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Kodoku guitar – NMB48

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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孤独ギター (Kodoku gitaa) – Loneliness guitar

Performed by Team N.


from Boku igai no dareka single.

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Just how many regrets must I overcome
To grasp what’s truly precious?
The dream I’ve always reached out towards
Just a little more, yet it escapes again

My powerless self
Stands out vividly
The dent in that rusted guard rail
Was due to someone’s frustration

Let’s play the loneliness guitar!
Strum out all my emotions!
Even if nobody is listening…
Pressing out love’s chords
I’ll lay my feelings bare
Someday, until this sound reaches out
I won’t stop my fingers
AH- AH-

In the threshold between hope and despair
I forget what I was searching for, but
The bottom of my heart trembles even now
Wanting to deliver this scream

To give up
Is worthy of scorn
Again and again, the curves of my bent and damaged heart
Connect to a road somewhere

Let’s play the winter guitar!
Strum with a cold pick!
I need to grow strong
The melody I created
Sings of true freedom
It’s ok even if I’m left alone
I’ll believe in possibilities
AH- AH-

To the place I’m aiming for
I’ll walk on without giving in
No matter the path, it’ll never be straight
So we can’t see what’s ahead

Let’s play the loneliness guitar!
Strum out all my emotions!
Even if nobody is listening…
Pressing out love’s chords
I’ll lay my feelings bare
Someday, until this sound reaches out
I won’t stop my fingers
AH- AH-

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Tochuu gesha – NMB48

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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途中下車 (Tochuu gesha) – Stopover

Performed by Jonishi Kei, Jonishi Rei, Suto Ririka, Yoshida Akari, Kawakami Rena, Hayashi Momoka, and Umeyama Cocona.


from Boku igai no dareka single.

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All this while, I’ve been watching
The scenery passing outside the window
Pulling past numerous mountains and tunnels
Have we crossed the long bridge yet?

My dream destination
Is still far ahead, I know that
The names of the tiny stations rushing past
Somehow caught my interest

There are passengers waiting there
For the local train to arrive
So why am I hurrying past?
When there’s still so much time in the future…

Shall I stopover and take a stroll?
There are worlds still unknown to me
Surely, life is about taking our time
To reach our final goal

That one day, I boarded
This train with my comrades
Each one of us transferring somewhere
Our memories going on a journey

I’d gotten on at the first stop
And came here following the timetable
What will I do at the final stop?
I’ve lost sight of what I really want

Let’s do a stopover and think
I have lots of other dreams too
We can’t help but hurry
So I’ll get off at the stop I want

Every (every) person (person)
Moves by destiny
It’s boring to just be carried along
But (but) surely (surely) with our own will
We can choose our destination

Shall I stopover and take a stroll?
There are worlds still unknown to me
Surely, life is about taking our time
To reach our final goal

The station I stopped at
Everything I saw was so refreshing
Even if I didn’t do anything
I realized that was the most important thing

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Boku igai no dareka – NMB48

30 Friday Dec 2016

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僕以外の誰か (Boku igai no dareka) – Someone other than me


from Boku igai no dareka single.

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I can’t gaze upon you any longer
It just makes me want to say something
But if I reach out, I’ll hurt you
My makeshift kindness
Can’t heal your deep sorrow
I know that I need you
To hate me

If I stay
Near you like this
You’ll surely never be reborn
So I’ll disappear from
This area of love

Someone but me
Someone (other than me)
There’s someone who fits you perfectly
For a year (a year) or ten years (ten years)
He will embrace you (in his arms)
Our meeting was (I’m sorry)
Destiny’s mistake
A hundred (hundred) or a thousand years (thousand years)
Forever is a neverending reality
forever and ever

Why do you cast your eyes down with such sorrow?
Aren’t you going to blame me for my selfish ways?
Don’t put too much hope in the passing of time
“Rather than the happiness of separation
I want to love, even if it means unhappiness”
With a strangled voice
You told me that

If you continue
To rely on me
You’ll always remain weak
Memories will always
Support you

Someone but me
Someone (who’s not me)
You need to go find him
A year (a year) or ten years (ten years)
A forgotten distance (your next love)
For your sake (Perhaps)
What I can do now
A hundred (hundred) or a thousand years (thousand years)
Is to remain unswayed by feelings
lonely my heart

Shall I turn my back on you? (Say Goodbye)
Don’t want to see your tears (Don’t cry!)
You’ll understand someday
(That I truly treasured you…)
I love you

Someone (other than me)
There’s someone who fits you perfectly
For a year (a year) or ten years (ten years)
He will embrace you (in his arms)
Our meeting was (I’m sorry)
Destiny’s mistake
A hundred (hundred) or a thousand years (thousand years)
Forever is a neverending reality
forever and ever

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Kimi to mirai – SPICY CHOCOLATE feat. Ms.OOJA & KOTOBUKI-KUN

04 Sunday Sep 2016

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キミと未来 (Kimi to mirai) – You and the future


from Kimi to mirai single.

