Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy

Note: So actually this whole post has been sitting on my journal on "private," because I wanted to mess with the translations some more (yay for the Japanese lyrics that MAKE NO SENSE. NOT!) Then I decided I might as well get on with it, and just edit the thing whenever I get around to asking ( Read more... )

This began as a response to a concern about using small samples from copyrighted works for a weekly "Japanese←→English translation challenge" event we are trying to start over at japanese. I started replying to the concern with my own opinion on the matter, and then after I was writing for several hours I realized what a huge tangent I had gone off on. ( Read more... )

ちょっと手遅れなんですけど…　まあ、「遅れても何もしないよりはまし」という事でしょう。

自由で私の日本語を直してくださいね。

英語の翻訳についてのコメントも、自由でね。♥

この歌詞はかなり簡単と思いましたけど、とても面白いですね。あの彼女、ほんっとにストーカーみたいですね！めっちゃこわいよ！　XDDDD　私なら警察に電話すると思います。

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( 日本語の歌詞と英語の翻訳 )

Day 19 - A song from your favorite album

Last of the faves!

Personally, I find that a great deal of Akeboshi's songs are quite haunting. He's really good at setting up a mellow mood, with lyrics that are also sometimes puzzling (maybe he's referencing a legend I'm not aware of in this one?) and yet... they are also elegant. A lot of his songs have ( Read more... )

So kinda randomly I went to the journal of sybile and saw this song video they had fallen in love with. It's a completely fan-created song sung by someone who can impersonate Luffy pretty well. Apparently, they're famous for their shota voice. The quality of it was rather surprising and it's very happy-nakama-joy. Since they liked it so much, and I'm ( Read more... )

My Japanese friend sent me a site full of lovely Sanji fanart. Well, mostly Sanji fanart anyway. There's a little bit of Zoro and Luffy, and even some Shanks, Usopp, and Smoker. Most pics are pretty simple, but better than a lot of what's out there. Anyone who likes Sanji...especially sexy Sanji... should definitely take a look! (It's all PG, don't ( Read more... )