When you add Japanese lyrics, please remember the difference between these two:
Romaji: Umaku ikanakute ochikon datte
Kanji: うまくいかなくて 落ち込んだって
Lyrics should be submitted as kanji, not romaji. Romaji should be submitted under 'Transliteration', since romaji is the romanization of kanji to begin with. Same thing with titles, when submitting it should be ROMAJI (KANJI HERE), and when submitting a transliteration for the kanji, it should just be the romaji.
Don't know how to look up the lyrics? You can use the site J Lyrics, search for the artist/song like this:
On the right side you'll see this:
歌詞検索 (Lyrics Search)
曲名: (Title)
歌手名: (Artist)
歌詞: (Lyrics) > if you have fragments of the lyrics, paste it here to see if you get a match.
Example:
歌手名: 水樹奈々
Artist: Mizuki Nana
Remember that in Japan, surname goes first and then first name. Even though we have it as 'Nana Mizuki' on our database here, it should be 'Mizuki Nana'.
But what if you don't know the kanji of an artist/band's name? Google it or look through:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
If that doesn't work, go here: http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken/kanjidic.html
Example: Mizu [水] Ki [樹] Na [奈] Na [々] (the '々' symbolizes a repeating of the 'na').
If all else fails, just use Google Translate (https://translate.google.com/) as a last resort here, keep in mind that it's not known for its accuracy.
Search for the song on Youtube, everything in romaji and there's usually a kanji title attached to it.
Other popular sites:
http://www.jpopasia.com
http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Lyrics_Wiki
http://www.animelyrics.com/
http://utaten.com/
http://www.uta-net.com/
https://www.musixmatch.com/
Some sites won't let you copy the lyrics, just add view-source: in front of the url, for example:
view-source:http://utaten.com/
If that doesn't work, (I'm using Firefox) go to the top menu bar on Tools > Page Info and look at 'description', click on it and 'copy'. You will get the first 2-3 lines of the song, google those and you'll get a hit for the rest of the song on another site that does allow you to copy the lyrics.
Don't add the romaji of the song instead of the kanji, and then add the kanji as 'Transliteration'. Ask the person who submitted the romaji version (as the original lyrics) to change it to kanji by leaving a comment with the correct format of the lyrics. They can then submit that romaji version as the transliteration.
If you were the one who submitted the romaji version and you found the kanji version, just 'Edit' your translation, copy paste the romaji and submit it as another translation.
When adding translations to English, remember to put in the SOURCE the link where you found them, if the translation wasn't done by you.
Use this: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/rebirth-rebirth.html-0 as an example of what I mean
Or based on this page.
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