#エクソ

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• The tag for “EXO”
  
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grammar

• は: (topic particle)
• に: (particle which specifies the target of a verb’s action)
• -て: (connective verb ending; may imply contrast in a sentence, “even though…”)
• -ない: (negative verb ending)
• の: (a particle that (1) modifies nouns and adjectives (2) indicates possession)
• を: (direct object particle)
• -様（-よう）(suffix meaning “method of __-ing”, “way to…” or “appearing…”, “looking…”)
• -でる: (indicates that an action is ongoing)
• -(ら)れる: (turns a verb into the passive voice)
• -たい: (expresses that the speaker wants to do something)
• で: (a particle which allows the context in which an action is performed to be specified, whether time, location, or means/way)
• が: (a particle which indicates that the speaker wants to identify something unspecified)
• -んだ（contraction of -のだ）(a masculine way of conveying an explanatory tone)
• そう: (interjection that may express that the speaker is paying attention) yes, yeah; it’s like that, that’s how it is; I see
• 迄（まで）until, up to; as far as; even, to an extent; only, merely
• かい: (masculine usage; a softer version of the 「か」question ending; may indicate a yes-or-no question)
• -ば: (conditional particle) if
• よう: (masculine usage; a helping verb which may (1) express one’s will to do something, (2) induce or stimulate the listener to do something, and/or (3) indicate that a word is for the use of, used for, or made for [something])
  
• だって: (conjunction) after all, because; but; (particle) even; too, as well, also; “They say…”, “I mean…”, “I hear…”
• 物の（ものの）only…, no more than…; a matter of…
• -だし: (combination of -だ, a helping verb which expresses a declarative tone + -し, a particle which lists multiple reasons for multiple states and/or actions)
• すれば: if so, in that case, in that situation
• も: (inclusive topic particle) also
• う: (a helping verb which may indicate (1) speculation, (2) invitation, and/or (3) will or intention)
• よ: (sentence ending which may indicate emphasis, contempt, request, etc.)
  

verbs

• 居る（いる）to be, to exist
• 成る（なる）to become, get, grow; to result in, prove to be; to play a role; to change into, to be exchanged for
• 止む（やむ）to stop, cease, be over
• 凭れる（もたれる）to lean against, to recline on; to lie heavily [on the stomach], to be uneasily digested
• 寄せる（よせる）to come near, to let [someone] approach or drop by; to include, welcome, let in [a group]; to have feelings for; to rely or depend upon
• 聞く（きく）to hear, listen; to ask, inquire
• 聞かれる（きかれる）to be heard
• 叫ぶ（さけぶ）to shout, shriek, scream, cry; to clamor for/against
• 飲み込む（のみこむ）to gulp down, swallow deeply, engulf; to hold back from saying something, to swallow one’s words; to understand, catch onto, digest
• 上り詰める（のぼりつめる）to be infatuated with, engrossed in, enthusiastic about; to go, climb, or ascend to the top; to reach the summit or peak
• 近づく（ちかづく）to approach, draw near, get closer; to get acquainted with, get to know
• 触れる（ふれる）to allude, to touch on a subject; to touch, to feel; to experience, perceive, come in contact with; to be emotionally moved by
• 閉じる（とじる）to close, to shut [one’s eyes, a book, etc.]
• 刺激（しげき）stimulus; incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation; excitement, thrill
• 暴れる（あばれる）to act violently, to rage, to struggle
• 飛び散る（とびちる）to fly around, to scatter
• 痺れる（しびれる）to become numb; to be mesmerized, titillated, excited
• 為る（する）to do
• past tense: した
• 怒り出す（おこりだす）to fly into a rage, to lose one’s temper; to burst or break out, to flare up
• 焦らす（じらす）to tease, tantalize, keep [someone] in suspense; to irritate
• 利かせる（きかせる）to exercise, display, use; to season, to bring out a taste
• 手出し（てだし）to meddle, interfere
• 出る（でる）to leave, exit, go out, come out; to move forward
• 抜け出す（ぬけだす）to slip out, sneak away, break free, break out
• 歪む（ゆがむ）to warp, swerve, deflect; to be crooked, distorted, bent, slanted, strained
• 刺さる: to stick [usually something with a sharp point] into; to prick, pierce; to get stuck [in], to lodge [in]

adjectives

• 知らない（しらない）unknown, strange
• 最悪（さいあく）the worst
• 此の（この）this
• いい: (a more casual/informal reading of 「良い（よい）」) good, fine, pleasant, agreeable, excellent, okay
• 彼の（あれの）that [over there] (something mentioned that is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
• 下手（へた）unskillful, poor, awkward
• 狭い: narrow, confined, small

