Naisu Na Kokoroiki - Lyrics and Translation
There was a point in modern Japanese language, where "naisu" (nice) seemed to be the catchword to describe anything that was "good" or "admirable". It was so overused that I can't say I'm sorry to have seen it fall into disuse. XD Inevitably, it's been replaced by other cliched words/phrases in a never-ending cycle. (*remembers Edo Harumi's "goo!" and shudders*) Linguistic fads. . . you've gotta love the dynamic nature of language. ^^;;;
But I digress. . . "Naisu na Kokoroiki" is cute, cute, cute! A sparkly, rainbow GHEI j-pop song that best represents what Arashi means to me. (^____^) If you haven't done so already, I REALLY must insist you watch their brief performance of this song in their "How's it Going" con. . . RUN and go download it right now!! Rainbow afros, rainbow disco outfits, Ohno in a blue dress "outfit" three sizes too large, sporting fringe. . . Let your mind boggle at it! EMBRACE THE GHEI!!!!
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ナイスな心意気 - Nice na Kokoroiki - "Nice" Attitude
ルックスでばっか勝負するヤツに
たぶん なりたくないんだ
曲がり角で 道草してたら
ツキは逃げてった
rukkusu de bakka shoubu suru yatsu ni
tabun naritaku nainda
magari kado de michigusa shite tara
tsuki wa nigetetta
The guy that gets by on just looks,
I probably don't wanna be him
As I hung out at that turning point
My luck ran out
今がすべてじゃないから
あんまりムキになんなよ
ウソもつくし インチキしても
誰かを助けてる たまに
ima ga subete jyanai kara
anmari muki ni nanna yo
uso mo tsukushi inchiki shitemo
dareka wo tasuketeru tama ni
Because the "now" isn't everything
Don't get so worked up
I tell lies, and even though I cheat
I help others out from time to time
Baby Do You Know Me
明日に向かって
ナイスな心意気
くさらないで やることやるよ
キュートな心意気
わかりにくいのは そう見せたいせい Yeah
見かけだおしより イイでしょう
Baby Do You Know Me
ashita ni mukatte
naisu na kokoroiki
kusara naide yaru koto yaruyo
kyu-to na kokoroiki
wakari nikui nowa sou misetai sei Yeah
mikake daoshi yori iideshou
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading to the future
With a "nice" attitude
I won't let it get me down and do what I need to do
With a "cute" attitude
What's hard to understand is how much I want to show this to you Yeah
It's better than being "fake" right?
くだらなくって へなちょこ人生
たまに投げたくなるけど
大好きな娘の写真見ただけで
バラ色の気分
kudaranakutte henachoko jinsei
tama ni nagetaku narukedo
daisuki na ko no shashin mita dakede
bara iro no kibun
This pointless wimpy life
I want to just throw it out at times
But just by looking at a picture of the girl I love
My feelings turn rose-colored
単細胞でいこうぜ
どうせ未来は手ごわい
街角 口笛吹いて
コケたり 無駄したりしてる
tansaibou de ikouze
douse mirai wa tegowai
machikado kuchibue fuite
koketari muda shitari shiteru
Let's just do this simply
The future is formidable, after all
At the corner whistling
I make mistakes and do pointless things
Baby Do You Know Me
夢に向かって
ナイスな心意気
くたびれたって やることやるよ
キュートな心意気
ひとりよがりでも ゆずれないのなら Yeah
正しく生きてることでしょう
Baby Do You Know Me
yume ni mukatte
naisu na kokoroiki
kutabiretatte yarukoto yaruyo
kyu-to na kokoro iki
hitori yogari demo yuzurenai no nara Yeah
tadashiku ikiteru koto deshou
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading for my dreams
With a "nice" attitude
Even when I'm exhausted I do what I need to do
With a "cute" attitude
Even if I sound full of myself what I can't give up Yeah
Is the need to live, doing the right thing
今がすべてじゃないから
あんまりムキになんなよ
ウソもつくし インチキしても
誰かを助けてる たまに
ima ga subete jyanai kara
anmari muki ni nanna yo
uso mo tsukushi inchiki shitemo
dareka wo tasuketeru tama ni
Because the "now" isn't everything
Don't get so worked up
I tell lies, and even though I cheat
I help others out from time to time
Baby Do Know Me
明日に向かって
ナイスな心意気
それだけあればオーケーでしょう
キュートな心意気
カッコ悪くても 運とかなくても uuhu
ココ押さえてれば いいんです
Baby Do You Know Me
ashita ni mukatte
naisu na kokoriki
soredake areba o-ke- deshou
kyu-to na kokoroiki
kakko warukutemo un toka nakutemo uuhu
koko osaetereba iindesu
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading to the future
With a "nice" attitude
As long as I have that, things should be OK
With a "cute" attitude
Even if I'm uncool or don't have any luck uuhu
As long as I have this it's alright
t/n: [aka, linguistic fail/flail]
This is a "be true to yourself" type of feel-good song.
