about Kanariya and HANABI

JesA · #1 7th February 2006, 10:07 PM

why werent the names in Japanese characters? ive always wondered that.

**Corybobory** · #2 7th February 2006, 10:11 PM

Hm... I'd say for the same reason all her titles are in English... style?

I dont know, I'm just guessing.

P.S. Does Sotsugyou shashin fall under this category too or is it in kana?

***nmskalmn*** · #3 7th February 2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Corybobory

P.S. Does Sotsugyou shashin fall under this category too or is it in kana?

It's in kanji.

*Petit* · #4 7th February 2006, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nmskalmn

It's in kanji.

I guess that would be because it's a cover song and the original is in Kanji? I don't really know, it's just a theory.

JesA · #5 7th February 2006, 10:37 PM

yup. the original one was written in kanji so Ayu used the Kanji name as well.

hopeorpain · #6 13th February 2006, 08:38 AM

I really like how roomaji is used. it has its own beauty

Qt Mashi · #7 13th February 2006, 12:59 PM

^ yeah Hanabi and Kanariya sounds good

Francotirador · #8 13th February 2006, 05:52 PM

what means kanariya?

bluegie · #9 13th February 2006, 06:03 PM

kanariya means canary i think..

andre2907 · #10 13th February 2006, 06:30 PM

Ayu titles are in English for a commercial reason, so people outside Japan can remember the titles. HANABI and Kanariya are japanese words but they're romanized for commercial reasons, plus they sound good and are easy to remember, too.

Delirium-Zer0 · #11 13th February 2006, 08:01 PM

i always thought ayu's titles were more of a stylistic thing since she always said she never really cared about success outside of japan. she's said she doesn't particularly want to pursue a career outside of asia at all.

and yes, kanariya is canary. the official word is "kanaria" but alot of people (esp music artists) write it as kanariya (in katakana usually).

***nmskalmn*** · #12 13th February 2006, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by andre2907

Ayu titles are in English for a commercial reason, so people outside Japan can remember the titles. HANABI and Kanariya are japanese words but they're romanized for commercial reasons, plus they sound good and are easy to remember, too.

I don't buy this either. As far as I can tell avex has no interest in NA or Europe.

Yukitora · #13 13th February 2006, 11:11 PM

Well, every other song title has been english... maybe she didn't want kanariya and hanabi to be odd ones out.

However I heard that the song would lose meaning if it was translated into english (fireworks) or kept in Japanese characters. That hanabi rather was a word that was something beautiful for a very short time, but died almost instantly. Not the literal 'fireworks' which kinda of give off the feeling of joy instead.

Jennie Mae · #14 13th February 2006, 11:25 PM

Yeah, kanariya and HANABI sound so much better for a song than "Canary" or "Fireworks". They sound like horrible rumor titles...