nouns

• 体（からだ）body; build, physique, constitution
• 此処（ここ）here; this place
• 心（こころ）heart; mind; spirit
• 間（ま）time, pause; space; room
• 君（きみ）you (masculine usage; used colloquially by females)
• 鳴り（なり）ringing sound
• 耳（みみ）ear(s); hearing
• 口（くち）mouth; taste, palate
• 音（おと）sound, noise
• 愛（あい）love; affection, care; craving, desire
• 唇（くちびる）lips
• 目（め）eye(s); look, stare, glance
• 火花（ひばな）spark
• 刺激（しげき）stimulus; incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation; excitement, thrill
• キス: kiss
• 庭（にわ）area, field [of action]; garden, yard
• 馬鹿（ばか）idiot, fool; trivial matter, absurdity
• 幅（はば）gap, difference; range; width, breadth
• 其れ（それ）that (something close to the speaker, either physically or psychologically); that time, then
• 足（あし）foot
• 手（て）hand, arm
• 街（まち）town, block, neighborhood
• 闇（やみ）darkness, the dark; bewilderment, despair, hopelessness
• 誰か（だれか）someone, somebody
• 視線（しせん）one’s line of sight, gaze, glance, look
• 背中（せなか）the back of [someone’s] body

adverbs

• そっと: softly, gently, quietly; secretly, stealthily
• 誰にも（だれにも）anyone, anybody; (when used with a negative verb) no one, nobody
• 段々（だんだん）gradually, increasingly, little by little, more and more
• 限り限り（ギリギリ）just barely, at the very limit, at the last moment
• 未だ（まだ）as yet, only, still; more, besides; (when used with a negative verb) not yet
• 儘（まま）as it is, as one likes; because, as
• 馬鹿に（ばかに）ridiculously, unusually, exceptionally
• もう: now, soon, shortly; already, by now, [not] anymore; (an interjection used to strengthen or emphasize an emotion, often exasperation)
• 馬鹿に（ばかに）ridiculously, unusually, exceptionally

• Listen to the song with the lyrics and romanization here
  
• Watch the official music video here
  
• The tag for “EXO”
  
• Other vocabulary lists

These are listed in the order in which they appear in the song.

• 世界（せかい）: world
• の: (particle) modifier usually translated as “of”
• 全て（すべて）: everything; all; the whole
• 此の（この）: (something/someone close to the speaker or ideas expressed by the speaker) this/these
• に: (particle) at (place, time); in; on
• 手（て）: hand(s)
• 掴め（つかめ） (imperative form of 掴む): to seize, to grasp, to catch, to grip
• 欲しい（ほしい）: wanted, wished for, desired
• 物（もの）: things; something, anything, everything; one’s possessions, property, belongings
• は: (particle) adds emphasis; topic marker
  
• 全部（ぜんぶ）: all; entire; whole; altogether
• 有り触れてる（ありふれてる） (present progressive form of 有り触れる): to be common
• 捨てる（すてる）: to abandon; to throw away, to discard; to give up
• 本物（ほんもの）: genuine article; real thing; real deal
• 丈（だけ）: only, just; merely, simply
  
• 見せる（みせる）: to show, to display
• 遣る（やる）: to do; to undertake; to perform
• よ: (particle) indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.
• 金（かね）: money
• で: (particle) indicates time of action
  
• 買える（かいえる）: to buy [as a gift]; to buy as a replacement
• ない: (indicates a negative form) not, cannot, etc.
  
• 無い物ねだり（ものないねだり）: asking for too much; asking for the impossible
• 価値（かち）: value, worth; merit
• を: (particle) follows a direct object
• 見極めろ（みきわめる） (imperative form of 見極める): to determine; to probe; to ascertain, to make sure of; to see through
• 時（とき）: time
  
