This is my version of "Naimono Love" by Juice=Juice.
ジュースジュース 『ナイモノラブ』
This video has not any commercial purpose and it's only for entertainment. All rights are for UP-FRONT PROMOTION.
There’s so many people complaining about Ruru and Riai not getting any solos on Naimono Love and it’s getting annoying even though those two are the main focus of the group they don’t always have to be 100% in the spotlight all the time, and it’s good for other members to be given the opportunity to grow
幸せのために生きているだけさ / Shiawase no Tame ni Ikiteiru dake sa / I Live for Happiness
Welp, I'm (not yet really) back from the dead just for this! It's been such a long time since I last posted here (and actually translated something HAHA) (edit: WOW MY LAST POST HERE WAS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHAT). I've been real busy with real life - work, work, and did I say work? :(( I miss having lots of time HAHA ;_; also, life update - I took the JLPT N4 exam last December and passed woo thus the inactivity here :))
ANYWAY, enough of me. Let's talk about this song. This song was so beautiful, so heartfelt, it brought me out of depression inactivity. God they did it again: Yanagi's lyrics, together with Buyan's emotional vocals in this song - just hit me so hard I was CRYING HARD after listening to this the first time :(( The words they used in the song may be mostly simple (and I love it so much because it makes translating relatively easier - but definitely STILL NOT EASY), but the message was so so so meaningful. Especially the whole second verse + second pre-chorus where they speak about how we try to understand ourselves and the people around us better. If we try to understand people without understanding/knowing ourselves first, then we're more likely to hurt the other people because we'd only be showing them someone who isn't the real us just to ~please~ them. We can't become someone else just to conform, but we are all beautifully unique, and no matter our differences, we all deserve the true happiness that we all strive for.
Aaahhhhhh idk I feel like this is a ~sequel~ to Shiawase HAHAHA this is now my second most fave song from Super Beaver fr fr :(((
ANYHOO TRANSLATION BELOW MAY OR MAY NOT BE ACCURATE WILL PROBABLY HAVE MISTAKES ALSO MOST OF THESE ARE BASED ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE SONG SO please do tell if misunderstood anything or whatever (I may have passed N4 but my Japanese is still wonky, especially my translation because whoooooo)
Arifurechainai
Tada hitori no tada hitotsu no
Kodoku ga aru
Namida kakushite sore demo iku
Jibun dake ga riyuu wo shiru
Akenai yoru wa nai toshitemo
Akenai de hoshii yoru mo aru to
Namida majiri ni koboreta koe
Naimono ni wa shitakunai na
Hitotsu ni nareru nara ai nante dare mo utai wa shinai
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiru dake sa
Shiawase ni sasagu kodoku de namida da
Yorokobu kao mite sukuwareru kokoro
Yoru wo koeteiku riyuu mo mata hito
Subete ga tsunagaru subete ga hajimaru
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiku dake na no sa
Arifurechainai
Tada hitori no tada hitotsu no
Kako wo seoi
Wakariau hodo kizutsuitari
Wakariaezu jibun wo shiru
Nanimono demo nai tada jibun
Hoka no dare ni mo narenai yo
Nanimono ka ni naru no de wa naku
Donna jibun ni nareru darou
Hitotsu ni nareru nara ai nante dare mo utai wa shinai
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiru dake sa
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiru dake sa
Shiawase ni sasagu kodoku de namida da
Yorokobu kao mite sukuwareru kokoro
Yoru wo koeteiku riyuu mo mata hito
Subete ga tsunagaru subete ga hajimaru
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiku dake sa
Yorokobu anata to ikiteiku dake sa
Shiawase no tame ni ikiteiku dake na no sa
Yorokobu sugata ni doredake sukuwaretekita darou
Arifurechainai
Tada hitori wo tada hitotsu wo
Tomo ni utau
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It's not ordinary
In each one of us, there's just one thing
Just a single loneliness that exists
We hide those tears, and then move forward
Only the self knows the reason for that (loneliness)
Endless nights may not exist, but even then
There are times I wish (some) nights won't end
In between tears, a voice seeps out
It's something I don't want to fade away
If I could become one thing, It's to be that person who'll shout of love when no one else will
I live just for the sake of happiness
These tears caused by the loneliness, I give them up for happiness
A heart saved just by seeing the face of someone full of joy
That person's the reason why I can get through each night as well
It brings everything together, all things begin from here
I continue to live just for the sake of such happiness
It's not ordinary
There's only one, just one
A past that each of us bears on our own
The more we (try to) understand each other, the more we get hurt
Without understanding the other, we understand ourselves
May it be this or that (kind of person), it's still one's self
That self can't become another person
Because the self can't be someone else
I wonder, what kind of self could it become?
