As the readers of JYJ3 already know, the internet radio station http://www.ILoveJYJ.com has shut its doors amidst controversy. JYJ3 currently does not have clips of any of the aired episodes. As the readers of Part 01 and 02 of the Jaejoong Day Interview translations know, the translations were done from a transcription.
This entry is Part 03 of the station’s interview with Jaejoong’s family.
There is speculation that the chief administrator of ILoveJYJ.com had private conversations that revealed disrespect for the loved ones of our members. We at JYJ3 sincerely love and respect our members and their loved ones and do not want to do anything that may even potentially hurt or disrespect them. Therefore, we are careful in sharing this entry.
We are sharing this entry because the interview itself is a beautiful account of the caring and loving nature of Jaejoong and his family. The interview makes it self-evident that the only feelings any third-party should have towards them is one of respect and gratitude for raising such a splendid son and brother. Also, we feel that the family members themselves interviewed with the expectation that their voices would be heard. Since the radio station’s shutting down was entirely due to the fault of a third-party, it felt only right that the family’s words get heard as they were intended.
Please enjoy the translation, and leave a word of gratitude for Jaejoong and his family. =)
– JYJ3
As in Part 01 and 02: The conversation is colloquial and the translation reflects that (in other words, the sentences will run into each other and oftentimes will be fragmented).
Jaejoong’s special love for his fans is famous.
Older sister:
The accessories, clothes, shoes and things like that which the fans buy for him,
Jaejoong even reads very carefully the letters that come with them.
Nowadays, so many letters come to Jaejoong and he (can) read them only occasionally, but
Every single page he dearly cherishes (alternatively, “he would not let even a single page go by”).
Recently, on Jaejoong’s birthday, so many presents came in. Ten-something large sacks, boxes from here and there, those from Jamshil (stadium)…
The presents filled up a living room.
It’s a bit (of a job) to do it by oneself and so he called his sisters (presumably, including the speaking sister) to come, and there were so many letters. It was quite difficult, to open every single one of them.
We asked Jaejoong: Where do we put the letters?
“There is a box (in the room) behind the living room, and so put each and every one inside the box neatly (alternatively, “one by one”).
Jaejoong keeps and cherishes each and every present that a fan gives him. Please trust (me/him) on this.
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Do you really want a grandson first? (T/N: See the recent MBN interview with Junsu’s comments)
* picture of Jaejoong’s niece comes on screen *
Mother:
This is our Hyunah. Jaejoong… he just really adores Hyunah. (So I said to him,)
– Your sister had a baby and she is so cute/pretty… if you marry and have one, she will be even cuter/prettier.
“Mom, I’ll probably have to get married late?” he said.
– Okay. Then you can marry late, but (in exchange) bring me a grandson early. I’ll raise him for you *whisper*, I said, and
“Mom~~~!!” he went.
– Ah…. It’s fine! Just have a grandson and bring him (*whisper*), I said, and
Huhuhu (T/N: laughter), it looks like they said this on television!!!!
Father:
But it’s that I wanted to hold my grandson while I’m alive, and so that’s why I told Jaejoong such a thing.
Mother:
That is, the grandson from the son is special/different (from the grandson from one’s daughter).
Father:
Whenever something happens, “(just think about it).
Even if one really loved his grandson from his daughters, *inaudible* you still have to cross a branch and it’s still the second-removed branch. (T/N: In traditional Korea, the family tree/lineage is counted so that the descendents from the son’s side is the direct descendents of the parents. In other words, children from one’s daughters are direct descendents of her husband’s parents and are once-removed from the daughter’s parents.)
So even if you don’t marry, yes? If you can bring us a son, mom and dad will raise him for you… and so that’s where the above story comes from.
Mother:
Jaejoong carries his nephews and nieces on his back, hangs them from his neck… he loves them all. He adores his nephews and nieces and he loves children.
Ah~~ (as for a niece), she’s a fan of her uncle (Jaejoong). Just how much she loves her uncle, indeed!
Father:
Ah… aigoo… the uncle… usually in the regular cases, you wouldn’t have (such a doting niece).
