MAY'S - JULY (Album Version)

JULY (Album Version)
(have a listen here)

作詞︰片桐舞子

作曲︰NAUGHTY BO-Z

もうすぐ終わりが来ると 気付かないフリをしていた
恋人と呼べる時が 今はこんなに愛しくて

少しづつ二人の 想いがすれ違う
歩き出すあなたと 夕立の声に胸が痛い

「ごめんね」まだ あなたを好きでいてもいい?
二度と好きだと言わないから
「ごめんね」ただ「ごめんね」
涙だけが とめどなく溢れ出して止まらない

背中合わせに座って 笑って話をしたね
繋いだ手の温もりを 覚えていなかったあの日

雷鳴に消された記憶をたどる度
「泣き虫」と微笑む あなたの笑顔に泣きたくなる

「愛してる?」と 何度も繰り返し聞いた
頷いたのは嘘だったの?
離れないで 今では言えないまま
夏の午後 終わりかけた砂時計

傾いた星座に二人を重ねても
季節は立ち止まる さよならと言えるその時まで

「ごめんね」まだ あなたを好きでいてもいい?
二度と好きだと言わないから
「ごめんね」ただ「ごめんね」
涙だけが とめどなく溢れ出して止まらない

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English translation by きみ·君

Almost come to an end and without realized I was pretending

Can we still be in love as those times when we call each other as lovers

When our ideas are a bit different and you walked away

my heart feels painful with the sound of the evening pour

"Sorry" Can I still love you?

Because not dare to say love you the second time

The only word appears to be "Sorry"

My tears just can’t stop flowing

Have you forgot about that day we sitting back to back laughing and chatting

And the warmth after we holding hands?

Thunder struck and my forgotten memories followed

Stop crying after u called me "crying nerd" and saw your smiling face

No matter how many times I asked you "Still love me?"

You nodded but actually you lied?

Until today still not saying don’t leave me

Even the hourglass had stopped in that summer afternoon

Even though both of us are overlapped at the inclining constellation

Until the time when the season ends and you say goodbye

"Sorry" Can I still love you?

Because not dare to say love you the second time

The only word appears to be "Sorry"

My tears just can’t stop flowing

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Romaji translation

mousugu owari ga kuru to kizukanai FURI wo shite ita
koibito to yoberu toki ga ima wa konna ni itoshikute

sukoshi zutsu futari no omoi ga surechigau
aruki dasu anata to yuudachi no koe ni mune ga itai

"gomen ne" mada anata wo suki de ite mo ii?
nido to suki da to iwanai kara
"gomen ne" tada "gomen ne" 

namida dake ga tomedonaku afuredashite tomaranai

senaka awase ni suwatte waratte hanashi wo shita ne
tsunaida te no nukumori wo oboete inakatta ano hi

raimei ni kesareta kioku wo tadoru tabi
"nakimushi" to hohoemu anata no egao ni nakitaku naru

"aishiteru?" to nando mo kurikaeshi kiita
unazuita no wa uso datta no?
hanarenaide ima de wa ienai mama
natsu no gogo owari kaketa sunadokei

katamuita seiza ni futari wo kasanete mo
kisetsu wa tachidomaru sayonara to ieru sono toki made

"gomen ne" mada anata wo suki de ite mo ii?
nido to suki da to iwanai kara
"gomen ne" tada "gomen ne"
namida dake ga tomedonaku afure dashite tomaranai

爱情故事

左边的这几套日剧都是经典爱情故事，虽然旧，但值得怀念……











右边的这几套日剧都是比较特殊的爱情故事，虽然不平凡，但很伟大……

无论我们遇到的是怎样的爱情故事，都要好好的体验和珍惜，因为每一个爱情故事都有独特的意义~

一亿三千万人的选择！Best Artist

每年都会期待年尾的到来，因为有一连串的节日和假期，不知不觉到了年尾也会比较开心。总算踏入了22岁，踏入了工作生涯，一切都是新的开始，然而到今天都还找不到新的人生目标，日常生活也变得有点漂浮。以前念大学时，至少一切努力都是为了那一纸文凭，现在也不知应为什么而努力。在网上surf了好多天，总算有收获，至少我的生活少不了日本歌和日剧。

