‘ガラクタロード (GARAKUTA ROAD)’ – Gakuen iDOLM@STER (初星学園) [Color-Coded Lyrics / パート分け]【学マス】
happy second anniversary gakumas!!!!!!! 2周年おめでとう！！！！！
there are translation notes in the pinned comment for lines that aren’t really explainable through just the video’s subtitles.
this video is just to share the english translation of this song to be more accessible to international fans! please stream the song on streaming platforms or buy it from your respective online music store! all rights reserved to bandai namco, asobinotes, and idolm@ster. i will not make any profit from posting this video and i own nothing but the making of this video and the translation.
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title: garakuta road (galacta / junk-filled road)
featured idols: saki hanami (cv. aoi nagatsuki), temari tsukimura (cv. nao ojika), kotone fujita (cv. hikaru iida), rinami himesaki (cv. yuri usui), sumika shiun (cv. miya minato), hiro shinosawa (cv. reina kawamura), lilja katsuragi (kana hanaiwa), china kuramoto (cv. mao ito), mao arimura (cv. tsumugi nanase), ume hanami (cv. ayane matsuda), misuzu hataya (cv. non harusaki), sena juo (cv. mashiro hitaka), tsubame amaya (cv. yukari amane
song: takafumi sato
lyrics: rou-hou
arrange: mei osawa
from gakuen idolm@ster
ガラクタロード
歌：初星学園
作詞：Rou-hou
作曲：佐藤貴文
編曲：鈴木俊介、大澤めい (Bandai Namco Studios Inc.)
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TRANSLATION NOTES
The lyrics are in the replies to this comment. Also for some of the lyrics in the MV, I switched some diacretics in the romanization (ta -> da; se -> ze) on accident. The correct lyrics are in the replies and on Project-IM@S.
The color-coding was done entirely by ear, so I’m sorry if I made any mistakes. If there are corrections, I will put them as notes in this pinned comment. | パート分けはすべて耳で判断して行ったため、もし間違いがあれば申し訳ありません。誤りがあればこの固定コメントで修正していきます。
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TITLE: “ガラクタ (garakuta)” could be interpreted in multiple ways. It can by read as “junk, trash, odds-and-ends” or “galacta” referring to outer space.
[0:06] – “メ組のメ (me-kumi no me)” is a weird phrase, but let me explain. First, the katakana character for me (メ) looks like a brightly shining star on a diagonal -> ✦. This star is featured in Hatsuboshi Gakuen’s school logo as well as a component of the idols’ costumes. Furthermore, the kanji 組 (kumi) usually denotes a group of something. Putting these two things together, “メ組” (me-kumi) denotes a “group of stars.” Since the Hatsuboshi Idol Festival is to find the next “Prima Stella (一番星 / ichiban boshi),” it seeks to find the brightest star out of all the stars in the sky (idols at Hatsuboshi Gakuen). Therefore, “メ組のメ” describes wanting to be the brightest star, or THE Prima Stella.
[1:10] – “どや” (doya) is a term most used in ending sentences to show that the speaker is very proud or boastful concerning something they’ve done or are.
[1:22] – “舞い上がって” (maiagatte) has a double meaning of either being “whirled up into the sky” (sucked into space by a U.F.O.) or “to make merry or be in high spirits.”
[1:30] – “飛び越えて” (tobikoete) has a double meaning of either being “to jump or fly over” or “to specifically jump ahead or surpass someone."
[1:38] – “マイムマイム (Mayim Mayim ; Water, Water) is a folk dance song highly popularized in Japan after WWII. The dance features people linking hands and moving in a circle around something or a central point.
[3:00] – “初星派” (hatsuboshi-ha) is a phrase that generally means “Hatsuboshi Gakuen.” The character 派 (ha) denotes a group or faction. While the more literal translation would be something like “Hatsuboshi Group,” flat-out naming the school sounds much better and carries the same meaning.
[3:14] – The Crab Nebula is the brightest persistent gamma-ray source in the sky, made from a supernova explosion.
