Let’s learn Japanese with Attack on Titan.(進撃の巨人/しんげきのきょじん/shingekinokyojin)

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Title: 進撃の巨人(しんげき・の・きょじん/shi n ge ki no kyo ji n)

Giants to move forward to attack

  • 進撃(しん・げき/shi n ge ki)means ‘moving forward to attack’.
  • の(no)means ‘of’.
  • 巨人(きょ・じん/kyo ji n)means ‘giant’.
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Summary

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Opening songs

They are sung by Linked Horizon which had a music tour around Japan in 2017.

You can listen to opening songs of Attack on Titan in the video below.

紅蓮の弓矢

ぐ・れん・の・ゆみ・や/gu re n no yu mi ya

red bow and arrow

Note: ‘red’ implies fight and blood.

  • 紅蓮(ぐ・れん/gu re n)means ‘red’.

紅蓮(ぐ・れん/gu re n)

紅蓮 originally means a red flower.

  • 紅 means ‘red’.
  • 蓮 means ‘Indian lotus’. (below)
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紅 is ‘ku re na i’ if it is used on its own.

Ex: 紅の豚(くれない・の・ぶた/ku re na i no bu ta)means ‘red pig’ or ‘crimson pig’ which is one of the movies from Studio Ghibli.

紅蓮 also implies ‘red flame’.

  • の(no)means ‘of’.
  • 弓矢(ゆみ・や/yu mi ya)means ‘bow and arrow’.
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‘bow’ is ゆみ and ‘arrow’ is や.

自由の翼

じ・ゆう・の・つばさ/ji yu u no tsu ba sa

Wings of Freedom

心臓を捧げよ!

しん・ぞう・を・ささ・げよ/shi n zo o wo sa sa ge yo

Devote your heart.

  • 心臓
  • 捧げよ
Lyrics(かし)

Lyrics at the end of the song

  • 捧げよ! 捧げよ! 心臓を捧げよ!
  • 全ての苦難は今、この瞬間のために
  • 捧げよ! 捧げよ! 心臓を捧げよ!
  • 儚き命を燃える弓矢に変えて
  • 捧げよ! 捧げよ! 心臓を捧げよ!
  • 起こるべき奇跡をその身で描き出せ!
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Ending song

Title: 美しき残酷な世界(うつく・しき・ざん・こく・な・せ・かい/u tsu ku shi ki za n ko ku na se ka i)

beautiful but cruel world

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