感電 – Learn with Song (Kanden by Kenshi Yonezu)

For this post, we are going to learn Japanese with Kenshi Yonezu’s song, Kanden.

Kenshi Yonezu is one of if not the top musicians in Japan. He is from Tokushima Prefecture and was born in 1991. Before reaching his current level of fame he created Vocaloid songs under the name Hachi on the Japanese streaming website, Niko-Niko Douga.

Music Video

米津玄師 - 感電 Kenshi Yonezu - KANDEN

Lyrics

Lyrics in Japanese Kanden Lyrics by Kenshi Yonezu at Uta-Net 歌ネット 

Memorize Words with Memrise

I made a Memrise course based off of the lyrics of his newest song, Kanden. Listing to music or singing over and over plus reviewing flashcards with Memrise is a highly effective way to learn Japanese. You will learn the meaning and how to read the words below:

感電かんでん,　往来おうらい,　行方ゆくえ,　不明ふめい,　回まわり回まわって,　虚むなしい,　ハイになる,　吹ふかし込こむ,　四輪車よりんしゃ,　銀河系ぎんがけい,　外はずれ,　道徳どうとく,　イカれた,　食たべ尽つくす,　くたばる,　車窓しゃそう,　情景じょうけい,　動機どうき,　邪魔じゃまくさい,　ここいら,　茶化ちゃかす,　相棒あいぼう,　もう一丁いっちょう,　洒落しゃれにならない,　正論せいろん,　暴論ぼうろん,　刹那せつな,　途端とたん,　探さがし回まわる,　睡蓮すいれん,　境界線きょうかいせん,　遣やる瀬無せない,

Kanden – Kenshi Yonezu, Learn Japanese (Memrise Course) 

Few Explanations

ここいら
ここいら is an antiquated or stylistic way of saying around here.

もう一丁 (もういっちょう)
丁(ちょう) is a measurement word for several concepts such as area, distances, or matches for competitions. Along with that, it is used to count meals and tofu specifically. The phrase もう一丁 then becomes one more time.

刹那 (せつな)
This word often shows up in Yonezu’s music. It means a short amount of time or an instant and originally is a measurement of the smallest possible amount of time in Buddhism.

遣る瀬無い (やるせない)
This is usually written in Hiragana. The emotion expressed through this word is pain, sadness, or hopelessness of not being able to clear one’s mind of some thought.