[ringo] いろはにほへと Iro wa Nioedo [Irohanihoheto]

いろはにほへと Iro wa Nioedo [Irohanihoheto] / Though the bright colors may be fragrant

Translator: Sarah/frecklegirl

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Song info: Theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. ~Shinise Ryokan no Okami Nikki~ [Kamo, to Kyoto. ~Diary of a Proprietess at a Long-standing Inn~]”
Info: This song’s title is the first line of a famous Heian-era Japanese poem and refers to flowers, which are brightly colored, sweet smelling, but temporary. It contains every syllable in the Japanese syllabary once, so this first line also doubles as an ordering system; “Iroha” has the same meaning as “the basics” or “the ABC’s of” something. While the characters directly transliterated read “Irohanihoheto,” the modern pronunciation is “Iro wa Nioedo.”