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Isn't it strange?

How we go to sleep each night

in some quiet place, that’s neither land nor sea

~

Since that day the dragon awoke,

the space orphans have been searching for something

This week's challenge is from the lyrics of 宇(う)宙(ちゅう)の身(み)無(な)し子(ご)/Space Orphans (YouTube)

Translation by Luka Uno via Bandcamp

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japanese:
- - - pos: adverb
      text:
      - 毎: まい
      - 晩: ばん
    - dictionary: ~
      text: " "
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 眠: ねむ
      - って
      dictionary: 眠る
    - pos: verb
      text: しまう
      dictionary: 仕舞う
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: particle
      text: は
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 不: ふ
      - 思: し
      - 議: ぎ
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 陸: りく
    - pos: phrase
      text: でもない
      dictionary: でも無い
    - dictionary: ~
      text: " "
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 海: うみ
    - pos: phrase
      text: でもない
      dictionary: でも無い
- - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 静: しず
      - かな
      dictionary: 静か
    - pos: noun
      text: ところ
      dictionary: 所
- - - dictionary: ~
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 竜: りゅう
    - pos: particle
      text: が
    - dictionary: ~
      text: " "
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 目: め
      - 覚: ざ
      - めた
      dictionary: 目覚める
    - pos: adjective
      text: あの
      dictionary: 彼の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 日: ひ
    - pos: particle
      text: から
- - - pos: noun
      text: なにか
      dictionary: 何か
    - pos: particle
      text: を
    - dictionary: ~
      text: " "
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 探: さが
      - してる
      dictionary: 探す
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 宇: う
      - 宙: ちゅう
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 身: み
      - 無: な
      - し
      - 子: ご
      dictionary: 孤児
english:
- Isn't it strange?
- How we go to sleep each night
- in some quiet place, that’s neither land nor sea
- ~
- Since that day the dragon awoke,
- the space orphans have been searching for something
song:
  japanese: '[宇]{う}[宙]{ちゅう}の[身]{み}[無]{な}し[子]{ご}'
  english: Space Orphans
translation:
  author: Luka Uno
  site:
    name: Bandcamp
    link: https://ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/track/space-orphans-2
media: bVx4nOK9_Bs
date: 2026-05-05
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