+Cinnamon Story+

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: MY STORY

daremo ga kitto kokoro no   dokoka ni kakusareta
yami wo motte iru mono
sore ga tokidoki jama shite   omou you ni ikirenai
jibun wo tsukuru no

hito no itami wa hakarishirenai kara ne
wakeau koto mo nakanaka muzukashii ne

romaji/translation: Kristine

Everyone certainly has darkness
Hiding somewhere in their heart.
Sometimes, it prevents you
From living the way you want to.

Because people's pain is unfathomable,
It's difficult to share it so easily

However, if you think you'd like
To meet facing each other,
If you meet a person, don't be afraid

With a violent noise the door to your heart has closed
If on that long ago, far away day, oh, you
Have lost the key to open it,
With common words
And common expressions,
Let me hear from you as it is.
Don't hide anything
Let me hear

Believing your eyes will never reflect
Unknown, shapeless things
Is really scary, but if you do that
It'll be wonderful.

Although in the middle of that grey town, you
Weren't able to to preserve your true heart that way...

But don't give up something
As if it's a loss
Don't smile weakly.

"Where is the person who,
Without sacrificing anything, got
Everything they wanted?" I ask
C'mon, even if I wished that much
I won't have it again
The things I've lost and long for...
You have them

With a violent noise the door to your heart has closed
If on that long ago, far away day, oh, you
Have lost the key to open it,
With common words
And common expressions,
Let me hear from you as it is.
Don't hide anything

"Where is the person who,
Without sacrificing anything, got
Everything they wanted?" I ask
C'mon, even if I wished that much
I won't have it again
The things I've lost and long for...
You have them
That's so dazzling

"Dawn's Carriage"
artist: FictionJunction YUUKA
album: Destination

kaze sasou kokage ni utsubusete naite'ru
mi mo shiranu watashi wo watashi ga mite ita
yuku hito no shirabe wo kanaderu GITA-RA
konu hito no nageki ni hoshi wa ochite

yukanaide, donna ni sakende mo
ORENJI no hanabira
shizuka ni yureru dake
yawarakana hitai ni nokosareta
te no hira no kioku haruka
dokoshie no sayonara tsumabiku

yasashii te ni sugaru kodome no kokoro wo
moesakaru kuruma wa furiharaisusumu
yuku hito no nageki wo kanadete GITA-RA
mune no ito hageshiku kakinara shite

kanashimi ni somaranai shirosa de
ORENJI no hanabira
yurete'ta natsu no kage ni
yawarakana hitai wo nakushite mo
akaku someta suna haruka koete yuku
sayonara no RIZUMU

omoide wo yakitsukushite susumu daichi ni
natsukashiku mebuite yuku mono ga aru no

akatsuki no kuruma wo miokutte
ORENJI no hanabira
yurete'ru ima mo dokoka
itsuka mita yasuraka na yoake wo
mou ichido te ni suru made
kesanaide tomoshibi
kuruma wa mawaru yo

romaji/translation: Kristine

The wind invites me to lie down in the shade. I'm crying.
I saw me and saw a person I don't know
I play my guitar in search of people who've passed on
A star falls for the grief of people who don't come

They won't come, no matter how I call
The orange flower petals
Just sway quietly
A gentle wrinkle is left behind
By the far away memories in the palm of my hand
I strike a chord of eternal goodbye

A child's heart clings to a gentle hand
The burning chariot makes a sweeping turn and goes on
I play my guitar for the grief of people who've passed away,
Violently strumming the strings of my heart

The orange flower petals
That weren't dyed white by sadness
Swayed in the shadow of summer
Losing the gentle wrinkles,
Crossing the far away red-dyed sands...
The rhythm of goodbye.

