Yadokari- Kaji Meiko

[ihopaaa]

Mi Deskicio - Liricistas con DSK2

[leitomxl]

Exelente cantante me encantan sus canciones

[RENEDU2]

enka rulz

[sdahiphop]

illest facts - decisiones

[Cernumospete]

Aaah, nostalgica

can't say I liked the Sasori-movies

but damn I like these songs

remind me everytime to Trash-movies, Kill Bill and Tarantino

[alkampfer82]

@Thenekamikazi

boku wa meiko san ga suki desu... :p

僕は衣子さんが好きです。

[Mandragora84x]

COOL!!

[r4x2]

美しい。

[Thenekamikazi]

Boku wa suki Meiko San

[Vol4eg01]

@Thenekamikazi fail grammar

soz mate, no offence, but i think u should learn language at least a little bit before tryin to write somethin. Not to look like... well, not smart person.

[RavenousMedicine]

the picture on this album speaks alot too. i didnt look closely too it before, but i have since. her fists are clenched, her sleeves are rolled, her face is determined behind all the shadow on it, and the angle is looking upward, giving some kind of respect. it really is a deep song i suspect, or at least album. either way it is gorgeous, i cant stop listening to it.

[RavenousMedicine]

@RavenousMedicine ... i imagine this girl might have even spat at her hangers before she slipped into the noose.

[RavenousMedicine]

i dont speak a word of japanese, yet this music engages me none the less, beautiful and haunting.

[Dragonblu68]

As always, beautiful melodic voice Japanese, Meiko still so good, you've got a great admirer from Italy ....

[RavenousMedicine]

@Dragonblu68 she's starting to gain one from the U.S. as well! cheers!

[ukomama]

i like this song:)

[Ronin10467]

deep lyrics

[miriamlerma]

Natsu no - hajime no naga ame ni summertime - long rains begin Kokoro bosusa ga tsui tsunoru my helpless feelings grow Kemono mitai ni hada wo yose the beast inside me Tenjou mitsumete suu tabako gazing at the ceeling - smoking tabaco Shosen yadokari jinsei wa after all -it the hermite crabs life Yasashikerya ii ude no naka it feels good in strong & gentle arms Aki ni naru koro shinda yatsu autumn comes- my lovers died Kuroi fukukite ochiba michi wearing black- walking the road of fallen leave

[Ukiyo3chan]

other way...just type vid2mp3.com^^

i use only this it's perfect for having it in hq^^

hi from switzerland:D

[Thecomedyvamp]

Meiko, gashiba now! aisteru!!

[Conqbl]

love it :) this sounds like old vestern music. and meiko voice .. just breathtaking !!!

[artigotale]

I love this song!!!

[artigotale]

I love this song!!!, I love Meiko Kaji. She is truly an artist with a rare voice.

Does anybody know how I could download this song onto an I-Pod or even just computer???

[MrFuckyoum8]

@artigotale you can download about 5 albums from U torrents,,,,they are still on there ,,,im pretty sure this is on one of the Albums ;~~))

[naddizema]

@artigotale

just google dvdvideosoft and download their "free youtube to mp3 converter" and u'll be able to download the audio from youtube videos. just make sure the audio on the video is of good quality ;)

[artigotale]

I love this song!!!, I love Meiko Kaji. She is truly an artist with a rare voice.

Does anybody know how I could download this song onto an I-Pod or even just computer???

[Flonky]

I love it !

[adinemeth]

thanks for the translation

she's got a talent in singing, very nice song

[j0knecht]

a hauntingly beautiful voice

[okashitosake]

I' m so poor at English but try translating only the last part of the song.

At the dawn of winter , the snow reflecting sunlight

I recall it at such time.

The day when I forcibly became woman , like breaking off the flower(this part is especially literal translation .I dont know how to express it in English . It can be interpreted as two kinds: rape or prostitution )

To live is after all to borrow things temporarily.

I'm borrowing even my own life... sorry for poor quality.

[YoungBelaLugosi]

Meiko san is the one of the most beautiful singer ever.

Daisuki desu Meiko san !

