しろくろ生命保険 (Shirokuro Seimei Hoken)

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
本日未明東京都台東区ト 	honjitsu mimei toukyouto taitouku to 	TODAY, THE NEWS REPORTED THAT IN THE EARLY MORNING IN
カ其ノ辺デパンダガ脱走 	ka sono hen de panda ga dassou 	THE AREA AROUND TAITO CITY, TOKYO,
シタト謂フ。先 	shita to iu nyuusu ga haitte imashita. sen 	A PANDA HAD ESCAPED.
日ハモ脱走シテヰル 	jitsu wa biibaa mo dassou shite iru 	THE OTHER DAY, A BEAVER ESCAPED AS WELL,
ノデ近隣ハ生命保險 	node kinrin no kata wa seimeihoken 	SO IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF THAT AREA, PLEASE, TAKE PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS
ニ入ル等万一ニ 	ni hairu nado mangaichi ni sonaete kudasai 	ENROLLING IN LIFE INSURANCE, TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
 	 	
近年物騒いいことないな現実に 	kinnen bussou ii koto nai na genjitsu ni 	The troubled, unpleasant reality of recent years
 	 	
近年物騒いいことないな 	kinnen bussou ii koto nai na 	Has been troubled and unpleasant in recent years, hasn’t it?
現実問題現実問題 	genjitsumondai genjitsumondai 	It’s a practical matter, a practical matter
だったら目指すは安定資本で 	dattara mezasu wa antei shihon de 	In that case, what you should aim for is stable capital,
堅実にいこうぜ 	kenjitsu ni ikou ze 	So go somewhere reliable!
いつ客足が戸田恵梨香 	itsu kyakuashi ga toda erika 	When customer traffic is Erika TodaIn the video, this line of lyrics is written as if it is being typed on a computer. The writer is trying to type いつ客足が途絶えるか, or "When does the customer traffic stop?" on an English keyboard, but have misspelled 途絶えるか (todaeru ka) as 戸田恵梨香 (Toda Erika), the name of a famous Japanese actress. They get it right in the next line.
間違えた途絶えるか 	machigaeta todaeru ka 	Oops, typo - when does it stop?
そのような失言が命取り 	sono you na shitsugen ga inochitori 	A slip of the tongue like that is fatal
 	 	
お日柄とってもよく 	ohigara tottemo yoku 	The day is incredibly auspicious,
ほどよく庇護欲 	hodoyoku higo yoku 	And you rightly desire to protect it.
満たすんだ 	mitasu nda 	That desire will be fulfilled.
客寄せパンダ 	kyakuyose panda 	Here’s the main attraction.The literal translation of 客寄せパンダ is "panda that attracts customers," thus explaining the mention of a panda in the intro, the chorus's usage of "bamboo grass", and the general theming of black and white in the title and throughout the song.
 	 	
笹、笹、積み立てて笹 	sasa, sasa, tsumitatete sasa 	Bamboo grass, bamboo grass, saving up bamboo grass.
笹、笹、積み立ててさ？ 	sasa, sasa, tsumitatete sa? 	Bamboo grass, bamboo grass, yes, saving it up…?
さあさあ皆さん加入しときな？ 	saa saa mina-san kanyuu shitoki na? 	Come, come, everyone, it’s time to take it out, right?
しろくろ生命保険 	shirokuro seimei hoken 	The black and white life insurance
先が見えないことに不安感をおもちではありませんか？ 	saki ga mienai koto ni fuankan o omochi de wa arimasen ka?	Are you feeling uneasy about not knowing what lies ahead?The italicized parts are not sung, but in the video, the sung words are part of complete sentences.
まずはお電話を！0120-XXX-4696 	mazu wa odenwa o! 0120-batsu batsu batsu-4696 	Start by calling us! 0120-XXX-4696
だから 	dakara 	So
しろくろはっきり生命保険 	shirokuro hakkiri seimei hoken 	This life insurance is clearly black and white.The words are slightly rearranged in the video than they are as sung. In the video, this section reads as following:こんな時代だからこそ - Because in times like these,はっきり言って「入らないと損」！*1 - It's certain to say that "if you don't join, it's your loss"! *1 *1 個人差が気になるますか？ - *1 Does having individual differences bother you?しろくろ生命保険 (black and white life insurance) is written separately in a search bar on the left side of the screen.
 	 	