• 也（なり） (plain form: なる): to be (affirmation); a sum of money (used to express an exact amount of money)
• 最上級（さいじょうきゅう）: the highest grade or degree
• 瞬間（しゅんかん）: moment; instant; second
• 足りない（たりない）: insufficient; lacking; not enough
• 叫ぼ（さけぼ）: to shout, to cry out, to yell, to scream
• う: (auxiliary) indicates invitation [to do something]
• 欲望（よくぼう）: desire; appetite; lust
• 最大限（さいだいげん）: maximum; to the maximum degree
• 楽しめる（たのしめる）: to be able to enjoy
• 使い（つかい）: use, usage; purpose, objective, utility
• 方（ほう）: method; manner; way
• 次第（しだい）: depending on…
• 其の（その）: (something distant to the speaker or distant to the ideas expressed/understood by the speaker) that
• ハート: Japanese spelling of “heart”
• ダイヤ: abbreviation of the Japanese spelling of “diamond”
• ドレス: Japanese spelling of “dress”
• 車（くるま）: car
• 切り無い（きりない） (negative form of 切り): limitless, boundless; There’s no limit
• 許り（ばかり）: only, merely, nothing but, no more than
• 急がば回れだ（いそがばまわれだ）: Haste makes waste; Slow and steady wins the race
• だ: be, is; indicates past or completed action; indicates an imperative
• 有る（ある）: to have
• 程（ほど）: degree; extent; bounds; limit
• 意味ない（いみない）: meaningless, pointless
• 等（など）: et cetera/etc.; the likes of; and the like; so forth; …or something
• 要らない（いらない） (negative form of 要る): to [not] need, to [not] want
• 鳴らせ（ならせ） (plain form: 鳴る): to rumble, to roar; to ring, to resound, to echo
• 今（いま）: now
  
• しかない: there is nothing but…; no choice; no more than
• 夢（ゆめ） : dream
• 手にする（てにする）: to obtain; to take or hold (in one’s hand); to own
• 為（ため）): purpose, sake, objective, aim; consequence, result, effect
• 代償（だいしょう）: compensation (as in, the price in exchange for something)
• 自ら（みずから）: oneself; for one’s self, personally
• 入れる（いれる）: to put in, to bring in, to insert; to pay; to make

• Listen to the song with the lyrics and romanization here
  
• The tag for “EXO”
  
• Other vocabulary lists

These are listed in the order in which they appear in the song.

• 目（め）: eye(s)
• が: (particle) indicates sentence subject
• 覚める（さめる）: to come to one’s senses, to be disillusioned; to wake up; to regain consciousness; to become sober; to sober up
• -よう: added to verbs to indicate one is “thinking of [doing something]”
• な: (sentence ending) (masculine language) indicates emotion or emphasis; (when used with dictionary form verb) prohibition, “don’t”
• ヴィヴィッド: Japanese spelling of “vivid”
• の: (particle) modifier usually translated as “of”
• 中身（なかみ）: contents, interior; substance; filling
• は: (particle) adds emphasis; topic marker
• 独り占め（ひとりじめ）: monopolizing; hogging; having all to oneself; keeping for/to oneself
• に: (particle) indicates a direction or state; to; into; toward
• して: (particle) adds emphasis; acts as a connective
• も: (particle) even if, even though, in spite of; too, also, as well
• 良い（いい）: good, fine; agreeable; okay
• の: (sentence ending) indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; (if in a rising tone) indicates a question
• 甘い（あまい）: sweet, sweet-tasting, sugary; fragrant; tempting, enticing, luring
• 罠（わな）: trap, snare
• って: (particle) indicates certainty, insistence; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates supposition (if … then); casual quoting particle
• 所（ところ）: whereupon, as a result; about to, on the verge of
• 狡い（ずるい）: sly, cunning, dishonest, sneaky; unfair
• よ: (particle) indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.
• 傷付ける（きずつける）: to wound, to injure; to hurt someone’s feelings; to damage
• 気（き）: heart; mind; spirit
• なんて: (suffix) such as; [things] like…
• 全然（ぜんぜん）: (if used with a negative) not at all; wholly, completely, entirely
• ない: (indicates a negative form) no, not, none
  
• お: (prefix) honorific/polite/humble prefix
• 遊び（あそび）: playing [a game]; to play (as in, “playing” in the margin of on and off, the gap before pressing a button or lever fully)
• なんか: (particle) things like…; …or something like that (often derogatory)
• じゃない: is not, am not, are not
• 君（きみ）: (male language) you
• 決まってる（きまってる） (present progressive of 決まる): to be decided, to be settled
• よね: Isn’t that right?
• 街（まち）: town, neighborhood; street, road
• で: (particle) indicates location of an action
  
• 見かけた（みかけた） (past tense of 見かける): to notice, to [happen to] see, to catch sight of
• の: (particle) nominalizes/turns verbs and adjectives into nouns; substitutes for が in subordinate phrases
• 僕（ぼく）: (male language) I; me
• 似る（にる）: to resemble, to look like, to take after; to be similar
• 誰か（だれか）: someone
• さ: (sentence ending) (masculine language) indicates assertion
• 答え（こたえ）: answer, reply, response, solution
• だって: (colloquial) after all; because; but; (particle) they say, I hear, you mean; even; too, as well, also
• 一つ（ひとつ）: only one
• いつだって: always; at any time
• 本気（ほんき）: seriousness; earnestness
• でも: (conjunction) but, however, nonetheless, even though
• 両手（りょうて）: [with] both hands
• 丈（だけ）: only, just; merely, simply
• -なんだ: indicates that the word it is attached to is the reason/explanation for something
  
