Soramimi
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Soramimi kashi (空耳歌詞; literally, misheard lyrics) is a word used in the Japanese language to describe lyrics of a song that sound like the original, but are actually made up.
An example would be the Moldovan band O-Zone's song Dragostea din tei or Maiyahi (マイヤヒー, named from the words that start the song - ma-ia-hii, ma-ia-huu...).
One line of the original lyrics are:
- Alo, salut. Sunt eu, un haiduc. (Translation: "Hello, greetings, it's me, an outlaw.")
One of the Japanese soramimi kashi of that line is:
- Arrow 猿 すげぇ… うん? 拝読 (Arou saru sugee... un? haidoku) (Translation: "Arrow, monkey, amazing... Yeah? Reading.")
Japanese comedian and TV personality Tamori has had a long-running "Soramimi Hour" segment on his TV program, where he and his co-host watch mini-skits based on soramimi kashi submitted by the audience.
Further examples (from "Soramimi Hour"):
From Sean Paul's "Fire Links Intro":
- Mayday! [...] Sean Paul! This one is hot!
- 目痛い! [...] シャンプー! リンスは無いさ!
- Me itai! [...] Shanpū! Rinsu wa nai sa!
- My eyes hurt! [...] Shampoo! There is no hair conditioner!
From Wu-Tang Clan's "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber":
- Yo Meth! hold up, hold up, yo Meth! Where my Killer tape at ya?
- よ よ 嫁! ホラホラ 嫁! フマキラー付いてるよ
- Yo yo yome! Hora hora yome! Fumakirā tsuiteru yo
- Hey hey daughter-in-law! Look look daughter-in-law! You've got Fumakilla [a Japanese brand of insecticide] stuck to you
From Mariah Carey's "Jesus Born on this Day":
- Oh Jesus, born on this day
- おじいさん オナニーしてる
- Ojīsan onanī shiteiru
- Grandfather is masturbating
From Michael Jackson's "Ghosts":
- Because now it's on me [...] Don't understand it. Ow!
- びっくりしたオバサンに [...] どんなのしてんだ? 青!
- Bikkurishita obasan ni [...] Donna no shitenda? Ao!
- [I said] to a surprised older woman [...] What kind are you wearing? Blue!
From Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
- Meaner than a junkyard dog
- 二度目の東京ドーム
- Ni dome no Tōkyō Dōmu
- Tokyo Dome a second time
From The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
- I want to hold your hand
- アホな放尿犯
- Aho na hōnyōhan
- The fool is committing the crime of public urination.
