Sweet Memories of First Encouners

The memories of the first encounters 

in every segment of life 

are the most treasured and 

become sweeter as time goes by: 

the first romantic love, 

the first art course I took, 

the first job I had, 

the first position in a lifelong career, 

the first holiday overseas, 

the first book I published, 

the first Japanese TV drama I watched...

However, these sweet memories may sometimes 

evoke sadness in me, 

as I know I cannot always 

experience the same joy 

in future encounters.

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Stephan Moccio - Halston

Stephan Moccio - Halston

September comes after August

August during my student days meant something 

very different to me 

compared to August after leaving school.

The difference is due to 

the varying degrees of positive sentiment 

I would feel towards the upcoming September.

Taylor Swift – August

Salt air, and the rust on your door

I never needed anything more

Whispers of "Are you sure?"

"Never have I ever before"

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

Your back beneath the sun

Wishin' I could write my name on it

Will you call when you're back at school?

I remember thinkin' I had you

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

Back when we were still changin' 

for the better

Wanting was enough

For me, it was enough

To live for the hope of it all

Cancel plans just in case you'd call

And say, "Meet me behind the mall"

So much for summer love and saying "us"

'Cause you weren't mine to lose

You weren't mine to lose, no

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

'Cause you were never mine, never mine

But do you remember?

Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?

Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, 

for the hope of it all

"Meet me behind the mall"

Remember when I pulled up and said, 

"Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans 

just in case you'd call?

Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all

(for the hope of it all)

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

(For the hope of it all)

(For the hope of it all)

The speeds at which cherry blossoms fall

To compare the speed at which 

cherry blossoms fell fifteen years ago with the speed this year: 

is this year's speed faster or slower?

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秒速5厘米 - 秒速5センチメートル

One More Time, One More Chance

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十五年前的櫻花飄落的速度，

比較今年櫻花飄落的速度，

是快了些抑或是慢了些呢？

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Walking in a market in a little town in the morning

Simple living always 

leads to rich life.

Mree - Kiki's Song (original) - Live

I am open 

The start of a life on my own 

Way down below 

Little town, 

full of people 

People that I'd like to know 

With a peck on the cheek 

And a bag full of pastries 

The goodies I bring on the bend 

One last goodbye 

And a turn to my family 

All waving like birds on the fence 

Oh I make my way down 

With a smile, to the market 

Saying good morning 

Good day But oh, when I wake up alone 

There are tears on my pillow 

No use in dreaming today 

But I'm wild I am free 

Like a fire in the dark 

I am turning the key 

And in time I will see 

I have everything 

I want I have all that I need Like a leaf 

In summer dreams 

I'm floating back to you 

Lay with me 

In melodies 

All humming back for you

Love is not a Revolution

Love is not a revolution, 

But you can treat the other to a meal.

vs

愛不是革命，

但可以請對方吃飯。

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RADWIMPS - カナタハルカ

愛的意義、

它的結構與相對論 

原來我也是這樣幻想的。 

我想知道當我們長大後，

我們是否還能見面，

情歌有幾萬首，

你知道它們的意思嗎？ 

但愛不是革命、挫折或天災。 

是你，不知為什麼，

你的笑聲就像是孤獨。 

你唱歌的樣子就像今天的日出，

 幾千年後人類會做什麼。

我想看你用一張無人知曉的臉微笑，

 我沒有它，我是由我沒有的東西組成的。 

你正在塑造我。

當我這麼說的時候你笑了，對吧？ 

連那張臉我都想看。

直到今天我一直使用的這顆心只為我自己。

你突然打斷我的話，

造成了極大的麻煩，

還造成了嚴重的交通堵塞。

但後來你意識到我是你現在在宇宙中最想要的人。 

說的話。你說話的聲音就像我母親的哼哼聲。 

你沉默的樣子就像夜的寂靜。

幾萬年後地球會是什麼顏色並不重要。

你看到我帶著一張還沒有人認識的臉微笑，

已經有成百上千了、

我在看，我在聽，

你不知道 “只要你在”“只要你在”。

不管接下來的話語有多可怕， 

 有了這雙手臂，我可以擁抱你

我在你身邊看到的絕望比沒有你的希望更明亮。 

啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦。

 不知為什麼，

你笑起來的樣子很像善意。 

 你唱歌的樣子就像今天的淋浴。

 幾千年後人類會做什麼、

 我想看你用一張無人知曉的臉微笑、

 我沒有它，我是由我沒有的東西組成的。 

 你正在塑造我。

 當我尖叫你的名字直到它乾涸、

 如果我能聯絡到你，

我現在就會尖叫。

Why we stay the same (Noah Cyrus - July)

Change means leaving 

the comfort zone.

