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Yajima Biyoushitsu | Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita- (( Comrades of Japan -We Came From Neva
We come from afar
We come from NEVADA

We do have our passports
We have YEN too, if only a little
The spinning sushi surprised us

We hear that everyone here is friendly
Is the Thunder Man close by?
Unable to communicate verbally, we got glared at

But...　　CO.MRA.DE
Where can we meet a samurai?
CO.MRA.DE　　The seventeen evolutions of Yamato Nadeshiko
This country holds dreams, doesn't it?

PAO　PAO　PAO　PAO
PAO　PAO　PAO　PAO

Tonight too, the newscaster
Has a sunken and dispirited expression
Looking at it, we feel very sorry for him

But...　　CO.MRA.DE
Is the Way of the Warrior a metropolitan expressway?
CO.MRA.DE　　There's no Kabuki-za in Kabuki-cho

The ingredients of miso soup are tofu and wakame seaweed
Natto is very NEVADA
Shabada Dabada

CO.MRA.DE　　Nevertheless, we'll sing
CO.MRA.DE　　Believing in you, we'll dance

Nevertheless, we love
Japan

PAO　PAO　PAO　PAO
PAO　PAO　PAO　PAO
PAO　PAO　PAO　PAO
PAO　PAO　Ponyo　PAO

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BASICALLY this whole song is poking fun at stereotypically uninformed foreigners, e.g. those who think Japan is still swarming with samurais, knows nothing about the country beyond sushi and miso soup, etc. The italised words are originally in katakana; which implies that the speaker has a weird accent / only knows how to pronounce that word but not what it actually means / looks like.

The spinning sushi surprised us
Refers to conveyor belt sushi.

Is the Thunder Man close by?
They're actually asking for the Kaminarimon, but mispelt it so it became Kaminariman (Thunder Man), who is a manga character.

The seventeen evolutions of Yamato Nadeshiko
It's 7, not 17. 8"D

Is the Way of the Warrior a metropolitan expressway?
Self-explanatory. Way of the warrior = Bushido.

There's no Kabuki-za in Kabuki-cho
Kabuki-za is a renowned theatre in Ginza where Kabuki plays are staged. Kabuki-cho is a red-light district in Shinjuku.

Natto is very NEVADA
Horrible pun here, Nevada is pronounced "ne-ba-da" in Japanese, which sounds like "sticky". So, natto is very sticky. *desks*

This country holds dreams, doesn't it?
VS
Tonight too, the newscaster
Has a sunken and dispirited expression
Looking at it, we feel very sorry for him
Meant to show the trio's lack of real knowledge about Japan; they're under the impression that it's a land of opportunity when in reality, the economy+things in general are kind of sucking right now, thus the unhappy newscaster. They don't get it though, so they just feel sorry for him.