[andronick]

All the songs of Meiko Kaji have a common think her strong voice.

[SirKil0t]

Yeah japanese singers have nice voices :P

And some cool songs :P

[julie101rox]

her voice is so beautiful

[BillieCoss]

hheheheheheheh

[GucciGunz]

Cool song. Without the vocals it could probably fit well in a Western which is really cool xD She has a beautiful voice too which makes it that much better.

[c0al]

funny story about that..

[GucciGunz]

What would that be? :)

[c0al]

go watch kill bill and lady snowblood d00d

[GucciGunz]

I own both Kill Bill's and Lady Snowblood on dvd :3

[c0al]

then you are doing just fine and i advise you keep on doing good things until you die at which point you can stop

[dngcat]

hahaha!!!funny

[MrLimpinen]

she visits me often in my dreams. i am from finland and i just cant get enough of her songs / voice / appearance. real peace of diamond she is. with love. ian from espoo

[killbill402]

Is this song used in the fourth female prisoner scorpion movie.

[IGetAround29]

Meiko is one of the people I HAVE to meet when I go to Japan.

[crystyan1975]

this song make me cry , it bring me some memories from someone i lost,

[starativarius]

No need to know what she says. This music gives much more. Just close ur eyes and relax. If u r still wondering use ur imagination.

[lethe31977]

she has got some amazing good songs !!

[globalgirl33]

amazing, gentle, soft but strong...

love her so much

[ReturnOfJackDawson]

plz plz plzzz someone translate what she says? What is this song about?

[makinaci80]

Harika.(It's wonderfull.)

[assassin216]

this is my favorite song from her

[currostar]

very nice misic incredible, is a rumba japanisk bravo

[pdogone1]

have three films of meiko and five more on order including wandering ginza butterfly,,let meiko know how much we love her movies and music!

amazon has them

[PurpleKiss07]

Da hora, e olha q eu nao tenho olhinhos puxados, mas curto a música japonesa e árabe (vai entender)

[AazKalinin]

Замечательная песня. Прекрасное исполнение. Жаль, нет перевода, хотя бы на английский.

[nikofresh]

ili na russkij ;)

[SecretIVUIIHear]

Keep on scratching AazKalinin (clip-motion). But if I can suggest: Try learning Japanese "very easy"... "most difficult" ! But like all learning, its most rewarding. Most of Nihongo is all about context... Poetry is untranslatable without losing most of its essence, soul or magical subtlety.

[queen1414]

looove this music

[Dragonblu68]

Very melodic and sad but attractive. How always capable Meiko Kaji.... By.Dragonblu68 From Italy

[bacanay]

beautiful music

[gabrielgarsia]

Ok people! here is the meaning of the song!

Yadokari - are the people who dont have their own home and have to stay in the cheapest hotels. The reason for it can be escaping from mafia. Meiko has a lot of such roles in yakuza movies, where she revenges or just fights with mafia and as a result quits normal life and lives as a yadokari. For a Japanese this is the worst way of living, so she sings about despair and hoplessness of such life.

I`ll try someday to translate this song into English...

[loritol]

Thank you so very much!!! I love Enka music, and especially Kaji Meiko

[robertmotsamiller]

yeah thanks =D

[artigotale]

@gabrielgarsia I love this song!!!

[kolberg462]

@gabrielgarsia

thanks for your explanation

[julie101rox]

@gabrielgarsia thanks 

[InstructorKM]

@gabrielgarsia thank you.

[angryandyoungpunk]

can someone just try to somewhat summarize the meaning of the song? its so beautiful. thanks!

[snabbt]

This song is very difficult to translate. It's the type of song that would lose a lot of meaning in translation, too.

I hope someone goes for it though!

[elektrobrother]

PLEASE translation, PLEASE,

[FelfiLoh]

wat its mean ??? i mean the lyrics ??

