tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post6309136031815171861..comments2024-03-28T23:40:25.876-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Sayuri Ishikawa -- Meoto Zenzai (夫婦善哉)J-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-54267685854067777722019-01-13T14:36:24.346-05:002019-01-13T14:36:24.346-05:00Love this acoustic version! I sang this song at a ...Love this acoustic version! I sang this song at a friend's wedding when I lived in Japan. Nice memory. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509837129889469830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-26813637227187942142015-04-10T11:38:30.103-04:002015-04-10T11:38:30.103-04:00Okay, I'll keep that the duet in mind. I'v...Okay, I'll keep that the duet in mind. I've actually not listened to it yet, but I see it all the time.Noelle Thamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869350840856391942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-7542964861342683972015-04-09T23:16:17.937-04:002015-04-09T23:16:17.937-04:00Thanks Noelle T. I did not try to change much from...Thanks Noelle T. I did not try to change much from the original text of that rough translation. But let me correct last paragraph like this way. "...Author Ukiyo said individual worldly life style cute and heavenly. But now it's become a stupid thing. Today it is not like that. Without just four walls you just needed a home and the house doers with the flower of [great or lot of] patience and this patience results heavenly of flower journey and only travel requirement you need for that purpose is Mercy..." <br /><br />Glad to know you from Singapore. <br />And I have to make a one request from you. Please do a column about Miyako Harumi and Oka Chiaki song " Naniwa Koi Shigure" or Naniwa Love Shigure. Thanks again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960385027293280866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-1677773482322908572015-04-09T08:18:47.208-04:002015-04-09T08:18:47.208-04:00Hi there Ranawaka,
"Meoto Zenzai" is in...Hi there Ranawaka,<br /><br />"Meoto Zenzai" is indeed a beautiful song. Thanks for the translation, much appreciated. :) Though quite hard to understand, I think I have a slightly clearer idea about what the song is really about . While writing this article, I had read through the lyrics multiple times to see if I could get a rough idea of it - I sort of understand Kanji because some of them are Chinese characters, but add some Hiragana characters to the mix and I can get quite lost. So far I mostly understand the song's second paragraph and a little of the third.<br /><br />Oh yeah, in your other comment, you had also mentioned Ishikawa singing Anzen Chitai's hit "Kanashi mi ni Sayonara" together with Koji Tamaki. I had also watched that one, and she handled my favourite song by the band pretty well! I think I would feature it if I do an article on "Kanashi mi ni Sayonara".<br /><br />As for myself, I'm Singaporean and I got to know Japanese music through my parents when I was a kid. They introduced me to some J-Pop acts like Chage and Aska, Anzen Chitai. For Enka, I discovered it myself about a couple of years ago through watching monomane (impressionists) talents doing ridiculously funny impressions of the Enka singers, then I fully got into the genre in the middle of last year, and have been having fun discovering old but gold songs as well as quirky characters.Noelle Thamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869350840856391942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-29375059116281003372015-04-08T13:40:05.188-04:002015-04-08T13:40:05.188-04:00Thanks Noelle Tham. I tried hard to find the engli...Thanks Noelle Tham. I tried hard to find the english meaning of this beautiful song past few years. One day I found it but it is a rough translation in a jumble manner. What I gather from it as follows. "...Indefinite life drifting with laugh like a floating grass on an open field [in the rain]. On this narrow street images standing above the shoulder while the rain dancing on it. Mind no one's own mind, already used and nothing left with couple zenzai except sign post./ Our basis is your back and these basis found not to nursing different person's husband invisible to the others.Love on us and don't look for better woman you fell in Love with cold manner like a salmon fit, while in the cold night couple zenzai./ Couple zenzai standing at seven hills[or the top of the hill meaning peak of their lives]. Individual worldly life style cute and heavenly said author Ukiyo but now become a stupid thing. Today it is not without just four walls and a roof you needed a home and also the flower of patience. That's you needed and which results a flower of Heaven journey and only travel requirement is Mercy. And his wife needed a loving companion which mean couple a couple of Zenzai.Not even more events Couple Zenzai. And then you'll live in your lives.." <br />I have no knowledge of Kanji. So if you find any error please let me know. I'm a Srilankan and now living in USA. Thanks to my friends and the experience I had while my brief stays in Chiba, Tokyo in 90's, I learned to listen to Japanese music. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960385027293280866noreply@blogger.com