How to find the lyrics of songs in Japanese

Sometimes you want to see the lyrics of a Japanese song in Japanese with ideograms, but unfortunately, Google often presents results in romanized lyrics (romaji). It seems like something simple to do, but we created an article and video that will help you and give tips on how to find song lyrics in Japanese.

Some beginners end up having difficulty finding the lyrics of the song in Japanese because Google Translate provides erroneous translations for the words “lyrics” or “song lyrics.” The true word you should use to search for song lyrics in Japanese is kashi (歌詞).

You can use the word 歌詞 before or after the name of the song written in Japanese or even romanized, and you will easily find the lyrics in Japanese that you are looking for. We made a quick video discussing this topic, and we will leave it below:

Tips for searching for song lyrics in Japanese

Unfortunately, Japanese websites often block text selection and copying, making it impossible for you to copy the song lyrics to study or paste into a text editor. You will have to search through various sites until you find one that does not have this security measure.

Be careful when searching for song lyrics in Japanese and ending up on a Chinese or English site that ended up using simplified Chinese ideograms, which are different from Japanese kanji.

Some American sites share the lyrics in Japanese alongside the romanized version and sometimes in various languages. One of the most popular sites to find song lyrics, especially from animes, is lyrical-nonsense.

You can also search for song lyrics in Japanese on YouTube to sing using the word karaoke (カラオケ) written in Japanese. The big problem is that you will end up finding versions without vocals or with Japanese voices singing. By using the word kashi (歌詞), you can find original versions with the lyrics, but it is also not that simple.

Try using nico nico douga to more easily find videos that have the lyrics and the original voices of the songs. I hope you enjoyed these tips for finding song lyrics in Japanese. We appreciate your comments and shares. We recommend reading:

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