Stanza 1:
曲がり角で 道草してたら
ツキは逃げてった
magari kado de michigusa shite tara
tsuki wa nigetetta
A fun passage, and somewhat ambiguous one. "magari kado" can be either a physical or mental concept. It can literally mean a "street corner" or a "turn in the road", or it can also mean a mental or emotional "turning point", and it's used pretty much the same way in English. So the "hanging around" could be at a real life, physical street corner. . . or more of an emotional one. Considering the context of the song, I'm leaning more towards the latter.
The "tsuki" is insteresting too. . . it's definitely referring to a noun, but since it's written in katakana, it probably isn't referring to a "moon" （月）, but rather "luck".
Stanza 5
街角 口笛吹いて
コケたり 無駄したりしてる
machikado kuchibue fuite
koketari muda shitari shiteru
At the corner whistling
I make mistakes and do pointless things
Initially I made a mistake here. . . my Japanese is Kansai-based, so there are slight dialectal differences in terms of lexicon. コケる simply means "to trip (as in fall)" to me. . . but it has a slightly different meaning in mainstream standard, it's slang for "to mess up, to make a mistake". FAIL T_T hahah
But I digress. . . "Naisu na Kokoroiki" is cute, cute, cute! A sparkly, rainbow GHEI j-pop song that best represents what Arashi means to me. (^____^) If you haven't done so already, I REALLY must insist you watch their brief performance of this song in their "How's it Going" con. . . RUN and go download it right now!! Rainbow afros, rainbow disco outfits, Ohno in a blue dress "outfit" three sizes too large, sporting fringe. . . Let your mind boggle at it! EMBRACE THE GHEI!!!!
*** Do not use or repost without permission or credit ***
ナイスな心意気 - Nice na Kokoroiki - "Nice" Attitude
ルックスでばっか勝負するヤツに
たぶん なりたくないんだ
曲がり角で 道草してたら
ツキは逃げてった
rukkusu de bakka shoubu suru yatsu ni
tabun naritaku nainda
magari kado de michigusa shite tara
tsuki wa nigetetta
The guy that gets by on just looks,
I probably don't wanna be him
As I hung out at that turning point
My luck ran out
今がすべてじゃないから
あんまりムキになんなよ
ウソもつくし インチキしても
誰かを助けてる たまに
ima ga subete jyanai kara
anmari muki ni nanna yo
uso mo tsukushi inchiki shitemo
dareka wo tasuketeru tama ni
Because the "now" isn't everything
Don't get so worked up
I tell lies, and even though I cheat
I help others out from time to time
Baby Do You Know Me
明日に向かって
ナイスな心意気
くさらないで やることやるよ
キュートな心意気
わかりにくいのは そう見せたいせい Yeah
見かけだおしより イイでしょう
Baby Do You Know Me
ashita ni mukatte
naisu na kokoroiki
kusara naide yaru koto yaruyo
kyu-to na kokoroiki
wakari nikui nowa sou misetai sei Yeah
mikake daoshi yori iideshou
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading to the future
With a "nice" attitude
I won't let it get me down and do what I need to do
With a "cute" attitude
What's hard to understand is how much I want to show this to you Yeah
It's better than being "fake" right?
