Jessica ([info]miyabina_hime) wrote in [info]masakarasu,
@ 2007-01-08 06:30:00
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Merutomo: 2007/01/08
This made my day/night a million times better.



Melutomo [from the heart] Congratulations 01/08
Translated by: Jessica
Date: Monday, January 8, 2007 11:21 AM
Japanese:

人は成長する。

価値観、イデオロギー、

それ故に変わるものも多々ある。

しかしその変化の過程で

変わらない何かを見いだせたならば

それは変化ではなく進化であり

そしてそれこそが本当の意味での成長なんじゃないかなと僕は思う。



成人、おめでとう。

／雅

※成人じゃない仔雅ちゃんごめんね


Translation
People grow up.

Your sense of values, ideologies,

Therefore there are many things that change.

But in the process of that change

If you discover something that doesn't change

That is not change but is evolution

And I think that is the real meaning of growing up.



Congratulations, adults.

/Miyavi

※Sorry Comiyavi who aren't adults.


*~Cultural Note~*
Around New Years, there is a big festival for people (mostly young women) who are now 20 years old. It is their "coming of age day" so it's a big celebration of becoming an adult, growing up, and changing. Brought to you by your thoughtful hero, Miyavi.

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[info]wenyyeo
2007-01-08 12:43 pm UTC (link)
shit that made me start thinking, cos i'm turning 20 somewhere in january.



miyavi is too cool.

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[info]catchameasisomo
2007-01-09 09:07 am UTC (link)
Hell me too (turning 20 on the 15th). It's scary T_T

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[info]catchameasisomo
2007-01-09 09:08 am UTC (link)
"miyavi is too cool" -Ditto XD

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[info]fly_little_wing
2007-01-08 12:50 pm UTC (link)
So beautiful <3333

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[info]empty_boxes
2007-01-08 02:18 pm UTC (link)
I'm turning 20 in March...

Aw, Miyavi wrote it specially for '87 babies! *is pleased*

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[info]empty_boxes
2007-01-08 08:17 pm UTC (link)
wow I'm so slow, I just realised that's why 20 is the legal age to club/drink and smoke in Japan... I thought it was really odd, as most places it's either 18 or 21 ^^;; I guess it's the transition from teen-hood to uh, non-teen hood

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 10:01 pm UTC (link)
yeah I think that makes more sense anyway, most 18-year-olds I know are very much still in an adolescent stage. I know I was.

But the cool thing about Japan's legal drinking age was that I had just turned 20 when I went to Japan, so I could drink legally there, and when I cam back it was only about two months before I turned 21 and could legally drink here too!

I'm by no means a big drinker but still - lucky meeee

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[info]yue_yue
2007-01-08 03:02 pm UTC (link)
i'm turning 20 in february and i'm very sad about it, but miyavi is a sweety...now it doesn't seem so bad anymore *very pleased* :3

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 10:01 pm UTC (link)
why are you sad about it?! It's a very exciting thing!

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[info]yue_yue
2007-01-09 10:12 pm UTC (link)
because i'm older than all my friends and I dunno...I don't want to get older...19 i s great^^

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-10 03:57 am UTC (link)
well it's not like getting older is going to make you someone else. you are always going to be you, the only difference is that you have learned more and can handle more things and handle them better than before because you've experience more.

but you're still going to be you! so "older" isn't really that big a deal.

and hey, I'm older than 19 XD a lot of people here are older than that. but I still do a lot of things and have the same kind of tastes as I did back then, I just don't throw emo fits about my mom not understanding me (ok that was like 13 years old XD) , and I can handle stress better and blah blah blah.

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2007-01-08 03:08 pm UTC (link)
I'm... not turning 20, but that's really very sweet. I went out today (mid-afternoon, though), and saw some of the girls in their kimono. :)

It's nice than Miyavi was thinking of all those people today, too. :)

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[info]silverrangel
2007-01-08 03:29 pm UTC (link)
My favorite part was probably '※Sorry Comiyavi who aren't adults.' It's just like him, isn't it?

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, he's watching out for everyone. I really love that. He thoroughly loves all of his fans, THOROUGHLY. To make sure you include everyone who loves you, that's shows he has a very big heart. I really admire that.

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[info]neko_abi
2007-01-08 03:29 pm UTC (link)
I'm turning 19... I feel old! ;_; lol. Twenty will make me feel even older... But this is very sweet of Miyavi! Sankyuu for translating again! ^-^

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[info]faye_faye234
2007-01-08 04:27 pm UTC (link)
19 old? omg I WISH I WAS 19 again. I'm 26 and I tell ya, THAT feels old. wieght is harder to lose and i have less energy ;_; getting older sucks.

