コタツの歌 ~jyuken story~
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arishaSo around the end of last semester (if not before), ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leaf_green and I were talking about how we should do some song translations to practice our Japanese, and we should post them in our LJs so we could correct each other. And then we didn't do it. UNTIL NOW!! XD XD XD
I must warn you: this is NOT the most beautiful translation you will ever see. I know I am not destined to become a translator because I don't really enjoy going back over a translation to make it sound pretty. I feel like if I manage to get the general idea, I must be doing pretty good. XD
I'm not really posting this with the expectation that people will correct it, but if you do find terrible mistakes, feel free to tell me. XD Haha, I feel really dorky posting this ... like everyone will finally discover just how little Japanese I actually know. XD XD;
Okay so anyway! XD This is my unpretty attempt at a translation of the lyrics of my favourite song off of 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume. Mini!, "KOTATSU no uta ~jyuken story~," which you can listen to on YouTube, if you want. XD;
Edit: And the Otomegocoro performance of the song (which is sorta why I was thinking about it again) can be seen on Veoh. :D Yossie sings the wrong line at one point but I forgive her because she totally makes this performance. XD
コタツの歌 ~jyuken story~
KOTATSU no uta ~jyuken story~
Song About the Heater ~Story of the Student Preparing for Exams~ [[haha okay shut up about the title!!]]
モーニング娘。
Morning Musume.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
1
誰も振り向かない
コートの襟たてて
帰り道を歩く
真冬の物語ね
daremo furimukanai
KOOTO no eri tatete
kaerimichi wo aruku
mafuyu no monogatari ne
No one turns around.
I turn up the collar of my coat
And walk home.
It's a midwinter story, isn't it?
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
2
あなたが居てくれた
去年とは違うのね
友達もみんなが
今年は忙しそう
anata ga ite kureta
kyonen to wa chigau no ne
tomodachi mo minna ga
kotoshi wa isogashisou
It's different, isn't it,
From last year, when you were here for me.
Even all of my friends
Seem busy this year.
~*~
3
受験生に恋はいらぬと
ブログにも書いてみた
でもね ウソね
二人の時には
すごく はかどったもん . . .
jukensei ni koi wa iranu to
BUROGU ni mo kaite mita
demo ne USO ne
futari no toki ni wa
sugoku hakadotta mon . . .
"A student preparing for exams doesn't need love."
I even tried writing that in my blog.
But it's a lie, isn't it?
'Cause when we were a couple,
I made a lot of progress.
~*~
4
次の恋 必ず
幸せになるわ
あなたより 優しい人だわ
tsugi no koi kanarazu
shiawase ni naru wa
anata yori yasashii hito da wa
In my next love, I'll definitely
Be happy.
He'll be a nicer person than you.
~*~
5
次の春 車の免許を
取ったら
遠出して おみやげあげるわ
tsugi no haru kuruma no menkyo wo
tottara
toode shite omiyage ageru wa
Next spring, when I get my driver's license,
I'll go far away
And get you a souvenir.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
6
コタツで居眠りは
顔に型が残る
朝日が眩しいわ
シャワー浴びて出かけます
KOTATSU de inemuri wa
kao ni kata ga nokoru
asahi ga mabushii wa
SHAWAA abite dekakemasu
Falling asleep on the heater,
A pattern is left on my face.
The morning sun is dazzling.
I'll have a shower and go out.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
7
昼から休講で
ランチどうしようかな
ファミレスのカウンター
以外と好きだけれど
hiru kara kyuukou de
RANCHI dou shiyou kana
FAMIRESU no KAUNTAA
igai to suki dakeredo
Class is cancelled after noon;
I wonder what I should do for lunch?
I'd like something other than
The counter at a family restaurant, but ...
~*~
8
突然道で声掛けられた
少しだけ戸惑った
同じクラスの女の子らしい
仲良くなれそう
totsuzen michi de koe kakerareta
sukoshi dake tomadotta
onaji KURASU no onna no ko rashii
nakayoku naresou
Suddenly, on the street, someone called out.
I was only a little confused.
It appears to be a girl from the same class as me.
It seems like you've been able to become friends with her.
~*~
9
次の恋 そのうち
花開くはずよ
あなたには 教えてあげない
tsugi no koi sono uchi
hana hiraku hazu yo
anata ni wa oshiete agenai
In my next love, eventually
Flowers should bloom.
I won't tell you about it.
~*~
10
次の彼 それまで受験を
乗り越え
オシャレして街中歩くの
tsugi no kare sore made juken wo
norikoe
OSHARE shite machijuu aruku no
My next boyfriend - till then, I'll
Finish my exams,
Dress stylishly, and walk through the city.
