石川さゆり

天城越えはすてきな歌です!

=D Yup, she is really something. I really wish i could sing like her. When I water my plants, I listen to meoto zanzai, it is woderfull.

て in my correction is a particle to be used when you describe something in a row.

Examples:
広くて青い海　→　vast and blue ocean
大きくて可愛いバンダ　→　big and cute Banda

Ah I forgot the て, silly me =D You had explained to me i the adjective lesson ^.^

One more correction:

石川さゆりは美しく才女です　→　石川さゆりは美しい才女です

You know the ふくしの歌, don't you?　
い～く、い～く、い～く　♪　ふくしだよ～　♪♪
美しい　→　adjective
美しく　→　adverb
い　→　く　（adjective　→　adverb）

Ah I didn't know that it was a noun XD

I think the most beautiful song of 石川さゆり is津軽海峡・冬景色.
It's also my favorite song.

津軽（つがる）　→　the name of the place in the northern part of Japan
海峡（かいきょう）　→　strait
冬景色（ふゆげしき）　→　winter scenery

With the scenery



With the lyrics

awsome !!! She is really a star !! She inspires me !
But do you know where can find the lyrics of her songs ? I don't know the title of the first song I posted of her =/ I all I know is that she says : ijiwaru na anata wa haha

The title of the first video: 硝子坂（がらすざか）
The lyrics: http://www.uta-net.com/song/1393/




The title of the second video: 夫婦善哉（めおとぜんざい）
The lyrics: http://www.uta-net.com/song/4464/




If you know the name of a singer or title, you can get the lyrics here.
http://www.uta-net.com/
If you don't know the kanji, you can still input it in hiragana.

If you input 石川さゆり, you'll get the lyrics of her 127 songs like this.
http://goo.gl/rw7Kz

All you have to do is click each 曲名（title） in this page and move on to the next page by clicking 次の20曲.

Aww thanks a lot !! I really like her =D now I will be able to follow her songs =D Tu es génial !

De rien.

There is just one little icky problem...where do I get the translation ? Can you at least tell me what the chorus means =)

There is no translation for Japanese Enka, because once it is translated into English or French or any other foreign languages, the "soul" of Enka will be wrecked haha

You have to dig into your imagination for the meaning or study Japanese hard to understand Enka in the original LOL

aww come on :T I have tried hard but I can't figure out why it's a love song where she says that the guy is mean XD the kanji is a bit tough

In which part of the lyrics do you have difficulty?
The following part?
いじわるな　あなたは
いつでも　坂の上から
手招きだけを　くりかえす

I can understand this part, she says that he is mean, he stands over a hill waving at her all the time. But I don't understand the rest. And the main theme of the song.

First of all, 硝子坂 is a metaphor.
It literally means a slope made of glass, but actually means fragileness.
There is a man who she loves very much, but for some reason, she feels it difficult to go to him to tell her true feeling.

Just imagine that there are an average woman who is not pretty and a super cool guy like a star and every girl is dying to hang out with him.
Do you think it's easy for her to tell him, "Hey, I like you. Can you date with me?"
This inner conflict is referred to as 硝子坂.

"いじわるな　あなたは" doesn't necessarily mean that he is mean.
She refers to him as いじわるな simply because of her inability of telling him her true feeling.

手招きだけを　くりかえす is also her imagination that he is always beckoning for her, only beckoning.
With this phrase, she is expressing that he is sort of unreachable for her.

Now, do you understand it is quite difficult to translate Enka into English?

eeh O.O no matter how many times I read ît O.O it doesn't sound any easuer O.O

You know, Enka is a soulful song, so you can't just translate it literally.
Instead, you have to try to read between the lines.
That's what Enka is great about.

As for いじわるな　あなたは, she just feels that he is kind of いじわるな because he is "too good" for her to tell her feeling "frankly" and this kind of dilemma makes her feel いじわるな　あなたは.


私の前には　硝子坂
きらきら光る　硝子坂

My interpretation is like this:
Even though there might be some way to tell him what's in her mind, she can't do that because she is scared of being laughed at by him.

some way to tell him what's in her mind　→　坂
The fear "if she dares to tell her real feeling to him, she might be rejected and laughed at by him" is referred to as 硝子（glass）, which is easy to be smashed.

her strong desire to let him know that she loves him　→　きらきら光る

lol :D I like all types of Japanese music