<p><strong>The original lyric doesn't mention <em>todoku</em> at all.</strong></p>
<p>Here is a part of <a href="https://www.joysound.com/web/search/song/727383" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the lyric listed on Joysound</a> (one of, if not, the most popular karaoke services in Japan),</p>
<blockquote>
<p>(一花.二乃.三玖)<br />
大嫌いから<br />
(四葉.五月)<br />
(大嫌いから)</p>
<p>(一花.二乃.三玖)<br />
大好きへと<br />
(四葉.五月)<br />
(大好きへと)</p>
<p>(二乃) 変わる心に<br />
(全員)<br />
ついていけないよ</p>
<p>(一花.二乃.三玖)<br />
どんなことも<br />
(四葉.五月)<br />
(どんなことも)</p>
<p>(一花.二乃.三玖)<br />
あなたさえ<br />
(四葉.五月)<br />
(あなたさえ)</p>
<p><strong>(五月) 五等分です</strong><br />
(一花) でも私<br />
(二乃) 私 (三玖) 私</p>
<p>(四葉) 私<br />
(五月) 私は<br />
(全員) あなたが好きよ</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://5hanayome.fandom.com/wiki/Gotoubun_no_Kimochi#Romaji_" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Wiki Fandom</a> also got it right.</p>

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2022-03-10T17:21:11.133Z
Thanks Aki Tanaka♦! Any idea if it's a mondegreen or something? I'm obviously just a beginner in japanese, sooo...
BCLC
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2022-03-10T18:05:32.737Z
@BCLC it's unlikely a mondegreen if no other sites (especially Japanese lyric sites) agree about using the expression 届く there. Looks like it's just a mistake by the contributors of that site.
Aki Tanaka
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ok thanks, but putting aside your good a posteriori argument. from you know (Gasai) the words themselves 'todokun' might be, a priori, heard from 'gotoubun' ? what do you think?
BCLC
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2022-03-11T03:31:50.397Z
@BCLC sorry, I don't know who or what Gasai is, but there's no relation between *todokun* (which the base word is *todoku*) and *gotoubun*.
Aki Tanaka
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2022-03-12T07:28:40.603Z
right thanks then  Aki Tanaka♦! (Gasai is, you know [Gasai], Yuno Gasai)
BCLC
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Aki Tanaka
<p>In <a href="https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-hanayome/gotoubun-no-kimochi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">animesonglyrics</a>, you can see in the season 1 opening (Gotoubun no Kimochi) for the anime adaptation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quintessential_Quintuplets" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Quintessential Quintuplets</a></p>
<ol>
<li>the Romaji: Go-tōbundesu, demo (...) --&gt; the Kanji of which I think is: 五等分です, でも (...)</li>
<li>the English: It reaches, but (...)</li>
<li>the Kanji: 届くんです, でも (...) --&gt; the Romaji of which I think is: Todokundesu, demo (...)</li>
</ol>
<p>source: <a href="https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-hanayome/gotoubun-no-kimochi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-hanayome/gotoubun-no-kimochi</a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/RiOTx.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RiOTx.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>It seems the English and the Kanji match, but they are both different from the romaji.</p>
<p>Now, in a live performance <a href="https://youtu.be/_g7geUDY1ts?t=69" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, you can see the actress/singer Inori Minase holds up 5 fingers when singing this line, sooo...</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KYdZc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KYdZc.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<ol>
<li><p>I guess the Romaji is correct, while the English and Kanji are wrong?</p>
</li>
<li><p>But it's a mondegreen, i.e. it's understandable to mishear Go-tōbun (五等分) as 届く (Todoku)?</p>
</li>
</ol>

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2022-03-13T21:14:33.843Z
Cross-posted from Japanese.SE: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/93612/5464
Aki Tanaka
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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)?
# 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)?
Posted by: username_0 on 2022-03-09
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.sstatic.net/RiOTx.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/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.sstatic.net/KYdZc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/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)?
**Tags:** music japanese-language culture theme-song the-quintessential-quintuplets
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Cross-posted from Japanese.SE: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/93612/5464  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-09. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
**The original lyric doesn't mention *todoku* at all.**

Here is a part of [the lyric listed on Joysound](https://www.joysound.com/web/search/song/727383) (one of, if not, the most popular karaoke services in Japan),

> (一花.二乃.三玖)  
> 大嫌いから  
> (四葉.五月)  
> (大嫌いから)
>
> (一花.二乃.三玖)  
> 大好きへと  
> (四葉.五月)  
> (大好きへと)
>
> (二乃) 変わる心に  
> (全員)  
> ついていけないよ
>
> (一花.二乃.三玖)  
> どんなことも  
> (四葉.五月)  
> (どんなことも)
>
> (一花.二乃.三玖)  
> あなたさえ  
> (四葉.五月)  
> (あなたさえ)
>
> **(五月) 五等分です**  
> (一花) でも私  
> (二乃) 私 (三玖) 私
>
> (四葉) 私  
> (五月) 私は  
> (全員) あなたが好きよ

[The Wiki Fandom](https://5hanayome.fandom.com/wiki/Gotoubun_no_Kimochi#Romaji_) also got it right.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2022-03-10): Thanks Aki Tanaka♦! Any idea if it's a mondegreen or something? I'm obviously just a beginner in japanese, sooo...  
> **username_1** (2022-03-10): @BCLC it's unlikely a mondegreen if no other sites (especially Japanese lyric sites) agree about using the expression 届く there. Looks like it's just a mistake by the contributors of that site.  
> **username_0** (2022-03-10): ok thanks, but putting aside your good a posteriori argument. from you know (Gasai) the words themselves 'todokun' might be, a priori, heard from 'gotoubun' ? what do you think?  
> **username_1** (2022-03-11): @BCLC sorry, I don't know who or what Gasai is, but there's no relation between *todokun* (which the base word is *todoku*) and *gotoubun*.  
> **username_0** (2022-03-12): right thanks then  Aki Tanaka♦! (Gasai is, you know [Gasai], Yuno Gasai)  
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