The memories burn into the ground, into nothing.
They bud into nostalgic things

I see off dawn's carriage
Even now, somewhere,
The orange flower petals are swaying
Someday, I'll have seen a peaceful dawn.
Until I have it once again,
An unextinguishable light
Turns the wheels

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: A Song for XX

doushite naite iru no
doushite mayotte'ru no
doushite tachidomaru no
nee oshiete
itsu kara otona ni naru
itsu made kodomo de ii no
doko kara hashitte kite
nee doko made hashiru no

ibasho ga nakatta   mitsukaranakatta
mirai ni wa kitai dekiru no ka wakarazu ni

itsumo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iwaretsudzukete'ta
nakanaide erai ne tte homeraretari shite ita yo
sonna kotoba hitotsu mo nozonde nakatta
dakara wakaranai FURI wo shite ita 

doushite waratte'ru no
doushite soba ni iru no
doushite hanarete'ku no
nee oshiete
itsu kara tsuyoku natta
itsu kara yowasa kanjita
itsu made matte ireba
wakariaeru hi ga kuru 

mou hi ga noboru ne sorosoro ikanakya
itsumademo onaji tokoro ni wa irarenai 

hito wo shinjiru koto tte itsuka urekirare
hanatsukerareru koto to onaji to omotte ita yo
ano koro sonna chikara doko ni mo nakatta
kitto ironna koto shirisugite'ta

itsumo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iwaretsudzukete'ta
nakanaide erai ne tte homeraretari shite ita yo
sonna fuu ni mawari ga iebu iu hodo ni
warau koto sae kutsuu ni natte'ta

hitorikiri de umarete   hitorikiri de ikite yuku
kitto sonna mainichi ga atarimae to omotte'ta

romaji/translation: Kristine

Why am I crying?
Why am I lost?
Why am I stopping?
Please, tell me.
When will I grow up?
How long can I be a child?
Where am I running from?
Hey, where am I running to?

I didn't have a place to be. I couldn't find one.
Can I have faith in the future? I don't know.

"You're a strong child, aren't you?" they kept saying.
"It's great that you don't cry," they complimented me.
Words like that weren't the one thing I wanted,
So I pretended I didn't understand.

Why are you smiling?
Why are you by my side?
Why are you leaving me?
Please, tell me.
Since when did you get strong?
Since when did you feel weakness?
How long will I wait
For the day I understand to come?

Well, the sun is rising, isn't it? I must be going.
I can't be in the same place forever.

Someday, you'll be betrayed by believing in people
I thought it was the same thing as rejection
At the time, I didn't have that kind of strength.
I definitely knew too much.

"You're a strong child, aren't you?" they kept saying.
"It's great that you don't cry," they complimented me.
The more they said things like that,
The more even laughing became agony.

I was born alone, I'll go on living alone
I thought that kind of life was perfect for me.

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: Duty

saa ryoute wo hirogete
issho ni te wo tataite arukou
hashiridasu toki ni wa
koko e kite tomo ni hajimeyou 

betsu ni dare yori saki ni aruite ikou
nante kimochi wa nakutte ne
dakara to itte dareka no ushiro kara
tsuite'ku WAKE demo nai kedo ne 

kimira no dareka ga
YES! datte sakende toki ni wa
boku wa narande
YES! datte sakebu darou 

*saa ryoute wo hirogete
issho ni te wo tataite arukou
hashiridasu toki ni wa
koko e kite tomo ni hajimeyou
kimitachi ga boku no hokori

romaji/translation: Kristine

C'mon, spread your arms wide
Let's clap our hands and walk together
When we start to run,
We'll start going here together.

"I don't really feel like
Walking in front of anyone," I said,
But I don't wanna walk
Behind anyone either.

When one of you
Shouts "YES!",
I'm standing in line
Shouting "YES!" too

*C'mon, spread your arms wide
Let's clap our hands and walk together
When we start to run,
We'll start going here together.
You all are my pride

There's a trick to happiness
Hidden in these seemingly boring days,
Because it's as if that was made
For everyone to share, wasn't it?

It's alright that you can't
Gain flattery.
When that happens, it's okay.
I'll lose with you.

C'mon, spread your arms wide
Let's clap our hands and walk together
You all shout, and
I'm not afraid of anything.
I'm not alone.

