1. 疾れ　疾れ　振り向かずに

Romaji: hashire hashire furimukazu ni
Nuance: “Run—run—without looking back.”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Using 疾れ (instead of the neutral 走れ) intensifies the speed into something sharper: urgency, a single-minded sprint, almost like your body moves before your mind can hesitate.

For comparison, you’ll sometimes see 奔る, which carries a more unruly energy—rushing wildly, running as if escaping, surging outward. In modern Japanese it often appears in compounds like 奔走 (racing around), 暴走 (running out of control), 奔流 (a raging current).
Choosing 疾れ here is less “chaotic” and more “laser-focused”: a forward-only resolve.

2. 生きて　燦々

Romaji: ikite sansan
Nuance: “Live—radiant, blazing-bright.”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Sansan (燦々) evokes sunlight pouring down—bright, overflowing, undeniable. But the key is how it follows ikite (“live”) with a pause-like cut.

It doesn’t sound like “be admirable.” It sounds closer to: living itself becomes light. The brightness is presented as an outcome of endurance, not a demand to look perfect.

3. きらり　きらり　涙さえも

Romaji: kirari kirari namida sae mo
Nuance: “Glint, glint— even tears.”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Kirari is onomatopoeia for a quick, single flash of light. Japanese onomatopoeia isn’t only about sound—it can express texture, movement, and visual sparkle with one small word.

The phrase namida sae mo (“even tears”) matters too: it refuses to treat sadness as “ugly.” Tears are allowed to become part of the song’s brightness—emotion dissolved into imagery, a very Japanese lyrical move.

4. 謳え　謳え　はじまりだと

Romaji: utae utae hajimari da to
Nuance: “Sing—sing—declare it’s the beginning.”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Japanese has 歌う (“to sing”) and 謳う, which adds a stronger sense of proclaiming, praising, raising a banner—not just making melody, but making a statement.

That’s why utae here feels like: don’t merely sing—announce your life as a beginning. Modern Japanese also uses 謳う in phrases like “〜を謳う” (to tout/claim as a slogan), which carries that “declaration” power.

5. 美しく生きれなくていい

Romaji: utsukushiku ikirenakute ii
Nuance: “You don’t have to live beautifully.”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Utsukushiku isn’t just about appearance—it can imply a “proper,” well-composed, admirable way of living. Saying …nakute ii (“it’s okay not to…”) works like permission, not a lecture.

It’s an encouragement that releases you from the pressure to be flawless: you can stumble, be messy, survive badly—and still be allowed to live.

6. すべての夢は”わがまま”だ

Romaji: subete no yume wa “wagamama” da
Nuance: “Every dream is ‘selfish.’”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Wagamama can be negative (“self-centered”), but here it lands like a hard truth: dreams often begin as personal desire, not something universally approved.

The quotation marks make it feel like a definition rather than a scolding—almost: “Let’s call it what it is.” The lyric accepts that wanting something badly might look selfish—and still insists it’s worth reaching for.

7. 忘れてたまるか　きずなは / さよならなんかじゃ途絶えない

Romaji: wasurete tamaru ka kizuna wa / sayonara nanka ja todaenai
Nuance: “As if I’d ever forget—bonds don’t break over some ‘goodbye.’”

🗣 Japanese-specific point:
Wasurete tamaru ka is a rough, defiant form—closer to “No way I’m forgetting” than a calm “I can’t forget.” It raises the emotional temperature instantly.

And nanka in “sayonara nanka ja…” belittles the word “goodbye” (“something like goodbye”), which paradoxically strengthens the claim: the bond is bigger than that. It’s casual speech used as a weapon of conviction.

🎤 Emotional Summary

“Ikite, Sansan” doesn’t promise an easy future. It insists on forward motion: run without looking back, let even tears glitter, and proclaim every painful moment as a new beginning.

It releases you from the need to live “beautifully,” admits that dreams can be selfish, and still demands you keep going—until living itself turns radiant.
That is the song’s core magic: not escaping hardship, but burning through it into light.