~*~
Repeat 4
Repeat 9
Repeat 10
~*~*~
Vocab I had to look up ^^;
1
振り向く (furimuku): to turn around
襟 (eri): collar
建てる (tateru): (vt) to put upright (can also be "build," as in 建物 tatemono, "building")
3
受験生 (jukensei): a student preparing for/taking exams
捗る (hakadoru): to advance, to progress, to make (good) progress
5
免許 (menkyo): license, permit
遠出 (toode): (vs) going afar, going to a distant place, going a long way
6
炬燵 (kotatsu): Japanese room heater covered with a quilt
居眠り (inemuri: (vs) dozing, napping, nodding off (居眠り運転 inemuri unten, "falling asleep at the wheel")
型 (kata): shape, pattern
朝日 (asahi): morning sun, rising sun
出かける (dekakeru): I knew this as "to go out"; I didn't realize it can also mean "to depart, to set out, to start." :)
7
休講 (kyuukou): (vs) cancellation of lecture (for the day)
8
声を掛ける (koe wo kakeru): to greet, to call out to someone
戸惑う (tomadou): to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to be bewildered
仲良く (nakayoku): (vs) making friends with, getting along well with
9
その内 (sono uchi): eventually, sooner or later (also "of the previously mentioned")
10
受験 (juken): (vs) taking an exam
乗り越える (norikoeru): to climb over, to get over, to overcome, to surmount
街中 or 町中 (machijuu): the whole town
~*~*~
Ridiculous Notes
8
I don't know what is up with the tense in this stanza. If it's just something I'm not understanding, or if it really does shift, after being present tense in 6 and 7, into past and then back into present.
Also I have no idea how to translate 声掛けられた koe kakerareta so that it's passive in English. "A voice was called out"?? Well, probably no one would use passive for that in English anyway ... right? XD;;
9
The only definition I've found for 開く hiraku is "to open," but its kanji is part of 満開 mankai "full bloom" (as in 桜満開 sakura mankai, which happens to be the title of another MoMusu song, el oh el) so I felt like maybe I could get away with translating 開く as "bloom" ... ^^;
Oh, and now I've just realized that 開く is transitive so I guess translating it as "bloom" is wrong. But I don't know how to fix it ... it seems like it should be intransitive in that line, am I just not thinking about it right? "I'll open flowers"??? Hrm ... :p
I'm also not sure whether the そのうち sono uchi is intended as "eventually" or if it instead refers to, like, the time when the girl will fall in love again. Something like, "The next time I fall in love, flowers will bloom" instead of "The next time I fall in love, eventually flowers will bloom." I used "eventually" because the dictionary had a whole whack definitions to suit that meaning, but I'm still not sure ... I like the other translation better, I just don't know if it's actually right or not. :( (Am I overthinking this? Haha, probably.)
leaf_green and I were talking about how we should do some song translations to practice our Japanese, and we should post them in our LJs so we could correct each other. And then we didn't do it. UNTIL NOW!! XD XD XDI must warn you: this is NOT the most beautiful translation you will ever see. I know I am not destined to become a translator because I don't really enjoy going back over a translation to make it sound pretty. I feel like if I manage to get the general idea, I must be doing pretty good. XD
I'm not really posting this with the expectation that people will correct it, but if you do find terrible mistakes, feel free to tell me. XD Haha, I feel really dorky posting this ... like everyone will finally discover just how little Japanese I actually know. XD XD;
Okay so anyway! XD This is my unpretty attempt at a translation of the lyrics of my favourite song off of 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume. Mini!, "KOTATSU no uta ~jyuken story~," which you can listen to on YouTube, if you want. XD;
Edit: And the Otomegocoro performance of the song (which is sorta why I was thinking about it again) can be seen on Veoh. :D Yossie sings the wrong line at one point but I forgive her because she totally makes this performance. XD
コタツの歌 ~jyuken story~
KOTATSU no uta ~jyuken story~
Song About the Heater ~Story of the Student Preparing for Exams~ [[haha okay shut up about the title!!]]
モーニング娘。
Morning Musume.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
1
誰も振り向かない
コートの襟たてて
帰り道を歩く
真冬の物語ね
daremo furimukanai
KOOTO no eri tatete
kaerimichi wo aruku
mafuyu no monogatari ne
No one turns around.
I turn up the collar of my coat
And walk home.
It's a midwinter story, isn't it?
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
2
あなたが居てくれた
去年とは違うのね
友達もみんなが
今年は忙しそう
anata ga ite kureta
kyonen to wa chigau no ne
tomodachi mo minna ga
kotoshi wa isogashisou
It's different, isn't it,
From last year, when you were here for me.
Even all of my friends
Seem busy this year.
~*~
3
受験生に恋はいらぬと
ブログにも書いてみた
でもね ウソね
二人の時には
すごく はかどったもん . . .
jukensei ni koi wa iranu to
BUROGU ni mo kaite mita
demo ne USO ne
futari no toki ni wa
sugoku hakadotta mon . . .
"A student preparing for exams doesn't need love."
I even tried writing that in my blog.
But it's a lie, isn't it?
'Cause when we were a couple,
I made a lot of progress.
