Nippon

Fure-! Fure-! Nihonbare rettou kusaikire appare
Chia-zu! Chia-zu! Iza shutsujin warera jidai no fuuunji.

Saihate mezashite motte kita mono wa tada hitotsu
Kono chikyuujou de ichiban
Majirike no nai kedakai ao
Nani yori mo atsuku shizuka na honoo sa.

Toki no koe ga kikoeteiru
Kizewashiku shukufuku shiteiru
Kyou made hare to ke no ourai ni
Takuwaeta zaisan o saa tsukau toki.

Soukai na kibun daremo ubaenai yo
Koudai na uchuu tsunagatteiku n'da
Shouhai wa tabun soko de matteiru
Sou inochi ga hadaka ni naru basho de.

Honno tsui saki kangaeteita koto ga mou furukute
Sukoshi mo osaete irannai no
Karada makase toki o oikose
Nani yori mo hayaku tashika ni ima o kette.

Aa mata fui ni sekkin shiteiru awai shi no nioi de
Kono shunkan ga nao isso senmei ni haeteiru
Kizamikondeiru ano yo e motteiku sa
Shijou no jinsei shijou no zekkei.

Oikaze ga fuiteiru motto aotte tadaima wa
Kono chikyuujou de ichiban
Majirike no nai warera no honoo
Nani yori mo tada aoku moesakaru no sa.

[translation]

Hooray! Hooray! Beautiful weather and the archipelago smells of grass; it's brilliant
Cheers! Cheers! Okay, we take the field; we're lucky adventurers of this era.

Aiming for the farthest ends, we've brought just one thing
The best on this earth
It's a noble blue without any impurity
Our silent flames are more passionate than anything else
We can hear the battle cries
And they're wishing us luck restlessly
In the comings and goings of ordinary and extraordinary up till today
It's the time to use our accumulated wealth
Nobody can snatch away our refreshing mood
We're connected to this vast universe
The outcome of the battle is probably waiting there
Yes, at the place where life becomes bare
Thinking a bit about the point ahead is obsolete now
And we can't control them at all
Entrust it to your body; overtake time
Reject the present faster and more certain than anything else.

Ah, with the faint smell of death suddenly drawing closer
This moment is shining more clearly
We'll take it to the other world engraving in us
Supreme life, supreme views.

A tailwind is blowing, fanning this moment even more
The best on this earth
Our flame without any impurity
It just blazes blue above all else.