• 本当（ホント）: truth, reality, actuality, fact
• のに: (particle) and yet, although, despite, even though; if only, I wish
• 鳴り（なり）: ringing [sound]
• 止まぬ（やまね） (negative form of 止む（やむ）): won’t stop, won’t cease
• 読み（よみ）: reading
• 切れぬ（きれぬ） (negative form of 切れる): to be unable to break off a relation or break up; to be unable to sever ties; to be unable to disconnect; to be unable to break, to snap, to cut
• 今夜（こんや）: this evening, tonight
• 何処にも（どこにも）: anywhere; anyplace; everywhere
• もう: already, yet, by now; now, soon, shortly, not long
• 逃げられ（にげられ） (potential form of 逃げる): to be able to escape or run away
• やしない: (auxiliary) indicates the emphatic negative form of a verb
• 頬（ほお）: cheek
• 残る（のこる）: to remain; to be left
• 痛み（いたみ）: pain, ache, soreness; damage, injury; distress, grief
• 掌（てのひら）: palm [of one’s hand]
• 感触（かんしょく）: feel [a tactile sensation]; touch
• 呆然（ぼうぜん）: dumbfounded; in a daze; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement
• ベッド: Japanese spelling of “bed”
• 上（うえ）: above, over, on top; surface, on
• 待ってる（まってる） (present progressive of 待つ): is waiting
• から: (particle) because, since
• 響く（ひびく）: to resound; to be heard from far away
• 叩かれる（たたかれる） (potential form of 叩く): to knock; to strike, to tap
• 此の（この）: (something/someone close to the speaker or ideas expressed by the speaker) this/these
  
• 空（そら）: the sky; the heavens; the air
• 散らばる（さらばる）: to be scattered about
• 星（ほし）: star(s)
• 夜（よる）: evening, night
• 開ける（あける）: to dawn, to grow light; to end (a period or season)
• 時（とき）: moment; time; hour

• Listen to the song with the lyrics and romanization here
  
• The tag for “EXO”
  
• Other vocabulary lists

These are listed in the order in which they appear in the song. You can hover over a word to see its furigana and romanization (but try to read without it!)

• 未だ(まだ): still, yet
• 気づく: to notice, to recognize, to realize, to become aware of
• ない: (indicates a negative form) not
• のか: (particle) endorsing and questioning or lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
• 正体: true character, true form; identity
• は: (particle) adds emphasis; topic marker
• 逆らえない (plain form: 逆らう): undefiable; unopposable
• 抗えない (plain form: 抗する): irresistible; undefiable
• -なんだ: indicates that the word it is attached to is the reason/explanation for something
• ターゲット: Japanese spelling of “target”
• 君: (male language) you
• 遂行: accomplishment; execution; to carry out
• せよ: (literary/formal) added to indicate an imperative form
• 秘密: secret; mystery
• の: (particle) modifier usually translated as “of”
• パスコード: Japanese spelling of “passcode”; password
• に: (particle) indirect object marker; indicates the receiver of an action
• 上げる(あげる): (polite) give
• -よう: added to verbs to indicate one is “thinking of [doing something]”
• 手: hand(s)
• で: (particle) indicates place, time, or means of action
• 扉: door; gate; opening
• 開けて (plain form: 開ける): open [a door]
• 共犯者: accomplice; henchman
• 戻れない (plain form: 戻る): can’t turn back; can’t go back
• 月: moon
• 影: shadow, silhouette; reflection, image
• 作る(つくる): to make, to create, to produce
• 頃: [approximate] time; around, about; suitable time/condition
• 秒針: the second-hand of a clock
• が: (particle) indicates sentence subject
• 天: sky
• を: (particle) indicates direct object of action; indicates time period over which an action takes place
• 指す: to point
• 此の(この): (something/someone close to the speaker or ideas expressed by the speaker) this/these
• 呪文: spell, charm, incantation, magic word
• 始まり: origin, beginning
• 告げる: to signal, to indicate, to mark
• 聞こえる: to be heard, to be audible
• かい: (particle) marks a yes/no question
• 全て(すべて): everything; all; the whole
• 覆す: to overturn, to capsize, to upset; to overthrow; to reverse (a decision), to disprove (a theory, etc.), to overrule
• 誘き寄せる: to lure someone, to entice someone
• 脅かせ (imperative form of 脅かす): to intimidate, to scare; to endanger, to jeopardize, to imperil
• ほら: Look!
• 世界: world
• 生まれ変わる: to be born again; to have a fresh start in life
• 宇宙: universe, cosmos
• 法則: law; rule
• 超えた (past form of 超える): to cross [over]; to pass [over]
• 現実: reality
• 今: now  
• 目にする: to see, to witness
• -した: (indicates the past tense)
• 丈(だけ): only, just; merely, simply
• リアル: Japanese spelling of “real”
• 恐れる: to fear; to be afraid of
• -なよ: added to indicate an imperative form
• もう: already, yet, by now; now, soon, shortly, not long
• 抜かりはない(ぬかりはない): faultless
• 隙ない: flawless
• 大地: ground; earth
• さえ: even; only
• 唸る: to groan, to moan; to howl, to roar, to growl; to hum, to buzz
• -だす: added to a verb to indicate that the action happened suddenly/unexpectedly
• 循環: cycle; circulation; rotation
• 新しい: new; fresh
• 命: life; life force; lifespan; fate, destiny, karma
• 塗り替える(ぬりかえる): repaint; rewrite; remake
• 衝動: impulse, urge
• 本能: instinct
• 惑星: planet
• から: (particle) from
• 来た (past tense of 来る): to come, to arrive; to approach; to come to be, to grow; to derive from, to be caused by
• 未知: unknown, strange
• 生物: living thing, creature
• さ: (sentence ending; mainly male language) indicates assertion
• ルール: Japanese spelling of “rule”
• 秩序: order; regularity; system; method
• 言葉: language, dialect; words; speech
• 通じない (negative form of 通じる): unable to communicate; unable to understand
• もっと: [some] more, even more; longer, further
• 感じて (plain form: 感じる): feel, sense, experience

