"Shake it!"
You would think a song with quite a bit of English in it would be easier to translate, but it's quite the opposite. There's some quite... inventive... English parts in here, and even now I'm pretty confused about what a couple of them are meant to mean in connection with the Japanese ^^;;
I'll add notes at the bottom to make certain bits clearer.
Anyway, on with the song! The lyrics to this one are actually pretty sexy and DoS, despite the light, dancey feel of the song. The song may officially be about "dancing", but it's quite clear what he's really singing about....
Shake it! - Matsumoto Jun
密やかな策略のもとで 激しく燃やしてくれないか？
軽そうな態度から大人染みてるFaceとFake それなんかイイじゃん
Caught by my secret trick, won't you burn it up hard for me?
Changing from a playful act to something more adult - Face & Fake - it's kinda nice, right?
渦巻く情熱分け合って 揺らぎ合うならそれはStep By Step
とけ合うならば いっそNight & Day 本能が望むままに
Share this passion that's whirling around us, if we shake together, we'll take it Step By Step
If we merge together I hope it's Night & Day, just as our instincts desire
揺れなDance Dance Dance 夜に紛れては
Sad & Cryな君を攫う
Shaking Dance Dance Dance, under the cover of night
I'll steal away the "you" that's sad & crying
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
今以上 強く掻き乱してよ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And mix it up even harder than now
Dance Dance Dance 肌で感じれば
散々愛について語らうより簡単じゃん 言葉じゃなく
身体でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
Dance Dance Dance, isn't learning about love from experience
Easier than having heavy talks about it? Don't use words,
Just feel the beat in your body for me
Shake It Body 今夜のNO.1のShiny Girl
君はSuper Funky Styleで言うならGorgeousさ
Shake it Body, you're tonight's NO.1 Shiny Girl
You're Super Funky. And your body? It's Gorgeous
Dance Dance頭の先から Bounce Bounce足の先まで
Beatに乗っかっちゃいな 耳の奥 鼓膜にCount Down
Dance Dance, from the top of your head, Bounce Bounce, mmm, to the tips of your toes
Ride that Beat, deep down in your ears, on your ear drums feel the Count Down
激しく求めつつもGentle Style それを受け取る君はLonely Girl
重ね合うなら ここでI'll Show Love 情報に染まる前に
My growingly intense demands are Gentle Style too, you're the Lonely Girl who's accepting it all
If we come together, right here I'll Show Love, before we ruin it with formalities
今はDance Dance Dance 喉を嗄らすまで
Your Just Dance 求めればいい
Now it's Dance Dance Dance, 'til our throats dry up
You need to find the dance that's just for you
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
身体でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And feel the beat in your body for me
揺れなDance Dance Dance 夜に紛れては
Sad & Cryな君を攫う
Shaking Dance Dance Dance, under the cover of night
I'll steal away the "you" that's sad & crying
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
今以上 強く掻き乱してよ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And mix it up even harder than now
Dance Dance Dance 肌で感じれば
散々愛について語らうより簡単じゃん 言葉じゃなく
身体で 頭で 心でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
Dance Dance Dance, isn't learning about love from experience
Easier than having heavy talks about it? Don't use words,
In your body, in your head, in your heart, feel the beat for me
NOTES:
1) Sad & Cry na kimi wo sarau - "I'll sweep away the "you" that's Sad & Crying" / "You're Sad & Crying, I make you mine".
The literal translation here is something like "I steal away the "you" that is Sad and Cry"
"Sarau" can mean to sweep away/sweep someone off their feet/make one's own.
But this leaves two possible meanings - "I'll steal away the "you" that is Sad & Cry" (ie. I'll make you happy), or literally just "You are "sad and cry", and I sweep you off your feet/make you mine". I prefer the first version, but it sounds pretty awkward when put into English.
2) Style de iu nara gorgeous sa - "And your body? It's gorgeous."
"Style" is often used to mean figure/body in Japanese, rather than the English meaning.
3) Hageshiku motometsutsu mo Gentle Style - "My growingly intense demands are Gentle Style too"
This is a bit of an English fail. "Hageshiku" means violently/roughly/intensely.... so it doesn't really make sense to go on and say "Gentle Style," but oh well ^^; Rough... but gentle, maybe?
4) Jouhou ni somaru mae ni - "before we ruin it with formalities"
Literally - "before we are/it is tainted with information". I.e. "we don't need to get to know each other first, it'll only ruin it!!"
5) Your Just Dance motomereba ii - "you need to find a dance just for you"
This confused me until I tried to work out what "your just dance" would have originally been in Japanese.
Kimi no (your) dake (just) dance..... kimi dake no dance! ( = A dance that's just for you). So I think that's what it means by "your just dance."
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I'll add notes at the bottom to make certain bits clearer.
