[romaji & translation] meaning of Love
 

Ureshi sou ni mejiri o sagete kusha tto
Adokenaku warau toko toka
Kodomo mitai ni kyuu ni futekusare tari toka
Namidamoroi toko toka

Suki na tokoro narabedashita ra
Ikura jikan ga atte mo kiri ga nai yo

* Donna toki mo anata de ite
Kawara nai de kazara nai de sono mama de ite
Aa sono subete o daiji ni shite ne
Tatta hitori no anata da kara
Konna omoi no koto o kitto
Hito wa ai to yobu no darou

Ima da kara koso omoshirookashiku warai
Banashi ni dekiru koto toka
Ima demo chotto omoidasu dake de mune ga
Itamu you na koto toka

Kazoekire nai omoide tachi no
Doremo ga yasashiku oshiete kurete iru kara

** Kotoba nante naku te mo ii
Tada soba ni ite tonari ni ite kure reba ii
Aa ima tashika ni kanjite iru no wa
Katachi no nai mono da kedo
Konna omoi no koto o kitto
Hito wa ai to yobu no darou

Kazoekire nai omoide tachi no
Doremo ga yasashiku oshiete kurete iru kara

* (repeat)
** (repeat)
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You smile broadly and innocently
Happily with down-slanting eyes
You suddenly sulk like a child
You are easily moved to tears

If I start to line up what I like about you
The list goes on and on, however much time I may have

* Be yourself anytime, don't change
Be natural, stay as you are
Ah, cherish all that you have
Because you are the one and only
I suppose this feeling is
Surely what people call love

There was an incident
That I can make into a funny story now
There was an incident
That breaks my heart even now, if I remember it just a bit

Every one of my countless memories
Teaches me gently

** I don't need words, just stay by me
If you are next to me, I'm all right
Ah, what I feel for sure now
Is formless, but
I suppose this feeling is
Surely what people call love

Every one of my countless memories
Teaches me gently

* (repeat)
** (repeat)

You're so amazing!
I just finished hearing the songs and here are the lyrics
THANKS ALOT!

Thanks for translation!^^

I knew the lyrics would be sweet, it's such a sweet sounding song. Thanks for the translation, I love these lyrics.

I can relate to these really well...*touched*

-tears up-

Thanks so much masa!

This line confuses me a bit, haha.

oh God what a sweet song!

Actually, this is the direct translation and I'm not so confident of it.

ureshi sou = look happy
mejiri = tail of one's eyes
sageru = down

If someone has a good idea of translating this line, please post here.

I looked it up and mejiri apparently is the "corner" of one's eyes?

mejiri sageru -> mejiri o sageru (目尻を下げる) to make eyes -> making a happy face or something?

( with slanting eyes, slant-eyed [-> 上がった] -> slanting eyes might be like when you smile really wide and your eyes get kind of small and slanty?)

=
? -sigh-

I think this would be better if translated like:
Or maybe that doesn't fit.. hm.

the lyrics are beautiful.. thanks masa~~

Thank you!

thanks masa

OMG!!!!
Those lyrics are so pretty~
Are just perfect for me :3
I don't hear the song already 9_9 but the lyrics are pretty cute~

Thanks for the translation~ <3

Wonderful lyrics! I wonder if this is a new take on "love" for her, after "is this LOVE?" back in m(u).
THank you for the translation masa!

I love this lyric. she teach us really the meaning of love

^yup! she did..
despite of she doesn't have her own love yet, i mean personal love to someone *sigh*

Wow, sounds like she's in looove! Haha very sweet lyrics :heart

wow thanks a lot masa!
you're amazing!

The lyrics are sweet, but a bit generic, don't you think? Can't say I'm a fan...
Thanks for the translation though :)

I dunno, when speaking about love, it's hard to sound poetic/original without being crazy, haha.

Beautiful lyrics!!!!!! :heart

Thanks for the translation!!! :D

i try to sing this
looks like there's missing part on this...

thank you !!!!!