~*~
4
次の恋 必ず
幸せになるわ
あなたより 優しい人だわ
tsugi no koi kanarazu
shiawase ni naru wa
anata yori yasashii hito da wa
In my next love, I'll definitely
Be happy.
He'll be a nicer person than you.
~*~
5
次の春 車の免許を
取ったら
遠出して おみやげあげるわ
tsugi no haru kuruma no menkyo wo
tottara
toode shite omiyage ageru wa
Next spring, when I get my driver's license,
I'll go far away
And get you a souvenir.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
6
コタツで居眠りは
顔に型が残る
朝日が眩しいわ
シャワー浴びて出かけます
KOTATSU de inemuri wa
kao ni kata ga nokoru
asahi ga mabushii wa
SHAWAA abite dekakemasu
Falling asleep on the heater,
A pattern is left on my face.
The morning sun is dazzling.
I'll have a shower and go out.
~*~
シャバダ . . .
SHABADA . . .
~*~
7
昼から休講で
ランチどうしようかな
ファミレスのカウンター
以外と好きだけれど
hiru kara kyuukou de
RANCHI dou shiyou kana
FAMIRESU no KAUNTAA
igai to suki dakeredo
Class is cancelled after noon;
I wonder what I should do for lunch?
I'd like something other than
The counter at a family restaurant, but ...
~*~
8
突然道で声掛けられた
少しだけ戸惑った
同じクラスの女の子らしい
仲良くなれそう
totsuzen michi de koe kakerareta
sukoshi dake tomadotta
onaji KURASU no onna no ko rashii
nakayoku naresou
Suddenly, on the street, someone called out.
I was only a little confused.
It appears to be a girl from the same class as me.
It seems like you've been able to become friends with her.
~*~
9
次の恋 そのうち
花開くはずよ
あなたには 教えてあげない
tsugi no koi sono uchi
hana hiraku hazu yo
anata ni wa oshiete agenai
In my next love, eventually
Flowers should bloom.
I won't tell you about it.
~*~
10
次の彼 それまで受験を
乗り越え
オシャレして街中歩くの
tsugi no kare sore made juken wo
norikoe
OSHARE shite machijuu aruku no
My next boyfriend - till then, I'll
Finish my exams,
Dress stylishly, and walk through the city.
~*~
Repeat 4
Repeat 9
Repeat 10
~*~*~
Vocab I had to look up ^^;
1
振り向く (furimuku): to turn around
襟 (eri): collar
建てる (tateru): (vt) to put upright (can also be "build," as in 建物 tatemono, "building")
3
受験生 (jukensei): a student preparing for/taking exams
捗る (hakadoru): to advance, to progress, to make (good) progress
5
免許 (menkyo): license, permit
遠出 (toode): (vs) going afar, going to a distant place, going a long way
6
炬燵 (kotatsu): Japanese room heater covered with a quilt
居眠り (inemuri: (vs) dozing, napping, nodding off (居眠り運転 inemuri unten, "falling asleep at the wheel")
型 (kata): shape, pattern
朝日 (asahi): morning sun, rising sun
出かける (dekakeru): I knew this as "to go out"; I didn't realize it can also mean "to depart, to set out, to start." :)
7
休講 (kyuukou): (vs) cancellation of lecture (for the day)
8
声を掛ける (koe wo kakeru): to greet, to call out to someone
戸惑う (tomadou): to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to be bewildered
仲良く (nakayoku): (vs) making friends with, getting along well with
9
その内 (sono uchi): eventually, sooner or later (also "of the previously mentioned")
10
受験 (juken): (vs) taking an exam
乗り越える (norikoeru): to climb over, to get over, to overcome, to surmount
街中 or 町中 (machijuu): the whole town
~*~*~
Ridiculous Notes
8
I don't know what is up with the tense in this stanza. If it's just something I'm not understanding, or if it really does shift, after being present tense in 6 and 7, into past and then back into present.
Also I have no idea how to translate 声掛けられた koe kakerareta so that it's passive in English. "A voice was called out"?? Well, probably no one would use passive for that in English anyway ... right? XD;;
9
The only definition I've found for 開く hiraku is "to open," but its kanji is part of 満開 mankai "full bloom" (as in 桜満開 sakura mankai, which happens to be the title of another MoMusu song, el oh el) so I felt like maybe I could get away with translating 開く as "bloom" ... ^^;
Oh, and now I've just realized that 開く is transitive so I guess translating it as "bloom" is wrong. But I don't know how to fix it ... it seems like it should be intransitive in that line, am I just not thinking about it right? "I'll open flowers"??? Hrm ... :p
I'm also not sure whether the そのうち sono uchi is intended as "eventually" or if it instead refers to, like, the time when the girl will fall in love again. Something like, "The next time I fall in love, flowers will bloom" instead of "The next time I fall in love, eventually flowers will bloom." I used "eventually" because the dictionary had a whole whack definitions to suit that meaning, but I'm still not sure ... I like the other translation better, I just don't know if it's actually right or not. :( (Am I overthinking this? Haha, probably.)