Kimigayo

Kimigayo (ja. 君が代, pron. [kʲimʲiɡa̠ꜜjo̞] "kee-mee-gah-yoh"; "His Imperial Majesty's Reign") is the national anthem of Japan, adopted on 13 August 1999. The lyrics are based on a Heian-era waka poem and the music was composed by Yoshiisa Oku and Akimori Hayashi, and arranged by Franz Eckert in 1880.^[1]

It is one of the shortest anthems and contains the world's oldest lyrics to date.

History

From 1888 to 1945 "Kimigayo" served as the national anthem of the Empire of Japan. After WWII, the empire collapsed following the successor State of Japan, "Kimigayo" was then retained as de facto, then official in 1999 after the Act on National Flag and Anthem.

Lyrics

Official (Kanji/Kana)	Kana (Hiragana)	Rōmaji	IPA transcription	English translation	Poetic translation (by the Basil Hall Chamberlain)
~ 君が代 ~ Kimigayo
君が代は千代に八千代に細(さざれ)石の巌(いわお)となりて苔(こけ)の生す迄(まで)^[2]	きみがよはちよにやちよにさざれいしのいわおとなりてこけのむすまで^[3]	Kimigayo wa Chiyo ni yachiyo ni Sazare-ishi no Iwao to narite Koke no musu made^[4]	[kʲi.mʲi.ɡa̠.jo̞ ɰᵝa̠] [t͡ɕi.jo̞ ɲ̟i ja̠.t͡ɕi.jo̞ ɲ̟i] [sa̠.za̠.ɾe̞.i.ɕi no̞] [i.ɰᵝa̠.o̞ to̞ na̠.ɾʲi.te̞] [ko̞.ke̞ no̞ mɯ̟ᵝ.sɨᵝ ma̠.de̞]	May your reign Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations, Until the pebbles Grow into boulders Lush with moss^[5]	Thousands of years of happy reign be thine; Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.^[6]

In other scripts

These are adopted scripts which are not (and have never been) officially used to write Japanese.

Cyrillization of Japanese

Polivanov (Russian)	Japonskij Vukovica	Alternate phonetic Cyrillization	Ukrainian Cyrillization
Кимигаё ва Тиё ни ятиё ни Сазарэ-иси но Ивао то наритэ Кокэ но мусу мадэ	Кімігајо ва Ћіјо ні јаћіјо ні Сазаре-іҫі но Ивао то наріте Коке но мусу маде^[7]	Кимигаё ва Чиё ни ячиё ни Сазарэ-иши но Ивао то наритэ Кокэ но мысы мадэ	кімі ґа йо ва чійо ні ячійо ні садзаре іші но івао то наріте коке но мусу маде

Alternate Romanizations

Gaj's Romaji	Common Turkic Alphabet (Turkish Romaji)	Pinyin (Chinese Romaji)	Latino Romaji	Magyar Romaji	Malay-Indonesian
Kimigajo va Čijo ni jačijo ni Sazare-iši no Ivao to narite Koke no musu made	Kimigayo va Çiyo ni yaçiyo ni Sazare-işi no İvao to narite Koke no musu made	Kimigayo wa Qiyo ni yaqiyo ni Sazare-ixi no Iwao to narite Koke no musu made	Quimigayo wa Chiyo ni yachiyo ni Sazare ixi no Ivao to narite Coque no musu made	Kimigajo va Csijo ni jacsijo ni Szazare isi no Ivao to narite Koke no muszu made	Kimigayo wa Ciyo ni yaciyo ni Sazare-isyi no Iwao to narite Koke no musu made

Hangulization

기미가요와
지요니야치요니
사자레이시노
이와오토나리테
고케노무스마데

Thai transliteration

คิมิ งา โยะ วา
จิโย นิ ยาจิโย นิ
ซาซาเร อิชิ โนะ
อิวาโอ โท นาริเทะ
โคเก โนะ มูซู มาเดะ

Lao transliteration

ຄິມິ ງາ ໂຍະ ວາ
ຈິໂຍະ ນິ ຍາຈິໂຍ ນິ
ຊາຊາເຣ ອິຊິ ໂນະ
ອິວາໂອະ ໂທ ນາຣິເທະ
ໂຄເກ ໂນະ ມຸຊຸ ມາເດະ

Khmer transliteration

គីមីហ្គាយ៉ុវ៉ះ
ឈីយ៉ុនិ យ៉ាឈីយ៉ុនិ
សាហ្សារេ អ៊ីស្ស៊ីណុ
អ៊ីវ៉ាក់អុ តុ ណារីទេ
ខូខេណុ មុស៊ុម៉ាដិ

Devanagarization

किमि-गा यो वा
चियो-नि याचियो-नि
साज़ारे-इशि-नो
इवा-ओ तो नारिते
कोके नो मूसू मादे

Tamilization

கிமிஙாயொ வா
சீயொ நி யாசீயோ நி
ஸாட்சாரெ-இஷி நொ
இவாஓ தொ நாரித்தே
கோகே நொ மூசு மாதே

Bengalization

কিমিগায়ো ওয়া
চিয়োনি ইয়াচিয়োনি
সাজারে ইশি নো
ইওয়াও তো নারিতে
কোকে নো মুসু মাদে

Arabization

Arabic script	Urdu script
كيمي غا يو وا ياتشي-يو ني سازاريه إيشي نو أيوا أوتو ناريتيه كوكي نو موسو مادي	کی-می گائیووا چی یو-نی یاچی یو-نی سازارے-اِشی-نو اِوا-او تو نا ری تو کوکے نو موسو مادے

Hellenization

Κιμιγαιο βα
Τζιιο νι ιατζιιο νι
Σαζαρε-ισι νο
Ιβαο το ναριτε
Κοκε νο μυσυ μαδε

Georgianization

კიმიგაჲო ვა
ჩიჲო ნი ჲაჩიჲო ნი
საძარე-იში ნო
ივაო ტო ნარიტე
კოკე ნო მუსუ მადე

Armenianization

Կիմիգայո ւա
Ճիյո նի յաճիյո նի
Սազարե-իշի նո
Իւաօ տո նարիտե
Կոկե նո մուսու մադե

Hebraization

קִימִי גַא יוֹ וַּא
צִ'יוֹ נִי יַאצִ'יוֹ נִי
סַאזַארֶה אִישִׁי נוֹ
אִיוַּאוֹ טוֹ נַארִיטֶה
קוֹקֶה נוֹ מוּסוּ מַאדֶה

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111227000629/http://nationalanthems.me/japan-kimigayo/
↑ http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H11/H11HO127.html
↑ http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H11/H11HO127.html
↑ https://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/11NFlagAnthem.pdf
↑ Hood, Christopher (2001). Japanese Education Reform: Nakasone's Legacy. Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-415-23283-8. Retrieved 2010 October 13.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100428014321/http://www.yu.emb-japan.go.jp/Srpski/UpoznajteJapan-PolitikaEkonomija.htm
↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Yhynerson1/sandbox&oldid=762401023#Japanese_Cyrillic

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111227000629/http://nationalanthems.me/japan-kimigayo/

[2] ttp://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H11/H11HO127.html

[3] ttp://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H11/H11HO127.html

[4] ttps://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/11NFlagAnthem.pdf

[5] Hood, Christopher (2001). Japanese Education Reform: Nakasone's Legacy. Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-415-23283-8. Retrieved 2010 October 13.

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100428014321/http://www.yu.emb-japan.go.jp/Srpski/UpoznajteJapan-PolitikaEkonomija.htm

[7] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Yhynerson1/sandbox&oldid=762401023#Japanese_Cyrillic

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