350+ Common Words In Japanese Christian Music Lyrics

Hey Everyone! Nostalgia here! I wrote the 250+ Common Words in Japanese Music Lyrics early on in this blog’s existence. As a Jpop fan, it became very apparent that even though I studied Japanese for 3 years (2 years on my own and 1 year in University), these daily life words don’t cover the range of words used in their music, thus, I still relied on translations to understand the music I listened to.

I kept coming across more and more words that I felt were useful to know if you wanted to understand the music you heard, so I created the Japanese Lyric Dictionary that contained over 600 common words.

But after coming back to my Christian faith with conviction and power, I didn’t care to listen to Jpop anymore, or any secular music for that fact. While I thought Jpop and anime had some good themes, such as courage, kindness, fighting for what’s right even if you’re alone, and striving to better yourself, Japan is not a Christian country.

I can’t deny that anime taught me a lot of valuable life lessons, and some anime tropes made me a better Christian. However, now that my spiritual eyes are open, I acknowledge that anime really isn’t that safe for Christians, as it promotes lust/fornication, pride, greed, violence, witchcraft, demons, false gods, and rebellion against sovereignty.

Everything we expose ourselves to can impact or influence us, so we need to be careful, more so if you’re someone who binges anime and is exposed to it for hours everyday. The bible tells us to guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23) and to avoid all appearances of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22-24) for a reason. As empowering as the shows and songs can be, it can give us a god-complex, making us feel like we could do anything with our own power, and that’s something I personally saw in my own life.

So anyways, I took a loooong break from blogging in 2023. I just didn’t have anything to write about cause my niche was Jpop/Anime, and even my guitar career was focused on that niche. I prayed a lot about it and decided to consecrate my blog. I’ve put so much time, energy, and money into building it, so I was attached to it, scared to lose it, but I wanted to trust God with everything in my life.

To my relief, He allowed me to keep this blog, but I wanted to keep my mind focused on God so I started thinking of ways to help spread the gospel or support my brothers and sisters in Christ. The first thing I did was share my faith publicly on my home page and bios. I was a little worried about being cancelled or views going down, but it really had no effect on my traffic. Thus, I felt encouraged to do more to share the gospel.

Before this blog, as a long-time Jpop fan, I did try to find Japanese Christian music. I really love the chord progressions, instrumentations, emotions, and storytelling aspects of Jmusic, so I would have loved to find stuff I could listen to even on Sabbath (I grew up Seventh-Day Adventist. I no longer agree with their doctrine, and consider them false teachers, but I still keep the Sabbath to rest and avoid workaholism). However, when I searched, I only found like 2-3 artists, and some clips of very old songs.

After playing at a Japanese festival in summer 2023, I told God I wouldn’t play guitar again unless for Him, and I really didn’t play anything besides some exercises here and there. That was until a church plant reached out to me, desperate for musicians, and I wanted to help. I grew up with gospel greats like Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin, and was warned since high school that Hillsong and Bethel were unbiblical, so it was my first real exposure to CCM music. I have opened my mind to that genre, but I am still on guard for questionable lyrics and doctrine.

Western songs can certainly have the vocals and emotions to move you (I won’t say I haven’t cried to their songs or been blessed by their lyrics), but I think anyone who listens to Jpop can attest that they just have something special, they just do things differently when it comes to song creation. I believe it’s because their music is based more on jazz instead of the blues. Students not only learn to play instruments, but actually learn music theory in school. All kinds of genres are accepted and loved in their country, thus why they are the 2nd biggest music industry in the world!

Back to my story, while I served that church well, the songs were quite easy for me. Compared to anime songs that I covered which would take me days to learn to play all the new chords, memorize the progressions, and actually put everything together with ease, these 3-5 chord CCM songs could be learned and memorized in 10 minutes max. I wouldn’t even attempt to get familiar with a Jpop song the night before as it’s not very repetitive nor predictable, but I found myself doing that with church songs. I wasn’t wasn’t being challenged, so I was eager to find some Japanese Christian songs to play and cover.

