Asian Kung-Fu Generation (AKFG) is a Japanese alternative rock band from Yokohama, active since 1996. They blend post-punk energy with melodic hooks and introspective lyrics, they're also my favorite band!

This is a personal data-visualization experiment; part language learning, part data analysis. I translate their Japanese lyrics by hand:

  1. Write down lyrics, highlight unknown words, and break them apart. Example.
  2. Run a script to extract features: track length, unique character count, etc.
  3. Find interesting patterns in the data.
SONGS DONE
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of total
STUDY TIME
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hours + minutes
AVG EFF
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min / char
BEST EFF
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min / char
PROGRESS
Completed In Progress Remaining
CURRENTLY TRANSLATING
DIFFICULTY VS EFFORT

Unique character count vs. minutes spent translating. Hover a point for song details.

TIME PER SONG

Raw minutes spent on each translated song.

LEARNING CURVE

Efficiency (min/char) over translation order. Downward trend = improving. Hover for song name.

EFFICIENCY (TIME / UCC)

Minutes spent per unique character per song. Lower = more efficient translation.