ALIVE's Gift Interview

From: MY★STAR vol.7, 2016

This is the translation of an questionnaire done in a 2D idol magazine, trying to reveal how members of the two ALIVE units, SOARA and Growth, think about their ideal 'gifts'.

Pardon for rigid English. Please don't re-post or re-translate without asking for permission.

Aigetsu Tettou

This is the translation of the short story included in SolidS's "Tide - Hikari no Sasu Hou e -".

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Tide -光の射す方へ- lyrics

Title: Tide -光の射す方へ- (Tide -Toward Where the Light Shines-)
Artist: SolidS (Takamura Shiki, Okui Tsubasa, Sera Rikka, Murase Dai) || Eguchi Takuya, Saitou Souma, Hanae Natsuki, Umehara Yuichirou
Japanese lyric from here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

月影のリフレイン lyrics

Title: 月影のリフレイン (Moonlight Refrain)
Artist: Growth (Etou Kouki, Yaegashi Kensuke, Sakuraba Ryouta, Fujimura Mamoru) || Toki Shun'ichi, Yamaya Yoshitaka, Yamashita Daiki, Terashima Junta

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

Tsukiuta's Summer Choice

From: MY★STAR vol.6, 2016

This is the translation of an interview done in a 2D idol magazine, trying to reveal how Tsukiuta. boys would prefer spending their summer holidays.

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出づる月、招宴の唄 lyrics

Title: 出づる月、招宴の唄 (The Song of Banquet as the Moon Emerges)
Artist: Mikadzuki Munechika, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Kasen Kanesada, Shokudaikiri Mitsutada || Toriumi Kousuke, Saitou Souma, Ishikawa Kaito, Satou Takuya
Japanese lyrics from here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

花と散るらん lyrics

Title: 花と散るらん (You shall wilt with the flower )
Artist: 天上天下 (Rindou Tsubaki, Hoonoki Tooya, Madarao Tatsumi, Kakitsubata Aoi) || Ono Yuuki, Minegishi Kei, Saitou Souma Kimura Ryouhei
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 08.天上天下", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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深海マーメイド lyrics

Title: 深海マーメイド (Mermaid of the Deep Sea)
Artist: I❤︎B (Noah, Leon, Li Chaoyang, Rabi, Lucas) || Hanae Natsuki, Masuda Toshiki, Enoki Junya, Nakanishi Naoya, Umehara Yuichirou
Japanese lyric from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 07.I♥B", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Happiness

おはようございます。Sharaです。

It's been awhile since I post up something that isn't a translation here (laughs)

It's about something that I recently learned while looking up references for translation work, though. That is, precisely what the title say: on the Japanese kanji for the word 'happiness'.

If you try to google translate the word for happiness, it'll result in '幸福' (koufuku), followed with another suggestion '幸せ' (shiawase). You'll notice that koufuku contains 幸, and this is precisely the reason 'koufuku' is translated as 'happiness'. The other kanji that forms 'koufuku', 福, simply means 'good fortune' and, well, having good fortune sure makes you happy, right? (laughs)

Anyway, it's about the kanji 幸.

You know, Japanese has a lot of similar-looking kanji. For this 幸 kanji, it's said that it mostly looks similar to the kanji 辛. Notice that 幸 has an extra horizontal line when compared to 辛.

By the way, 辛 means 'spicy' and 'bitter'. Two meanings, because it can also be read in two ways. First is 'tsurai', which means 'bitter', 'painful'... anyway, it represents a difficult situation or feeling. The other meaning is 'karai', which refers to the taste 'spicy'. Both is written '辛い', which can confuse you when you don't understand the context of the sentence that uses it (laughs)

Anyway. The way these two kanji looks similar, don't it makes you question whether there's a meaning behind it?

For me, I initially thought of it as something like this:

If you have never experienced difficulties (辛い) in life, then you won't understand the concept of happiness (幸せ).

Though, when I tried to look it up, turns out that the two kanji has nothing to do with each other (laughs)

They just happen to look similar when people of the past turns hieroglyphs into kanji. Also, I read that the kanji 幸 actually was drawn to represent handcuffs, and carries the meaning 'people that manages to escape from getting handcuffed feels happiness'. I don't get how does that looks like a handcuff though.

Also, while looking it up some more, I found something else.

'Shiawase' can also be written with another kanji that also looks similar: '倖'. Its only difference with '幸' is the addition of ninben (radical that represents 'person') that stands next to it. According to the answer of this Japanese version of Yahoo! Answer, it means:

If 幸せ refers to the happiness that one experiences alone, then 倖せ, which has the ninben next to 幸, may represents happiness that is shared with someone else.

Wonderful, isn't it?

... Really, although during my early college life I feel that kanji is such a hassle, when I try to learn it this way, I find it really fascinating.

There are so many more similar-looking kanji, and they may be understood by relating things like this. Hope that you readers can also find enjoyment in learning it in this fun way!

