold
There’s no escape
It’s just a misfortune
Something that can happen to anyone
Even if we try to hide away
It’s always too late when we notice it
Please be careful

At the party that night
There were lots of people, yet
Why me? Tell me why
I spilled that red wine of destiny
And we met

What I remember now
Is a cool gaze
Returning my smile
An adult’s response

Reason is essential in love
It won’t be born out of chance, but
An unexpected happening
Like lighting a fire, maybe…
That’s just a misfortune
Like a calm fuse that’s been tripped
Emotions overflow
And I want to see you again

Friends ask nonchalantly
Who is that man?
Before I knew it, I was Struck by you
Leaving a permanent mark on my heart
A special guest who has since left

Yes, we’ll never meet again
Not in the future…
I want to chase after
That unfamiliar person

Love comes suddenly
We can’t hear its footsteps
Like being caught in a chokehold
There’s no escape
It’s just a misfortune
Something that can happen to anyone
Even if we try to hide away
It’s always too late when we notice it

I’m somehow different
From my usual self
This me searching for you
Is an unexpected development

No! No! No!

Reason is essential in love
It won’t be born out of chance, but
An unexpected happening
Like lighting a fire, maybe…
That’s just a misfortune
Like a calm fuse that’s been tripped
Emotions overflow
And I want to see you again

Isn’t it persistent?

——

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