On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song Lemon by 米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu).
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- 夢ならばどれほどよかったでしょう
- 未だにあなたのことを夢にみる
- 忘れた物を取りに帰るように
- 古びた思い出の埃を払う
You can find them in the video. Go to 0:01.
せんせい
Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
夢ならばどれほどよかったでしょう
- 夢（ゆめ／yu me）means ‘dream’.
- ならば (na ra ba) means ‘if’ and follows a noun.
- どれほど means ‘very’.
- よかった means ‘was good’.
- でしょう means ‘would be’.
いまだにあなたのことを夢にみる
- いまだに (i ma da ni) means ‘still’.
- いまだに is the same as まだ.
- あなた (a na ta) means ‘you’.
- を (wo) is an object marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
- 夢にみる（ゆめ・にみる／yu me ni mi ru）is a verb which means ‘to dream’.
アシスタント
のこと does not mean a lot, so don’t worry about it too much.
忘れた物を取りに帰るように
- 忘れた（わす・れた／wa su re ta）means ‘forgot’.
がんばる子
Plain Past Positive Form is also called たForm.
- 物（もの／mo no）means ‘thing’.
できる子
A relative clause comes after a noun described in English, but it comes before a noun in Japanese.
- 取りに帰る（と・りに・かえ・る／to ri ni ka e ru）means ‘go back to collect (something)’.
- ように means ‘as’ which follows a verb.
古びた思い出のほこりを払う
- 古びた（ふる・びた／fu ru bi ta）means ‘old’.
- 思い出（おも・い・で／o mo i de）means ‘memories’.
- の (no) is a particle which means ‘of’ or ‘s.
- ほこり (ho ko ri) means ‘dust’.
- を is an object marker particle and does not mean anything.
- 払う（はら・う／ha ra u）means ‘clean up’ if it is used with ほこり.