How to say 'Lyrics' in Japanese | 歌詞

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The Japanese word for Lyrics is 'Kashi', written as 歌詞 in Japanese.'Lyrics' in hiragana is かし.

word

歌詞

Meaning

Lyrics

Reading

かし

kashi

Kanji

歌Song 詞Poetry, Words

Explanation

The Japanese noun '歌詞 (かし)' refers to the 'lyrics' of a song. It specifically denotes the words or text that make up a song, as opposed to the melody or music. This word is commonly used in contexts related to music, singing, or songwriting. For example: I wrote the lyrics for this song「この歌の歌詞を書きました」(このうたのかしをかきました). The lyrics of this song are beautiful「この歌の歌詞は美しい」(このうたのかしはうつくしい). It is important to note that '歌詞' is always used in the context of songs and not for other types of written or spoken words.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

5502

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 歌詞

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

歌

Meaning

Song

kanji

詞

Meaning

Poetry, Words

Words Related to 歌詞 Through the Kanji 歌

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 歌 as well.

word

歌

Meaning

Song

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歌手

Meaning

Singer

word

歌う

Meaning

Sing

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歌声

Meaning

Singing

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歌舞伎

Meaning

Kabuki

Words Related to 歌詞 Through the Kanji 詞

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 詞 as well.

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形容詞

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Adjective

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動詞

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Verb

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台詞

Meaning

Lines

word

名詞

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Noun

word

詞

Meaning

Words

word

代名詞

Meaning

Pronoun

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What does 'Kashi' (歌詞) mean?

'Kashi' means 'Lyrics' .

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