Anyway, on with the song! The lyrics to this one are actually pretty sexy and DoS, despite the light, dancey feel of the song. The song may officially be about "dancing", but it's quite clear what he's really singing about....
Shake it! - Matsumoto Jun
密やかな策略のもとで 激しく燃やしてくれないか？
軽そうな態度から大人染みてるFaceとFake それなんかイイじゃん
Caught by my secret trick, won't you burn it up hard for me?
Changing from a playful act to something more adult - Face & Fake - it's kinda nice, right?
渦巻く情熱分け合って 揺らぎ合うならそれはStep By Step
とけ合うならば いっそNight & Day 本能が望むままに
Share this passion that's whirling around us, if we shake together, we'll take it Step By Step
If we merge together I hope it's Night & Day, just as our instincts desire
揺れなDance Dance Dance 夜に紛れては
Sad & Cryな君を攫う
Shaking Dance Dance Dance, under the cover of night
I'll steal away the "you" that's sad & crying
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
今以上 強く掻き乱してよ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And mix it up even harder than now
Dance Dance Dance 肌で感じれば
散々愛について語らうより簡単じゃん 言葉じゃなく
身体でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
Dance Dance Dance, isn't learning about love from experience
Easier than having heavy talks about it? Don't use words,
Just feel the beat in your body for me
Shake It Body 今夜のNO.1のShiny Girl
君はSuper Funky Styleで言うならGorgeousさ
Shake it Body, you're tonight's NO.1 Shiny Girl
You're Super Funky. And your body? It's Gorgeous
Dance Dance頭の先から Bounce Bounce足の先まで
Beatに乗っかっちゃいな 耳の奥 鼓膜にCount Down
Dance Dance, from the top of your head, Bounce Bounce, mmm, to the tips of your toes
Ride that Beat, deep down in your ears, on your ear drums feel the Count Down
激しく求めつつもGentle Style それを受け取る君はLonely Girl
重ね合うなら ここでI'll Show Love 情報に染まる前に
My growingly intense demands are Gentle Style too, you're the Lonely Girl who's accepting it all
If we come together, right here I'll Show Love, before we ruin it with formalities
今はDance Dance Dance 喉を嗄らすまで
Your Just Dance 求めればいい
Now it's Dance Dance Dance, 'til our throats dry up
You need to find the dance that's just for you
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
身体でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And feel the beat in your body for me
揺れなDance Dance Dance 夜に紛れては
Sad & Cryな君を攫う
Shaking Dance Dance Dance, under the cover of night
I'll steal away the "you" that's sad & crying
ほら簡単じゃん 思いのままに
今以上 強く掻き乱してよ
See, isn't it easy? Just go with your feelings
And mix it up even harder than now
Dance Dance Dance 肌で感じれば
散々愛について語らうより簡単じゃん 言葉じゃなく
身体で 頭で 心でビート（鼓動）を感じてくれ
Dance Dance Dance, isn't learning about love from experience
Easier than having heavy talks about it? Don't use words,
In your body, in your head, in your heart, feel the beat for me
NOTES:
1) Sad & Cry na kimi wo sarau - "I'll sweep away the "you" that's Sad & Crying" / "You're Sad & Crying, I make you mine".
The literal translation here is something like "I steal away the "you" that is Sad and Cry"
"Sarau" can mean to sweep away/sweep someone off their feet/make one's own.
But this leaves two possible meanings - "I'll steal away the "you" that is Sad & Cry" (ie. I'll make you happy), or literally just "You are "sad and cry", and I sweep you off your feet/make you mine". I prefer the first version, but it sounds pretty awkward when put into English.
2) Style de iu nara gorgeous sa - "And your body? It's gorgeous."
"Style" is often used to mean figure/body in Japanese, rather than the English meaning.
3) Hageshiku motometsutsu mo Gentle Style - "My growingly intense demands are Gentle Style too"
This is a bit of an English fail. "Hageshiku" means violently/roughly/intensely.... so it doesn't really make sense to go on and say "Gentle Style," but oh well ^^; Rough... but gentle, maybe?
4) Jouhou ni somaru mae ni - "before we ruin it with formalities"
Literally - "before we are/it is tainted with information". I.e. "we don't need to get to know each other first, it'll only ruin it!!"
5) Your Just Dance motomereba ii - "you need to find a dance just for you"
This confused me until I tried to work out what "your just dance" would have originally been in Japanese.
Kimi no (your) dake (just) dance..... kimi dake no dance! ( = A dance that's just for you). So I think that's what it means by "your just dance."
- Don't repost without permission or claim as your own
- Don't use for subbing without permission
- If you re-translate, please let me know and link back here (Although I don't recommend re-translation of lyrics)
- Comments are always appreciated ♥