• Listen to the song with the lyrics and romanization here
• Watch the official music video here
• The tag for “EXO”
  
• Other vocabulary lists

These are listed in the order in which they appear in the song. You can hover over a word to see its furigana and romanization (but try to read without it!)

• 打ち上げろ (imperative form of 打ち上げる): shoot up, launch
  
• 着いて (plain form: 着く): arrive at, reach
  
• 来い (imperative form of 来い): come
• 今にも (root word: 今 [now]): at any time; soon
  
• 充満: being filled with, teeming with
• はちきれる: to burst; to be filled to bursting; to collapse
• そうさ: yes, that’s right; yep
• 何処(どこ): where (literally “what place”); how much/long/far; what extent
• に: (particle) at (place, time); in; on
  
• 行って (plain form: 行く): go
• も: (particle) even if, even though, in spite of; as much as, as far as
  
• する: to do
• は: (particle) adds emphasis
• 連れてく (plain form: 連れてくる): to bring someone
  
• みたい: like; resembling, similar to
• 全員: everyone; everybody; all members
• カーニバル: Japanese spelling of “carnival”
• なら: (auxiliary) if; in case; if so; if it’s true that…
• 欠かせない (plain form: 欠く): indispensable, vital, fundamental, imperative, crucial
• 映る: to be reflected; to come out (as in a photo); to be projected
• 此の(この): (something/someone close to the speaker or ideas expressed by the speaker) this/these
• 目: eye(s)
• 瞬間: instant; moment; second
• で: (particle) indicates time of action
• 迄(まで): until, up to; as far as; to (a place); to (an extent)
• 振り切る: to shake off, to shake free from; to swing completely
• 跳ねろ (imperative form of 跳ねる): jump, leap, prance, spring up
• 上げる(あげる): raise; elevate 
  
• 超える: to cross [over]; to pass [over]
• 見た (past tense of 見る): see, look, view, watch, observe
  
• 事(こと): thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event
  
• ない: (indicates a negative form) not, never, etc.
• 景色: scene; scenery, landscape
• を: (particle) indicates direct object of action; indicates object of like, desire, hate, etc.
• 行きたくない(たい form [expressing a desire] + ない form [negative form] of 行く): don’t want to; Don’t [you] want to…
• 誰も: (when used with a negative verb) nobody, no one
• 置いていかない (negative form of 置いて行く): to [not] leave behind
• から: (particle) because, since 
  
• 個々(ここ): (place physically close to speaker) here
  
• じゃ: contraction of the particles で (indicates the place of action) and は (topic marker)
• 楽しむ: to enjoy
  
• が: (particle) indicates sentence subject
  
• ルール: Japanese spelling of “rule”
• 音: sound; music
• 止まる: to stop; to cease
• 其の(その): (something distant to the speaker or distant to the ideas expressed/understood by the speaker) that
• 時: moment; time; hour
• 終わりのない: unending
• 暑い: hot
• 時間: time; moment; period