What does the guy say in the beginning of the Memorial adress song?
 

I was wondering that...it sounds like a japanese word...anyone knows what it is and what does it mean?:shrug

Yeh I was wondering bout that too....I could only make out
'-goraishimasu' at the end. :laugh

ayumin-san wrote down the sentence in her romanization of "Memorial address" (thread here).
He says: Soredewa minasan yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

soredewa = so
minasan = everyone
But actually I think "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" is one of the most difficult phrase to translate into English. We often say this, for example, when we start some work with other people, when we ask someone for something or just before we hung up business phone. It means that I wish your good consideration for me (or our work).

I read about this in a Polish anime and manga magazine.
Doesn't it mean something like "Treat me well"?! :think

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I looked it up and the person who wrote the article says that the rough meaning might be something like "Please, don't beat me".
She also wrote that it doesn't mean that one is beatten when he or she doesn't use the sentence.
It is more like "Please, care for me".

Interesting. Thanks for solving this mystery for us guys ;)

waw.... looks so good.... (wanna cry remember the touching lyric of mem.address)

"Treat me well"?!
"Please, don't beat me".
"Please, care for me".

Um, I feel they don't correspond to "yoroshiku onegai shimasu" well. It's a polite phrase mainly used in business situation. In the case of this song recording, a man told Ayumi and other band members that he wished their great performance. So what I think best is "I wish your good consideration for me (or our work)".

Yes I think I have encountered this in one of my lessons domo yokoshiku, you say that when you introduce yourself. Like in Mandarin "JING DUO DUO ZHI JIAO" Right? Would it translate to GUIDE ME in English???????

I can actually understand that...it´s like that word (forgot how to write it) people say before having a meal...it doesn't really have an equivalent on english so it´s usually not an easy thing to translate. But you made the meaning pretty clear Thanks! :thumbsup

As I said elsewhere, I thought the phrase meant:

"So it is a pleasure, everyone"

or

"And so, it's a pleasure meeting everyone"

Just my guess... :think

cool! thanks for the trivia info everybody!

i think he's trying to say go again bcuz "onegai"...but then wouldnt it be "nigai"..???bcuz its Take 2 versions...but then i have no knowledge of japanese wutsoever so ignore me-___-

yoroshiku onegaishimasu is just a greeting when you meet someone new, most of the time. It's have a more complexe sense but for american it's the easier way to understand it.

why this phrase appear before the song and said by a guy??? i dun understand why?

I suppose it'll be explained on the take 1 version, assuming there's a take 1 version (or during Ayu's next release) :)

btw, welcome back, mimika!! It's been almost a month since I've seen you here ;) !

hhihi! yay i'm back :)

a take 1 version? i dunno..but if the meaning of the phrase is "so everybody letz be well received"

i dunno..just sounds..:think

the song is damn saddenning