It requires much effort，

but may not be fruitful.

Somehow it should be tried 

at some points of life.

Noah Cyrus - July (Official Video)

I've been holding my breath

I've been counting to ten

Over something you said

I've been holding back tears

While you're throwing back beers

I'm alone in bed

You know I, I'm afraid of change

Guess that's why we stay the same

So tell me to leave

I'll pack my bags, get on the road

Find someone that loves you

Better than I do, darling, I know

'Cause you remind me every day

I'm not enough, but I still stay

Feels like a lifetime

Just trying to get by while we're dying inside

I've done a lot of things wrong

Loving you being one

But I can't move on

You know I, I'm afraid of change

Guess that's why we stay the same

So tell me to leave

I'll pack my bags, get on the road

Find someone that loves you

Better than I do, darling, I know

'Cause you remind me every day

I'm not enough, but I still stay

If you want me to leave

Then tell me to leave and baby I'll go

You remind me every day

I'm not enough, but I still stay

Take it for granted - 優里『レオ』(Leo)

Certain truths are eternal; for example, all the interactions with the people, incidents, and matters around you should not be taken for granted.

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有些真理是永恆對的，例如，

所有的人事物和你的某種牽連都不是理所當然的。

優里 - 『レオ』(Leo）

I spent my time in the showcase. 

Everyone had passed by. 

I was scared until you took me that day. 

Your small hands were just like mine. 

We rolled around and tickled each other. 

I grew to love you so much. 

Stay by my side at all times.

If you say so, ah. 

My name is Leo. 

Call me by my name. 

It's the name you gave me. 

Whether happy or sad, 

I'm the important person 

who decided to be by my side. 

The more you grow up, 

the less time we spend together. 

It's only natural. 

Your friends are far away. 

I can't help it. 

That perfume you've been wearing lately 

is painful for me, 

who has a good nose. 

I wonder if you'll come home lately too.

I dream of a room without you. 

About that day again. 

My name is Leo. 

Call me by my name. 

It's the name you gave me. 

I'm lonely, but sad. 

The important person who decided to be by my side. 

On the night you came back to tell me that 

you were living with someone else. 

You stroked me, 

it must be farewell. 

I was able to meet you one last time, 

hey, I'm happy. 

My name is Leo. 

Call me by my name. 

It's the name you gave me. 

Don't cry anymore. 

Call me by my name. 

That day, you stroked me with a bigger hand. 

My name is Leo. 

Call me by my name.

I'm glad it was the name you gave me. 

Don't forget, that's fine. 

Give someone new a name again.

Thank You (Kokia - Arigatou )

To say "thank you" to someone who is kind to you,

repeatedly, 

without hesitation, 

whenever there is such a chance, 

in whatever situation.

 

Kokia- Arigatou

Japanese lyrics translated into English

Thank you...

Everyone loses something without 

realizing it

When I suddenly realize it, 

you're gone, leaving only memories

In the midst of a busy time, 

like dolls who have lost their words

Like stray cats on the street corners

I hear a voiceless cry

If I could see you again

I want to say just one thing: 

thank you, thank you

Even if we hurt each other sometimes, 

I want to feel you

Feelings

Megan Moroney - 28th of June

June 2024 is almost over. 

I hope it could end very soon, 

 because I have many plans full of beautiful visions 

all scheduled to start in July. 

Why are they scheduled to start in July? 

 Because I often make some plans 

for myself on a half-year basis. 

Everything in 2024 June or 

all those in the first half of the year,

 will become history.

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Megan Moroney - 28th of June 

28th of June, it was me and you

Rose petals on the bed, and I love you

Written on a happy one-year card

"Here's to forever, you have my heart"

Drank a bottle of red and opened up another

Danced around the room, holdin' onto each other

Like we were never gonna let go

I was too naïve to know

Just 'cause something's good don't mean it lasts

By fall, we fell apart, and just like that

Time kept tickin', and you moved on

Another 365 have come and gone

Today would've been a day that we'd celebrate

And now it's just another Tuesday

28th of June, callin' out of work

Wakin' up alone, sleepin' in your shirt

Wonderin' if you think about me

Are you really already happy?