If I could become one thing, It's to be that person who'll shout of love when no one else will
I live just for the sake of happiness
I live just for the sake of happiness
These tears caused by the loneliness, I give them up for happiness
A heart saved just by seeing the face of someone full of joy
That person's the reason why I can get through each night as well
It brings everything together, all things begin from here
I continue to live just for the sake of happiness
I continue to live just to be with you who's full of happiness
I continue to live just for the sake of such happiness
I wonder how many times I've been saved by this kind of happiness?
It's not ordinary
There's just one person, just one thing
To shout aloud with you
Juice’s management team is so stupid, why perform Naimono love if you’re not going to release a music video for it or at least live performance version sometime this week? it’s just going to make people less inclined to watch the actual music video or a the live when they upload it because they’ve already seen it for the past two days so it’s not new or fresh anymore. And also not announcing anything regarding Akari’s graduation, or the possibility of them performing overseas. It’s so sad to see because for the longest time the entire group has been saying they’ve been wanting to go overseas/to another world tour. They probably are not gonna get the chance to do so.
Positive ask! Looking for new music, are there any Japanese bands you recommend recently? Open to any genre!
ur sweet thanks for asking!! :,) ok if u mean recently as in “new bands” im a bad resource bc im not up w whats new the way i was before i got into western music a couple years ago BUT
my alltime fav japanese band EVER is galileo galilei!!! theyre not together anymore tragically but i recomend natsuzora, aoi shiori, climber, all of PORTAL and PARADE (albums) lol love them
i also rly like kenshi yonezu!! hes blown up in popularity the last few years which is insane bc i remember listening more than a decade ago when he was a vocaloid producer named hachi lol *wipes tear* his popular songs are all great but i rly like the 2014 album YANKEE too!!!
as for newer/popular current bands id say yoasobi is like The moment here rn lol but i like them too….. mrs. GREEN APPLE is also good (i like wanteD wanteD); king gnu is catchy; KANA-BOON is a classic (naimono nedari THEE song); macaroni enpitsu is like kind of having a moment rn?? i guess its not super current but i like yorushika and sekai no owari too!! :3
Mob? Mob? What do you want?
Mob? Mob? What do you want?
Mob? Mob? Who do you want?
Move! Move! Just like mob!
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
Yorokobi kanashimi kakaete mo
Your life is your own, ok? Tokubetsu ja nakute mo ok
Sorezore no kotae mitsukaru darou
Mob? Mob? Where do you go?
Mob? Mob? Which do you go?
Mob? Mob? How do you go?
Love? Love? Just like mob?
If everyone is not special
Maybe you can be what you want to be
Itsuwari sagesumi ataete mo
Your life is your own, ok? Tokubetsu na jibun nara ok?
Sorezore no kotae mitsukaru darou
Mob! Mob! Whatever you want!
Mob! Mob! Whenever you want!
Mob! Mob! Wherever you want!
Move! Move! Just like mob!
If you can notice not alone
Maybe you will find your own answer
Arasoi nikushimi kakaetara
Your life is your own, ok? Nigedashitatte ok
Sore ga dekiru nara machigawanai
If everyone is not special
So you can be what you want to be
Yorokobi kanashimi kakaete mo
Your life is your own, ok! Tokubetsu ja nakute mo ok
Sorezore no kotae mitsukaru darou
I was gaggggeddd Endo Sakura got such a big part in Naimono Love considering she's from the same audition as Riley. It feels like every other group but Morning Musume has their new members properly pushed.