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Manmaru Temari Uta
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Original / Romaji Lyrics | English Translation |
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Manmaru temari Attaka temari Dareno? (dareno?) Antata? (watashi?) Watashi? (anata?) A~kai sekai ni ippai temari | A perfectly round temari A warm temari Whose? (Whose?) Yours? (Mine?) Mine? (Yours?) The red world is full of temari |
Manmaru na~ni? Sabishii kokoro Dareno? (dareno?) Anata? (watashi?) Watashi? (anata?) manmaru korokoro namida no hitomi | A perfectly round what? A lonely heart Whose? (Whose?) Yours? (Mine?) Mine? (Yours?) Perfectly round, rolly-rolly teary eyes |
Manmaru na~ni? Itoshii kokoro Dareno? (dareno?) Anata? (watashi?) Watashi? (anata?) Kotori to ochi~ta yumemiru okao | A perfectly round what? A precious heart Whose? (Whose?) Yours? (Mine?) Mine? (Yours?) A face fallen to dreaming of catch-the-child. |
Anata? (watashi?) Watashi? (anata?) Manmaru koro~garu Doko yuku? (wakaran) Nani ou? (wakaran) Na~ni ga hoshii? (hoshii wa eien) | Yours? (Mine?) Mine? (Yours?) Perfectly round, rolling Where do you go? (I don't know) What do you pursue? (I don't know) What do you want? (I want eternity) |
1. "Temari" is a traditional woven Japanese handball, the kind you might see children playing with in samurai or other period films. Within the story context, Miyu is referring to the spherical souls of people she keeps as toy balls. The song uses old Japanese children's games as a theme (see note 5).
2. "Manmaru" means "perfect circle"; the adjective "perfectly round/circular" is either "manmarui" or "manmaru" plus "na."
3. Sometimes in songs and informal speech articles are dropped. Hence "manmaru temari" and "attaka temari instead of "attakai" meaning "warm."
4. "Korokoro" is the sound effect of something small and round rolling. I've translated it as "rolly-rolly."
5. "Kotori," in this case, names the game of "catch-the-child."
Translated and transliterated by Dreamstryder
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