uraayu photoshoot

Impracticable · #1 31st July 2007, 05:03 AM

this isnt actually a question about the shoot, its a question about the name

is uraayu even a japanese word

because i kind of see it as Ura-Ayu (Ura meaning hidden, right? Ayu obviously Ayumi. like, hidden ayumi) which is fitting since the shoot is pretty weird. XD

anyway, is this true or what?

xiaou-xijiang · #2 31st July 2007, 05:28 AM

some one asked a question about this a long while ago and some one else explained. I'll try to find the thread for you. It was a nice long explanation that I cannot possibly remember right now...

xiaou-xijiang · #3 31st July 2007, 05:33 AM

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...ghlight=Uraayu
lots of theories, some literal, including Delirium's 2 cents.

Impracticable · #4 31st July 2007, 05:44 AM

ahh, sankyuu.

i seem some people have had the same general idea as me ...

pUrpLeSn0w · #5 31st July 2007, 07:36 AM

cool! i've been wondering about it myself lolz..
if i know how to read japanese, i will but that book..
hmmz maybe i shld buy it & it'll make me study japanese even more eagerly.. XD

#6 2nd August 2007, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devilayu

I was told by a Japanese friend that it means "The other side of Ayu" because I wasn't quite sure what the "ura" meant either. As in, it's a side of Ayu that we hadn't seen before or that she wanted to show.

I'm self-quoting only because since there, I have noticed interviews where Ayu actually explains that it's the other side of herself. The word "ura" itself means reverse or other side.

Impracticable · #7 2nd August 2007, 08:14 PM

really? i always though Ura meant hidden (which, used in 'hidden ayu' it wouldn't be too far of from meaning the same thing as 'the other side of ayu') so i guess i wasn't too far off. either way, thats cool!

**zoomzoom** · #8 3rd August 2007, 03:30 AM

Cool. Been wondering about this forever. Such an odd name, but I guess it makes sense after reading this

pUrpLeSn0w · #9 3rd August 2007, 08:13 AM

juz what exactly is the book about???

ayu_ready? · #10 3rd August 2007, 09:29 AM

I always liked that book,because in our Russian word "ura" means "YEAH!!!"
so it always was "YEAH!ayu" for me...

#11 5th August 2007, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pUrpLeSn0w

juz what exactly is the book about???

It's one of Ayu's photobooks. She shot it in Hong Kong, so many of the shoots incorporate the look & feel of the city.

WillofDusk · #12 5th August 2007, 07:27 AM

^I love the photobook, I want to buy it someday. The shots were amazing and really unique.