On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song エール (Yell) by いきものがかり (Ikimono Gakari).
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- さよならは悲しい言葉じゃない
- それぞれの夢へと僕らをつなぐエール
You can find them in the video. Go to 1:35.
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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
さよならは悲しい言葉じゃない
- さよなら (sa yo na ra) means ‘good bye’.
- は (wa) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
- 悲しい (かな・しい／ka na shi i) means ‘sad’.
- 言葉 (こと・ば／ko to ba) means ‘word’.
- じゃない (ja na i) is a copula conjugation, which means ‘is/am/are not’.
それぞれの夢へと僕らをつなぐエール
- それぞれの means ‘each’.
- 夢（ゆめ／yu me）means ‘dream’.
- へと means ‘to’.
- 僕ら（ぼく・ら／bo ku ra）means ‘us’ for men.
- を is an object marking particle.
- つなぐ means ‘connect’.
- エール means ‘yell or cheers’.