She follows him from here, and from there, she just goes to him because she wants to be close to him (T/N: the niece adores Jaejoong)
Sometimes even I get embarrassed. But because the uncle loves the niece too…
So when I look at that, that is why I’m reminded of a grandson from Jaejoong.
Mother:
After this airs, there will be a line of people who say they’ll have a son for Jaejoong—what to do?
Older Sister:
When we see (a family with) many sisters, we think about whether… that (there is a popular idea that if one marries into such a family) the bride will have a hard time from the sisters-in-laws… and so is that why Jaejoong can’t seem to get married… so we’re wondering about it… that… that’s not the case, right?
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So Jaejoong decorated his house well too.
Older Sister:
I told you this before, but I’ve never seen even a speck of dust in his house. He’s tidy to that degree.
And (props like) chocolates and such, oh how he arranges them so prettily, he put the long chocolate box and its contents on a sofa. I thought it was good for eating and so I was about to eat it, and
“Nuna!! (T/N: the colloquial way to address one’s older sister) It’s a concept.”
So I couldn’t eat them.
So this time more chocolates came in. I snuck two of them home with me.
Jaejoong had so meticulously arranged each one of them as decoration.
Even for liquor—when you just glance at it, you’d think “oh someone drank it” because
The liquor (bottle) and the glass were placed together. (So I wondered) can I drink this, since I enjoy drinking? And (Jaejoong says) that’s a concept too.
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So we hear that you spent the new years together.
Mother:
So Jaejoong and his mom made vegetable pancakes together and were together (for other things, presumably other cooking for the holidays). Made pancakes, and Jaejoong was so happy when he came. He~~ oh geez, we drink together. He drinks with his mom—when he comes over, he always has a glass with his mom. “Hey there, dear son, let’s have a glass,” I say, and (he goes) “Sounds good~”
So with his dad too and all his sisters too, he shares a glass,
Shares jokes, tells of stories of how his life has been.
Our son?
It’s a parent’s heart that wants to see their son always. But when we want to see him, I call, and when he is busy, I text him. Then he without fail texts back.
Older Sister:
And what Jaejoong likes the absolute best is… with his sisters, even with his sisters who he hasn’t seen in a while,
“Hello Jaejoong” (“cool” or flippant speech)… Jaejoong doesn’t like that.
“Jaeeeeeejoong-ah~~~” (while hugging him)—he likes that. He likes to be hugged.
So took an exam the other day, and the day before,
From the eldest sister everyone gathered… and we talked about (T/N: literally, “asked”)
What kind of a hug is the most comfortable?
The eldest sister hugged like this (*arms around the neck*)… we all hugged like this,
Except the 7th sister, she hugged like this (*arms around the waist*).
Saying Jaejoong likes this the best, talking about that.
Jaejoong really loves being hugged.
Mother:
Around his birthday… so his sixth sister is a good cook, she cooks very well both Korean and Western dishes.
And so she went to the market, to feed his brother,
And prepared a feast, and
Aw… really, he should eat!
(Jaejoong wouldn’t eat,) saying that he has a shoot the next morning.
Father:
What kind of a shoot… *inaudible*
Mother:
So the family is eating (without Jaejoong), and oh, just our hearts went out to him,
For a while we kept telling him to eat, but he just took two bites and wouldn’t eat.
I mean, how much would he have liked to have eaten? He’s young, and they like to eat.
And when Jaejoong suppresses that and doesn’t eat… on those occasions, we feel sorry (for him).
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When did you feel your heart going out to him (T/N: literally, “feel the most pity for him”)?
When he couldn’t eat very much and was sick, when I can’t be next to him, that is when I feel the most sorry.
That time when Jaejoong hurt his leg and was like that, in the hospital,
Even then, his body (like that), we the parents couldn’t even help him eat, and he had to stay at the company.
At that time too, we really felt that (the company) was coldhearted…
Imagine if when he had hurt his leg, that they had given him a couple days off and told him to go home and rest for a couple days—how nice would that have been.
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Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Jaejoong’s Mother, Father, and Sisters– for raising such a beautiful and kindhearted son!