ラダ・キアナ lyrics

Title: ラダ・キアナ (Rudder Qiana)
Artist: Growth (Etou Kouki, Yaegashi Kensuke, Sakuraba Ryouta, Fujimura Mamoru) || Toki Shun'ichi, Yamaya Yoshitaka, Yamashita Daiki, Terashima Junta
Japanese lyrics from here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

ギリギリの衝動 lyrics

Title: ギリギリの衝動 (Borderline Impulse)
Artist: Lancelot (Todoroki Issei, Akabane Futami, Sanzenin Takamichi) || Maeno Tomoaki, Uchida Yuuma, Shirai Yuusuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 06.Lancelot", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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青空エスケープ lyrics

Title: 青空エスケープ (Blue Sky Escape)
Artist: POP'N STAR (Hanabusa Kokoro, Kagurazaka Runa, Oikawa Momosuke) || Murase Ayumu, Amazaki Kouhei, Yamamoto Kazutomi
Japanese lyrics from here, with correction here and there.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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スウィンギング・ハロウィン lyrics

Title: スウィンギング・ハロウィン (Swinging Halloween)
Artist: RE:BERSERK (Bloody Master / Eva Armstrong, Death Chronos / Yamanobe Mio, Guilty Clown / Jumonji Ban) || Shimono Hiro, Kakihara Tetsuya, Shimozuma Yoshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 04.RE:BERSERK", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Here we go!! lyrics

Title: Here we go!!
Artist: ArS (Kusakabe Torahiko, Momoi Kyousuke, Tobikura Akio, Amabe Shiki, Orihara Hikaru, Wakaouji Raku) || Roa Kenji, Kagura Hiroyuki, Tamura Atsushi, Yachi Katsufumi, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Hirakawa Daisuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 03.ArS", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Fan x Fun x Gift ♪: The Hero of the Rye Fields pt.2

I'm sorry it took a long time! Laziness doesn't want to let me go ;;

This is the translation of stories within I-chu's official light novel, "Fan x Fun x Gift ♪". I'm splitting the translating work between me and my friend sanadayuina. I'm sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation have been done before!

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Happy Birth Day to us! lyrics

Title: Happy Birth Day to us!
Artist: POP'N STAR (Hanabusa Kokoro, Kagurazaka Runa, Oikawa Momosuke) || Murase Ayumu, Amazaki Kouhei, Yamamoto Kazutomi
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 02.POP'N STAR", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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イッちゃいそうだよ lyrics

Title: イッちゃいそうだよ (I think I'm almost there)
Artist: F∞F (Aidou Seiya, Minato Kanata, Mitsurugi Akira) || KENN, Iguchi Yuuichi, Toyonaga Toshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's CD single "アイ★チュウ creation 01.F∞F", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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はらり lyrics - preview version

Title: はらり (Falling Gently) - preview version
Artist: Hanazono Yuki from Fluna || Imai Asami
Japanese lyrics from the video here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

Fan x Fun x Gift ♪: The Hero of the Rye Fields pt.1

From I-chu's official light novel, "Fan x Fun x Gift ♪".

This is the translation of stories within I-chu's official light novel, "Fan x Fun x Gift ♪". I'm splitting the translating work between me and my friend sanadayuina. I'm sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation have been done before!

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Fan x Fun x Gift ♪: Prologue translation

From I-chu's official light novel, "Fan x Fun x Gift ♪".

This is the translation of stories within I-chu's official light novel, "Fan x Fun x Gift ♪". I'm splitting the translating work between me and my friend sanadayuina. I'm sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation have been done before!

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十六夜の空 lyrics

Title: 十六夜の空 (The Sky of the Sixteenth Night)
Artist: 天上天下 (Rindou Tsubaki, Hoonoki Tooya, Madarao Tatsumi, Kakitsubata Aoi) || Ono Yuuki, Minegishi Kei, Saitou Souma Kimura Ryouhei
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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花蝶風月 lyrics

Title: 花蝶風月 (Flowers, Butterflies, the Wind, and the Moon)
Artist: 天上天下 (Rindou Tsubaki, Hoonoki Tooya, Madarao Tatsumi, Kakitsubata Aoi) || Ono Yuuki, Minegishi Kei, Saitou Souma Kimura Ryouhei
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Lady Blood lyrics

Title: Lady Blood
Artist: RE:BERSERK (Bloody Master / Eva Armstrong, Death Chronos / Yamanobe Mio, Guilty Clown / Jumonji Ban) || Shimono Hiro, Kakihara Tetsuya, Shimozuma Yoshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Dark Night Cat lyrics

Title: Dark Night Cat
Artist: RE:BERSERK (Bloody Master / Eva Armstrong, Death Chronos / Yamanobe Mio, Guilty Clown / Jumonji Ban) || Shimono Hiro, Kakihara Tetsuya, Shimozuma Yoshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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悪くないぜ Easy days lyrics

