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What are the lyrics of the Japanese national anthem?

Answer:
Repeated twice, the lyrics are transliterated as:

Kimi ga yo WA / Chiyo ni yachiyo ni / Sazare ishi no /
Iwao to nari te / Koke no musu made.

English translation:

May the reign of the Emperor continue for a thousand, nay, eight thousand generations and for the eternity that it takes for small pebbles to grow into a great rock and become covered with moss
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