Source: www.ILoveJYJ.com and its YouTube Channel
Transcription Credit: 김떡뽁 of DC TVXQ Gallery
Translation Credit: JYJ3
Shared by: JYJ3
Terharu….I almost cry read the trans and I cry seeing the picture….
Me too …. sebak rasanya ….
I can feel so much love floating around 🙂
And this is why I love Jaejoong 🙂
I love this man, I really do. The more I know about him, the more he’s different from my first impression of him.
At the end,his mother made a heart with arms and said “no wealth,no honor, just be healthy” it was really touching.
“no wealth,no honor, just be healthy”
…THIS! a truly wonderful n caring mother’s words!
no crap such as ‘with honour comes money’..
…quoting “someone’s” mom in an interview.
Jaejoong is too awesome for words. Who can hate such a person?
idk… ask those that love the blogs from “that site”…
Aww. I will hug you any time, JJ. Just marry me!! LOL
“It’s a concept!” Oh, Jaejoong, I love you so.
Ooh the part about Jaejoong and kids melted my cold-shriveled heart. I shall revoked my no-children policy just for him.
Seriously, why he felt the need to diet? He’s so thin already that I was spazzing and then worried over him when watching his ELLE clips.
Thank you for continuing to share this beautiful and touching story. His family truly love and adore him, made me feel a lot better that he has such positive energy around him at times like this.
What a loving family <3. I want to take Jaejoong home LOL, he's too adorable!
I wanna hugging him too,
what a great family, thank you for raising such great adorable kim jaejoong,
omg his family is just……<3
I can see where he gets his big heart from.^^
Awww such a loving family
This interview is heartwarming and I’m really smiling like an idiot in some parts.lol~
“After this airs, there will be a line of people who say they’ll have a son for Jaejoong—what to do”
XD~ imagine that!
Ah Jae, I also want to give you a hug.^^
Jaejoong has a warm heart. Even I can feel it, thousands of miles away…
if a were the niece or nephew….i will develop uncle’s complexes! and never recovers till i grow up! XD omo~~~~ I LOVE JAEJOONG!!!!! He’s so sweet~~~ the fact that he love children make me want to have him more OMG
Thanks to JJ’s family for their love & big hearts in bring up JJ well. I really touched by all that they ave shared about JJ, He is like a hidden gems, the more one discover him more, the more he suprised us.
JJ is really beautiful from inside out.
You know, back then I was so in love with yunjae. But as time went on, way before the lawsuit ever happened, I started to dislike it. I hated it actually, partially because of the hardcore fans.
And then I came to realize how genuinely lonely he is. He wants a partner and I feel sorry for him because he’s a beautiful human being with a beautiful heart but it seems like he’s hard to be approached by korean women. Maybe because they would feel burdened by him and his exterior persona and image. Which is sad, to think that way.
Anyway, I hope he finds a person that loves him back and treats him really good. I don’t care at this point what gender he fashions, but I am hoping he finds love soon. He desperately needs it 😦
Me too! Even though my little fangirl heart may break, I’d truly be happy for him when he finds someone that loves him for him and not the image he’s created for the rest of the world.
” (*arms around the waist*).
Saying Jaejoong likes this the best, talking about that.”
filed away for future use 😀
Line up Ladies!
He really is an amazing person, the way he dotes on his fans almost as much as his family dotes on him, sometimes he’s just so selfless that it annoys me, but then he wouldn’t be kim jaejoong if he’s not. Oh baby I hope you’ll find that special someone soon, maybe only then you can be truly happy. And tomorrow we’ll finally get to see him! I miss him sfm.
I want him to find that special someone soon too. It would probably break my heart a little (a lot), but I just want him to be happy.
his nephew follow him around lol it’s understandable coz she’s a girl no girl can resist jaejoong..
he’s such a good guy..love him so much
This famili is really something…I can’t find the right word to describe them..
Kims family is angels family…
Not sure if this is okay(?), but if JYJ3 would like, I have the 9 parts of the YT clips of JJ. I’m more than willing to upload them to my megaupload account and share. I also have 2 short clips of Junsu from the internet broadcast before I needed to get 3 hours of sleep to function, before heading to work!