这几天看了连续几年的「一亿三千万人的选择！Best Artist」节目，发现还有很多好听的日本歌是我没听过的。有些歌手唱现场果然魅力无法挡，有些则没唱得比CD里好。

首先，我一定要提的是连续3年都进入「一亿三千万人的选择！Best Artist」的 'kobukuro' (コブクロ）和平井堅。他们的唱功是无可质疑的。以抒情歌演绎，他们俩都唱得感情投入，加上歌词有字幕翻译，富有意义的歌词加上动人的旋律，最能感动听众的歌手非他们莫属 （我都听得想哭出来呢！）我最爱的是コブクロ的「桜」。总觉得那首歌很有意义，也有鼓励大家要坚强的意思。平井堅的「いつか離れる日は来ても」是很悲的一首歌，也是2008电影「あの空をおぼえてる」（勿忘那片天）的主题歌。（这电影让我从开始哭到尾，导演真是坏心肠！）平井堅唱这首歌时都唱到眼泪也差点流出来……><''' （他的歌声中总觉得有很浓的寂寞和空虚……） 看这个节目也顺便让我update日本娱乐圈的新闻。我一向来还蛮喜欢的EXILE，忽然变成了14个成员，我真的吓到。EXILE的歌，我还是选择只听不看，感觉比较好……（其中一个原因当然是成员都不帅 =p） 歌声温柔的ELT (Every Little Thing)，我最熟悉的歌就是1998 年的「Time goes by」，那时是我刚“踏入日本娱乐圈”时所认识的这首好歌。GLAY 的出场让我有点兴奋，但却没唱到我所爱的「ここではない、どこかへ」。V6 的歌我好久没听了，这次听了觉得还不错，仍旧有他们一贯的风格。当时认识他们时是因为看Ultraman Tiga，之后就停留在「Change the World」的时代了。Porno Graffiti (ポルノグラフィティ) 唱 「アゲハ蝶」（凤蝶）时，听到那么熟悉的旋律，顿时有点激动。看他们唱歌，觉得很自在，不必担心唱不起高音或唱得不够投入，果然是一种享受！ゆず（yuzu) 虽然是旧团体，却很少听到他们的歌，觉得蛮不错。其实令我惊讶的是原来那主唱是北川悠仁 （真惭愧……囧)，第一次见过他是在和堀北真希主演的「Innocent Love」里。

KAT-TUN，NEWS，関ジャニ∞，TOKIO，这些就不谈了，因没什么深刻印象，认识他们都是在日剧里。（抱歉 =( ）

aiko 甜美的歌声依旧，绚香的歌声的确无人能比，在「三日月」里见识过了。倖田来未的歌，我不是很喜欢，只觉得她专门唱舞曲，不是我的taste。Perfume 那机械式的唱法，我还是不能认同。唉~ 反观生物股长（いきものがかり）的出道曲「SAKURA」，真的很好听，在这里为他们鼓掌。桑田佳祐的台风当然是最好的了，看到他不仅想起Southern All Stars，好想念当时的名曲「TSUNAMI」。

噔噔噔噔，轮到谈我最爱的中島美嘉和SPEED了!!!!! O(∩_∩)O 中島美嘉唱现场一直都是那么的投入、感人肺腑，我听得五体投地！「ORION」也好、新歌「流れ星」也好，都是很感动的歌曲。（她好像不太会讲话，连发言也只是说谢谢，感觉跟平井堅很像哦……难道他们俩只把感想写进歌里吗？）另一方面，SPEED出场的尖叫声不断，证明了她们的粉丝依然不少！少不了大家熟悉的「White Love」、「Steady」、「Body & Soul」，本来我很期待她们唱「S.P.D.」的，哪知却没有，好失望哦~

最后，当然是压轴的浜崎あゆみ和嵐 (ARASHI)了。我还是喜欢浜崎あゆみ以前的歌，如「M」、「Season」，当晚她唱「Evolution」却唱不起，接不到气，真是丢脸，步姐要好好加油，照顾嗓子哦~ 当晚，嵐也唱了不少很怀念的歌，如「A · RA · SHI」、「感謝カンゲキ雨嵐」，抢尽整个节目的风头了。

