Forum: Lyric Discussions

剥がした皮一枚の価値さえ知らないで 行商人の言葉を鵜呑みにして幸せなんでしょうか hagashita kawa ichimai no kachi sae shiranaide gyoushounin no kotoba o unomi ni shite shiawase na n'deshou ka You mustn't know the value of a single peeled-off skin You're happy just swallowing the words of the peddler, aren't you? ...

I always struggle with hazu after past tense. Does anyone have a way to understand it? In particular, 君影草 has the lines 二人は同じ夢を見てた そう信じてたはずなのに 小さな意地が　距離を作る あの時もっと　素直になれたなら We had the same dream ???

Soooo I had this unexplained urge to translate Linked Horizon songs again. Err... life's weird that way. Anywho, suggestions/feedback would be appreciated! Romaji: Nidoto aenakute mo dokoka ni kimi wa iru Boku tachi wa wasurenai darou---- Kimi no kanashimi no sono hanbun wa boku no...

人に生まれ　人になるため 明日と言う名の　カバン背負って 有り触れた　未来を詰めた 配給の列は　大渋滞だ hito ni umare hito ni naru tame asu to iu na no KABAN seotte arifureta mirai o tsumeta haikyuu no retsu wa daijuutai

I was wondering if someone could help me review/proofread these translations? I love this series, but I was having trouble translating these two songs. Moreover, my Japanese is still at beginner level... I was having a lot of trouble with the bolded lyrics... Thank you so much! Midnight...

ひとりで街歩いて　休みに映画なんか観て 早くこの生活に慣れなきゃ きっかけなんていらない　友情だって基本的 こちらからは歩み寄ったりしない hitori de machi aruite yasumi ni eiga nanka mite hayaku kono seikatsu ni narenakya kikkake nante iranai yuujou datte kihonteki kochira kara wa ayumi yottari shinai

The English title of this song is written as "A Life in Adequacy". However, the official English title seems to be "Deserving of Life". While I'm trying to translate this song without contributing the official translation, wouldn't it still be better to change the English title? Just a thought.

Full lyrics with a provisional translation on my website where you can also hear the song on the ▶ tab. Can anyone help with some points of interpretation? I don't want to influence your opinion so I won't say much yet. Can anyone figure out what the 不条理な地図 represents? About 人は今も活きるか睡りにつくか /...

Hi all! I just recently took the Japanese test and was accepted to be a contributor for AL, so I've been working on some songs I wanted to see translated, one of which is 硝子の瞳 by シド. My Japanese is fairly good, but there were still a few sections, namely the chorus, where I ran into trouble --...

Full lyrics on my website. If you click on the Play tab you can also watch the video while browsing the lyrics. I'm having trouble with verse 6:何を境かわからないくらい nani o sakai ka wakaranai kurai ふとした時にやってくる罰 futoshita toki ni yatte kuru batsu 心当たりが少しあるような kokoroatari ga sukoshi aru yō na やっぱないよな...

Got a request to translate awake to survive by AnnMelts-P. I think I figured out most of it but I'm unsure of bits here and there, especially verse 11 Ekishōgoshi de mite'ru rejendo ga ... I've rendered first person imperatives as "I must ..." since we don't really have them in English. Any...

Heyho Guys, I need some help with the song 'Snow crystal' from Duca. https://youtu.be/5GiUkOkp3nU I can't figure out these two lines: (they start at around 2:43 in the video) " 胸の奥 小さく咲いた 雪の結晶に凍える夜を越えて" Now, my problem here is that i can't put the pieces of the sentence together. ...

Again, I cannot submit lyrics to the website but as a fan of Kyoukai no Kanata and sad that there aren't more song lyrics available on the site, I think other fans would appreciate this. Perhaps someone with the privilege would be kind enough to submit this to Anime Lyrics. :) These are the...

I am unable to submit lyrics to the website, but as someone who loves everything about the anime Kyoukai no Kanata, including the music, I thought other fans of it would welcome this... They are the lyrics to "Anata no Egao To Iu Sekai" ("あなたの笑顔という世界") as performed by Annabel from Disc 1 of the...

