Jpop Recommend #10 Konayuki by Remioromen

粉雪 Konayuki 

レミオロメン Remioromen

This winter song was released in November, 2005 by Remioromen.  Used as the insert song in the Japanese drama, “Ichi Rittoru no Namida (1 Litre of Tears), this song gained a great popularity together with another Remioromen song used in the drama, “Sangatsu Kokonoka, (March 9th)”.  


"Konayuki" means powder snow.  Usually we say "雪yuki がga 降るfuru" (snow is falling), but “雪yuki がga 舞うmau" (舞う means to dance) is another poetic expression.  
By translating the lyrics, I realized that this song is a man's pledge to the snow that he will restart with his girlfriend and share their feelings more openly.  We haven't seen snow yet in Tokyo this year, but it usually snows in December through late March.






English lyrics version by BENI 



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<Lyrics>
Japanese
Japanese pronunciation
English translation (English version lyrics are separately shown below)


粉雪          舞う  季節      は
Konayuki mau kisetsu wa
In the season when powder snow dances in the air,

いつも    すれ違い
itsumo surechigai
we were always looking at a different direction from each other.

人混み      に  紛れても        同じ     空   見てるのに
Hitogomi ni magiretemo onaji sora miterunoni
Lost in the crowd, we still look up the same sky, but why?

風      に 吹かれて  似たように  凍える   のに
Kaze ni fukarete  nitayouni kogoeru noni
When the cold wind blows, we both freeze, but why? 

僕       は  君     の 全て       など  知って  は   いない だろう
Boku wa kimi no subete nado shitte  wa inai    darou
I won't say that I know everything about you.

それでも      一億人       から 君      を  見つけた     よ
Soredemo ichiokunin kara kimi wo mitsuketa yo
But I found you among a hundred million people.

根拠       は   ないけど 本気  で   思って    るんだ
Konkyo wa naikedo honki de omotte runda
Without any ground, I just believe it so

些細    な 言い合い も   なくて     同じ    時間  を  生きて など    いけない
Sasai na iiai       mo nakute onaji jikan wo ikite   nado ikenai
We cannot share our time together if we can't even have a trivial quarrel

素直    に なれない  なら  喜び         も   悲しみ         も   虚しい       だけ
Sunao ni narenai nara yorokobi mo kanashimi mo munashii dake
If we cannot show our true feelings, happiness and sadness are all in vain

粉雪         ねえ  心        まで     白く       染められた    なら
Konayuki nee kokoro made shiroku somerareta nara
Power snow, you know, if we could have changed even the color of our heart into white,

二人    の  孤独      を  分け合う  事     が  出来たの かい
Futari no kodoku wo wakeau koto ga dekitano kai
were we able to share our loneliness?

僕      は   君    の  心       に    耳    を   押し当てて
Boku wa kimi no kokoro ni mimi wo oshiatete
I will place my ear on your heart

その   声    の  する  方   へ すっと  深く        まで
Sono koe  no suru hou e  sutto fukaku made
and deeper to where your voice is heard

下りて ゆきたい そこで     もう一度     会おう
Orite yukitai   sokode mouichido aou
I want to go down and let's meet there again 

分かり合いたい なんて 
Wakariaitai    nante 
By saying I want to know more about you,

上辺      を   撫でて   いたのは 僕     の  方
uwabe wo nadete itanoha boku no hou
I was the one who was just scratching the surface

君     の  かじかんだ  手 も    握り    しめる    こと     だけで   
Kimi no kajikanda  te mo nigiri shimeru koto dakede 
Holding your cold finger tightly

繋がってた       のに
tsunagatteta noni
was our only tie

粉雪         ねえ 永遠  を   前    に  あまり に 脆く
Konayuki nee eien wo mae ni amari ni moroku
Powder snow, you know, is just too fragile compared to eternity 

ざらつく       アスファルト の 上  シミ     に  なって ゆくよ
Zaratsuku asphalt     no ue shimi ni natte yukuyo
it melts and becomes a stain on the rough asphalt road

粉雪         ねえ  時   に 頼りなく        心        は  揺れる
Konayuki nee toki ni tayorinaku kokoro wa yureru
Powder snow, you know, my mind is sometimes uncertain and weak

それでも      僕     は  君     の  こと     守り     続けたい
Soredemo boku wa kimi no koto mamori tsuzuketai
Yet I still want to protect you for years to come

粉雪         ねえ  心         まで    白く      染められた    なら
Konayuki nee kokoro made shiroku somerareta nara
Powder snow, you know, if we can turn the color of our heart into white,

二人    の  孤独     を    包んで       空      に かえす から
Futari no kodoku wo tsutsunde sora ni kaesu kara
We will wrap our loneliness and return it to the sky


<English lyrics>
Blankets of snow, the call of seasons come
So peacefully celestial
Our roads they part, nowhere to find ourselves
A different place yet they’re all the same
We still try to carry on
In the bitter white and still unseen

Out of the blue you appeared so naturally
Oh how you simply set me free
So many gone, like plastic silicone
So fast I never caught their names
After all the games we’ve played
You still remain a mystery

You just turn away looking so alright lalalai lalalai
And it drives me crazy
Why don’t you tell me what you’re feeling
Just talk to me, I need your honesty
We can’t go on living in disbelief
No more lonely heartaches

Come color me in pure white snow and let it show
Down into my heart and soul, ah…
Don’t come and go, oh, we’ll fill this void, this blackened hole
Till we become one again

I rest my head on your chest as I confess
My heart, it beats to every breath you bless
You speak to me though nothings really said
I slowly drown in your fluoresce
I could wait till the end of time
For the light to shine on you and I

As shallow it may sound all my sympathy’s not a lie, lalalai
Even in the loneliness
Things are never what they seem
Your hand I held so numb it felt to me
It hurts I’ve seen how distant you’ve become
Though you’re right here darlin’

Come color me in pure white snow, now let it show
Fragile is the web you weave ah…
The pain I feel oh, stains on the cold and dirty streets
Forever never came to be

This gentle snow, ah, will come to face and realize
The more it hurts we try to thrive, ah…
Come pouring rain, ah, and prove our faith to redefine
I need you here right by my side, ah…

Come color me in pure white snow, now let it show
Right through your soul and through our lives, ah…
Come cover me, ah, while I dream a dream that’s true


Like crystal white, for me and you



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