C'mon, spread your arms wide
Let's clap our hands and walk together

repeat *

romaji/translation: Kristine



I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear
I'm not a car! I'm a bear, bear, bear.
I can't walk but I can dance
I can't talk but I can sing
I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear

I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear
I don't like fighting! I'm a bear, bear, bear.
My rival is fried shrimp;
I must've been chocolate in a past life.
I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear 

Hello! My name is Kuma.
How are you?

I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear
Winter is cold! I'm a bear, bear, bear.
Night is "Good night, Pillow-san"
Morning is "Good morning, Pillow-san"
I'm a bear, bear, bear, bear

Night is "Good night, Pillow-san"
Morning is "Good morning, Pillow-san"
I'm a bear, bear, B-E, bear, A-R, bear

artist: Ito Yuna (as REIRA starring Yuna Ito)
album: HEART

If you haven't changed your mind
soba ni ite hoshii yo   Tonight

romaji/translation: Kristine

If you haven't changed your mind
I want you here with me tonight

romaji/translation: Kristine

Is that right? It seems like
We're entering a new age that's full of miracles
That you can't taste ever again.
Remember it one more time

*The day we were born on this planet,
Somehow we were happy
Somehow it was painful
We cried
wow yeah wow yeah wow wow yeah

Even judging reality can double-cross you.
Because you can make a mistake,
Use your eyes to determine the value of what's there
By your own standards.

**We were born in a time like this,
But somehow we're moving forward
But somehow we're standing here
Living through today.
wow yeah wow yeah wow yeah

We were born on this planet.
Somehow we were really happy
Somehow it was really painful
We cried out in a loud voice
wow yeah wow yeah wow wow yeah

We were born in a time like this,
But I met you.

We were born on a planet like this,
So I met you.

repeat * and **

artist: Utada Hikaru
album: First Love

saigo no KISU wa
TABAKO no flavor ga shita
NIGAkute setsunai kaori

ashita no imagoro ni wa
anata wa doko ni iru n darou
dare wo omotte iru n darou

*You are always gonna be my love
itsuka dareka to mata koi ni ochite mo
I'll remember to love
You taught me how
You are always gonna be the one
ima wa mada kanashii love song
atarashii uta   utaeru made

tachidomaru jikan ga
ugokidasou to shite iru
wasuretakunai koto bakari

ashita no imagoro ni wa
watashi wa kitto naite iru
anata wo omotte iru n darou

You will always be inside my heart
itsumo anata dake no basho ga aru kara
I hope that I have a place in your heart too
Now and forever you are still the one
ima wa mada kanashii love song
atarashii uta utaeru made

repeat *

Now & forever...

romaji/translation: Kristine

Our last kiss
Tasted like cigarettes.
A sharp, bitter, smell

This time tomorrow,
Where will you be?
Who will you be thinking of?

*You are always gonna be my love
Someday, I'll fall in love again with someone else, and
I'll remember to love
You taught me how
You are always gonna be the one
Now, it's a sad love song
Until I have a new song I can sing.

Though the time that stopped
Has begun to move,
I just can't forget.

This time tomorrow,
I'll probably be crying...
I'll be thinking of you.

You will always be inside my heart
Because there will always be a place just for you
I hope that I have a place in your heart too
Now and forever you are still the one
Now, it's a sad love song
Until I have a new song I can sing.

repeat *

Now & forever...

artist: Koda Kumi
album: Kingdom

itsumotoori   asa   me ga samete
taiyou wo miagetai to naita
kore kara wasurarenai   tabi no yukue wa
dou ni demo   kaete iku kara

romaji/translation: Kristine
Thanks to Cori's Jpop Lyrics for the kanji.

As always, I wake up in the morning
I wanna raise my eyes to the sun and cry
After this, I won't let myself forget where I am on this trip
Because I'm going back.

romaji/translation: Kristine

For example, if I were to suddenly disappear from here,
Would you go looking for me?
Until you find me, can I wait for you
Believing that people are kind?

*Becoming an adult, or
Being an innocent, simple child--
Which one is worse?
Let's stop asking that question
When you bloom.