AND… (lol) I already have links to JYJ’s performances/interviews with MTV (also Billboard) when they were in New York uploaded that I’d shared with friends awhile back. Will share again with all the awesome JYJ fans for their own personal collection?! 😉
Jaejoong, you truly are a kind and gentle soul.
U should email the admins 🙂
Just did, thanks!
❤
Thank you to JaeJoongs’ family for sharing their love of their Son/Brother.
I like the way Jae treasures each fans letter; he is a lovely and amazing man. *^*
Just a wonderful family, last part at the end really made tear up with the picture. Love you JeaJoong. Thank you for sharing parts of our beloved JJ’s life.
Aww…… I wish there were more guys that are like him…. 🙂
My heart melted reading this x.x He’s just so precious…and I could see that his sister wasn’t lying about him reading/keeping all his fan gifts. I still remember all those Kiki cat dolls in his house from his fans -.-;; It was like being in a toy store >.< Jaejoong has too much love to give and he also enjoys receiving love from others…I only hope that he finds someone he can spend the rest of his life with. He needs someone to direct all his love and attention to.
P.S. I approve of his "concepts" Lol~ I do the same thing for my room…decor! xD
I’m kinda sad that IloveJYJ had to shut down before we get to Junsu and Yoochun’s day though =[. Even so, ilovejyj is amazing for giving us this interview with JJ’s family ❤
Having a family that is filled with such love, how would someone grow up to learn to hate and harbor negative feelings for others (his co-members no less…)…
So I don’t get how some people can even have the stomach to label this man, his family & JYJ as schemers, plotters, and words that just express plain disdain and hate?
(Sorry, I went to “that site” again and yeah… I got hurt again just by plain reading how much they hate JYJ and their families…)
and this article about JJ surely will relieve your mood right unni.. 🙂
kyaaaa….
I think I’m running out of words to describe how incredible he is.. ^____________^
such an adorable article at yet i have tears in my eyes. I love him so much! Jaejooongah.. please never ever change.
If Jae loves hugging so much, why doesn’t he provide hugs instead of giving his signature XD Bwuahaha XD That’d be so nice… XD
When I first read JJ adores hyunah.. I was like O.o
4 minute hyunah???? then I realize it’s his niece lol
4th feb 1986, on this day, God sent his favourite angel to earth…
Thank you so much for this articel *o* My Korean friend has given me the clip from this but my Korean is still poor and so I couldn’t understand much ^^
I love this big family. They are all so warmhearted ^^ No wonder Jaejoong is the man he is ^^
OMG ,, soooooo Kind , sweet , cute , lovely boy ,, i don’t know what should i do for this strong beating from my heart ,, H rellyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy love him so bad ,, ><
hhhh .. if i have uncle like him maybe i will stalk him every where !! loool ^^
that so great to know what a lovly family he has
and mom .. we are with you please make JJ eat more ..T^T
i'm afraid one day he will be can't seen ..!!
oppa eat more please .. we are with you nona and mother let him eat more ..
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thank U very much for this 3 part . it was so many good to read such lovely thing like that .. keep going ..^^
JJ is so full of love, that’s why he’s receives so much love from everyone around him. I couldn’t thank his family enough for raising him the way he is.
Dear Kim family: With all due respect I want to congratulate you. You’ ve raised a wonderful human being; your beautiful son Jaejoong.
Wanna hug him soooooo tight!!!!!
I felt sorry when they said he doesn’t eat when there is shooting… I am a little worried about it because it looks like he uses that excuse many times and he lost weight in compared to past his cheeks are not round as it sed to be… and of course this depression period didn’t help it but he was still talking about being fat in his twitter and I think someone needs to stop him before he goes over the edge…
omg now i am tearing up
i miss my own parents and family now T.T
it’s unfair how idols like jaejoong are often misunderstood while in reality they are just like both you and me..
i want copypaste diz to my blog..
i won’t forget to credit u guys as well!!
i jus wanna read it again n again..
omo i jus fallen in wif him again n again..
*touches*
oo…god LOVE!!so much love!!