[Uthuriel]

i dont understand a word but her music is great

[OctavianDulf1976]

Yadokari

Nantsu no hajime no naga ame ni

Kakoro bosusa ga tsui tsoru

Kenomono mitai ni hada wo yose

Tenjou mismete suu tabako

Shonsen yadokari jinsen wa

Yashikerya ii ude no naka

Aki ni naru koro shinda yatsu

Kuroi fukite ochiba michi

Usui kemuri entotsu wo

[tom101942]

Sorry. I dont mean to pick holes but just so you know...

夏=Natsu (Summer)

[OctavianDulf1976]

Nakimo de kizu ni miageteru

Shonsen yadokari jinsei wa

Yado wo nakushita mi no aware

Fuyu nu akegata yuki akari

Konna toki ni wa omoidasu

Hana oreraru awaresa de

Shonsen yadokari jinsei wa

Inochi hitotsu mo karita mama

[henyongsakuragi]

I can't understand but I love the emotions, feeling and her voice.

[LEELAisrighthere]

Believe me, I love Meiko Kaji, but this is probably my least favorite song of her's.

[cforclover]

whats the relation between the picture of this woman embracing death and the music?

[BadProdRikordz]

it' s from the movies (6 film) call "Lady Scorpion'

[Arucard08]

Anyone knows where can I get a translation of this?

[LilDesiMac]

I was actually looking it up on Google and I found a lot of hermit crabs..Hmm.. Perhaps a sign. I guess I'll just have to look at the Japanese lyrics and pull out what I can understand.

[cforclover]

Why is this woman walking to death?

[erngre]

I agree with all of you people. I love the sound of her voice. And I do not even understand her words. But they sing to me in a way that touches my soul. And I understand her words and her feelings she expresses in her music anyway. I wish only to see her sing to me in real life someday. LOL Fat chance. HUH

But a man can dream HUH..................... I Love her voice. She is a star. Muah Kaji Meiko Thank you for being you.

Have a blessed life.

[lavanya2world]

japanese sounds so great, so sweet and elevated, but it's must be also thanks to meiko kaji that i fell in love with this language

[zzvinozz]

only in Hiragana やどかり

[tom101942]

Lol do you learn japanese? I know Kana and some kanji

[zzvinozz]

I am japanese

[tom101942]

cool lol

[gaymuraki]

Now see, THIS is a female singer! Not like todays singers that sound like little girls and sing about the boy they met one night in a club... My God, if every female singer strived to sound like Meiko or Aoe Mina then the world would be a better place to live in, or atleast, the world would have much better music on the radion then the one that we are fed today...

[anjing575]

Please, someone can write me the Yadokari lyrics in Kanji not in Romaji. Thank you very. 有難うございます

[heidisdead]

夏の初めの長雨に

心細さがつい募る

獣みたいに鼻を寄せ

天井見つめて吸う煙草

所詮ヤドカリ人生は

優しけりゃいい腕の中

[heidisdead]

秋になる頃死んだ奴

黒い服着て落ち葉道

薄い煙の煙突を

泣きもできずに見上げてる

所詮ヤドカリ人生は

宿を無くした身の哀れ

[heidisdead]

冬の明け方雪明り

こんなときには思い出す

花が折られる哀れさで

無理に女になった日を

所詮ヤドカリ人生は

命ひとつも借りたまま

[HEIYAO]

To think that I haven't found this genius everywhere is very disappointing to me. I wish her music to be revived!

[Yoldashben]

kaji şarkıların çok etkileyici.. gorgeous songs.. bir Türk bayan dinleyeci olarak sana hayranlığımı her şarkında belirtmekten kendimi alıkoyamıyorum..

[torment2romance]

Is there anywhere i can get hold of this album?

[Jazzminea]

I want to have a lyrics for this song

[BrainTwitch2]

Natsu no hajime no naga ame ni

Kokoro bosusa ga tsui tsunoru

Kemono mitai ni hada wo yose

Tenjou mitsumete suu tabako

Shosen yadokari jinsei wa

Yasashikerya ii ude no naka

[BrainTwitch2]

Aki ni naru koro shinda yatsu

Kuroi fukukite ochiba michi

Usui kemuri no entotsu wo

Nakimo de kizu ni miageteru

Shosen yadokari jinsei wa

Yado wo nakushita mi no aware

[BrainTwitch2]

Fuyu no akegata yuki akari

Konna toki ni wa omoidasu

Hana ga orareru awaresa de

Muri ni onna ni natta hi wo

Shosen yadokari jinsei wa

Inochi hitotsu mo karita mama

[StrewnAsunder]

wow! do you have all of them or something?