If you were in this town overflowing in people,
Would you be able to hear me?
It keeps going, it never stops...
Will this scream reach someone?

Knowing someday you'll fall and scatter,
I'll still love you beautifully.
What kind of courage is it
That makes you grow up straight and tall?

repeat *

Knowing you'll someday fall and scatter,
Even when you get stepped on, you're still so proud.
What kind of strength it it
That makes you grow up straight and tall?

Turning back to look at the days that passed by,
Or wishing to tomorrow--
Which is scarier?
Let's stop asking that question
When you bloom.

artist: Utada Hikaru
album: HEART STATION

hadasamui ame no hi
WAKE arige na futari
kuruma no naka wa RAJIO ga nagarete'ta

"sayonara" nante imi ga nai
mata itsuka aetara suteki to omoimasen ka?

watashi no koe ga kikoetemasu ka?
shin'ya ichiji no Heart Station
CHU-NINGU fuyou mo DAIARU
himitsu no HERUTSU
kokoro no denpa   todoitemasu ka?
tsumibitotachi no Heart Station
kami-sama dake ga shitte iru
I miss you

(Baby, can you hear me?
Just tell me one thing
If you can hear me, say something)

"wasurenakya ikenai"
sou omou hodo ni   doushite
ii omoidetachi bakari ga nokoru no?

hanarete itemo anata wa koko ni iru
watashi no HA-TO no mannaka

anata no koe ga kikoeta ki ga shita
shin'ya ichiji no Heart Station
itsumo dokoka de natte iru
futatsu no PARUSU
kokoro no denpa   todoitemasu ka?
koibitotachi no Heart Station
kon'ya mo RIKUESTO kitemasu
I Love You

watashi no koe ga kikoetemasu ka?
shin'ya ichiji no Heart Station
ima mo bokura wo tsunaite'ru
himitsu no HERUTSU
kokoro no denpa   todoitemasu ka?
tsumibitotachi no Heart Station
kami-sama dake ga shitte iru himitsu

romaji/translation: Kristine

An unpleasantly cold, rainy day
Together for some reason
In your car, the radio was playing

There's no need for goodbye if we meet again someday
Don't you think that's wonderful?

Can you hear my voice?
A late night, 1'o'clock Heart Station
Don't need to tune the dial
It's a secret frequency
Is the radio station of my heart reaching you?
A Heart Station for sinners
Only God knows
I miss you

(Baby, can you hear me?
Just tell me one thing
If you can hear me, say something)

I think about it so much
That I need to forget. Why
Do only the good memories get left behind?

Even if you leave, you're here
Inside my heart 

I thought I heard your voice
Late at night on the 1'o'clock Heart Station
Two pulses
Always ringing somewhere
Is the radio station of my heart reaching you?
A Heart Station for lovers
Once again tonight we have a request
I Love You

romaji/translation: Kristine

I want to see only you, always, all the time...
On rainy days, I remember just one wish.

In your heart is
A piece of me I've forgotten.
Is it still there?

Sleeping in the closed book
Are the "memories" that are Pandora's jewels.
I held my breath in hesitation,
Watching them as long as I liked
here in the rain

Yesterday, I cried for the fallen petals that I held dear
As if, little by little, I was forgetting about you.

I'm a piece of you.
I just want to go back to your heart...

My fragmented eyes are
Broken quartz in the shape of a crescent moon.
You're the only light that fulfills me,
Forever waiting
here in the rain

I just want to see you......

Sleeping in the closed book
Are the "memories" that are Pandora's jewels.
I held my breath in hesitation,
Watching them as long as I liked...

My fragmented eyes are
Broken quartz in the shape of a crescent moon.
You're the only light that fulfills me,
Forever waiting
here in the rain
Searching for the piece...

romaji/translation: Kristine

Under the grey, square sky, even today
Everything is running out of the desires it's filled with.
In that light, I can't lose sight of the things before me
I can always walk facing forward because of you.

Because you taught me
That there were still untainted things left behind
In the corners of this town...

