Unicode Master on LOA (Leave on Absence) to M.I.T.!

Yes, for the rest of this week, I won’t be available to keep updating this blog. I’ll be visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the first time in my life; during my stay there, I won’t have computer/internet access of any kind.
I will return back on 2006.10.2. Any updates to this blog will be then deferred to next week. Among planned next week’s updates: I’ll post another Figure 17 song’s lyrics (in both Kanji-Kana and English-translation). So, see ya till October!…

Boy (Figure 17’s Opening Song)

作詞(さくし)・作曲(さっきょく)：高見沢(たかみざわ)俊彦(としひこ)
Lyrics & Composition by Toshihiko Takamizawa
編曲(へんきょく)・歌(うた)：ＴＨＥ　ＡＬＦＥＥ
Arranged & Performed by THE ALFEE

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虹(にじ)を掴(つか)む夢(ゆめ)を見(み)れば空(そら)も飛(と)べた
If you dream that you can touch a rainbow, you can fly.
あの頃(ころ)の情熱(じょうねつ)を覚(おぼ)えているかい？
Do you remember the passion you had?
叶(かな)えたいと瞳(ひとみ)閉(と)じれば★(ほし)も盗(ぬす)めた
If you closed your eyes and made a wish, you could steal the stars.

そこを越(こ)えろすべてを捨(す)てろ昨日(きのう)を忘(わす)れろ！
Forget everything beyond that, forget about yesterday!
君(きみ)だけの孤独(こどく)に今(いま)ケリをつけろ！
Think about your loneliness!
誰(だれ)のための自(じ)分(ぶん)なのか影(かげ)を振(ふ)り切(き)れ！
Get over the wall of who you really are!

Ｂｏｙ(ボーイ)！　流(なが)れる涙(なみだ)に過去(かこ)が零(こぼ)れ落(お)ちてゆく
Boy! The past falls with your tears.
目(め)の前(まえ)の壁(かべ)を乗(の)り越(こ)え未来(みらい)に向(む)かって
Climb over the wall before you and head towards the future.

変(か)わる時(じ)代(だい)の中(なか)で変(か)わらない夢(ゆめ)を掴(つか)もう
In these changing times, hold onto your never-changing dreams.
激(はげ)しい雨(あめ)に打(う)たれても現(げん)実(じつ)に流(なが)されない…君(きみ)でいるために
Even if the pounding rain falls on you, don’t be washed away by reality… Be true to yourself.
Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｄｒｅａｍ(ドリーム)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！
My dream will never change!

君(きみ)はあの日(ひ)名前(なまえ)のない風(かぜ)に生(う)まれた
You were born as wind without that day’s name.
やがていつか大空(おおぞら)の広(ひろ)さを知(し)る時(とき)
When I know a patch of sky sometime before long,
あきらめることの悔(くや)しさを噛(か)みしめる
I bite the vexation of giving it up.

Ｂｏｙ(ボーイ)！　自(じ)由(ゆう)の扉(とびら)を目指(めざ)して今日(きょう)を生(い)きてゆく
Boy! Today I head towards the freedom door.
誰(だれ)もが明日(あす)を思(おも)い悩(なや)むその時(とき)
Anyone worries about tomorrow then.

変(か)わる時(じ)代(だい)の中(なか)で変(か)わらない愛(あい)を探(さが)そう
In these changing times, look for your never-changing love.
例(たと)え世界(せかい)が終(お)わっても目(め)の前(まえ)の愛(あい)を守(たど)る…君(きみ)でいるために
Even if the world is over, keep your up-front love… Be true to yourself.
Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｌｏｖｅ(ラヴ)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！
My love will never change!

Ｂｏｙ(ボーイ)！　君(きみ)は何(なに)を願(ねが)い夢(ゆめ)みてたの
Boy! You dream in hope of anything.
あの頃(ころ)のときめきを今(いま)もう一度(いちど)その胸(むね)に
That time’s palpitation is now once again on your chest.

変(か)わる時(じ)代(だい)の中(なか)で変(か)わらない祈(いの)り込(こ)めて
In these changing times, say your never-changing prayer.
どれほど今日(きょう)が辛(つら)くても明日(あす)はきっと
Even if today’s hard, anything is sure tomorrow.

過(す)ぎ去(さ)る日々(ひび)に別(わか)れ告(つ)げろ！叶(かな)わぬ夢(ゆめ)は捨(す)て去(さ)れ！
In these passing days, tell them I say you goodbye! Throw away the unfulfilled dreams!
過去(かこ)にこだわらなぬように想(おも)い出(で)はすべて消(け)し去(さ)れ！
Get rid of all your memories, as if the past means nothing to you!

変(か)わる時(じ)代(だい)の中(なか)で変(か)わらない夢(ゆめ)を掴(つか)もう
In these changing times, hold onto your never-changing dreams.
激(はげ)しい雨(あめ)に打(う)たれても現(げん)実(じつ)に流(なが)されない…君(きみ)でいるために
Even if the pounding rain falls on you, don’t be washed away by reality… Be true to yourself.
Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｄｒｅａｍ(ドリーム)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！
My dream will never change!
Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｄｒｅａｍ(ドリーム)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！
My dream will never change!
Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｌｏｖｅ(ラヴ)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！
My love will never change!
［Ｍｙ(マイ)　ｄｒｅａｍ(ドリーム)　ｗｉｌｌ(ウイール)　ｎｅｖｅｒ(ネバー)　ｃｈａｎｇｅ(チェンジ)！］
[My dream will never change!]
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The odd-number lines are original Kanji-Kana taken from THE ALFEE’s official Web site (except that I added my own Furigana/Rubytext in order to help you read them if you’ren’t good remembering Kanji pronunciations); even-number lines are a suitable English translation (part taken from the Figure 17 US-release DVD series, part from my own brain). If you still can’t read Hiragana/Katakana, then I invite you to read my own Romanized (not translated) version at AnimeLyrics.

Welcome to Unicode Master 787’s Blog!

Welcome to Unicode Master 787’s Blog!

Here you’ll soon read about the Unicode Standard, my favorite Japanese Pop (J-Pop) music (and some lyrics), a little about some classic & modern anime series, foreign movies on DVD, and perhaps more…

Don’t be surprised if this blog looks as if it were always under construction. ’Cause this blog will be always UNDER CONSTRUCTION… though I promise I’ll constantly update it at least on a weekly basis. Yes, everything that sounds or smells like university stuff has me very busy: exams, labs, projects, essays, HAPPY-HOURs (no, here I don’t mean alcoholic parties, but rather meetings where a certain professor takes a peek at his/her students’ project progress to make sure they’ren’t loafing or idling; anyway, I don’t understand why my profs call them HAPPY-HOURs), etc. Just like those folks at AnimeLyrics.com who are also very college-busy; if you’ve ever visited that site for months, you may notice only the forums there are active, while the actual lyrics page look severely outdated and unmaintained.