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“Orion” / Girl Next Door

Lyrics
いつだって　三つ星だけは見つけた
まっすぐに　追いかけるあの瞳で

ひかりを結ぶ軌跡が
交差する座標軸に
悲しい物語が
あることも知らずに

真冬に輝くオリオン見上げて
思い切り泣ける場所をたずねたら
そらにくるまれて
心がとけてあふれ出した

どんなにこの手のひらを伸ばしても
触れることさえできない悔しさを
胸に抱きしめて
眠れない部屋で目を閉じる

つないでた　指先が離れてゆく
昼と夜　すれちがう世界のように

見えていたものが消えて
隠れてたものが見える
けれどそれはきっとずっと
そこにあるもの

真冬に輝くオリオンみたいに
愛されてると思い続けたまま
時を止めてたら
迷うこともなかったのかな

会いたくて　会えなくて　でも会いたくて
確かめたがる気持ちで傷ついた
信じてることが
真実だとは限らないね

to be continued… (the video is cut here)
涙の数だけ強くなるなんて
いまはこれ以上泣きたくないよ

さよならの弓で答えがでるなら
目をこらさずにすべて受け止めたい
未来はいつでも
逃げない瞳の中にある

真冬に輝くオリオンみたいに
強く自分らしくあり続けたい
だからひとりでも
選んだ道を歩んでいく

This song caught my ear every time I go to a super market near my house these days. I am too busy to catch up with the latest J-pop and of course I had no idea what the title of the song was until I asked a cashier! She told me the title of the song and the name of the singer very promptly, but she forgot to give me a plastic bag. (LOL)

BTW, did you have difficulties in reading some Kanji? Which one was that? Some way of saying may confuse you. つないでた（つないでいた）　愛されてる（愛されている）　信じてる（信じている）These are colloquial ways, omitting い.

You may wanna check out the CD for full version if you liked the music.

Orion

GIRL NEXT DOOR

Hi! I’ve uploaded a new video for trial that is just rambling in English and Japanese with some additional pop-ups for your better understanding. I was thinking if I can tell you how to speak casual Japanese between friends, for example, in such style of video. Tell me what you think.

If you liked it, I made a longer one (never mind my repeating introduction of myself, which is for the people who come from Youtube.) with more rambling in Japanese.

These videos are samples to see if they are helpful for you or not. So please let me know what you think. I’d welcome your suggestions to make better videos in the future.

Thank you.

I made another video in which I explained how we use Katakana for imitative words in Japanese.

There are a lot more of this kind, and there’s no way I can cover everything. I just wanted to tell you the image.

I made a simple video to reply to the comment from Amanda, and it tells you how it’d be like to have Kanji name. You can have any combination of Kanji that you like! Hope she likes my suggestion better than other options she had.

Enjoy your Kanji!

Thank you so much for your comments to my Japanese video.  I was really wondering if I should ever start Japanese tutorial videos like this, although I have received requests from my blog readers from time to time.

I found comments from my blog readers sound so interesting, as I never know what you’d feel confused or difficult when you learn Japanese.  You know, when I mean I never know, which is because it’s a mother tongue to me and I am not a qualified Japanese teacher. But thanks to your opinions and comments, I think I know what I should explain in my following videos. 

BTW, I found an interesting Japanese site that lists foreign names (British, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Finnish, Russian and Korean) described in Katakana!  Now you know why these are to be in Katakana, and not in Hiragana.

Your name in Katakana

*Press the flag. 3 flags for one country means; 1st one for male name, 2nd one for female name, and the 3rd one for family name.

Your name may not be there, as there’s no way the site can cover every name. You may also wonder how your name can be described in Kanji. This is a frequently asked question all the time, but I’ll spare a post on that for next time!

Enjoy your name in Japanese!