今年以新旧歌曲演绎方式，感觉还不错，可以唤起不同年代的人的记忆，唱着大家熟悉的歌曲，从而引起共鸣。唯一的遗憾，大塚愛姐姐和 B'z 大叔好像今年没来哦…… 无论如何，本人希望这个节目会继续，而且越做越好，越精彩，也让其他的歌手有机会亮相！（本人强力推荐： Uverworld、宇多田ヒカル、Chemistry、L'Arc~en~Ciel，大家都是好厉害的歌手，明年要加油哦！）

1亿3000万人が选ぶ！ベストアーティスト，万歳！

Utada Hikaru 宇多田 ヒカル

I believe the name "Utada" is known by the public even for those who do not listen to Japanese songs much. Apparently, she was popularly known by her famous love song "First Love" in 1999, as the theme song for the popular Japanese drama "majo no jouken" (魔女の条件). Apart from "First Love", there are other 4 songs which were the theme songs of popular Japanese dramas: "Can you keep a secret?" for "Hero", "Flavor of Life" for "hana yori dango" (日本流星花园), "Prisoner of Love" for the big hit and full of controversial drama "Last Friends", and the latest "Eternally -Drama Mix-" for "Innocent Love". As I know, Utada is among the artists that has most songs become the theme songs of popular Japanese dramas. Big applause for Utada!!!

Tonight, as I saw 8tv Quickie was giving out Utada latest English album "This is the One" for lucky winners, I think it is already the time for me to write something about Utada here. Utada songs are never the same as other pop songs, as she is the songwriter for all her own songs, she got her own unique ideas towards music and always let her feelings free flow in her songs to the best. Never be forgotten, beside the unique music, her lyrics are another awesome strength that lure the listeners into her music world. Even though she is only 16 years old when she wrote the song "First Love", Utada love song had attracted millions of listeners. Throughout the years, from experience of marriage to divorce, and also the hard times when she suffered from ovarian tumour, once again she returned with the album "Heart Station" with more mature lyrics and more complicated feelings in her songs. "Flavor of Life" described the feeling of a girl with relationship problem and the way a girl handle it; and "Prisoner of Love" which perfectly portrayed the situation of the characters in the drama "Last Friends" where the characters strive to live on with the controversial relationships.

She has never failed with her Japanese songs, however, when she decided to go for American market in 2004, the response for her English songs was a failure. Utada Japanese style of songs being applied in English songs could not make it through. Over 5 years, this year, she once again stepped on the international music arena with her brand new album "This is the One", with the big hit "Come Back to Me", we know she gonna make it this time. This is the first time I can listen to her English song "Come Back to me" over and over again for more than 10 times per day as no different from her Japanese songs. I thought to myself, "She did it!" In "This is the One" album, we can feel her deepest honesty. She even admitted her betrayal towards her husband in the song "Come Back to Me". In other songs, she wrote in many of her deep feeling and ideas and even her own lifestyles. Through this album, I can say, her distance with her listeners has narrowed. We can feel what she feel, we understand what she went through, and we encourage and support her.

Finally, Utada English songs has gained recognition in the Asia market. We all satisfied with her hard work this time, and we really appreciate her songs which have accompanied us through happy and sad, easy and hard, high and low times. We hope from the bottom of our heart that we can listen more and more Utada songs in the future. Utada, gambatte ne!!!

UTAKATA by SPEED

きっとそう、誰のせいでもなくて。
あなたは彼女を選んだ…それだけ。
だから謝ることない
願わくは　せめて彼女を幸せにしてあげて

Just like 愛は泡沫(Bubble)
そう、そんなのは通説…平気だよ。
キスも囁きも　約束も　想い出に変えるの
…本当に大好きだったから。

あなたを追ってこの街に来た日
何度も人にぶつかリ謝り　渡れない信号の向い
あなた見つけ照れ笑い　駆け出した青信号(Green light)
私には向いてなかったみたい
めまぐるしい都会の暮らし
そしてもうない…此処(ここ)にいる理由。
終えたチケットの手配、明日(あす)の朝一のフライト。

ほんの少し前はスミレが咲いた
あの空地にもビルが建つみたい
…変わらないものなど　きっとない。
強がって　許して　忘れて　笑って　進むしかない

ただ“愛”と知る。
もう離れて生きる　あなただけど
何も諦めないで欲しいの…誰が背中向けても。
あなたは寂しがりだから

あなたに逢って恋に落ちたあのビーチ
私には見慣れてる夕陽　あなたは「言葉も出ない」
そう言って　遠く切ない表情(かお)をした…忘れない。
私にはそうね　合っているみたい
穏やかな　あそこでの暮らし
凪(なぎ)迎えた海が見たい　潮騒が聞きたい

