Kimi ga Yo - Japanese anthem

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Ki-mi-ga-yo
o wa Chiyoni yachiyoni
sazare ishi no
iwa o to nari te
Koke no musu made

Japanese anthem (trans) - Imperial Reign
May your reign
Continue for a thousand years,
And last for eight thousands of generations,
Until pebbles
Turn into boulders
And covered in moss