So, I started my Ultimate Japanese Christian Artists article, hoping to find at least 10, and thinking myself lucky to find 15…..but thanks to recommended sections on Youtube and Spotify, along with some playlists, I quickly found at least 25 my first night. I then reached out to a couple Japanese Christian ministry groups on Facebook to see if they knew anyone that I was missing, and they probably shared another 25! Since then, I’ve been keeping an eye out, and the list currently has over 100 artists!!

As I was sampling some of these artists and reading their bios, I managed to even find some Japanese Christian artists that make music in the jpop, hip hop, rock, jazz, and funk genres! I know people have been looking for alternatives to the Japanese music they already love, so more recently, I created the article Japanese Christian Alterntives for Jpop and Anime Music Fans.

But that leads us here. With this new sphere of music, there are once again going to be many words that you will almost never hear in conversational or business Japanese, but you’re going to hear them over and over in certain songs. If you plan to sing along or make your own, dictionaries like this are vital. Even if you aren’t a performer, music is a wonderful way to learn and familiarize yourself with new words, and in this case, it can be a wonderful ministry tool as well.

I have found other resources that list general Japanese Christian words like Erich & Emi’s Japanese Christianese article OR Japanese for Missionaries’ Christian Vocabulary flashcards, so this list is really focused on Japanese Christian music and terminology used within it.

As I have mentioned above, I have another list with common Japanese lyric words, so super general words like “do”, “sing” or “want” won’t appear here; however, I have included general words like “day”, “mountain”, “love” and “dance” as they regularly occur in these songs, in the bible, and among the Christian community. I have yet to hear/see Christianese words like “Pastor”, “Trinity”, “Baptism”, “The 10 Commandments” or “Sermon” in their songs, thus they won’t appear on this list.

Japan still has less than a 2% Christian population, so I pray that through my efforts to make these articles and resources, the rest of the world will be equipped and empowered to reach the Japanese population through the ministry of music, and for anime and Jpop fans to feel emboldened and empowered to share their faith among their peers as well. If you’re interested in discovering more Japanese music and resources, and to connect with others, join the Chromatic Saints Facebook Group.