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[info]chou_san
2007-01-08 03:46 pm UTC (link)
^__^ it's nice to see that he still thinks about his fans this much. And small things like this count the most, now don't they? It's when I read things like these that I remember what a sweet personality he really has (at least that what he shows us) and why I admire him so much.

Thanks for translating

//still-growing-up-komiyavi

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[info]xxtanixx
2007-01-08 04:28 pm UTC (link)
D'awwww..
Why does he have to be so friggin adorable?

And like so much older than me?

And so far away?

Gosh! -emotime-
-onlynot-

Jeez.. that festival sounds fun! =O
-has two years to go-
Well almost, I turn 17 this Thursday.

I want to go to Japan like crazy now.

Anyways~

Thanks for translating!!!!

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[info]lunar_glass
2007-01-08 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Oh I know what you mean. He's 7 years older than me! The agony!!

Happy early birthday, by the way ^_^.

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 11:08 pm UTC (link)
ICON LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *throws icon love at your face*

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[info]lunar_glass
2007-01-09 02:09 am UTC (link)
My eye!

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[info]faye_faye234
2007-01-08 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Thnks for the trans
I'm still anxious to hear more about his BAND thing. Everytime i see that u updated i'm like "is he going to TELL US who? what? when?" *pokes miyavi for making us wait*

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 11:08 pm UTC (link)
I KNOW! THE AGONY!!!

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[info]jaded_skys
2007-01-08 05:30 pm UTC (link)
Aiyo... did you have to remind me I'll be 20 this year, Miyavi?!

But how sweet is that to send that out~! He's adorable ♥

And as always, thanks for the translation~!!

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[info]cloudsovertokyo
2007-01-08 06:02 pm UTC (link)
Homg, thank you for the translation!! I think what he says is correct, sometimes you say things like "I'm never gonna change" when you're young about some things, but then you get older and you realise it's for the better, more evolution than anything.

Still growing up here :3

16! Woo! 8D 17 in March... not so woo XD

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[info]yum_esup
2007-01-08 06:34 pm UTC (link)
I don't believe in change Miyavi.
I believe in showing a different side of yourself as you learn new things, but you never change. You are who you are and will always be.
It's not evolution, it's Maturity in the making ;P

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 11:13 pm UTC (link)
yeah! 成長 also means maturity. That comment of your's reminded me of a book I read that I admire very much. Siddhartha, have you heard of it?

I believe that the you of the past, the you now, and the you in the future is all the same person. Just like a flowing river. It appears to be changing and moving but in fact, is it everywhere all at the same time, regardless of time - in the ocean, in the sky, as rain, in the mountains, in the streams, in the river itself, in the delta, and in the bay flowing back into the ocean and into the system. All of that is happening simultaneously. That is why you don't really FEEL that much different. You are who you are, but you learn and mature and show that as you simply exist.

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[info]yum_esup
2007-01-09 03:18 am UTC (link)
haha, for a slight second I thought of checking the kanji with Rikai to see if it in fact leaned toward the word maturity xP but I didn't and instead decided to see if you'd say anything, because for sure you'd point it out ;D lol

I've heard the title, but never looked any further into it. Is it semi-popular? I think it's been mentioned to me well over one time o__o

Oh yeah, this quarter I've taken up Japanese again, Level 005. But the classes before used Genki - which I didn't, so I feel like I don't belong in there e__e everyone seems so Used to speaking frequently D; /fails/

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-09 04:22 am UTC (link)
That happened to me before - going into a class that was used to using Genki or Nakama. I personally hate those books anyway, I've heard bad things about them. I happen to be very proud of the way I was taught because it's very unique. My professor taught with various books, and studied about language learning strategies, and wrote his own textbooks based on his own idea of teaching languages. I have done a little studying on LLS as well, and I think my professor did an excellent job.

So just because those Genkites seem so great, everything happens for a reason, maybe the way you learned was better, or maybe adjusting to a better method of learning is what you need. Either way, I wish you the best of luck!!

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[info]yum_esup
2007-01-10 06:14 am UTC (link)
Last night, while doing hw, I had this urge to learn all the vocabulary kanji Right Then, but she didn't even assign hw today or kanji excercises D:
Even though I'm not certain as to what my method is, I do like it and I'm sure I won't switch it. Maybe just incorporate what I learn.
Besides, it doesn't feel like I'm learning a new strategy or anything. . just, it's an hour class compared to a 3hr one. Things go faster, less time to think. You have to do that on you own.. like self study! :D

I'll check out that book too, in time. haha

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-09 04:23 am UTC (link)
Oh woops. And Siddhartha is a pretty famous book, I think. It's a small novel, so you could eat it up really quickly. Many classes use the book in their curriculum, though, so maybe that's where you've heard of it.

