Japan National Anthem Lyrics

Japan

Kimigayo

(His Majesty's Reign)

君が代は 千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで

[Romanized:]

Kimi ga yo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare ishi no
Iwao to nari te
Koke no musu made

[English:]

Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, till what are pebbles now
By age united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.