EnglishRomajiHiraganaKanji
RedeemedAganawaretaあがなわれた贖われた
Loved One/PersonAisuru monoあいするもの愛する者
TestimonyAkashiあかし証し
Let’s Prove ItAkashi shiyouあかししよう証しよう
EvilAku / Waruiあく/ わるい悪 / 悪い
StormArashiあらし
Can’t ExpressArawasenaiあらわせない表せない
Raging/StormArekuruuあれくるう荒れ狂う
To WalkArukuあるく歩く
SunriseAsahinoboあさひのぼ朝日昇
BadAshikiあしき悪しき
Is GivenAtaerarete iruあたえられている与えられている
GiveAtaeruあたえる与える
NewAtarashiiあたらしい新しい
HitAtariあたり当たり
MatchingAwaseあわせ合わせ
To Walk/Follow/LeadAyumuあゆむ歩む
WalkAyundeあゆんで歩んで
All Armies/HostsBangunばんぐん万軍
PlaceBashoばしょ場所
BloodChi
EarthChi
ApproachChikaちか近づ
PowerChikaraちから
Blood (Stream)Chishioちしお血潮
BoldDaitanだいたん大胆
One SeedDane hitotsubuだねひとつぶ種一粒
GloryEikouえいこう栄光
UnrighteousnessFugiふぎ不義
Take a Step ForwardFumidashiふみだし踏み出し
BoatFuneふね
ProneFushiふし伏し
RighteousnessGi
WorshipHaishiはいし拝し
BeginningHajimeはじめ始め
BeginningHajimeはじめ始め
MeasureHakariはかり計り
HusbandHanamukoはなむこ花婿
Never Let (You) GoHanasanaiはなさない離さない
BrideHanayomeはなよめ花嫁
Torn ApartHarisaketeはりさけて張り裂けて
FlagHataはた
PeaceHeianへいあん平安
PeaceHeiwaへいわ平和
Strange/WeirdHenへん
SoundHibikeひびけ響け
EastHigashiひがし
LightHikariひかり
Let’s Open ItHirakouひらこう開こう
Prostrate/Bow DownHirefushiひれふしひれ伏し
SpreadHirogaruひろがる広がる
One WordHitokotoひとこと一言
SheepHitsujiひつじ
ShephardHitsujikaiひつじかい羊飼い
CreationHizoubutsuひぞうぶつ被造物
PrideHokoriほこり誇り
HonourHomareほまれ誉れ
BlessedHomubekiほむべきほむべき
Blessed OneHomubeki okataほむべきおかたほむべきお方
BoneHoneほね
StarHoshiほし
GushingHotobashiriほとばしりほとばしり
ShoreHotoriほとりほとり
HailHyouひょう
Dedicated OneIchidosasaいちどささ一度捧
GreatIdaiいだい偉大
GreatnessIdaisaいだいさ偉大さ
EternalIesukirisutotowaいえすきりすととわ永久
BreathIkiいき
Bring Back To LifeIkikaerasuいきかえらす生き返らす
Living thingsIkimonoいきもの生き物よ
LiveIkiruいきる生きる
Good/Cool (ie Water)Ikoiいこいいこい
LighteningInazumaいなずま稲妻
LifeInochiいのち
PrayerInoriいのり祈り
A StepIppoいっぽ一歩
To Put In/Put It InIreteいれて入れて
PainItamiいたみ痛み
Imperfect/InadequantItaranasaいたらなさ至らなさ
Mercy/CompassionItsukushimiいつくしみ慈しみ
TimeJikanじかん時間
LifeJinseiじんせい人生
FreedomJiyuuじゆう自由
CrossJuujikaじゅうじか十字架
ChangedKaerareteかえられて変えられて
ShineKagayakeかがやけ輝け
ShiningKagayakuかがやく輝く
As Long AsKagiriかぎり限り
LimitlessKagirinaiかぎりない限りない
ReleaseKaihouかいほう解放
ReleasedKaihou Saretaかいほうされた解放された
Raise It UpKakageteかかげて掲げて
HiddenKakureかくれ隠れ
Hiding PlaceKakurebaかくれば隠れ場
Let Me HideKakuresaseteかくれさせて隠れさせて
GodKamiかみ
To Feel/ImpressionKanjiteかんじて感じて
CrownKanmuriかんむり
ThanksKanshaかんしゃ感謝
CompleteKanzenかんぜん完全
FaceKaoかお
DirectionKataかた
StoryKatariかたり語り
SwitchKawariかわり代わり
FamilyKazokuかぞく家族
NumerousKazukazuかずかず数々
PlanKeikakuけいかく計画
Never/By No MeansKesshiteけっして決して
ArrivalKi
HopeKibouきぼう希望
ChristKirisutoきりすとキリスト
