The Name Yorushika
June 14, 2024I love Yorushika's official translated name from Universal Music Taiwan, which is 夜未眠 (roughly translated to “sleepless at night”). Though many often translate their name by separating ヨル and シカ into "night deer," the official translation is closer to what n-buna intended since the name came from Natsukusa's last song, "The Clouds the Ghost," and the line "夜しかもう眠れずに" means "I can only sleep at night". Therefore, though a little unintuitive, Sleepless at Night is a more accurate and fun translation since what n-buna is trying to deliver by mixing 夜しか梦れない and 夜もう梦れない together is that ghosts cannot be seen in the morning, so they can only be active at night, making them sleepless at night.