Since it's been over a month and the original translator hasn't responded, I'm working on a new translation of this song, but like most songs off Decennia (even though the lyrics were written by a bunch of different people), it gets pretty weird in places, so I'd love a second (third, etc.) pair of...

Hi all, I've been trying to translate Amadeus (the opening theme for the Steins;Gate 0 visual novel). I've missed out the repeated chorus at the end for brevity of the post. There are some bits I don't get and would appreciate checking (identified by brackets in italics much like this after the...

So I found this song: http://www5.atwiki.jp/hmiku/pages/34801.html, and the question is exactly as it says in the title. I can't find a definitive way on how to pronounce this term, and the creator of the song hasn't indicated it either. I thought it might be 'Yuuzome' due to this line in the...

Could someone have a review of my translation of Bouken no Sho o Tojite as I'm making a sub. Any mistakes or even suggested improvements would be helpful. The thing bugging me most is what the verse starting 夢中だった 無敵だった (v. 5) is on about. Also 歌にならない君の思い is ambiguous but I've taken it as "My...

Hi all (again), I have attempted to transcribe and translate Yakusoku no Kizuna from Kyoukai no Kanata. To be honest this song was probably slightly out of my depth ahaha but I gave it a go. There appears to be a lot of unwritten subjects in this song, so I gave it my best to select an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVDdEfiy4o Is anyone willing to help fix mistakes or have a better way to translate some parts? I haven't translated lyrics in awhile and some of the grammar in this one confuses me so my attempt is pretty lackluster (sorry about that). Anyways here's what i...

hi. i learn japanese through songs i translate word by word, and looking at the full translation in lyrics webs. something i dont understand: in the song monochrome no kiss (SID) theres this sentence: "toketa ato no yakkai na koori mitai na watashi wo yasashiku sukutte uwakuchibiru de asobu...

Hi all, I have never been formally taught Japanese, but through something that can hardly be called self study (more like learning from reverse translation) I have attemped to translate a song. Please could someone check this to see how far I was from correctness? I have the CD and inlay, so the...

It's a song from a mut's point of view. I'm having trouble seeing the sense and unity of the fourth verse. Full lyrics: http://vocaloidlyrics.wikia.com/wiki/One_wan 知ってるかい？形あるものは消えてゆくことを Don't you know that something that has a form vanishes away? Is this saying anything more than nothing is...

I don't really have specific questions, so I'm just going to bold the lines that I'm unsure of, or that I think are terribly worded but can't think of a way to improve. 苔むした断崖に　枝葉を広げた樹 太陽に焼かれ　雨に身を削がれ kokemushita dangai ni edaha o hirogeta ki taiyou ni yakare ame ni mi o sogare A tree...

惚れた腫れた　騒いで楽しそうなやつら そうだそうだ　お互いを肯定する輩 まずは仲間になんでも相談する男 カッコいいと思ってタバコ吸う女の子 horeta hareta sawaide tanoshisou na yatsura sou da sou da otagai o koutei suru yakara mazu wa nakama ni nandemo soudan suru otoko KAKKOii to omotte TABAKO suu onna no ko

Hi! Er, I found this song but I can't find the actual name of the song, its not on here either. Do you know who it's by? https://youtu.be/QVIiFcFdQos

満ちた月の心　今宵は染まる 晴天のその先に　Another world Michita tsuki no kokoro koyoi wa somaru Seiten no sono saki ni Another world Tonight the soul of the full moon will be stained After the weather clears, in another world. Did I translate this stanza okay? I had a bit of trouble figuring out how to say...

(I posted this on the corrections thread but noone replied so I might try this thread if that's ok.) I submitted Butterfly before I realized I hadn't quite figured out one line. Has anyone got any ideas what 映して utsushite is saying? Like who is utsushing what? Is it an incomplete sentence or is...

New album! Who's excited? I'm excited! ... Ahem, there are a couple things in here that I'm not sure about, so I'd love some feedback. 俺の彼女はそこそこ美人　愛想もいい 気の利く子だと仲間内でも評判だし "My girlfriend's pretty good-looking, and she's got social graces Even my friends all say she's a smart girl" ...