誰もが避けられない　別れや哀しいすれ違い[別れやすれ違い]
すべてに意昧があると信じたい

Legend of mermaid まるでおとぎ話
違ってた　二人の住む世界
“結ばれない”別々の未来
…わかってたはずじゃない、そんなことくらい。
私には向いてなかったみたい
めまぐるしい都会の暮らし
そしてもうない…此処にこ)にいる理由。
終えたチケットの手配、明日(あす)の朝一のフライト。

後悔はしてない　あなたとの出逢い
あの日惹かれ、焦がれ、抱かれ、愛した…精一杯。
後悔はしてない　あなたとの出逢い
ある日惹かれ、焦がれ、抱かれ I gotta say goodbye

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Romaji by きみ・君

Kitto sou, dare no sei de mo nakute
Anata wa kanojo wo eranda… sore dake
Dakara ayamaru koto nai
Negawaku wa semete kanojo wo shiawase ni shite agete

Just like ai wa Bubble
Sou, sonna no wa tsusetsu… heiki da yo
KISU mo sasayaki mo yakusoku mo omoida ni kaeru no
... hontou ni daisuki datta kara

Anata wo oitte kono machi ni kita hi
Nando mo hito ni butsukari ayamari watarenai shingou no mukai
Anata mitsuke terewarai kakedashita Green Light

Watashi ni wa muite nakatta mitai
Memagurushii tokai no kurashi
Soshite mou nai koko ni iru riyuu
Owarieta CHIKETTO no tehai, asu no asaichi no FURAITO

Honno sukoshi mae wa SUMIRE ga saita
Ano akichi ni mo BIRU ga tatsu mitai
... kawarenai mono nado kitto nai
Tsugatte yurushite wasurete waratte susumushikanai

Tada ai to shiru
Mou hanarete ikiru anata dakedo
Nani mo akiramenaide hoshii no… dare ga senaka muketemo
Anata wa sabishigari dakara

Anata ni aette koi ni ochita ano BIICHI
Watashi ni wa minareteru yuuhi anata wa “kotoba mo denai”
Sou itte tooku setsunai kao wo shita... wasurenai
Watashi ni sou ne atte iru mitai
Odayakana asokode no kurashi
Nagi mukaeta umi ga mitai shiosai ga kikitai

Daremo ga sakerarenai wakare ya kanashii surechigai (wakare ya surechigai)
Subete ni imi ga aru to shinjitai

Legend of mermaid maru de otogi hanashi
Chigatteta futari no sumu sekai
"musubarenai" betsu betsu no mirai
… wakatteta hazu janai, sonna koto kurai

Watashi ni wa muite nakatta mitai
Memagurushii tokai no kurashi
Soshite mou nai koko ni iru riyuu
Owarieta CHIKETTO no tehai, asu no asaichi no FURAITO

Koukai wa shitenai anata to no deai
Ano hi hikare, kogare, dakare, aishita... seiippai
Koukai wa shitenai anata to no deai
Aru hi hikare, kogare, dakare I gotta say goodbye

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「UTAKATA」 is the second track from the new single "S.P.D." from SPEED. This single finally managed to draw back the heart of many SPEED fans due to the disappointment of the last single 「あしたの空」. Personally I love this song most in this single. The music is quite relaxing at the starting of the verse then gradually become a bit 'agitated' in the end. I salute them as this song is so hard to sing... not in the sense of high pitch but in the sense of the lyric. All the words stick together when sing, make my tongue twisted.. haha... Actually SPEED's songs are always difficult to sing... But I'm still happy to sing it! (my idol all the time!)

This is the link of the "UTAKATA" from imeem, have a listen.
http://www.imeem.com/groups/WLTpcbGX/music/m5zLLicJ/speed-utakata-preview/

Extras:
PV of "S.P.D." - very hot and hip hop style, HAVE A LOOK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9xOGNWzPw

LIVE version of "S.P.D."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrX6w99fLg

ENJOY!!!