Ｉｔ’ｓ　ｋｉｎｄ　ｏｆ　ｓｉｍｐｌｅ　ｌｙｒｉｃｓ，　ｙｅｔ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｓｗｅｅｔ　ｉ ｍｏ．
Ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ　ｌｅｓｓ　really ｉｓ　ｍｏｒｅ．　＾＾　

beautiful lyrics. Thanks a lot

That's sweet thanks masa!!

simple,sweet,yet still meaningful~

she teaches about love~~

thank you

To: truehappiness

Thanks for your advice.

You suddenly smile innocently
Happily looking down with slanted eyes

But I think that "looking down" is not necessary.

I guess (or think or even 'perhaps') this feeling is
Definitely (or surely) what people call love

OK. But why do you think that "I suppose" is not good?

In fact, there is another word I can't translate well. That is "kusha tto". I couldn't find this word in a dictionary. This means like "deform one's face as if rumple a paper" (when smiling). If someone has a good idea of translating this word, please post here.

Thanks for translating this! I don't know much about Japanese so I can't help to improve it but I am so thankful this is here. I love the lyrics :)

the lyrics is really touching, seriously.

Oh, 'I suppose' is just fine too! I think I was kind of sleepy when I posted that...

Hm, smiling with a crumpled face sounds like that would fit, but a "crumpled face" doesn't sound right to me for some reason. Maybe we could use the word wrinkle here? oji-i-san, we need you~ Haha.

sounds like wrinkles forming on your face when you smile? :shrug

Thanks :).

I like it a lot! I can't wait to hear the song. :)

ur rite... its funny how ppl jus read the translation w/o even realising that the lyrics missing few words. i think its suposed 2 b like this if i hear it correctly??

Ureshi sou ni mejiri o sagete
Kusha tto adokenaku warau toko toka
Kodomo mitai ni kyuu ni futekusare tari toka
Namidamoroi toko toka
Suki na tokoro narabedashita ra ikura jikan ga anata mo kiri ga nai yo

hehehe, I keep myself from listening to chaku-uta and LQ files. So, I haven't checked closely the lyrics of count down, Last Links, and this song.

Well, anyway I tried based on the romaji by creoh. (Thanks !)
As masa-san said already, it's tough to translate idiomatic phrases and imitative words, so this is just a suggestion (As Always!)
One of things I'm anxious about is the word order of "Happily ..., the way you smile ..." (I chose the word order close to the original one but I know it may sound strange.)

I changed the part like this. Though I still feel "kussha tto warau" and "smile broadly" is a little different. Thank you (especially truehappiness and oji-i-san).

You smile broadly and innocently
Happily with slanted eyes

I suppose this feeling is
Surely what people call love

^
Thanks for your work as always.

I know "kusha tto warau" and "smile broadly" isn't completely same. Maybe you can express kusha-tto's nuance a little better by adding the word wrinkle anywhere in the two lines.

And you might like to see this dictionary page. Sorry if you know this kind of expressions already:
http://eow.alc.co.jp/slant+eye/UTF-8/

Yes. I always use this online dictionary. It's very convenient. But

slant-eyed 目尻の上がった

It's so bad. It shows that "slanted eyes" has the opposite meaning to the original lyrics. I change the part again like this.

You smile broadly and innocently
Happily with down-slanting eyes

thx ^^

hey guys!!!

Thanks masa, as always ;)

However,

in the first verse of the romaji you are missing part of the last line!!!! :O

I was listening and following the lyrics, and you missed some out, which also helps explain why the japanese is 5 lines and the english is 6.

Obviously my japanese is not great but the bit you're missing may sound something like this:

can someone (masa?) please confirm how the romaji for the missing bit should be written? and also confirm the english translation is still complete?

Please? lyrics are very important to me >.< !!!

Thanks so much!


[EDIT]

Sorry I was in such a rush to find the 'missing bit' I didn;t properly check the whole thread. I see someone already suggested it should be:

is that right?

the word you're looking for is SCRUNCH (or scrunch up)

scrunched is used more for faces than crumpled.

still think scrunched may be better for a smiling face.

