Sukisho - Just a Survivor, Bad Kanji Version

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**Reposted from a while ago**
A long time ago, when I was looking for the Kanji lyrics for Just a Survivor [from Sukisho, sung by Suzuki Tatsuhisa] I found a site that I thought had them. Not quite. To understand what I found you need to know 2 things.

• Having Kanji is useful as Japanese has homophones too and Kanji can be used to distinguish them (i.e. "Koi" (こい) has almost 10 meanings, among them "passion" and "carp". But 恋 only means passion and 鯉 only means carp.)


• When typing Japanese on an english computer you type the word on the keyboard (which is then rendered as Hiragana), hit the space bar, and it changes to a Kanji rendering. You're suppose to make sure this is the correct one and, if not, hit the space bar again. It changes to another one and opens a list of all the Kanji that can be used.

As I started working on the song I realized that what the person typing up the lyrics did was just type in the lyrics and use the first Kanji that came up. This resulted in some very special lyrics. (And a few typos too.)
Excerpts: Phonetic Lyrics: motomete mo ushinatte mo shouganai
deaeta kiseki uketomete...
Proper Kanji Lyrics: 求めても失ってもしょうがない
出会えた奇跡受け止めて...
Correct Translation: Seeking and loss can't be helped,
Accept the miracle that we met.
Crack Kanji Lyrics: 求めても失っても書画ない
出会えた軌跡受け止めて...
Approximate Translation: Seeking and loss are not calligraphy,
Accept the locus' that we met.

Phonetic Lyrics: aragau nda, tsukinuke nda! sono mukou e...
Proper Kanji Lyrics: 抗うんだ, つきぬけんだ! その向こうへ...
Correct Translation: I'll argue and break through! To the other side...
Crack Kanji Lyrics: 抗うんだ, つきぬけんだ! その無効へ...
Approximate Translation: I'll argue and break through! To no effect...

Phonetic Lyrics: hitori de wa furerarenai
nukumori ga aru to oshiete kureta ne
Proper Kanji Lyrics: 一人では触れられない
温もりがあると教えてくれたね
Correct Translation: You taught me there was a warmth that couldn't be touched alone.
Crack Kanji Lyrics: 一人では触れられない
ぬ子守があると教えてくれたね
*This is actually a typo, how it would render "nukomori", a non existent word.*

Approximate Translation: [Ignoring the random "nu"] You taught me there was a babysitter that couldn't be touched alone.

Phonetic Lyrics: wakeaeru koto ga dekiru nara
Proper Kanji Lyrics: わけあえることができるなら
Correct Translation: Can be shared between us.
Crack Kanji Lyrics: わかえることができるなら
*Not really crack, "wakeaeru" is mistyped as "wakaeru"*
Approximate Translation: Can be understood.

Phonetic Lyrics: omoi demo arugamama de ii
Proper Kanji Lyrics: 思いでもあるがままでいい
Correct Translation: It's alright if my feelings are real.
Crack Kanji Lyrics: 重いでもあるがままでいい
Approximate Translation: It's alright if you're heavy.

Phonetic Lyrics: sugi kie nda, me wo hanasuna! sono shunkan wo...
Proper Kanji Lyrics: すぐ消えんだ, 目を離すな! その瞬間を...
Correct Translation: It'll quickly disappear, don't look away! In that moment...
Crack Kanji Lyrics: すぐ消えん打, 目を離す名! その瞬間を...
Approximate Translation: *These shouldn't be Kanji, it's like sticking random words into the middle of sentences.*
It'll quickly disappear and hit, look away name! In that moment...

Moral: When typing up Japanese, always double check the Kanji.