I was flipping through my folders and double-clicked on “Hitoribocchi no Haburashi.wma”. It’s the song from a Japanese drama called “Mukodono” (ムコ殿) [Fuji Television, 2001], roughly translated to “Son-in-law”. This romantic drama stars Tomoya Nagase, the front man of band, TOKIO, as Yuuichirou Sakuraba (桜庭裕一郎)and Yuko Takeuchi as Arai Sakura.
It is about a popular star, Yuuichirou Sakuraba (sometimes spelt as “Yuichiro Sakuraba”), who is known for his cool personality. But he is not as cool as his fans thought when he marries into the family of his love interest, Arai Sakura. [Japanese traditions state that women marry into men's family, so the other way round is considered somewhat a disgrace.] He has to juggle with releasing of his upcoming single – “Hitoribocchi no Haburashi”, and his new and rather eccentric family.
[NOTE: All names are formated as such - First name, Last name.]
In 2001, Tomoya Nagase released a single with the song “Hitoribocchi no Haburashi” through the name “Yuuichirou Sakuraba”, his on-screen role. A photo book soon followed up, under the name “Yuuichirou Sakuraba” too. “Mukodono 2003″ (ムコ殿２００３) [Fuji Television, 2003] is released in 2003 [of course] withTomoya Nagase back as “Yuuichirou Sakuraba” and a totally new crew. Noriko Sakai plays Minami Ishihara, Sakuraba’s love interest. It’s a parallel plot, the drama lacks chemistry. The only other person that is back is Tsunkuas Takuro Komine. Tsunku [just Tsunku only] is the brains behind Hello Project which includes MiniMoni, Morning Musume and PucchiMoni.
“Hitoribocchi no Haburashi” means “Lonely Toothbrush”. “Ha” means “tooth” and “burashi” is the katakana-ized version of “brush”.
I have encoded 1min 48sec sample in WMA file proprietary (Windows Media Audio 9 20 kbps, 16 kHz, stereo 2-pass CBR) for you people. Stereo is back, I encoded in mono the previous time, hehee.
Download the sample from here _(281 KB)_ [Apologies - music download has been removed.]
Hitoribocchi no Haburashi
[Lonely Toothbrush]
haburashi wa itsu mo no you ni
[Our two toothbrushes are in front of-]
kagami no mae nikko narande
[the mirror just like always.]
Ah, matsu yo ore wa matteru
[Ah, I'll wait. I'm waiting.]
shinjite matsu yo*
[I'll believe in you and wait.]tashika ni ore wa
[I may not be-]
sonna kiyou ni konasu hou ja nai shi
[clever and]
ima demo ore wa
[I still-]
sonna jouzu ni jooku mo ienai
[can't tell jokes well.]“aishiteru” kono kotoba ga
["I love you" I just-]
ano hi iezu ni ah
[couldn't say those words that day. Ah]
mirai made todoku you na
[I want to give you love that will-]
ai tsutaetai “aitshiteru yo”
[reach the future. "I love you."]haburashi wa ore no dake ga
[Only my toothbrush-]
itande yuku naze nanda
[is getting worn out. Why?]
nee kimi wa ai no tsudzuki wo
[Hey, who are you-]
nee dare to shiteru?
[continuing your love story with?]Translated by Bob; I did not include the full lyrics.
I really liked this song. I normally take less than an hour to compile these lyrics and blog them, but this time I took 2 hours. And why’s that so? I was singing along with the tune.
3 days ago, I was struggling to find some lyrics to display for my Friday slot. I can’t find any that time. This afternoon, I filtered Windows Media Player for Japanese song and random them. This song is the first one I heard. So, once again, I really liked this song. So I decided to go check out what Nagase is singing about.
About a lonely toothbrush?
It’s very creative to sing about toothbrushes nevertheless. I guess this isn’t the perfect love song to sing for a girl.
I’ll continue to sing this song, see ya. [haburashi wa itsu mo no you ni..]
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Tags: japan, japanese lyrics, lyrics, television, tokio
hi. I’m Thai. I like Nagase Tomoya 6 years ago . I like hitoribotchino hasburashi and omaeyanen akanen very much.
by Anonymous (Aug 25, 2004 at 8 AM)i luv ’son-in-law 2003′ actualy…Yuuichirou played 2 very different roles successfully n giv 2 different image of a ordinary guy n a popular singer… great job… n i luv da song
by lys (Apr 13, 2005 at 12 AM)lys: I haven’t had a chance to watch the parallel plot of the original one. I love the song too.
by Mr. Dew (Apr 13, 2005 at 2 AM)music//intermission
I will be posting music//roku on Saturday, that is tomorrow instead. I’ll be going to my cousin’s house to play badminton….
by //beconfused (Apr 26, 2005 at 10 PM)i really want to know the full translation of this song. could u please send it to me through mail? my email is : zatinenzer@yahoo.com. arigato
by cruiser (Oct 18, 2005 at 12 AM)This is the full lyrics that has been posted at another l3LESSED’s blog. He or she posted ã?²ã?¨ã??ã?¼ã?£ã?¡ã??ã?®ã??æ¯ã??ã?©ã?· (Hitoribocchi no Haburashi), or “Lonely Toothbrush”. The source that I credited doesn’t seem to be active anymore.
