Japanese Lyrics
- 私のせいなら 許してください
[Watashi no seinara yurushitekudasai]
Please forgive me if it is because of me
- あなたをこんなに苦しめたことを
[Anata o kon’nani kurushimeta koto o]
For making you suffer like this
- 私のことなど これきり忘れて
[Watashinokoto nado kore kiri wasurete]
Please forget about me with this
- 明るい陽なたを歩いてほしい
[Akarui yōnata o aruite hoshī]
I wish I walk in the bright sunshine
- 枯葉がひとつずつこぼれるたびに
[Kareha ga hitotsu zutsu koboreru tabi ni]
Every time a dry leaf falls off
- 悲しいお別れ近づいてます
[Kanashī o wakare chikadzuitemasu]
A sad farewell is coming
- 泣いたり笑ったり けんかをしたり
[Nai tari warattari kenka o shi tari]
Crying, laughing, and fighting
- あなたといるかぎり 素直になれました
[Anata to iru kagiri sunao ni naremashita]
I could be honest as long as I was with you
- “ありがとう あなた”
[Arigatō anata]
Thank you, my dear
- あとどのくらい 愛されますか
[Ato dono kurai aisa remasu ka]
How much more can I be loved?
- あとどのくらい 生きられますか
[Ato dono kurai iki raremasu ka]
How much longer can I live?
- 私のせいなら 許して下さい
[Watashi no seinara yurushite kudasai]
Forgive me if it’s because of me
- あなたを知らずに傷つけたことを
[Anata o shirazu ni kizutsuketa koto o]
For hurting you without knowing you
- 私はひとりで どうにかなるから
[Watashi wa hitori de dōnika narukara]
I can manage something by myself
- いい人かならず みつけてほしい
[Ī hito kanarazu mitsukete hoshī]
I hope you find a good person
- 小石をひとつずつならべるように
[Koishi o hitotsu zutsu naraberu yō ni]
As if you’re laying out pebbles one by one
- いろんな想い出 数えています
[Iron’na omoide kazoete imasu]
I’m counting a lot of memories
- 人から愛される幸福の意味
[Hito kara aisa reru kōfuku no imi]
the meaning of happiness of being loved by others
- あなたは手をとって教えてくれました
[Anata wa te o totte oshiete kuremashita]
You taught me holding my hand
- “ありがとう あなた”
[Arigatō anata]
Thank you, my dear
- あとどのくらい 愛されますか
[Ato dono kurai aisa remasu ka]
How much more can I be loved?
- あとどのくらい 生きられますか
[Ato dono kurai iki raremasu ka]
How much longer can I live?
STORY OF J-POP
I only knew Japanese songs as enka, but I found out that enka is one of the popular Japanese genres, and it is a genre created by combining foxtrot and Japanese folk songs from the West.
Momoe has been one of the most loved national stars by Japanese people since her debut until now, and it is said that the word ‘idol’ was coined in Japan because of her. She is said to have been called ‘legendary idol’, ‘unexpected maiden’, and ‘the best idol after the war’
Momoe was born on January 17, 1959. She was active for approximately 7 years, from April 14, 1973 to October 15, 1980. About 42 years after her retirement, she is still considered as one of the three greatest singers of Showa Japan’s music scene, and to this day, she is said to be regarded as one of the representative icons of the Showa era.
Her voice is warm and makes me feel deep affection. There was someone’s comment on Momoe’s YouTube.
“Good actor, good wife, good mother”
I wonder why she retired at such a young age in her great heyday.
J-POP, 일본노래를 단순히 엔카라고만 알고 있었는데, 찾아보니 엔카[演歌 ( えんか ) , 艶歌]는 일본의 대중가요 장르 중 하나로 서양에서 전래한 폭스트롯과 일본 민요가 합쳐져 만들어진 장르라고 한다.
모모에는 데뷔 이래 현재까지 일본인들이 가장 사랑하는 국민 스타 중 한 명으로 ‘아이돌’이라는 단어가 일본에 생겨나게 한 존재라 하고, 그녀를 대표하는 호칭이 바로 ‘전설의 아이돌’, ‘불세출의 가희’, ‘전후 최고의 아이돌’이다.
모모에는 1959년 1월 17일 생이다. 1973년 4월14일부터 1980년 10월 15일까지 약 7년 정도 활동했다. 은퇴한 지 약 42년이 지난 지금도 쇼와 일본 가요계의 3대 가희로 회자되며 오늘날까지 쇼와 시대를 상징하는 대표적인 아이콘 중 한 명으로 평가받는다. 목소리가 따뜻하고 깊은 정을 느끼게 한다.
모모에 유튜브에 어떤 분의 댓글이 있었다.
“좋은 배우, 좋은 아내, 좋은 엄마”
전성기에, 그것도 그렇게 어린 나이에 은퇴한 이유가 궁금하다.
