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#9 Lesson with a song - "Superstar" by Tokyo Incident (1)

Hi, as I am very intensively featuring Ichiro in this Japanese language course (Lesson 5, 6 and 8 so far and to be continued!),  I remembered this song.

"Tokyo Incident" (東京事変 "Tokyo Jihen" in Japanese) is one of my favorite Japanese rock/pops group, especially because of the vocal, Ringo Shiina.
The group is formed on 2003 and split up in 2012.  (Ringo continues solo activity)

Ringo, who also writes lyrics of all her songs, stated with the release of this song "Superstar" that she is an admirer of Ichiro and the song is inspired by him.



This video clip was publicized on the official Youtube channel of the band soon after his retirement announcement.

Obviously they are praising Ichiro!



Following is a part of the lyric, which I extracted in my lesson in Rooma-ji and in Hiragana.

<Roma ji>
Mirai wa mugendai sa
Jibun de tsukutte iku
Tabun anata wa soo iu to wakatte iru noni
Honno chotto zawameita asa ni
Koe o nakusu no
Watashi wa anata no tsuyoku hikaru manako omoidasu keredo
Moshimo aetato shite yorokobe naiyo
Kayowai kyoo no watashi dewa
Koredewa mada

<Hiragana>
みらいは　しらんかお　さ
じぶんで　つくっていく
たぶん　あなたは　そういうと　わかっている　のに
ほんの　ちょっと　ざわめいた　あさに
こえを　なくすの
わたしは　あなたの　つよく　ひかる　まなこ　おもいだす　けれど
もしも　あえたとして　よろこべないよ
かよわい　きょうの　わたし　では
これでは　まだ


Key Words

 Mirai 未来　future
Shirankao　知らん顔 Pretend to know nothing
Jibunde　自分で　by oneself
Honno Chotto　ほんの ちょっと　just a little bit　
Zawameku ざわめく make noise (mentally confused )
Koe o nakusu　声をなくす lose one's voice
Tsuyoku hikaru　強く光る shine brightly
Manako　まなこ eyes
Omoidasu　思い出す remember
Moshimo ... ta toshite　もしも…たとして Even if ...
Kayowai　かよわい weak, delicate

Full lyrics is available here
http://www.utamap.com/showkasi.php?surl=B13007

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