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ã?Âã?? Ã¥??ã?¯æ??ã?®ç¶?ã??ã??
Nee kimi wa ai no tsuzuki wo
Hey, who are you
ã?Âã?? 誰ã?¨ã??ã?¦ã??ï¼?
nee dare to shiteru?
continuing your love story with ?
確ã??ã?«ä¿ºã??
tashika ni ore ga
Now I admit
ã??ã??ã?ªã??ã?£ã?¦ã??ã?¨ã??ä»?ã??ã??èª?ã??ã?¦ã??ã??
ikenai tte koto wo ima ja mitometeru yo
that I was wrong.
ã??ã?®æ?¥ã?®ä¿ºã?¯
ano hi no ore wa
I wasn’t
å°?ã??ã?ªã??ã? ã?? ã?©ã??ã??ã??ã?¦ã??ã??ã?
sukoshi naze daka dou ka shitetanda
myself that day.
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“aishiteru” sono kotoba shika
“I love you” are the only words
æ??ã??ã?¤ã??ã?ªã?? Uh
omoitsukanai Uh
I can think of.
夢ã?®ä¸Âã??ã?? Ã¥??ã?¯
yume no naka sae kimi wa
You don’t even come to me
æ?¥ã?¦ã??ã??ã?ªã??
kitekurenai
in my dreams.
â??ã??ã??ã?©ã?·ã?¯ã??ã?¤ã??ã?®ã??ã??ã?«
*haburashi wa itsu mo no you ni
*Our two toothbrushes are in front of
ã?«ã?¬ã??ã?®å??äº?å??並ã??ã?§
kagami no mae nikko narande
the mirror just like always.
Ah å¾?ã?¤ã?? 俺ã?¯å¾?ã?£ã?¦ã??
Ah, matsu yo ore wa matteru
Ah, I’ll wait. I’m waiting.
ä¿¡ã??ã?¦å¾?ã?¤ã??â??
shinjite matsu yo*
I’ll believe in you and wait.*
確ã??ã?«ä¿ºã?¯
tashika ni ore wa
I may not be
ã??ã??ã?ªå?¨ç?¨ã?«ã??ã?ªã??æ?¹ã??ã??ã?ªã??ã??
sonna kiyou ni konasu hou ja nai shi
clever and
ä»?ã?§ã??俺ã?¯
ima demo ore wa
I still
ã??ã??ã?ªä¸?æ??ã?«ã?¸ã?§ã?¼ã?¯ã??è¨?ã??ã?ªã??
sonna jouzu ni jooku mo ienai
can’t tell jokes well.
ã??æ??ã??ã?¦ã??ã??ã??ã?®è¨?è??ã??
“aishiteru” kono kotoba ga
“I love you” I just
ã??ã?®æ?¥è¨?ã??ã??ã?« Ah
ano hi iezu ni ah
couldn’t say those words that day. Ah
æ?ªæ?¥ã?¾ã?§å±?ã??ã??ã??ã?ª
mirai made todoku you na
I want to give you love that will
æ??ä¼?ã??ã??ã??ã??æ??ã??ã?¦ã??ã??ã??
ai tsutaetai “aitshiteru yo”
reach the future. “I love you.”
â??ã??ã??ã?©ã?·ã?¯ä¿ºã?®ã? ã??ã??
**haburashi wa ore no dake ga
**Only my toothbrush
å?·ã??ã?§ã??ã?? ã?ªã??ã?ªã??ã?
itande yuku naze nanda
is getting worn out. Why?
ã?Âã?? Ã¥??ã?¯æ??ã?®ç¶?ã??ã??
nee kimi wa ai no tsudzuki wo
Hey, who are you
ã?Âã?? 誰ã?¨ã??ã?¦ã??ï¼?â??
nee dare to shiteru?**
continuing your love story with?**
(â??ã??ã??ã??ã??ã??)
by Mr. Dew (Oct 18, 2005 at 8 AM)(*repeat)
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(**repeat)
hye~ can u help me? i’m seaching for song Dr. by Tokio..Hope u can gimme the site.Thanks
by Usagi sasaki (Mar 24, 2007 at 10 PM)hi…do u have the song Hitoribocchi no Haburashi…if u have,can u send it to me???thanks!!!really love that song…haaha
by name (Sep 7, 2007 at 11 AM)