Let’s tie the roots
Together
At Iwashiro Hill—
Your life
And my life too
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中皇命
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中皇命
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Nakatsu Sumera Mikoto
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君之齒母
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君が代も
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Kimi ga yo mo
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吾代毛所知哉
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我が代も知るや
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Waga yo mo shiru-ya
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磐代乃
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岩代の
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Iwashiro no
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岡之草根乎
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岡の草根を
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Oka no kusane wo
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去来結手名
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いざ結びてな
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Izabite na
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Translation Notes
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君が代も
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Your life [also Imperial Reign]
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我が代も知るや
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My life [together means, our life] to-know
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岩代の
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At Iwashiro [name of a holy place]
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岡の草根を
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Hill ’s grass roots
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いざ結びてな
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Let’s tie together [so that our relation will be solid]
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Iwashiro = in Wakayama prefecture Hidaka province of Nanbu-chou
town.
town.