'alterna' romaji and translation

[Jennie Mae]

Thanks masa, you totally rock. What an amazing song!!! I really wish it was August 3 right now...

[sasuke-kun]

Thanks a lot Masa !!!!

But i don't hear the Hey comon part... i hear "egao wo" ... but i don't know if it goes well with the next...

Thanks again!!

[black*cherry]

Thank you very much !! masa and everyone ^^

Originally Posted by sasuke-kun

But i don't hear the Hey comon part... i hear "egao wo" ... but i don't know if it goes well with the next...

yep...

Originally Posted by masa

I didn't translate the part "Mou naite mo", because this is just the part I couldn't catch clearly. And "--te miseru" is very difficult phrase to translate. This add the nuance of "I'll show you the result" to the whole sentence, but it's not so strong assertion. I think there is no such phrase in English. So I didn't translate this.

Totally! "--te miseru" always makes me sweat a little bit. It's simple enough to understand in Japanese, but it's so difficult to express in English. Maybe when the official lyrics come out, it will be a little more clear for us. Still, your romaji seem flawless to me, so maybe the official lyrics will be just as complex.

Originally Posted by sasae-kun

But i don't hear the Hey comon part... i hear "egao wo" ... but i don't know if it goes well with the next...

I think Masa's got it. I'm hearing an "H" sound and a distinct "ei" as opposed to "e", which would make "hey". You might be hearing "egao" because: the hard "C" sound and hard "G" sound are related, so sometimes they can be blurred; also, often when Ayu pronounces English words ending in "N," the "N" disappears a little bit. Listen very closely, I think you'll hear "hey come on", which does fit the lyrics.

"Egao" would make for an interesting lyric, though. "If your smiling face is going to blush...". But I'm not sure if the person she's singing to would be smiling, so much as scowling.

[Hugo_Perry]

Ahhh... The lyric is really freakin' awesome and true!

[herumesu]

Hey かおをそめるのなら (hey kao wo someru no nara)

this is what i hear.......

don't know whether is going to match the lyrics.....

[Mirai Noah]

Thanks for the translations!!

[[AHS]MortalSex]

nice translation thanks ^^

[NyoNyo]

very nice translation..... the lyric's very, very good T_T
thanks!!

[Rebirthia]

a ri ga tou ^^

[black*cherry]

You're right, i hear the Hey, and then a "c ..." too, but still not the "come on"...

Originally Posted by herumesu

Hey かおをそめるのなら (hey kao wo someru no nara)

yeah maybe !!

[sakamoko]

uhm... she sais "come ón" (Strong sound in the end) instead of "cóme on"

[CyberSpaceQueen]

thank you for the lyrics

[MariachiGurl2005]

good lyrics.... i like them all i need to do is hear that song ><; thanx once again!

[djinn]

arigatou~!

[atsai]

I hear 'hey come on' like masa.

[Brittany]

Originally Posted by BigJimmyC

syu=shu =x

It's just another way to romanize...like chi=ti, even if it isnt phonetic(?).

I think masa made a mistake from typing too fast or something .. not all romaji is 100% when typed out. I've seen a lot worse But masa is good

[acimahs]

her lyrics are so deep in this song....i'm really feeling her......

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by acimahs

her lyrics are so deep in this song....i'm really feeling her......

thats why we love her!

Originally Posted by Brittany

I think masa made a mistake from typing too fast or something .. not all romaji is 100% when typed out. I've seen a lot worse But masa is good

Actually, masa and Jimmy are right. There are several different systems of Japanese-English romanization. The one most common in English-speaking countries is probably the Hepburn System (which writes しゃ as "sha", and ちゃ as "cha", etc.), while there is also the Japanese National System (which writes しゃ as "sya", and ちゃ as "tya").

It's realtively simple to read the differences in Japanese, whichever system you use. But when you get into romanizing Korean... everyone's screwed.