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Soramimi kashi (空耳歌詞; literally, misheard lyrics) is a word used in the Japanese language to describe lyrics of a song that sound like the original, but are actually made up.

An example would be the Moldovan band O-Zone's song Dragostea din tei or Maiyahi (マイヤヒー, named from the words that start the song - ma-ia-hii, ma-ia-huu...).

One line of the original lyrics are:

• Alo, salut. Sunt eu, un haiduc. (Translation: "Hello, greetings, it's me, an outlaw.")

One of the Japanese soramimi kashi of that line is:

• Arrow 猿 すげぇ… うん? 拝読 (Arou saru sugee... un? haidoku) (Translation: "Arrow, monkey, amazing... Yeah? Reading.")

Japanese comedian and TV personality Tamori has had a long-running "Soramimi Hour" segment on his TV program, where he and his co-host watch mini-skits based on soramimi kashi submitted by the audience.

Further examples (from "Soramimi Hour"):

From Sean Paul's "Fire Links Intro":

• Mayday! [...] Sean Paul! This one is hot!
• 目痛い! [...] シャンプー! リンスは無いさ!
• Me itai! [...] Shanpū! Rinsu wa nai sa!
• My eyes hurt! [...] Shampoo! There is no hair conditioner!

From Wu-Tang Clan's "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber":

• Yo Meth! hold up, hold up, yo Meth! Where my Killer tape at ya?
• よ よ 嫁! ホラホラ 嫁! フマキラー付いてるよ
• Yo yo yome! Hora hora yome! Fumakirā tsuiteru yo
• Hey hey daughter-in-law! Look look daughter-in-law! You've got Fumakilla [a Japanese brand of insecticide] stuck to you

From Mariah Carey's "Jesus Born on this Day":

• Oh Jesus, born on this day
• おじいさん オナニーしてる
• Ojīsan onanī shiteiru
• Grandfather is masturbating

From Michael Jackson's "Ghosts":

• Because now it's on me [...] Don't understand it. Ow!
• びっくりしたオバサンに [...] どんなのしてんだ? 青!
• Bikkurishita obasan ni [...] Donna no shitenda? Ao!
• [I said] to a surprised older woman [...] What kind are you wearing? Blue!

From Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"

• Meaner than a junkyard dog
• 二度目の東京ドーム
• Ni dome no Tōkyō Dōmu
• Tokyo Dome a second time

From The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

• I want to hold your hand
• アホな放尿犯
• Aho na hōnyōhan
• The fool is committing the crime of public urination.

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