Come on, babe, don't say it's true

That she loves you like I still do

Say I still cross your mind

And it's eating you alive

Just 'cause something's good don't mean it lasts

By fall, we fell apart, and just like that

Time kept tickin', and you moved on

Another 365 have come and gone

Today would've been a day that we'd celebrate

And now it's just another Tuesday

The 28th of June will come one day

I'll wake up and be okay

But the rain outside says it won't be today

Just 'cause something's good don't mean it lasts

By fall, we fell apart, and just like that

Time kept tickin', and you moved on

Another 365 have come and gone

Today would've been a day that we'd celebrate

And now it's just another Tuesday

May is a Humble Month

I observe that most of the flowers 

appearing in spring is 

small in size and plain in colour.

These flowers cannot survive through summer 

which is belonged to 

flowers of larger sizes and brighter colours. 

If my observation reflects the nature rightly, 

I don't know why most of them 

cannot survive through summer.

To me, spring is a humble season. 

May is a humble month as 

the last month of spring.

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Mree - May

This song is an instrumental

Who Keeps Who Hanging On

When a relationship is breaking,

both sides should know,

different tactics could be adopted to 

handle this relationship.

one tactic is to break it sharply.

another tactic is hang it on. 

The first tactic can be initiated by 

either side and 

the breaking up can be easily achieved.

The second tactic should be adopted by 

both sides simultaneously if it can be achieved.

So don't blame the other side to hang you on.

In fact, you are also hanging the other side 

on and on.

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Rod Stewart - You Keep Me Hanging On

[Chorus]

Set me free why don't you, baby

Get out of my life why don't you, baby

You really don't want me

You just keep me hanging on

You really don't need me

You just keep me hanging on

[Verse 1]

Why do you keep coming around

Playing with my heart?

Why don't you get out of my life

And help me to make a new start?

Let me get over you

The way you got over me

[Chorus]

Set me free why don't you, baby

Get out of my life why don't you, baby

You really don't want me

You just keep me hanging on

You really don't need me

You just keep me hanging on

[Verse 2]

You said when we broke up

You just wanted to be friends

Tell me, how can we still be friends

When seeing you just breaks my heart again

And there ain't nothing I can do about it

It's time to let it go and wait

A relationship broke ,

which in turn broke his heart.

He eagerly spent much time to explore ways 

to mend his broken heart.

Before the heart is mended，

he felt that the heart cannot be hastily mended, 

by whatever means,

it can only heal by itself which takes time.

So he changes to let it go and wait, 

until the time comes

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盧廣仲  - Dream like me

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盧廣仲 一 Dream like me

作詞：조휴일 (Cho Hyuil) 作曲：조휴일 (Cho Hyuil)

Seasons have changed

Since you ran away from home

I've looked everywhere

It's time to let it go

There's a ghost in my kitchen

A graveyard in my bed

Endless nights and fever dreams

My soft edges are gone

But I don't have to ask you

Cuz I already know

You don't love him like you loved me

No matter what you tell him

You left your heart behind girl

Come back and pick it up

We are never gonna be done, no no

Seasons have changed

Since you ran away from home

I've looked everywhere

It's time to let it go

There's a ghost in my kitchen

A graveyard in my bed

Endless nights and fever dreams

My soft edges are gone

But I don't have to ask you

Cuz I already know

You don't love him like you loved me

No matter what you tell him

You left your heart behind girl

Come back and pick it up

We are never gonna be done, no no

Does he dream like me?

In a world full of broken dreams

Does he make you feel like I did babe?

In a room full of nobodies

Does he dream like me?

In a world full of broken dreams

Does he make you feel like I did babe?

In a room full of nobodies

Who would paint the sky green for you?

Who would wait out in the rain for you?

Who would paint the sky green for you?

Who would wait out in the rain for you?

Father and I

When I was small,

 father was tall and strong.

Father could throw me up above his head 

and let me land on his chest.

Then I was tall,

father from long before could not throw me up

because I was too heavy for him 

even just to pick me up.

 Father was no more tall and strong.

 But he could jog with me occasionally.

Time flied and no one asked the time of day.

One day, I suddenly found that

father was still tall and strong,

when I attempted to throw my son up 

above my head and 

let my son land on my chest.

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The above passages are inspired by the lyrics of 

the Bee Gees' First of May:

When I was small

And Christmas trees were tall

We used to laugh while others used to play

Don't ask me why

But time has passed us by

Someone else moved in from far away

Now we are tall

And Christmas trees are small

And you don't ask the time of day

But you and I

Our love will never die

To kiss and cry, "Come, first of May"

The apple tree that grew for you and me

I watched the apples falling one by one

And I recall the moment of them all

The day I kissed your cheek and you were gone

Now we are tall

And Christmas trees are small

And you don't ask the time of day

But you and I

Our love will never die

To kiss and cry, "Come, first of May"

When I was small

And Christmas trees were tall

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Don't ask me why

But time has passed us by

Someone else moved in from far away

Romantic walk on the clouds

I often dream of romantically walking on 

the clouds high in the sky

I can always stand firmly on the clouds;

I can even run on it with 

every firm step along the way.