MiracleKisekiきせき奇跡
SeasonKisetsuきせつ季節
Holy (Holy Holy)Kiyoiきよい聖い
VoiceKoeこえ
BeyondKoeteこえて越えて
LambKohitsujiこひつじ小羊
HeartKokoroこころ
Breaks (My) HeartKokoro kudaiteこころくだいて心砕いて
With All My HeartKokorotsukushiこころつくし心尽くし
ComingKorareruこられる来られる
WordKotobaことば言葉
Never HappensKotoganaiことがないことがない
WildernessKoya/Arenoあれの荒野
CloudKumoくも
PeopleKunitamiくにたみ国民
DarkKuraiくらい暗い
DarknessKurayamiくらやみ暗やみ
ChainKusariくさり
ChurchKyoukaiきょうかい教会
TownMachiまち
Ambush (Waiting+Hiding)Machibuseまちぶせ待ち伏せ
Every MorningMaiasaまいあさ毎朝
True, SincerityMakotoまことまこと
True LightMakoto no Hikariまことのひかりまことの光
To Be ProtectedMamorareruまもられる守られる
To ProtectMamoruまもる守る
Is WaitingMatteruまってる待ってる
Turn AroundMawareまわれ回れ
GraceMegumiめぐみ恵み
FruitMi
FullMichiみち満ち
RoadMichiみち
Full ofMichi afurete iruみちあふれている満ちあふれている
Lead MeMichibi iteみちびいて導いて
I Will Guide YouMichibi ite ikuみちびいていく導いていく
Be GuidedMichibikaremasuみちびかれます導かれます
Be FullMichiruみちる満ちる
Don’t Give UpMihanasazuみはなさず見放さず
Find ItMiidashiteみいだして見出して
GodMikamiみかみ御神
Seek Your FaceMikaomotomeruみかおもとめる御顔求める
Your VoiceMikoeみこえ御声
God’s WillMikokoroみこころ御心
KingdomMikuniみくに御国
To Go BeforeMimimae / Gozenみみまえ御前
To Stand Before YouMimimae ni Tachiみみまえにたち御前に立ち
Body and SoulMimokoみもこ身もこ
SourceMinamotoみなもと
Lord of AllMinashuみなしゅ皆主
AppearanceMisugataみすがた御姿
I Won’t Abandon YouMisutenaiみすてない見捨てない
AbandonedMisuteta(お)みすて見捨てた
SpiritMitamaみたま御霊
SatisfactionMitashiみたし満たし
Fill (It) UpMitashiteみたして満たして
Your HandMiteみて御手
Your WingsMitsubasaみつばさ御翼
Angels/MessengersMitsukaiみつかい御使い
PalaceMiyaみや
ThroneMizaみざ御座
InfiniteMugenむげん無限
DirectionMukaiむかい向かい
ChestMuneむね
Washed AwayNagasaretaながされた流された
WaveNamiなみ
TearsNamidaなみだ
How Many TimesNandoなんど何度
As Many Times As You Like/WantNando demoなんどでも何度でも
WhoNanimonoなにもの何者
WishNegaiねがい願い
Not A Wish/Not What I WantNegaidenakuねがいでなく願いでなく
AimNeratteねらって狙って
WestNijiにし西
PreachNobeのべ宣べ
RiseNoboruのぼる昇る
RideNoraのら乗られ
RiddenNorareのられ乗られ
CurseNoroiのろい呪い
Hope/WishNozomiのぞみ / のぞむ望み / 望む
PresenceNozomu/rin zaiりんざい臨在
DanceOdoriおどり踊り
DanceOdoruおどる踊る
HillOkaおか
CoverOouおおう覆う
ContainedOsameおさめ収め
Collection/To DedicateOsamuおさむ
FearOsoreおそれ恐れ
Not AfraidOsorenaiおそれない恐れない
FollowOtteおって追って
KingOunaruおうなる王なる
EndOwariおわり終わり
ExtendOyobuおよぶ及ぶ
WorshipReihaiれいはい礼拝
Open ArmsRyoute hirogeりょうてひろげ両手広げ
DesertSabakuさばく砂漠
ScreamSakebiさけび叫び
Praise (Noun)Sanbiさんび賛美
OfferingSasageささげ捧げ
DedicationSasageruささげる捧げる
To OfferSasageruささげるささげる
HolySeiせい
ConsecrationSeibetsuせいべつ聖別
HolySeinaruせいなる聖なる
Holy SpiritSeireiせいれい聖霊
SanctuarySeishoせいしょ聖所
SaintSeitoせいと聖徒
SaintsSeitoraせいとら聖徒ら
WorldSekaiせかい世界
DeclarationSenせん
DeclarationSengenせんげん宣言