I watched you, who had fallen asleep,
Hiding your breath with your exhausted body.
In all of this world, only I know
Your innocent, lovely face...

As if everything was perfect, sunlight downpours
On that day swayed by the gentle wind.

Inside of me, something is slowly growing.
Only I thought it was
Really changing...

I wasn't sad, but the tears fell.
It hurts so much to think of you,
Because you turned into kindness
The scars that sank deep into my heart.

artist: Utada Hikaru
album: HEART STATION

furyou mo yuutousei mo sensei mo
koi ni ochireba onaji yo ne

romaji/translation: Kristine

Delinquents and honors students and teachers
When you fall in love, it's all the same

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: I am...

MARIA   ai subeki hito ga ite
KIZU wo otta subete no monotachi...

romaji/translation: Kristine

MARIA, there's someone I should love
Every person that I've hurt...

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: GUILTY

ima no konna mirai wo boku wa souzou shite'ta darou ka?
ima no konna mirai wo kimi wa souzou shite'ta darou ka?

ima no konna mirai wo boku wa nozonde ita no darou ka?
ima no konna mirai wo kimi wa nozonde ita no darou ka?

hajimari na no ka tte?
shuuen na no ka tte?

akirameta no ka tte?
funbatte no ka tte?

hirakinaotta ka tte?
zetsubou shita ka tte?

tada mae susume to
anata ga iu janai

nakanaide irareru no wa
tsuyoku natta kara
soretomo...

romaji/translation: Kristine

Did I imagine a future like this?
Did you imagine a future like this?

Did I wish for a future like this?
Did you wish for a future like this?

"Is it the beginning?" you ask
"Is it the end?" you ask

"Did you give up?" you ask
"Are you standing strong?" you ask

"Are you shrugging it off?" you ask
"Are you in despair?" you ask

You never just told me
To go forward

I don't need to cry
Because I've become strong,
Or...

artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
album: n/a

ima no konna mirai o boku wa souzou shite ta darou ka?
ima no konna mirai o kimi wa souzou shite ta darou ka?

ima no konna mirai o boku wa nozonde ita no darou ka?
ima no konna mirai o kimi wa nozonde ita no darou ka?

*hajimari na no ka tte?
shuuen na no ka tte?

**akirameta no ka tte?
funbatte n no ka tte?

***hirakinaotta ka tte?
zetsubou shita ka tte?

****tada mae ni susume to
anata ga iu ja nai

ima no konna jidai o boku wa uketomerareru darou ka?
Ima no konna jidai o kimi wa uketomerareru darou ka?

mi o makase n no ka tte?
kuitometai no ka tte?

mite minu furi ka tte?
mite mo inai no ka tte?

tatakatte n no ka tte?
shirohata na no ka tte?

giseisha zura shite
nigete'ru baai janai

nee bokura to kono sekai wa
gensoku suru yousu mo naku

kono mama kasokudo dake ga
mashitsuzuketara...

repeat * and **

repeat *** and ****

nakanai de irareru no wa
tsuyoku natta kara
sore tomo...

romaji/translation: Kristine
Thanks to ayu-mix.com for the kanji.

Did I imagine a future like this?
Did you imagine a future like this?

Did I wish for a future like this?
Did you wish for a future like this?

*"Is it the beginning?" you ask
"Is it the end?" you ask

**"Did you give up?" you ask
"Are you standing strong?" you ask

***"Are you shrugging it off?" you ask
"Are you in despair?" you ask

****You never just told me
To go forward

Can I accept an age like this?
Can you accept an age like this?

"Are you surrendering?" you ask
"Do you want to hold back?" you ask

"Are you pretending you can't see it?" you ask
"Are you not even looking?" you ask

"Are you fighting?" you ask
"Are you raising the white flag?" you ask

It's not the time to be the victim
And run away

Look, we and this world
Don't plan to slow down

If we just keep
Speeding up like this...

repeat * and **

repeat *** and ****

I don't need to cry
Because I've become strong,
Or...