Title: 悪くないぜ　Easy days (Not bad, isn't it? These sort of easy days)
Artist: Lancelot (Todoroki Issei, Akabane Futami, Sanzenin Takamichi) || Maeno Tomoaki, Uchida Yuuma, Shirai Yuusuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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かっこつかないぜ？ lyrics

Title: かっこつかないぜ？ (I'm losing my cool, you know?)
Artist: Lancelot (Todoroki Issei, Akabane Futami, Sanzenin Takamichi) || Maeno Tomoaki, Uchida Yuuma, Shirai Yuusuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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さよならメモリーズ lyrics

Title: さよならメモリーズ (Farewell, memories)
Artist: POP'N STAR (Hanabusa Kokoro, Kagurazaka Runa, Oikawa Momosuke) || Murase Ayumu, Amazaki Kouhei, Yamamoto Kazutomi
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Joker Dream lyrics

Title: Joker Dream
Artist: POP'N STAR (Hanabusa Kokoro, Kagurazaka Runa, Oikawa Momosuke) || Murase Ayumu, Amazaki Kouhei, Yamamoto Kazutomi
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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ちょっとまってよ Give me a break! lyrics

Title: ちょっとまってよ　Give me a break! (Wait a second, give me a break!)
Artist: ArS (Kusakabe Torahiko, Momoi Kyousuke, Tobikura Akio, Amabe Shiki, Orihara Hikaru, Wakaouji Raku) || Roa Kenji, Kagura Hiroyuki, Tamura Atsushi, Yachi Katsufumi, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Hirakawa Daisuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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手を伸ばせ！ lyrics

Title: 手を伸ばせ！ (Stretch out your hands!)
Artist: ArS (Kusakabe Torahiko, Momoi Kyousuke, Tobikura Akio, Amabe Shiki, Orihara Hikaru, Wakaouji Raku) || Roa Kenji, Kagura Hiroyuki, Tamura Atsushi, Yachi Katsufumi, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Hirakawa Daisuke
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Dear my precious friend lyrics

Title: Dear my precious friend
Artist: I❤︎B (Noah, Leon, Li Chaoyang, Rabi, Lucas) || Hanae Natsuki, Masuda Toshiki, Enoki Junya, Nakanishi Naoya, Umehara Yuichirou
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Fly Fly! lyrics

Title: Fly Fly!
Artist: I❤︎B (Noah, Leon, Li Chaoyang, Rabi, Lucas) || Hanae Natsuki, Masuda Toshiki, Enoki Junya, Nakanishi Naoya, Umehara Yuichirou
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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Just one kiss lyrics

Title: Just one kiss
Artist: Twinkle Bell (Kururugi Satsuki, Kururugi Mutsuki) || Morikubo Shoutarou, Kondou Takashi
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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ミラクル☆トゥインクル lyrics

Title: ミラクル☆トゥインクル (Miracle ☆ Twinkle)
Artist: Twinkle Bell (Kururugi Satsuki, Kururugi Mutsuki) || Morikubo Shoutarou, Kondou Takashi
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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咲いては散る花のように lyrics

Title: 咲いては散る花のように (Just like flowers that blooms and falls)
Artist: F∞F (Aidou Seiya, Minato Kanata, Mitsurugi Akira) || KENN, Iguchi Yuuichi, Toyonaga Toshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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I am HERO! lyrics

Title: I am a HERO!
Artist: F∞F (Aidou Seiya, Minato Kanata, Mitsurugi Akira) || KENN, Iguchi Yuuichi, Toyonaga Toshiyuki
Japanese lyrics from here.
Full version because now I-Chu's 1st album, "soleil", is released.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

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soleil's crossfades translation

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMzZd4in-iI

This is the translation of a video done to promote I-Chu's 1st Full Album "soleil" that'll be sold on March 23rd, 2016. The content is pretty much just introducing the songs that will be included in the album, but there are parts where we can here lyrics that aren't part of the ones that can be listened through the game. So, if you're interested, check it out~

Feel free to correct my translations~

ねこまっしぐら lyrics

Title: ねこまっしぐら (Single-minded Cat)
Artist: Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke
Japanese lyrics from here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

熱愛ＳＯＳ lyrics

Title: 熱愛ＳＯＳ (Passionate SOS) 
Artist: Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke
Japanese lyrics from here.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before!

罪と罰 (Extended Mix) lyrics

Title: 罪と罰 ~Extended Mix~ (Crime and Punishment ~Extended Mix~)
Artist: Xceon feat. Mayumi Morinaga
Kanji and romaji from this wiki.

This is the kanji, romaji, and translation of the song. Translation is done by me; sorry if there are mistakes or a better translation had been done before! Please read my translation rules.

One of my favorite Mikadzuki MMD vid uses this song, so I feel like translating it lol. This is the video that I talked about.