Hi no Izuru Kuni Jipangu
Country Where the Sun Rises, Cipangu

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Album / Collection: HETALIA Character CD Vol.3 Japan
Track # 2

Description: Japan's Character Theme

Sung by: Takahashi Hiroki
Lyrics, composition and arrangement: DY-T

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Iro ha ni ho he to chi ri nu ru wo
Hi no izuru kuni Jipangu

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Even the fragrant flowers will scatter[1]
The country where the sun rises first, Cipangu[2]

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("Aratamemashite Nihon desu.
Shumi wa kuuki wo yonde
Hatsugen wo tsutsushimu koto desu")

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("Nice to meet you again, I am Japan.
My hobbies are...
Reading the mood and refraining from speaking.")

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Nagai rekishi no naka ni wa
Hikikomotte ita toki mo aru
Minasan yori wa
Unto jisan touyou ni ukabu watashi

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In my lengthy history
There were times I hid away[3]
Compared to everyone else
I'm an old man, floating in the orient

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Amerikasan no murinandai ni
Hibi keikenchi wo age ganbatte
Sugoi iro desu
Taberaremasen demo moratte shimau watashi

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From America-san's unreasonable requests
I raise my experience points every day and strive on
It's an amazing color
But I cannot eat it, and yet I still accept it

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Wakai hito ni wa tsuite ikenai
Sonna koto wo omou hi mo aru
Shikashi bushi no tamashii dake wa
Wasurete wa inai no desu

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There are also days I feel like
I'll never understand these young ones[4]
But my warrior spirit
Is the one thing I haven't forgotten

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Kogadaka nara makasete kudasai
Iro mo sorezore goyoui shitemasu
Nijigen nara karada yogoremasen
Kokoro wa sukoshi yogoremasu ga

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When it comes to minaturization, please leave it to me
I have even prepared one in every color
When it comes to 2D, the body will not be corrupted
Though the heart will, a little

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Iro ha ni ho he to chi ri nu ru wo
Hi no izuru kuni Jipangu

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Even the fragrant flowers will scatter
The country where the sun rises first, Cipangu

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Kuni wo hiraita totan ni
Odorokimashita gekihen de
Youfuku kutsu ni chikara no kagiri!
Demo sugu narete shimau watashi

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Just as this country opened up
I was shocked by all of the sudden changes
I wore western clothes and shoes as best as I could!
But I quickly got used to them

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("Juunen hodo ita dakeba...")

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("Just give me another 10 years...")

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Hakkiri to shiro to iwaremasu ga
Hito yori zutto kangaete ite
Dakara Yes to No dake de wa
Katari tsukusenai mono desu

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I am told to speak more precisely
But I think about things more than the others
So just saying "yes" or "no"
Does not best serve my purposes

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Arenji nara makasete kudasai
Karee wa pan ni mo gohan ni mo aimasu
Kutsujoku ni wa totemo taeraremasen
Kaku naru ue wa seppuku desu...ara?

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When it comes to the arrangements, please leave it to me
Curry goes well with bread or rice
I cannot bear any sort of humiliation
Since it has come to this, I must commit seppuku...right?

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Kono umi no ue ni wa tayou na kuni atte
Omonjite ita koto mo kutsugaeru

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I met various countries on top of this ocean
And everything I revered was turned up-side down

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("Haru wa akebo
Natsu wa yoru desu
Aki wa yuugure
Fuyu wa tsutomete")

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("A spring sunrise
A summer night
A fall evening
An early winter morning")

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("Ten wo terasu kami no moto
Watashitachi no rekishi wo
Mata sennen tsumugimashou ne...")

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("Underneath the heavens
Illuminated by the gods,
Let our history unravel for another millenium")

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Hana wa nioedo chitte yukimasu
Tsuki wa michitara kake yuku mono desu
Shiki no utsuri no kaori yutaka na
Watashi wa kono kuni ga suki desu

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Even the fragrant flowers will scatter[5]
The moon fades after it is full
The plentiful scent of the changing seasons
I love this country

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Iro ha ni ho he to chi ri nu ru wo
Hi no izuru kuni Jipangu 

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Even the fragrant flowers will scatter
The country where the sun rises first, Cipangu 

[1] This is a line from the Japanese poem "Iroha", dated back to the Heian era. It is unique because it contains every character of Japanese syllabary exactly once.
[2] The name given to Japan by Marco Polo.
[3] The word used here is "hikikomotte", which you might recognize as a verb form of "Hikikomori", using a modern term to reference the time Japan was closed off to the rest of the world.
[4] The kanji given here is "kuni" meaning "country", but the pronunciation given is "hito" meaning "person".
[5] As opposed to the first line of the song, which is in archaic Japanese, this line has a similar meaning in modern Japanese.

Translated and transliterated by Rizuchan
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