Japanese song that fills my heart :) "Anmar" by Kariyushi 58 Lyrics and meaning

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Video from LD&K music
Okinawa is our southern island of Japan. It's surrounded by beautiful ocean and the happiest Japanese people.

They might be the poorest prefecture in Japan but knows how to enjoy and take care of their lives well!
Here is a typical music video from Okinawa, the vocal singing about his mom.

"Anmar" lyrics and meaning

初夏の晴れた昼下がり私は生まれたと聞きました
母親の喜び様は大変だったと聞きました
「ただ真っ直ぐ信じる道を歩んでほしい」と願いこめて悩み抜いたすえにこの名を私に付けたと聞きました

At the start of summer early afternoon, I heard that I was born
I heard that my mom was very happy at the time
After thinking about it for a long time, I was named in the wish that the son "lives straight towards what he believes"

我が家は あの頃からやはり裕福な方ではなく
友達のオモチャや自転車を羨ましがってばかり
少し困ったような顔で『ごめんね』と繰り返す母親のとなりで
いつまでもいつまでも泣いたのを覚えてます

My family was also not the wealthy ones
and I always envied the toys and bicycles my friends had
My mom will repeat "sorry" with a troubled look
and I remember I used to continue to cry

アンマーよ
アナタは私の全てを許し全てを信じ全てを包み込んで
惜しみもせずに何もかもを私の上に注ぎ続けてきたのに

Anmar, (Okinawa dialefct for mother)
you have always forgiven me
and hugged me with trust
and continued to put everything on me without any regrets

アンマーよ
私はそれでも気付かずに思いのままに過ごしてきたのでした

Anmar,
I never realised it and just lived my life as I wanted to

「強さ」の意味をはき違えてケンカや悪さばかりをくり返し
勝手気ままに遊びまわる本当にロクでもない私が
真夜中の静けさの中忍び足で家に帰ったときも
狭い食卓の上には茶碗が並べられていました

I would continue to get into fights and commit wrong things with misinterpretation of "being strong"
I would hang around how I felt like it, being a spoiled self,
I would come back with soft steps in a silent house late at night
But there would always be food left on our small dining table

自分の弱さに目を背け言い訳やゴタクを並べ
何もせずにただ毎日をだらだらと過ごし続け
浴びる程に飲んだ私が明け方眠りに落ちる頃
まだ薄暗い朝の街へ母は出て行くのでした

I would turn away from my weakness, and will line up excuses and selfishness
Spending everyday lazy every single day
when I was about to come home to sleep  after drinking to the brim at dawn,
you would go out to work in a still dark morning

アンマーよ
私はアナタに言ってはいけない決して口にしてはいけない言葉を
加減もせずに投げつけてはアナタの心を踏みにじったのに

Anmar,
I've said something I shouldn't have or shouldn't even be saying out loud
without thinking and destroyed your heart

アンマーよ
アナタはそれでも変わることなく私を愛してくれました
木漏れ日のようなぬくもりで深い海のような優しさで
全部 全部私の全てを包み込んだ
アナタの背中に員われながら眺めた八重瀬岳の夕陽は
今日も変わらず茜色に街を染める Yeah

the sunset of Mt Yaesu 
is painting the city red today, too.
Anmar,
you would still love me like you always did
with warmth like the sunlight filtering through trees, and generosity like the deep ocean
hugging everything about me
the sunset I saw being carried on your back at Mt Yaese 
paints the city red like it did when I was there with you Yeah

度が過ぎるほどの頑固さもわがままも卑怯な嘘もすべて
すべてを包み込むような愛がそこにはありました

All the overly stubborn and the cowardly lies
were hugged by the love from you that was always there

アナタのもとに生れ落ちたことはこんなにも幸せだった
今頃ようやく気付きましたこんな馬鹿な私だから
春先の穏やかな朝に新しい命が生まれました
アナタの様によく笑う宝石みたいな女の子

The fact that I was born as your child was a happy life
I finally realised this, because I'm so dumb
On a tranquil morning on the beginning of spring, a new life was born
A girl like a jewel, and she smiles a lot like you

「優しさの中に凛々しさを秘めた人」になるようにと願い
アナタの一番好きなあの花の名前を付けました

Hoping that she will be generous but somebody that has a hidden dignity, 
I named her a name, that is the same as your favorite flower

Songs from Okinawa

Okinawa is located next to Taiwan, and has a distance from Japan. Even some Okinawans think they are closer to the Taiwanese than Japanese.

Being far away from the mainland of Japan, a military base of the U.S., having beautiful nature and culture that contradicts to industrializing the area, life in Okinawa is complex than we would think. But Okinawa has the longest longevity in the country. They like to enjoy, dance, sing, eat, have simple lives and treasure their people, especially their anmars and grand anmars.

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Why I started to share Inspiring stories from Japan

The Covid Pandemic was definitely not a pleasant period for me. It destroyed my projects and my business couldn't survive. People say it's the Great Reset, but I've met people that look forward and say
 it's a new renaissance.

Since I've been vaccinated I feel my body doesn't really function the same as before. I might live a long life, I might die today or tomorrow. What Covid taught me is I should live life to the fullest today and focus on things that make me happy.

So I hope what I share inspires you to focus on the things that make you happy:)



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