Comments on: The Brilliant Green – Ash Like Snow

By: TowaNoSora

TowaNoSora — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:54:53 +0000

the は ‘ha’ is pronounced ‘wa’ when it comes after a noun. Its part of the language.

By: JasmineSpirit

JasmineSpirit — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:37:32 +0000

Hey Darkmirage, do you have an online translator or have you learnt Japanese enough to translate? How long does one take to learn the language? I’m thinking about unofficially learning the language during my free time– targeting for an overseas scholarship in two years time.

By: Ash Like Snow by The Brilliant Green « Langitku, Duniaku, Rumahku

Ash Like Snow by The Brilliant Green « Langitku, Duniaku, Rumahku — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:54:54 +0000

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By: DarkMirage

DarkMirage — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:35:46 +0000

You can call it a quirk… But it’s more like a fundamental part of the grammar.

And I just checked the official lyrics booklet. The other sites are wrong.

By: tsc

tsc — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:31:17 +0000

or maybe she’s singing whatever she wants but upon visiting other sites with romanji versions of the lyrics…

tozasareta boku no kokoro o

was found..

so wtf?!

By: tsc

tsc — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:15:08 +0000

erm in the third sentence from the last :

tozasareta boku no kokoro wa
閉ざされた僕の心は

though she sang “wa” I thought its supposed to be “ha” or something?
is this some kinda special quirk to the language??

By: sofia alia

sofia alia — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:56:19 +0000

awesome..one of their best songs..

By: Fate

Fate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:38:21 +0000

Hey Kyoji
Please be glad that someone is willing to spot out the difference.So stop acting like a kid.

By: omo

omo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:10:15 +0000

dm: sorry, it’s not Engrishy. Maybe American, but not Engrishy. Go to answer.com and look it up at the bottom. It’s an informal conjugated form.

By: ChaoSpiral

ChaoSpiral — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:27:33 +0000

Thanks for the page and site! Good stuff, and a really great service and resource. Arigatou gozaimasu.

I can’t tell if TP is making a joke or not on Feb. 11? ‘Cause, you know, she’s the same person?

As far as the lyrics go, there’s actually no grammatical problem with the title of the song or its usage. DarkMirage, you’re off about the use of like as a verb here (in the actual English she wrote). Omo’s right. Evidence within the lyrics:

“Ash Like Snow
is falling down from your sky”

That’s a perfectly fine use of “like” adverbially, or rather prepositionally in a simile. The form “Ash (like snow) is falling down from your sky” might make it clearer through the use of parentheses, but it’s not necessary for the grammar to be correct.

Like many song titles, that nice line is cut from the lyrics and brought to the forefront. There’s nothing to suggest that reading “like” as a verb is expected from the title. “Like” is used as a comparative, even in the title. Ash (noun) like (preposition) snow (object of the preposition “like”) = standard simile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_preposition_used_in_comparisons

The title is actually more poetic than most English titles I’ve seen here in Japan. I wouldn’t criticize Tomoko too much for this one. Consider “Lips Like Morphine” by Kill Hannah or “Lips Like Sugar” by Echo and the Bunnymen, “Head Like a Hole” by Nine Inch Nails, “Love Like Blood” by Killing Joke, etc.

Peace!