Notice the use of ze/ぜ as an ending particle in the song. This is a very manly way of talking (contrast with the very womanly wa/わ). You hear this in shonen anime songs like say Makafushigi Adventure! but you wouldn't expect to hear this in an Idolmaster song that isn't from SideM.
Thank you so much for this!
Garakuta Road is an absolute banger so I’m happy to have someone else’s take on the lyrics.
0:48 that’s none of yours business you brats!! 💢💢
1分40秒麻央じゃないだろ！
ソロ+一部メンバーのみのパートまとめ
※意見分かれてるのは「？」つき
0:26 💚🦩清夏
0:27 💛🐈ことね
0:29 🩵🦉広
0:30 🤍🐰リーリヤ
0:32 💙🦔手鞠
0:34 ❤️🐕佑芽
0:38 💛🐆星南
0:46 🖤🐦⬛燕
0:48 🧡🐹千奈
0:49 💜🦄麻央
0:51 ❤️🦁咲季
0:52 💙🦦美鈴
0:55 🩷🦮莉波
0:57 💛🐆星南
0:58 🧡🐹千奈
1:00 🤍🐰リーリヤ /💚🦩清夏 ？
1:02 🧡🐹千奈/🩵🦉広 ？
1:07 💙🦔手鞠/💛🐈ことね ？
1:09 🩷🦮莉波/💜🦄麻央 ？
1:17 ❤️🐕佑芽
1:28 💛🐈ことね
1:32 🧡🐹千奈
1:35 💛🐆星南 ？
1:42 ❤️🦁咲季
2:00 🩷🦮莉波
2:02 🧡🐹千奈
2:04 🩵🦉広
2:05 💜🦄麻央（💛🐈ことね）
2:07 🤍🐰リーリヤ
2:08 💙🦔手鞠
2:10 💚🦩清夏
2:13 💛🐆星南
2:24 ❤️🦁咲季
2:34 ❤️🦁咲季
2:35 🩵🦉広
2:39 💛🐆星南
2:43 🖤🐦⬛燕
2:46 💜🦄麻央
2:48 🤍🐰リーリヤ
2:53 🧡🐹千奈
3:00 💚🦩清夏 ？
3:14 🩷🦮莉波
3:18 🖤🐦⬛燕
3:26 💙🦦美鈴
3:30 ❤️🦁咲季
各パート回数
❤️🦁咲季：6 💙🦔手鞠：5 💛🐈ことね：4
💚🦩清夏：4 🤍🐰リーリヤ：4
🧡🐹千奈：6 🩵🦉広：4
❤️🐕佑芽：3 💙🦦美鈴：2 💛🐆星南：5
🩷🦮莉波：4 💜🦄麻央：4 🖤🐦⬛燕：3
この歌で学マスはじめた！
0:59
これことねじゃないんかな？めっちゃことねだと思ってたけど
2:59 これ清夏じゃないの？手毬っぽく聞こえない
全然パート違くて草 まあ大人数だしわかりにくいけど
千奈推しじゃないけどお呼びじゃないんだよこんにゃろーはめちゃくちゃ可愛いと思ったその後のガラクタロード…も
That's 雑
ありがとう
みんなありがとう
そうそうw
本気で成し遂げたくなる時って
こういう風に
「自分には何にもない」
って笑いながら言えるようになった時だわw
なんかパート割が偏りすぎじゃね？て思ったけど、コメ欄見てたらやっぱり間違ってるのね
せめて一番星のパートは間違えんなよ
曲のリズムが、M!LKの爆裂愛してる感がある
Thanks for the translation!
I’m so obsessed with this song holy shit
咲季「ハチロクなんて乗ってるアイドルは、アウトオブ眼中よ！！」
Ohhh I get it!! Hatsuboshi Gakuen themed the event of picking it's newest brightest star around space and getting abducted ("chosen") by aliens, in a galaxy of junk. Thats a really funny direction…..