くだらなくって へなちょこ人生
たまに投げたくなるけど
大好きな娘の写真見ただけで
バラ色の気分
kudaranakutte henachoko jinsei
tama ni nagetaku narukedo
daisuki na ko no shashin mita dakede
bara iro no kibun
This pointless wimpy life
I want to just throw it out at times
But just by looking at a picture of the girl I love
My feelings turn rose-colored
単細胞でいこうぜ
どうせ未来は手ごわい
街角 口笛吹いて
コケたり 無駄したりしてる
tansaibou de ikouze
douse mirai wa tegowai
machikado kuchibue fuite
koketari muda shitari shiteru
Let's just do this simply
The future is formidable, after all
At the corner whistling
I make mistakes and do pointless things
Baby Do You Know Me
夢に向かって
ナイスな心意気
くたびれたって やることやるよ
キュートな心意気
ひとりよがりでも ゆずれないのなら Yeah
正しく生きてることでしょう
Baby Do You Know Me
yume ni mukatte
naisu na kokoroiki
kutabiretatte yarukoto yaruyo
kyu-to na kokoro iki
hitori yogari demo yuzurenai no nara Yeah
tadashiku ikiteru koto deshou
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading for my dreams
With a "nice" attitude
Even when I'm exhausted I do what I need to do
With a "cute" attitude
Even if I sound full of myself what I can't give up Yeah
Is the need to live, doing the right thing
今がすべてじゃないから
あんまりムキになんなよ
ウソもつくし インチキしても
誰かを助けてる たまに
ima ga subete jyanai kara
anmari muki ni nanna yo
uso mo tsukushi inchiki shitemo
dareka wo tasuketeru tama ni
Because the "now" isn't everything
Don't get so worked up
I tell lies, and even though I cheat
I help others out from time to time
Baby Do Know Me
明日に向かって
ナイスな心意気
それだけあればオーケーでしょう
キュートな心意気
カッコ悪くても 運とかなくても uuhu
ココ押さえてれば いいんです
Baby Do You Know Me
ashita ni mukatte
naisu na kokoriki
soredake areba o-ke- deshou
kyu-to na kokoroiki
kakko warukutemo un toka nakutemo uuhu
koko osaetereba iindesu
Baby Do You Know Me
Heading to the future
With a "nice" attitude
As long as I have that, things should be OK
With a "cute" attitude
Even if I'm uncool or don't have any luck uuhu
As long as I have this it's alright
t/n: [aka, linguistic fail/flail]
This is a "be true to yourself" type of feel-good song.
Stanza 1:
曲がり角で 道草してたら
ツキは逃げてった
magari kado de michigusa shite tara
tsuki wa nigetetta
A fun passage, and somewhat ambiguous one. "magari kado" can be either a physical or mental concept. It can literally mean a "street corner" or a "turn in the road", or it can also mean a mental or emotional "turning point", and it's used pretty much the same way in English. So the "hanging around" could be at a real life, physical street corner. . . or more of an emotional one. Considering the context of the song, I'm leaning more towards the latter.
The "tsuki" is insteresting too. . . it's definitely referring to a noun, but since it's written in katakana, it probably isn't referring to a "moon" （月）, but rather "luck".
Stanza 5
街角 口笛吹いて
コケたり 無駄したりしてる
machikado kuchibue fuite
koketari muda shitari shiteru
At the corner whistling
I make mistakes and do pointless things
Initially I made a mistake here. . . my Japanese is Kansai-based, so there are slight dialectal differences in terms of lexicon. コケる simply means "to trip (as in fall)" to me. . . but it has a slightly different meaning in mainstream standard, it's slang for "to mess up, to make a mistake". FAIL T_T hahah