NEBUTA

• 1. YENTOWN is a Japanese Hip-Hop collective which Awich joined in 2017 as its only female member.
• 2. The term 'maiko' refers to a young apprentice geisha.
• 3. In Japanese, the term taiko refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various Japanese drums called wadaiko.
• 4. Alternatively, 'Where is home?', since because of Japanese sentence structure there isn't actually a 'your' in the sentence, it can only be inferred based on context.
• 5. 'はぐれもん' (haguremon) is a colloquial term that can mean 'stray' or 'loner.'
• 6. Alternatively, 'what you have to say is a 'No'.
• 7. っせーんだ' (ssenda) is a colloquial contraction of 'と言うのだ' (to iu no da), which means 'I'm telling you' or 'What I'm saying is..'
• 8. '勝手に' (katte ni) is a phrase that can have several nuanced meanings depending on the context in which it's used, ranging from things like 'selfishly', 'on one's own', 'arbitrarily' to 'freely', 'without care', 'inappropriately'.
• 9. Soba (そば or 蕎麦, 'buckwheat') are Japanese noodles made primarily from buckwheat flour. The length of soba noodles can vary depending on the dish and the preference of the chef or eater, but they are generally longer compared to other types of noodles like udon or ramen.
• 10. 'ぶち上が' (buchi aga) is a colloquial expression meaning 'to be excited' or 'to be pumped up.'