The Peanuts (ザ・ピーナッツ, Za Pīnattsu) are a Japanese twin sister singing group… Read Full Bio ↴The Peanuts (ザ・ピーナッツ, Za Pīnattsu) are a Japanese twin sister singing group Emi Itō (伊藤エミ, Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō (伊藤ユミ, Itō Yumi). The twins were born in Tokonameshi, Aichi (Japan) on April 1, 1941; soon after their birth, the family moved to Nagoya.

In the first years they sung Japanese covers of standards, foreign hits, and Japanese folk songs, then they began singing originals, written by their producer, Hiroshi Miyagawa, and such songwriters as Kōichi Sugiyama and Rei Nakanishi. They had started in 1958 and retired from performing in 1975

Best known outside Japan as the singing twin fairies in the Japanese monster movie, Mothra.

Emi Itō died on June 15, 2012, at the age of 71. Yumi died on May 18, 2016, at the age of 75.

恋のバカンス
ザ・ピーナッツ Lyrics

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ため息の出るような
あなたの口付けに
甘い恋を夢見る
乙女ごころよ
金色に輝く
熱い砂の上で
裸で恋をしよう
人魚のように

陽にやけたほほよせて
ささやいた約束は
二人だけの秘めごと
ためいきが出ちゃう
あぁ、恋の喜びに
バラ色の月日よ
初めてあなたを見た
恋のバカンス

陽にやけたほほよせて
ささやいた約束は
二人だけの秘めごと
ためいきが出ちゃう
あぁ、恋の喜びに
バラ色の月日よ

初めてあなたを見た
恋のバカンス

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "Koi no Bakansu" (Vacation of Love) by ザ・ピーナッツ (The Peanuts). The song expresses the excitement and dreams of young love. The lyrics open with a description of the sweet kiss of a lover that makes the maiden's heart dream of sweet love. The lyrics transition to the couple on the beach under the hot, shining sun, with a desire to make love in the natural setting, like mermaids.

The second verse describes the lovers' secret whispers and promises shared with only each other under the tanned cheeks from the sun. The romance makes the girl overwhelmed with joy and sighs. The song concludes with the memories of the rose-colored days of love and the first time the two meet in the love journey's beginning, their "Vacation of Love."

Line by Line Meaning

ため息の出るようなあなたの口付けに
With kisses so breathtaking, like a sigh, I dream of sweet love with a young girl's heart

甘い恋を夢見る乙女ごころよ
A young girl's heart dreams of sweet love

金色に輝く熱い砂の上で裸で恋をしよう人魚のように
Let's make love like mermaids on the hot, golden sand, naked

陽にやけたほほよせて
Resting my sunburnt cheeks

ささやいた約束は二人だけの秘めごと
Our whispered promises are our secret alone

ためいきが出ちゃう
A sigh escapes me

あぁ、恋の喜びにバラ色の月日よ
Oh, the joy of love, these rose-colored days

初めてあなたを見た恋のバカンス
Our first meeting, a vacation of love

Writer(s): 岩谷時子, 宮川泰, 岩谷　時子, 宮川　泰

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