自分らしさも捨てちゃって 	jibunrashisa mo sutechatte 	Throw away that feeling of self, too
それが新たな「らしさ」になって 	sore ga arata na "rashisa" ni natte 	That’ll be a novel sort of “feeling”
若い可哀がる 	wakai gaaru kawai garu 	You, the young, pathetic-looking girl -
さあ、あなたにカワレル人生です！ 	saa, anata ni kawareru jinsei desu! 	Come, you can buy this life, and yours will be changed!In this context, カワレル can either mean "can be bought" or "will be changed", and the usage of katakana to make that ambiguous is likely intentional.
 	 	
そんな状態からでも入れる 	sonna joutai kara demo ireru 	But is insurance coming from a scenario like that
保険がありえるんでしょうか？ 	hoken ga arieru ndeshou ka? 	Even possible, I wonder?
脳内空々 	nounai karakara 	Emptiness inside my brain
お酒で酔わすな 	osake de yowasu na 	Don’t get drunk on spirits.
お水をちょうだいな 	omizu o choudai na 	Kindly give me water, please.
絶叫ぎりぎり 	zekkyou girigiri 	My self-identity
自己同一性 	jikodouitsusei 	Is shrieking forcefully
そんならやめないと 	sonnara yamenai to 	If that’s the case, if I can’t stop doing that,
そんな「可愛い」私も入れる 	sonna "kawaii" watashi mo ireru 	Then is insurance that this “cute”可愛い (kawaii), or "cute", sounds very similar to 可哀 (kawai), or "pathetic", when spoken aloud. Assuming the POV of the singer has changed - from the seller telling customers to "throw away that feeling of self" to the aforementioned "young, pathetic girl" - then the quotations around "cute" suggest that she has misheard the seller, and believed them to be complimenting her, when they were actually insulting her/viewing her as easy prey for selling purposes.self of mine can take out
保険がありえるんでしょうか？ 	hoken ga arieru ndeshou ka? 	Really possible, I wonder?
 	 	
近年物騒いいことないから 	kinnen bussou ii koto nai kara 	Recent years have been troubled and unpleasant, so
おあにいさんてば口ごと返して 	oanii-san teba kuchigoto kaeshite 	My older brother responds by scolding me
巫山戯てたって 	fuzakete tatte 	We were joking around
転んで笑っている 	koronde waratte iru 	And laughing as we fell down
草葉の陰こそ現実さ 	kusaba no kage koso genjitsu sa 	The shadows of the blades of grass - that is reality.
 	 	
さぁ罪立てて笹 	saa tsumi tatete sasa 	Come, save up bamboo grass along with your crimesThis iteration of the chorus takes 積み立てて (tsumi tatete), or "saving up", and replaces the 積み with 罪, which, while also being read as "tsumi", instead means "crime".
笹、笹、罪立ててさ？ 	sasa, sasa, tsumi tatete sa? 	Bamboo grass, bamboo grass, yes, you’re saving it up with your crimes…?
さあさあ皆さん加入しときな？ 	saa saa mina-san kanyuu shitoki na? 	Come, come, everyone, it’s time to take it out, right?
しろくろ生命保険 	shirokuro seimei hoken 	The black and white life insurance
いつか底も尽きて冷める罰罰罰 	itsuka soko mo tsukite sameru batsubatsubatsu 	Someday, the depths will be exhausted and cool down - punishment, punishment, punishmentTo pair with the "tsumi/crime" pun above, this replaces the previous iteration of the chorus's "XXX" (read in Japanese as "batsu batsu batsu"), with 罰罰罰 (batsu batsu batsu), or "punishment punishment punishment". Meant to evoke 罪と罰 - "crime and punishment".
だから 	dakara 	So
しろくろ？はっきり生命保険 	shirokuro? hakkiri seimei hoken 	Is it black and white? Yes, clearly, this life insurance is.
, with corrections from Violet and BEDE
==Translation Notes==
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