SONGS ~heart of AKB48~

Why this blog?

I love AKB48. One of the main reasons that got me hooked onto them is their lyrics. AKB48 lyrics, all written by their producer Akimoto Yasushi, are unexpectedly high quality for an idol group. AKB48's song catalogue consists of more than 300 songs, with an impressive range of themes (from the most classic love song to a song against revisionist history!), and what struck me is that all of them are beautifully worded, really making the best use of the Japanese language.

My aim is to spread the love for AKB48 songs, including less popular but very interesting tracks.


Who am I?

In short, a Japanese lyrics geek.
I have graduated from University in 2006, majoring in Japanese, with a thesis in Japanese music lyrics. I've kept practicing Japanese and translation and deepened my study of lyrics even outside Uni, and I have a Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 pass. I'm not saying it to brag, I just want my readers to know that they can trust my translations as accurate and faithful to the original. On the other hand, I am not a very fluent English speaker, so I will gladly welcome corrections to my English grammar and orthography.

I don't add kanji or romaji lyrics to avoid copyright infringement. For kanji lyrics, check JASRAC-licensed uta-net (single and album songs) or AKB48.co.jp for stage songs.
The embedded Youtube videos are only for sample purposes.


Disclaimer
All the lyrics' copyright is property of Akimoto Yasushi. My work of translation is only intended to spread the love for AKB48 and their beautiful lyrics through the English-speaking fanbase.

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And now, an announcement!

Dear readers,
together with other translators from Stage48, we created a blog where we're posting translations of AKB48 / SDN48 / NMB48 / SKE48 official blogs.

Please visit *drumroll*

BLOG48
We already have 43 girls' blogs covered, and the list is increasing~ come read what your oshimen blogs about everyday! ♥

Poll results!

Thanks to everyone who voted for the poll!
I left it open for three days (and spammed it quite a lot everywhere... sorry XD) and I must say the results are quite interesting. Not all four polls received the same number of votes, for example.

But anyway, voilà the outcome!

1. (K) Mushi no ballad...11
2. (B) Itoshiki Natasha...9
3. (H) Mori e ikou...7

4. (A) Mokugekisha...6
5. (A) Bird...5
5. (B) Kagami no naka no Jeanne d'Arc...5
7. (A) Namida uri no shoujo...4
7. (K) Yume no kane...4
7. (B) Inseki no kakuritsu...4
7. (B) Zannen shoujo...4
7. (H) Himawari...4
12.(A) I'm crying....3
12.(K) Dakishimeraretara...3
12.(K) Kiseki wa ma ni awanai...3
12.(H) Confession...3
16.(A) Ren'ai kinshi jourei...2
16.(A) Utsukushiki mono...2
16.(K) Melos no michi...2
16.(H) Itoshisa no defense...2
16.(H) Lay down...2
21.(A) Koike...1
21.(A) Tsukimisou...1
21.(K) Blue rose...1
21.(K) Kimi wa Pegasus...1
21.(K) Sentakumonotachi...1
21.(B) Junjou shugi...1
21.(B) Yokaze no shiwaza...1
28.(A) Nagai hikari...0
28.(A) Tsuki no katachi...0
28.(K) Kinjirareta futari...0
28.(K) Sasae...0
28.(B) Tanpopo no kesshin...0
28.(B) Yokosuka curve...0
28.(B) Shiokaze no shoutaijou...0

Captain Sayaka (Sayaka is captain forever okay?) grabs the first position, after a tight fight with Dorian Sashihara and her dear Natasha, the tundra tsundere (if you say it in katakana it's much funnier~ ツンドラのツンデレ!). And then I am personally so glad to see "Mori e ikou" in the third position, as I believe it's one of the best songs of the whole 48 franchise, in lyrics, concept, music and performance.
On the other hand, I'm a little shocked at the total lack of votes for Kinjifuta and Sasae...

Well, then, I'm going to start by translating the top 3 in order. I think Mushi might be up already tomorrow.

Thank you again! ^_^b

A little poll

Since I have too many interesting songs I'd like to translate and talk about, and too many choices puzzle me, I thought I'd set up some polls to see what you would like to read.
I basically listed the stage songs I have something to say about and divided them by team. (I didn't include singles because I already know which of them I'll be doing next.) So please do vote for your favourite songs? You can partecipate in all of them or even just one ^_^





Thank you *bows