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The phrase is: mada minu kimi e tsudzuku. I believe the kana is: まだ見ぬきみへつづく。

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Using kanji, it is まだ見ぬ君へ続く. – sawa Jul 30 '12 at 13:05
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possible duplicate of About negative form {-ず} and {-ぬ} – Flaw Jul 30 '12 at 14:33
@Flaw I disagree. Only because I didn't even know what the word was to begin with. Much less it was a literary form of the negative form of a verb. – dotnetN00b Jul 30 '12 at 17:24
@sawa-san, いい曲~~(でも槙原敬之?) – Chocolate Jul 31 '12 at 15:58
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見ぬ is the archaic/literary form of 見ない, the negative form of the verb 見る, to see/meet. So I think the whole sentence literally translates to "(Something: "the road" or something I guess) leads to you, whom I've not seen yet"

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All the lyrics if that helps. – dotnetN00b Jul 30 '12 at 13:57
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わ！かたかな！www OK I'll read this page ^^ kasi-time.com/item-9825.html – Chocolate Jul 30 '12 at 14:01
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Adding the keyword 歌詞 is a good way to find lyrics in Japanese. – Louis Jul 30 '12 at 14:02
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@Chocolate It doesn't seem like it – dotnetN00b Jul 30 '12 at 14:36
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I think song lyrics are often so profound and abstract, and hard to fully understand... – Chocolate Jul 30 '12 at 15:11
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In most cases 'minu' translates to 'unseen'.

The full sentence まだ見ぬ君へ続く can be roughly translated to "(It) still continues unseen to you"

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The まだ modifies the verb 見ぬ, not 続く. So it's not "still" but "(not) yet" – Chocolate Jul 30 '12 at 13:54
You're right. Don't know how I missed that :P – Leon Lucardie Jul 30 '12 at 14:03

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