[Tanjaana99]

i`love rhis

[siewen1]

jap? You do realize that sounds racist? Would you refer to a black person as "she's the only black?" Japanese person or black person

is how you should say it.

[toy2day]

I believe she's the only jap singer that can move the westerners!!! I adore her!!

[RhinoGen]

You're an idiot.

[toy2day]

says who?

[RhinoGen]

It is just so obvious. You say so with your moronic comments.

[toy2day]

Oh, ok..

[Jazzminea]

How old is she today??? Is she died?? KAJI MEIKO IS BEST AND GREAT!!!!!

[colvinis]

She'll turn 61 on March 24, 2008. Yes she is the best, I love her voice especially on this song.

[Jazzminea]

what??? She is 61 years old??? but when she was sang this song???

[colvinis]

Considering she did most of her music in the 1970's, I would guess she's probably in her twenties here. She pretty much retired by her thirties and rarely appears on film and TV these days. Type in (on youtube): "Song : Urami Bushi 'aka' (My Grudge Blues) By: (Meiko Kaji)" to see her perform 'Urami Bushi' several years ago on Japanese TV.

[Elysine]

What a pretty song. :)

[BittersweetYoko]

i love Meiko Kaji.

this song is amazing!! ;-)

[torukojindesu]

is there anyone who can tell me where can I find the lyrics of tihs song?

[IQIskander]

Meiko Kaji is wonderful. Her voice touched my tamahii. A Legend.

[temifv]

does tamhii mean soul?

[IQIskander]

Yes, thats true. Another word is kokoro.

[temifv]

thank you! what would be the word for "heart"?

[IQIskander]

For heart you can say "kokoro"

[Kamenolom]

ahhh...her voice is undiscribably good and commands the listeners' feelings...

[YoKoXD]

tanaka-x say she is too beatiful ..........

[kminarova]

pojeb sa

[Jazzminea]

Pekna pesnicka!

[Kamenolom]

what is this song about? is it about a desperate person, with little options? Plaese some1 give us the lyrics

[manicomiodisc]

itsa pleasure for me to help you about it.Imargentinian and i love such in a strong way this song.for what i get to understand , she talks about being a women in a certain epoque , and place of the japan history.

The song tells its story naming the seasons of the year , such us if they were alive characters .

beutifully written , and using tipical expresions from the lenguage , meiko sings to us with a not ordinary voice (not at all) a dramatic song , full of feeling and radical strength .

[manicomiodisc]

incredible

[Kamenolom]

I don't undertand a word, but I cannot stop listening!

[horusnarmer]

Inventaria la maquina del tiempo solo para verte, Kaji Que voz mas dulce!!!!

[kahunadepalma]

por que? no te hace falta una maquina del tiempo.. Meiko Kaji ya esta vivando, y puedes ver sus otros videos de Youtube.. Kaji, aunque vieja, es tan bella como siempre! me encanta mucho esta mujer...

[Ughal]

Nagyon tetszik ez a szám! De sajos nem értem.

I realy like it! But I can't understand.

[loko1787]

mencanta :)

[Reignsi]

oh.. she sounds really sexy in this song..

[DevilishN]

Thats a great song to relax and even sleep and certainly have lovely dream.. Simply love it =)

Meiko Kaji is gorgeous.. I'm so loving her ..

[Huggermussus]

Is this from one of Meiko Kaji's films? If so, which one?

[noranekoCo]

No. But the early edition of the script of her film "Jeans Blues" was entitled "Yadokari".

[ronin36]

hotel debt?

[noranekoCo]

"hermit crab"

[hinochi]

Brilliant song, can't have too much Kaji Meiko! ^_^

[musicfan094]

lovely song...she sings really well. I love Urami bushi and flower of carnage by her.

[nairod2006]

really good song... too bad no video