futoshi92 34 Posted November 20, 2011 Does anyohe here while listening to Japanese music tries to understand the lyrics, what do they say? I know not everyone over there learns Japanese with such a passion like I have, but I'm sure you usually understand what are lyrics saying. Also if you search for the lyrics you definetly understand most of it but not all words so you search for them in dictionary, and later remember them. That's what I'm mostly doing when I listen to for example Dir en Grey, it helps me a lot to expand the vocabulary and get to know with a lot of new Japanese phrases. Here are some examples that I've learned and can remind myself for right now: 溢れる [afureru] - to flow 刃 [yaiba] - blade 痺れる [shibireru] - paralyze 適う [kanau] - to come true 怪しい [ayashii] - suspicious 永遠 [eien] - eternity Now you give at least 2 or 3 examples. Also the song titles are not required. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nick 10212 Posted November 20, 2011 nokoru = remain inori = pray oku = inside these are what ive learned recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bread Wolf 231 Posted November 20, 2011 It's not the only one but the best word I've learned through j-rock (not necessarily through songs) is 水風船 (mizufuusen) = waterballoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted November 21, 2011 I learn words from song titles all the time! I also look at the grammar in song lyrics and harass my Japanese teachers about what it means Favorites: 花 / 華 (Hana) : Flower 自殺願望 (Jisatsuganbou) : Death wish / Suicidal Desire セフレ (Sehure) : Fuck buddy 肉便器 (nikunyouki) : Meat Urinal 夢 (Yume) : Dream 切断 (setsudan) : Cutting, amputation 奴隷 (dorei) : Slave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futoshi92 34 Posted November 21, 2011 I learn words from song titles all the time! I also look at the grammar in song lyrics and harass my Japanese teachers about what it means That's what my course friend does a lot of times. He asks about the "double words" that he heard in anime series. During the break, I often approach to the white board, draw random Kanji characters that I've seen latest time and ask the teacher what do they mean. Also each time when we have a new grammatical form to learn, he sometimes shows us slang version of it. Kanji is also really interesting for me (know about 700 right now ) Just to ask, do you know what's the difference between 花 and 華? Because the Kanji for it have similar but different meanings, though are red the same way. Oh and just small correction, 肉便器 I think it should be "nikubenki", but that's in passing. Back to the topic I've just reminded more examples: 奪う [ubau] - snatch away 理想 [risou] - ideal 幻想 [gensou] - illusions 町/街 [machi] - city. I've known this word before, but like with "hana" these two Kanji don't have exactly the same meanings. Good that in IME Input System there are some explaining adnotations added Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBistroButcher666 228 Posted November 21, 2011 Zetsubou = AAANNNNGGGSSSSTTTT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