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[info]vulgar_prince
2007-01-08 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Aww. <3

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[info]sunshinemusic
2007-01-08 08:33 pm UTC (link)
He's so sweet. Aww! <3 I'm not even 15 yet, so I have a wee bit before 20.

Thanks for the translation, as per usual! ^-^

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[info]katz43
2007-01-08 09:05 pm UTC (link)
indeed, he's very thoughtful and sweet ^.^ though i'm not turning 20, but 19! don't wanna grow up =X.x= loll
i find it "scary" to change, i mean, at some moment, i think that it would be great if i was like this forever. but each day, we change a bit, and it's more of an evolution like miyavi said. we don't really notice the change. And when we look back, we think of how immature or weird we were.
It would be really horrible, for the present me, if in the future i don't like miyavi anymore! i hope that wouldn't happen!

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[info]miyabina_hime
2007-01-08 11:16 pm UTC (link)
I'd like you to read the comment that [info]yum_esup and my response to that above. That is the message I'd like to use as a reply to your comment. I think that it is something you should know about - it may help with the scary idea of change.

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[info]wickedly_evil
2007-01-08 11:22 pm UTC (link)
Hmm, that makes me think about myself. I'm not turning 20, but I'm turning 18 next month. Have I changed? ...I need to ask some people, cause I'm not sure. XD

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[info]choke_you
2007-01-09 12:28 am UTC (link)
Thank you so much for the translation~ <3

That's so very sweet of him. I love how much he pays attention to the world and his fans, always trying to include everybody.

I'm turning 20 this year and it is a time where I'm feeling more mature. He's absolutely right, some things change and others stay the same. The important things. <3

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[info]yuzaku
2007-01-09 12:28 am UTC (link)
D'aww, I'm only 15 but that was still really sweet. >w<

Thanks for translating as alwayss~

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[info]oxo_shiko_oxo
2007-01-09 12:35 am UTC (link)
Thank you for the translation! ^^

Aw, I love how he cares about everybody. And I agree with what you said about "thoughtful hero"...he is definitly my hero! *luff*

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[info]miilovesdiru
2007-01-09 12:42 am UTC (link)
I'm not 20 yet... but that was sweet. ♥
Thank you for the translation! ♥

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[info]dryn
2007-01-09 01:58 am UTC (link)
I'm only turning 19 but I still feel like he's talking to me.
He's only 25 but he's so smart. *sigh* Another reason to love him, I suppose.

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[info]sakuramiko16
2007-01-09 03:14 am UTC (link)
Ah why does he have to be so great. I know I look back and I was immature too. Too bad I'm not turning 20. I'm not even 19 yet, but I'm not 15. (Sorry! I think that is still a babish age even 16)

I love to see how people change and grow and become wonderful people(Everyone is wonderful even with their bad traits!). I'm glad Miyavi lets us follow him like this.

I'm sure we all will have a great year and become better people. Thanks for the translation. (I wanna go to Tokyo so bad now > - <, my cusin was talking about how he is going there this weekend and how the ticket was so cheap, I wanted to knock him out and yell that I can't go by myself, I will go one day next year.)

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[info]oreana_rose
2007-01-09 03:25 am UTC (link)
yay~ i'm 20. (and a half.) i remember hearing about that Japanese tradition... and they wear dresses called furosode (i think?). well, now i feel special. #^^#

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[info]lapsusxlinguae
2007-01-09 05:27 am UTC (link)
wow.
that's thought-provoking.
how wise he is :)

and now I feel especially young.

thanks so much for the translation.

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[info]blaquecreux
2007-01-09 05:34 am UTC (link)
I really like how Miyavi speaks out his philosophies...
that's one primary reason why I like him.

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[info]amouraiguise
2007-01-10 05:39 am UTC (link)
miyavis comment... so true. and now I feel very old around here :) everyone changes, you're always in a constant state of evolution. Even though you are always who you are, every second of every day, in 5 minutes from now you would have evolved a little and who you are always goes with that. Don't be afraid of changing, think of it as adding more pieces to the puzzle.. It's really sad when you meet people you haven't seen in awhile.. and their "puzzle" is still the same. hmm.. sorry for the long rant...

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[info]ebony
2007-01-10 09:35 pm UTC (link)
that was one of the truest and most beautiful things i've read.
can't not love this man to bits. (it made sense in my head)
thanks hon. :)

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[info]fynoda
2007-01-12 09:13 am UTC (link)
This is coming from that man that signs the birthday melutomo as "eternally sixteen year old Miyavi"...

I think it's amai though!

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[info]dasleiche
2007-03-07 05:01 pm UTC (link)
I actually turned 20 on New year's day, and made the effort to listen to Hatachi kinenbi at midnight =D

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