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Ah, in any case, you do what you always do
Turning the other way
I have also become considerably more naggy
So we quarrel more

The furniture we picked out together
The matching glasses too
Even if they have faded since then
The things precious to us have surely increased too

We’ll be alright
Even on days when tears overflow
We’ll overlap, connect to the present
Let’s sing of a future just for us, lala
Lala shalalala shalalala
Let’s smile together

When we first met, I really had nothing
And I fell in love with you, whose smile is like a flower
Wanting to protect you as you love me
I toiled in sweat while thinking of your face
There isn’t a map for our long journey
So we desperately faced forward and progressed
Unable to wipe away your tears, I felt so much regret
I remember all the words I packed away

Even when I can’t see you, I only think of you, My baby girl
Days spent with my most beloved you hold the meaning of life for me, no mistake
Can’t say it enough, you’re perfect, “nobody but you”
Want to fill you with endless love, so don’t worry
We’ll embrace, cry, continue on our journey which will never end, So
With the shining you and me and the present and the future

We’ll be alright
Even on days when we hurt each other
I’ll take your hand again and again
Let’s draw out a future just for us

We’ll be alright
Even on days when tears overflow
We’ll overlap, connect to the present
Let’s sing of a future just for us, lala
Lala shalalala shalalala
Let’s walk on together

——

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Hikari no naka he – AKB48

03 Saturday Sep 2016

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光の中へ (Hikari no naka he) – Into the light


from LOVE TRIP single.

——

As many small coincidences occured together
An invisible row of dominoes started to fall
I wanted to keep these feelings in my heart hidden, yet
I was drenched in the heat radiating from those emotions

Please don’t look at me
With that kind expression…

Into the light (into the light)
Come on in alone
Now, let’s not hurry (not hurry) here
Out from the shadows (out from the shadows)
Slowly at your own pace
Love will shine upon (shine upon) loneliness
Can I step out if I just close my eyes?
I wander lost before this too-dazzling love

When you met with a huge failure
And decided that you don’t want any more romance
Not wanting to hurt, you don’t want me to see your tears
In that case, yes, I’ll just look the other way

But when I’m near you
I just need to care

Towards a bright place (towards a bright place)
Come out now, walk on
There’s nothing to be afraid of (to be afraid of), so quietly
Inside my heart (inside my heart)
It’s ok to take a peek in, a brand new
Love will always (always) change everything
Giving form to the power of belief
Be brave, things won’t start unless you walk out

The trees swayed in the passing breeze
Sunlight spread below my feet

Into the light (into the light)
Come on in alone
Now, let’s not hurry (not hurry) here
Out from the shadows (out from the shadows)
Slowly at your own pace
Love will shine upon (shine upon) loneliness
Can I step out if I just close my eyes?
I wander lost before this too-dazzling love

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2016nen no Invitation – AKB48

03 Saturday Sep 2016

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2016年のInvitation (2016nen no Invitation) – 2016’s Invitation


from LOVE TRIP single.

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Won’t you invite me? I’m really excited about it
Going (going) with everyone (everyone) to a summer camp
I’m worried because I heard there’s a participant quota
But if I don’t (don’t) get invited (invited), I’ll be really down

Riding on a large bus heading to the forest
Together with my gang of friends
Somehow, I just feel so cheerful
Let’s sing

Someone will (someone will) always
Find me
Even if I don’t stand out
I’m not forgotten
I just (I just) go at my own pace, it’s fine
Tomorrow, more good things will happen
Than what I expect

I felt lonely because I wasn’t invited last year
So I’m concerned (concerned) about the girl (the girl) who can’t come this time
But this is a chance to discover a new me
Back then (back then), I thought (I thought) so too

Leaving the trees, amidst the refreshing breeze
We breathe in the same air
And I thought about the meaning of friends
And our bonds

Everyone will (everyone will) be waiting
For me at that place
Yes, as long as I believe in my dreams
They will come for me
Next year (next year), I definitely want her to come too
People are much kinder than what we think
Watching over each other

If only we had a larger bus
Everyone could ride together, but
I think we won’t be able to grow
With rivals

Someone will (someone will) always
Find me
Even if I don’t stand out
I’m not forgotten
I just (I just) go at my own pace, it’s fine
Tomorrow, more good things will happen
Than what I expect

Invitation

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Kishi ga mieru umi kara – AKB48

03 Saturday Sep 2016

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岸が見える海から (Kishi ga mieru umi kara) – Out at sea looking at the cliff


from LOVE TRIP single.

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Gliding on the sea stirred by the wind
On the pure white dinghy
Racing each other around the cape
A story of sun and sky

Your feelings for me
It’s as if I don’t understand them
Through the past 3 years
Hoping to deliver my feelings
I wrote a love letter

If it’s YES, then wave
Your beach towel from the cliff
So I can see it even far out at sea
Then jump with all your might
But if it’s NO, then quietly
Watch my love sail away
And I’ll pass you by at full speed
As if nothing unusual has happened

Fishes jumping in the silver waves
This heart is throbbing
Just a little more, and that beach
Will be abreast with this romance

My body
Has sunken to the waterline
Sorrowful romancing heart
I’m afraid to learn the answer
Feeling nervous

If it’s YES, then wave
Your beach towel from the cliff
So I can see it even far out at sea
Then jump with all your might
But if it’s NO, then quietly
Watch my love sail away
And I’ll pass you by at full speed
As if nothing unusual has happened

For some reason, a large crowd
Are waving their beach towels
While sending this sign to me
You remain calm
You must have read my love letter
Understood and found some help
So that I can see it from afar
I LOVE YOU overflowing on the cliff

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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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