Thanks, can we get confirmation on this bit please? :yes

sorry but both these don't sound right to me :/

slant eyed, or even down slanting, just gives me the impression of slanting. ie: like this \ or this /
so slant eyed is pointing out she's asian? lol.

i think if the lyric is describing that when they smile their cheeks raise, and their eyes do that manga style smiley eyes ^^, then you're closest bet may be simply to use SQUINT.

squint means narrowing the eyes, like when you strain to see something, but it also is used to describe this kind of smile.

so a line like "squinty-eyed smile", captures the expression quite well i think.

although how you phrase it may need some more thought.

but yeah.

scrunched is the best word for scrunching up your face, but may more often be used for unhappy faces or disgust, or disapproval,

squint definitely captures the squinty eyed smile, and gives a better idea of the expression than scrunched (or the other words considered).

I vote squint! ^^

(sorry for long post)

^
I agree that slanted eyes / down-slanting eyes are not good here.
haha, maybe i should've said it very clearly in my #39 post.

as for the missing romaji, I believe the line I wrote in my #37 post is correct. I'm happy if you could kindly give me any comments to my translation. I guess I'm on the side of a little liberal/free translation for this time. thank you!

To: creoh & jon the d

Suki na tokoro narabedashita ra
Ikura jikan ga atte mo kiri ga nai yo

This is the complete lyrics. Actually, I failed to write the phrase and that I didn't notice it. Sorry. I corrected the part. The translation doesn't change.

As for the translation of the first stanza, I'm rather confused. I need some thinking time.

"Mejiri o sageru" --- / \

Thanks masa!

I'll try to think about the best way to phrase the first stanza too...

is this: / \ the representation of the eyes and the expression that ayu is describing?

Yes, so.

mejiri = the outer corner of the eye
sageru = make it down

thanks!

I'm melting among this sweetness...Nagase again?

Thansk masa
you are the No1 in translations from ayu
i cry since the first time thet i hear this song
thanks a lot!!!

aww.. this is so sweet ;_; I love this song! Btw, it's reminds me of is this LOVE? by these lyrics "I suppose this feeling is Surely what people call love"

Thanks a lot for translation!!

SPANISH VERSION BY JAOMARU @ayuchile.com

ESPAÑOL

Tu amplia e inocente sonrisa,
alegremente, con la vista caída,
súbitamente, te disgustas como un niño,
fácilmente eres llevado a las lágrimas,
si enumero lo que me gusta de tí
la lista sigue y sigue, por todo el tiempo que pueda tener...

* Se tu mismo siempre, no cambies,
Se natural, quédate como eres,
Aaaah, quiere todo lo que tienes,
Porque tu eres el único.
Supongo que este sentimiento es,
Sin duda, lo que la gente llama amor...

Hubo un incidente
Que puedo hacer ahora en una historia divertida
Hubo un incidente
que me rompe el corazón, incluso ahora, si sólo recuerdo un poco

Cada uno de mi sin número de recuerdos
Me enseña gentilmente

** No necesito palabras, sólo quédate a mi lado
Si estás cerca mío, estaré muy bien
Aaaah, seguro lo que siento ahora
es difuso, pero
Supongo que este sentimiento es,
Sin duda, lo que la gente llama amor...

Cada uno de mi sin número de recuerdos
Me enseña gentilmente

* Se tu mismo siempre, no cambies,
Sé natural, quédate como eres,
Aaaah, quiere todo lo que posees,
Porque eres el único y uno
Supongo que este sentimiento es,
Sin duda lo que la gente llama amor

** No necesito palabras, sólo quédate a mi lado
Si estás cerca mío, estaré muy bien
Aaaah, seguro lo que siento ahora
es difuso, pero
Supongo que este sentimiento es
Sin duda lo que la gente llama amor

Simple and sweet. Thanks for the translation!

You are welcome.
I changed the line arrangement, according to the official lyrics.

These lyrics are beautiful. I got teary eyed when I read this. <3

I love the lyrics, and finally the song is growing on me more and more.

Thanks for translating!!

Wow these lyrics are absolutely beautiful :love

It's too bad I can't get into the song...

Thank you for translation!!
This song so beautiful)

many thanks masa

Wow, I love these lyrics <3 Reading them while listening to the song really made me tear up, it's so sweet~ And it's such a stark contrast from the lyrics of is this LOVE? Ayu's really grown a lot x3

Thanks for the translation, btw!!