Romaji Title: Tokyo Telephone
Kanji Title: 東京テレホン
English Title: Tokyo Telephone
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| Lyrics & Music by Merry
| Lyrics & Music by Merry
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There are several interesting things about this song. First of all, the lyrics are written from the prespective of a female. In the line "shiawase ichiban...", "shiawase" is sung in place of "kazoku" (family). I interpret this to mean that the guy in this put his family over her (on holidays and such). As for the line after that ("onna no buki"...) it basically means that nothing she did (even sexual things) ever really made him happy. In several lines in this song "kimi" is pronounced in place of "denwa". This means that now she thinks of the phone he gave her as him, since that's all he has to remember him by now. In the line "kokoro wa kare susuki" it literally means "my heart is dead miscanthus" (miscanthus meaning a type of tall Japanese grass). I figured my translation would sound a little bit better. Also (for those of you who don't know), the song titles and artists mentioned are real ones. The later is Utada Hikaru's "Automatic", and the former is "Nagai Yoru" by Chiharu.
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dare ga shinjitsu na no? kizuita toki wa oso sugite
kata te de bai bai to makka na porushe ni nori komu kare
deatta toki kureta docomo no efu go maru san ai
denpa ga todokanai, itsu de mo atashi dake kengai
shiawase ichiban, atashi ga niban okashikunai desu ka?
"onna no buki" misete mo mada "kakete konai n desu ka?"
kimi wo mite ita, zutto matteta
shirokujichuu, aki mo sezu jitto
kimi wo mite ita, konya mo nakazu
kokoro wa kare susuki
kare to onaji no tabako sutte nioi natsukashi remembrance～
dorama mitai ni itsu ka wa kuru to
zutto matteta happy end～
ni do to modorenai to to saigo ni namida no rikuesuto
machi no neon to baabon, yowasete kudasai konya wa...
onchi no kyaku ga "chiharu" no "nagai yoru" wo uttateru
takushii no rajio kara wa
"hikkii" no "automatic"
kimi wo mite ita, zutto matteta
shirokujichuu, aki mo sezu jitto
kimi wo mite ita, konya mo nakazu
kokoro wa kare susuki
meeru mo mite ita, zutto matteta
sentaa toi awase mo shite mita
kimi wo mite ita, konya mo nakazu
kokoro wa kare susuki
