Kaze wo atsumete?

[Brooker]

What does this mean? It's the name of a Japanese song. I'm pretty sure, "kaze," means cold or sickness, but I couldn't find, "matsumete," in my Japanese/English dictionary. I think it might even be, "atsumete," but I'm not sure. I think it's a song off the Lost in Translation soundtrack.

 

[Tailsop]

I thought kaze was mother? i mean i watched final fantacy advent and it was in japanese and they cep on saying kaze and where the sup words where it was saying mother.

 

[KrazyKat]

Kaze here is probably 風 wind, not 風邪 a cold. okaasan is mother, thats where you thought you heard kaze.

matumeru isn't in my dictionary either. atumeru means to collect/gather, but that doesn't make sense here.

My best guess is that its motomeru, to seek/search for.

 

[nice gaijin]

according to my search, it is "kaze wo atsumete" (風を集めて), which is "collect/gather the wind"

kaze can mean cold (風邪) or wind (風). It never means mother. okaasan, kaasan, kaachan etc could be mistaken for it I suppose. edit// looks like krazycat already got to that while I was posting

 

[misa.j]

I think it might even be, "atsumete," but I'm not sure. I think it's a song off the Lost in Translation soundtrack.

That must be it.
http://www.mp3sugar.com/album.dhtml?id=18372&aff=2363

"kaze" also means the wind, "atsumeru" means to collect, and by having it end with "te", either it could mean "please collect the wind" or "collect the wind, and then"

 

[epigene]

"Kaze wo Atsumete" is a song from the 1970s (I think) by a group called Happy End that was picked for Lost in Translation and became popular again.

The title is lyrical in meaning. The lyrics speak of a wish to fly in the air, collecting the wind under my wings, if I remember correctly.