DeathShi
Defeat DeathShi o uchiyaburiしをうちやぶり死を打ち破り
Control (ie Satan)Shihaiしはい支配
Shut OutShimedashiしめだし締め出し
TrueShinしん
TruthShinjitsuしんじつ真実
FaithShinkouしんこう信仰
TrustShinraiしんらい信頼
TruthShinriしんり真理
ZionShionしおんシオン
King of ZionShion no Ouしおんのおうシオンの王
Admire/LovesShitauしたう慕う
EndearingShitawashiしたわしい慕わしい
DisappointmentShitsubouしつぼう失望
Sinking/Setting (Sun)Shizumunomoしずむのも沈むの
VictoryShouriしょうり勝利
Lord JesusShu Iesuしゅいえす主イエス
Before the Lord
(Presence of King)
Shu no mimaeしゅのみまえ主の御前
Name of the LordShu no Minaしゅのみな主の御名
God’s Spirit/PresenceShu no Reiしゅのれい主の霊
BlessingShukufukuしゅくふく祝福
PouredSosogaretaそそがれた注がれた
WonderfulSubarashiiすばらしい素晴らしい
AllSubeteすべて
Too MuchSugiteすぎて過ぎて
Spend TimeSugoshiteすごして過ごして
SalvationSukuiすくい救い
Be SavedSukuwareruすくわれる救われる
ResidenceSumaiすまい住まい
Let’s Move ForwardSusumouすすもう進もう
CorrectTadashiただし正しい
ConstantlyTaezuたえず絶えず
In The WombTainaiたいない胎内
SunTaiyouたいよう太陽
Sun Never SetsTaiyou Shizumazuたいようしずまず太陽沈まず
SaveTakuwaeたくわえたくわえ
GiftTamamonoたまもの
SoulTamashiたましい
GivenTamawattaたまわった賜った
PeopleTami/Minたみ
ValleyTanimaたにま谷間
FunTanoshiたのし楽し
Praise (Verb)Tataeruたたえる称える
Built (Like building)Tateたて建て
Sound The HarpTategotonaraseたてご とならせ竪琴鳴らせ
Exterminate/To Run OutTayasazuたやさず絶やさず
Person to Rely onTayorumonoたよるもの頼る者
EnemyTekiてき
HeavenTenてん
HeavenTengokuてんごく天国
Shine OnTeraseてらせ照らせ
IlluminationTerashiてらし照らし
DoorTobiraとびら
PoorToboshiiとぼしい乏しい
DeliverTodokeruとどける届ける
Release/SolvingTokihanatsuときはなつ解き放つ
Be FastenedTomerareruとめられる留められる
TogetherTomoとも
AccompanyingTomonawaともなわ伴わ
Light UpTomoruともる灯る
CaptiveTorawareとらわれ囚われ
Old PersonToshioitamonoとしおいたもの年老いた者
GovernanceTouchiとうち統治
PreciousToutoiとうとい尊い
EternityTowa / Eienとわ / えいえん永遠
TellTsugeruつげる告げる
CreatedTsukuraretaつくられた創られた
BuiltTsukuraretaつくられた造られた
SinTsumiつみ
PardonTsumiyuruつみゆる罪赦
Sound The Horn (Trumpet)Tsuno buenarashiつのぶえならし角 笛鳴らし
LegendTsutaeつたえ伝え
TellTsutaeruつたえる伝える
Wrap UpTsutsundeつつんで包んで
ContinueTsuzuつづ続け
OvercomeUchikatemasuうちかてます打ち勝てます
Breakthrough/DefeatUchiyaburiうちやぶり打ち破り
MoveUgokaうごか動かされる
MoveUgokeうごけ動け
ReceivedUke(ta)うけ(た)受け(た)
BornUmaretaうまれた生まれた
SeaUmiうみ
SingUtauうたう歌う
I/MeWa
My ProtectionWagamamoriわがまもり我守り
Young PersonWakaimonoわかいもの若い者
WeWareraわれら我ら
EagleWashiわし
PromiseYakusokuやくそく約束
WorldYo
CalledYobaretaよばれた呼ばれた
CallYobuよぶ呼ぶ
JoyYorokobiよろこび喜び
WeakYowaiよわい弱い
WeaknessYowasaよわさ弱さ
FingerYubiゆび
SnowYukiゆき
DreamYumeゆめ
Shake/VibrateYuriゆり揺り
ForgivenessYurusaゆるさ赦さ
ForgivenYurusareゆるされ赦され
Please Forgive MeYurushite kudasaiゆるしてください赦してください
All The EarthZenchiぜんち全地
PithZuiずい

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