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In [animesonglyrics](https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-
hanayome/gotoubun-no-kimochi), you can see in the season 1 opening (Gotoubun
no Kimochi) for the anime adaptation of [The Quintessential
Quintuplets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quintessential_Quintuplets)

  1. the Romaji: Go-tōbundesu, demo (...) --> the Kanji of which I think is: 五等分です, でも (...)
  2. the English: It reaches, but (...)
  3. the Kanji: 届くんです, でも (...) --> the Romaji of which I think is: Todokundesu, demo (...)

source: <https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-hanayome/gotoubun-no-
kimochi>

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RiOTx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RiOTx.png)

It seems the English and the Kanji match, but they are both different from the
romaji.

Now, in a live performance [here](https://youtu.be/_g7geUDY1ts?t=69), you can
see the actress/singer Inori Minase holds up 5 fingers when singing this line,
sooo...

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KYdZc.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KYdZc.png)

  1. I guess the Romaji is correct, while the English and Kanji are wrong?

  2. But it's a mondegreen, i.e. it's understandable to mishear Go-tōbun (五等分) as 届く (Todoku)?
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translation nuances song-lyrics music song
The Quintessential Quintuplets (aka 五等分の花嫁) : Is 届くんです (it reaches) a mondegreen that should be 五等分です (It's divided into five equal parts)?
Different sources list it as 五等分. For example search up 五等分の気持ち 歌詞. Like this
one <https://utaten.com/lyric/mi19011506/>. Many sources says it's 五等分. The
lyrics on animesonglyrics I think might be wrong here, maybe the contributors
of the site misheard it. Then someone who translated from the Japanese also
translated it as "It reaches" to english.

But nonetheless, weird how the romaji keeps it as 五等分.

As for how one can mishear 五等分です as 届くんです, I can't say. Hopefully someone else
can answer that.
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