# Can anyone read this Japanese writing from a music video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 20, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925 "2024-12-20T15:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/1 "2024-12-20T15:16:44Z")
Hi People, I’d love to find what the song is in this (time stamped) video… It only appears briefly for a few seconds. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J3yApsEtXFY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGGwgPyhyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAOE83O0tLL8Kskg3UQ26zmQDsWlg "Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - JA-POPS NOW (NHK)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3yApsEtXFY&t=253) (Cool or what ?!) Can anyone translate for me ? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/2 "2024-12-20T15:27:53Z")
“Hanafubuki”, I think. Preview glitch happened, but **[here’s a link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAz08IWUaYQ)**. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/3 "2024-12-20T15:31:03Z")
**Moderating** Moved from MPSIMS to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/4 "2024-12-20T15:45:06Z")
I don’t know a lick of Japanese, but I know how to figure these things out (using ChatGPT and some research.) Turns out ChatGPT got it in one shot. It says “Hanafubuki.” The full name of the song (with my research) is “Hanafubuki Aidaro Ai,” and confirmed here: > **[Hanafubuki Aidaro Ai (花ふぶき〜愛だろっ) - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAz08IWUaYQ%2F)** > > En vivo en el Vive Cuervo Salón, 21 de Abril de 2013 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/5 "2024-12-20T15:46:12Z")
Ah, missed this post, so **Machine\_Elf** got it on first reply. I’ve supplied a little more context. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/6 "2024-12-20T15:48:26Z")
Thanks @Machine_Elf and @pulykamell ! Wow ! That was quick… I love this tune. ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/7 "2024-12-20T15:48:46Z")
And for a bit more detail, “Hanafubiki” would be “Flower Blizzard” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/8 "2024-12-20T15:52:56Z")
And the rest of it apparently means something like “it’s love right?” or “love right?” or something like that checking through Google translate as well as the AI. Native or fluent speakers can confirm/deny, but it makes sense in context. ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/9 "2024-12-20T16:44:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > And the rest of it apparently means something like “it’s love right?” or “love right?” Correct. For even more detail, a “flower blizzard” is when the flower petals are falling from the trees so thick that it looks like it is snowing. The image is of a romantic spring day. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-read-this-japanese-writing-from-a-music-video/1011925/10 "2024-12-20T17:45:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t know a lick of Japanese, but I know how to figure these things out (using ChatGPT and some research.) There are definitely some good tools out there. With Google’s “Search By Image”, anyone can translate text in an image (or a screenshot; just save your screenshot as an image). In the Google search bar, click on the camera-shaped icon at the right right. Handy for searching the internet for similar mages, extracting text from an image, and/or translating that text from/to any of dozens of languages. Google’s “Search By Voice” tool is equally handy. I haven’t explored whether it can identify a song based on you spontaneously singing/humming it, or whether it can identify an unpublished live performance of a song, but if it hears a recording of that’s been published before (based on all the published recordings it knows about), it’ll tell you what it is - and I’ve been surprised by some of the obscure recordings it’s identified for me.