But when walking or running on the clouds,

I actually keep worrying that 

I would fall below the clouds onto the ground shattered to pieces.

So I don't like these dreams of 

moving on the clouds!

I would rather have more dreams of 

moving on the solid ground, 

though without traces of romance.

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Hikaru Shirosu - Waltz No. 1, Collapse - Hikaru Shirosu (Official Audio)

Talking and listening in life

When one grows old,

he should talk less, listen more.

But in reverse, 

most of the people growing old would 

talk more, listen less.

When two old persons chat together,

the chat usually results in 

becoming a quarrel,

with both sides complaining the other side on

talking too much, 

and listening too little. 

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カメレオン

King Gnu

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日劇「勿說是推理」主題曲

「Chameleon」（變色龍）by King Gnu

我想知道

它不會實現

你的真實身份是

迷宮般的

一個難以捉摸的謎

思想改變，顏色改變

是什麼輕輕地改變了它的外觀

悲傷的黃昏

我不認識的你是誰？

一輛特快列車駛過

一陣風吹過廢棄的月台。

我到處都找不到你

時間過去後出現在通話畫面的你

你是我不再認識的人了。

因為你笑得很開心

我太累了，我也笑了。

喜歡多少次都可以

喜歡多少次都可以

骯髒的悲傷

從上面塗上白色油漆

毀掉一切

就連我丟掉它的那個晚上

畫布是彩色的

淚水滲出，傾盆大雨

和你在我的記憶裡

你們兩個現在都是真的

你色彩鮮豔

我已經不知道什麼顏色了

喜歡多少次都可以

喜歡多少次都可以

現在適合你

它是什麼顏色並不重要

我想傳達的這種感覺

即使那也不會實現

如果你這麼說，

那隻是簡單的虛張聲勢

即使我不在你身邊

我想知道

不匹配

你的真實身份是

迷宮般的

一個難以捉摸的謎

思想改變，顏色改變

是什麼輕輕地改變了它的外觀

悲傷的黃昏

我不認識的你是誰？

Thoughts become remote

Thoughts become remote due to distance,

Luckily, I still feel them beautiful before I forget.

思念因距離變得遙遠，

幸好在忘懷前仍覺美麗。

動畫《陰陽師》片尾歌 - 日本ao - kioku 記憶

The darkness burns quietly and the moon shines on you

the darkness burns quietly

I'm sure the moon will shine on you

I guess I had this thought as well.

I look back at the past again

The breath I let out is weak

But the feeling is still expanding

The small weight quickly disappears

Maybe I can't help it

What I knew but couldn't say

Even what you said to me

Even if you can't see it now

It was dull

Like a gentle sound swaying

Connect your will and don't let go

The life that will surely scatter

I want to end it with you

But the darkness quietly snatches me away

Thoughts and distance become far away

I don't have to worry about this anymore.

Even my thoughts look beautiful

Ah, ah

闇が静かに燃える月が貴方を照らす

闇が静かに燃える

月が貴方を照らすきっと

こんな想いもあったのねと

また過去と見つめ合う

抜ける息は弱く

だが未だ膨らむ感覚

小さな重みはすぐになくなって

仕方ないのかもな

気づいてたけど言えなかったこと

私に言い聞かせたことさえも

今は目に見えなくとも

鈍くふりかかった

優しい音が揺れるように

意志を繋いで離さないでよ

きっと散りゆく生命を

貴方と共に終わりたいのよ

でも闇が静かに攫う

想いも距離も遠くなる

もうここでは心配しなくていいよ と

思うことさえ綺麗に映る

Ah, ah

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

 A simple life deliberately chosen,

it’s no longer a simple life,

From there, there is rich daily living。

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Just a perfect day

Drink sangria in the park

And then later, when it gets dark

We go home

Just a perfect day

Feed animals in the zoo

Then later a movie, too

And then home

Oh, it's such a perfect day

I'm glad I spent it with you

Oh, such a perfect day

You just keep me hanging on

You just keep me hanging on

Just a perfect day

Problems all left alone

Weekenders on our own

It's such fun

Just a perfect day

You made me forget myself

I thought I was someone else

Someone good

Oh, it's such a perfect day

I'm glad I spent it with you

Oh, such a perfect day

You just keep me hanging on

You just keep me hanging on

You're going to reap just what you sow

You're going to reap just what you sow

You're going to reap just what you sow

You're going to reap just what you sow