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Tag: VIRGIN

Photo of a tray of watercolor paint, brush, miniature 'randoseru' (a leather backpack Japanese elementary students have), sheets of paper, and a red string.

exist†trace – I feel you (Updated)

On July 20, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn Translation1 Comment

I originally posted this translation in August of 2020. At the time, I knew that miko had done a series of blog posts explaining each track on the album VIRGIN. I didn't know that she had done the same thing for the tracks on the EP THE LAST DAYBREAK—even though she literally mentioned reader comments …

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The tower of the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge in Detroit stands silhouetted against a bank of fluffly, sun-lit clouds in a blue sky.

exist†trace – SORA

On August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

Happy August Igu Day! Finally, we come to the last song on VIRGIN, "SORA." Sound-wise, this song is very fitting to close out an album; it sounds like an ending theme. That, along with the soaring melody, remind me of "Calling" by Kyosuke Himuro, which was used as the ending theme to the original Advent …

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exist†trace – I feel you

On August 10, 2020July 20, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn Life Stuff, Translation1 Comment

Edit, July 20, 2021: I've written an updated version of this post, which includes a translation of a miko blog I hadn't read when I initially posted this translation. The translation itself is almost entirely the same; the change I did make I had already written as a possible interpretation in the footnotes here. I'm …

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exist†trace – KISS IN THE DARK

On August 2, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

I happened to notice that this is my 100th post. ^o^ It's been a while since I said this, but I mostly don't post the lyrics in Japanese text anymore because technically you're supposed to have permission to do that; the sites I link to do. I request that people not copy-paste my translations into …

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exist†trace – Anata

On July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

I don't know why I was thinking that The Only Garden was coming out on the 20th, it comes out today, the 29th. Of course. Anyway, I'm almost through all the songs on VIRGIN! Woo! One of the harder things for monolingual, native English speakers to grasp about the Japanese language is that subjects are …

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exist†trace – Futatsu no Koe

On July 19, 2020July 20, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

Happy July Igu Day! It's July 20th in Japan, so the new mini album The Only Garden should be out now. I'm seeing a single called "Existence" available on the US iTunes store that has the same cover art. Wonder if we'll get the mini album tomorrow. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Unlike …

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Crop of a screenshot showing the thumbnail for exist†trace's music video for "TRUE," showing a close-up of lead singer Jyou holding a microphone near her mouth

exist†trace – TRUE

On July 9, 2020December 26, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn Life Stuff, TranslationLeave a comment

This is the song that made me an exist†trace fan. Like "Unforgive You" from Twin Gate, this song's lyrics seem so specific to me. I thought it had to be about some specific event, or perhaps some particular law or practice within society. Who are the hypocrites and the good people who stand by and do …

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exist†trace – Shigunaru

On July 4, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

This song reminds me of the character image songs from Gundam Wing. Though given miko's love for Sailor Moon, maybe that's the "senshi" (soldier) she was thinking of. I've opted not to do a full translation of miko's blog post for this song, because a lot of it is about a show they were preparing …

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exist†trace – Keiyaku

On July 2, 2020December 26, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn TranslationLeave a comment

There aren't any English or Spanish translations of this song, not that I could find posted publicly anyway, and I wonder if that's because the song isn't popular (I don't know whether it is or isn't) or because people are thinking about it too hard and think it can't be what it sounds like. It's …

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exist†trace – GINGER

On June 29, 2020October 17, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn Translation6 Comments

So much for a schedule... (^o^;) I started doing this back in early June to have it ready for the 9th, but got stuck on several things. The first was that I didn't recognize a reference to a proverb, so while I thought I understood what was going on, I couldn't justify my interpretation. The …

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Close-up! (May 2016)
Close-up! (May 2016)
The faithful dog Hachi-ko guarding some cats at his spot in Shibuya. (May 2016)
The faithful dog Hachi-ko guarding some cats at his spot in Shibuya. (May 2016)
Scripps Park Monarch Side Full
This one speaks for itself, I think. (February 2010)
This one speaks for itself, I think. (February 2010)
Close up of an "ita bag," a bag full of fandom pins and chotchkis. This one has mostly Hard Rock Cafe pins and FFVII keychains.
My ita bag!
The Reclining Buddha at Nanzōin, which is the first stop in the 88 temple pilgrimage of Sasaguri & Shikoku. This is the largest bronze reclining Buddha in the world (August 2010)
The Reclining Buddha at Nanzōin, which is the first stop in the 88 temple pilgrimage of Sasaguri & Shikoku. This is the largest bronze reclining Buddha in the world (August 2010)
A tunnel on the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine. Beyond it is the mountain road up to Kamado Shrine. (April 2016)
A tunnel on the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine. Beyond it is the mountain road up to Kamado Shrine. (April 2016)
Umegaemochi, a kind of mochi with sweet bean paste inside and a plum mark grilled onto the outside. A specialty of Dazaifu, there are several shops on the sandō that sell it. Yum! (April 2016)
Umegaemochi, a kind of mochi with sweet bean paste inside and a plum mark grilled onto the outside. A specialty of Dazaifu, there are several shops on the sandō that sell it. Yum! (April 2016)
The tower of the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge in Detroit stands silhouetted against a bank of fluffly, sun-lit clouds in a blue sky.
A thin branch of a Callary pear tear with two bunches of flowers in full bloom.
Callary pear tree in bloom
In a field of snow, Polygon Figure Cloud watches Polygon Sephiroth in the distance. Both figures are seen from the back.
Based on a photo that originally appeared in the magazine Fool's Mate
Based on a photo that originally appeared in the magazine Fool’s Mate
From an ice cream stand on the 参道 (sandō, the road leading up to a temple or shrine) to Dazaifu Tenmangū. They sell normal flavors & unusual flavors. Black sesame isn't that unusual, but I recommend their tofu flavored ice cream and corn flavored ice cream too. (April 2016)
From an ice cream stand on the 参道 (sandō, the road leading up to a temple or shrine) to Dazaifu Tenmangū. They sell normal flavors & unusual flavors. Black sesame isn’t that unusual, but I recommend their tofu flavored ice cream and corn flavored ice cream too. (April 2016)
Tsuki no Matsu, the "Moon Pine" in Ueno Park. I don't know if this is the same tree ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige depicted in his "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" prints, or if it's that the nearby temple has been grooming different pines into this shape for hundreds of years. (May 2016)
Tsuki no Matsu, the “Moon Pine” in Ueno Park. I don’t know if this is the same tree ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige depicted in his “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” prints, or if it’s that the nearby temple has been grooming different pines into this shape for hundreds of years. (May 2016)
On the door to Shin-eiji Temple (an annex of Naritasan Temple) in Sapporo, they translated "Pray freely" to "Pray it freely", which I thought felt more poetic. (May 2016)
On the door to Shin-eiji Temple (an annex of Naritasan Temple) in Sapporo, they translated “Pray freely” to “Pray it freely”, which I thought felt more poetic. (May 2016)

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