Question Listening to the lyrics of Japanese songs

Pashokshek · Monday at 06:33

Hello everyone (this is my first time posting on these forums).
I'm doing amateur translations of touhou songs, but I've run into a problem. Some of the underground songs I like don't have lyrics, not even in Japanese, so I'm left alone with my ears and the song. Now imagine a student who doesn't speak Japanese trying to hear the lyrics (although I managed to barely hear some parts, I don't think they're correct).

So, I think I've had enough and would like to ask for help with this matter and any advice or rules I should always adhere to to make this arduous task easier.
By the way, the song I want to translate is from the doujin club LA KIA

mdchachi · Monday at 11:01

The easiest thing to do is just enjoy the music and don't worry about the words or meanings.
It never even occurred to me to wonder what Vitas was saying in 7th Element. Though I must admit now I'm a little curious.

Pashokshek · Monday at 20:20

mdchachi said:
The easiest thing to do is just enjoy the music and don't worry about the words or meanings.
It never even occurred to me to wonder what Vitas was saying in 7th Element. Though I must admit now I'm a little curious.

I just have, so to speak, a hobby - translating what has not been translated, forgotten, and unnoticed and publishing the translation in the public domain, like YouTube. The fact that the authors themselves or other people may not post the lyrics publicly causes such difficulties that I cannot work on this song (I mainly translate them into Russian, but if there is no English version, I add it too).

mdchachi · 2026-07-28T00:27:28+0900

Well to answer your original question, people typically post the parts they don't understand and ask for help specifically on those parts. Or post what they've done and ask people to check it. If you just say "please transcribe the lyrics of this song for me" you're not likely to get any help.

Pashokshek · 2026-07-28T05:25:40+0900

mdchachi said:
Well to answer your original question, people typically post the parts they don't understand and ask for help specifically on those parts. Or post what they've done and ask people to check it. If you just say "please transcribe the lyrics of this song for me" you're not likely to get any help.

I'd mostly like to hear some advice and recommendations on listening, if possible, because I could really screw it up, and for now I only have this rough draft of romanji, or whatever it's called.
"aware wo darenari, ?todoukirare? yūutsu, narou, tōtō tsuzuke ka" (This is my first time listening to such texts and the only thing I understood is that ou is a surprised o (ō))
It's really hard to hear anything further.

mdchachi · 2026-07-28T22:51:36+0900

The vocal track isn't isolated enough for my aging ears plus I'm not a native speaker so I can't help on this one.

Pashokshek · 2026-07-29T00:17:33+0900

mdchachi said:
The vocal track isn't isolated enough for my aging ears plus I'm not a native speaker so I can't help on this one.

No problem, thank you for at least giving some answers and paying attention to this post at all.

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