Rusty Nail

• By: X Japan

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
memories /ˈmɛm.ər.iːz/ B2	noun - things remembered from the past
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - series of thoughts or images during sleep verb - to imagine or desire something
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - period of darkness in each twenty-four hours
free /friː/ B1	adjective - not under control or not occupied verb - to set someone or oneself at liberty
tear /tɪər/ B2	noun - a drop of liquid from the eye verb - to pull apart or rip by force
hope /hoʊp/ B2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
pain /peɪn/ B2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
cry /kraɪ/ B1	verb - to produce tears as an expression of emotion noun - an act of crying
loss /lɒs/ B2	noun - the fact or process of losing someone or something
scar /skɑːr/ C1	noun - a mark left on the skin after a wound has healed
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ C2	noun - the intended or inevitable course of events
fragile /ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/ C1	adjective - easily broken or damaged
hope /hoʊp/ B2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen

Grammar:

• どれだけ涙を流せば

  ➔ Expressing the degree of an action using どれだけ + verb + ば (conditional form).

  ➔ The phrase "どれだけ涙を流せば" means "How much tears must I shed" or "To what extent must I cry".

• 何処まで歩いてみても

  ➔ Use of ても to express 'even if' or 'regardless of' following a verb in its te-form.

  ➔ The phrase "何処まで歩いてみても" means "Even if I try walking as far as I can" or "No matter how far I walk".

• 涙で明日が見えない

  ➔ Using で to indicate the means or cause (tears) that results in unable to see (未来).

  ➔ The phrase "涙で明日が見えない" means "Because of tears, I cannot see tomorrow."

• I can die, I can live

  ➔ Use of modal verbs "can" to express ability or possibility in present and future.

  ➔ 'I can die, I can live' expresses the speaker's capacity or choice related to life and death, emphasizing possibility.

• 夜を終わらせて

  ➔ Imperative form of 終わらせる (to make/end), requesting to end the night.

  ➔ The phrase "夜を終わらせて" is a command meaning "End the night" or "Bring the night to an end."

• 記憶の扉を閉ざしたままで

  ➔ Participle phrase indicating 'keeping the door of memory closed' while the state remains unchanged.

  ➔ The phrase "記憶の扉を閉ざしたままで" means "While keeping the door of memory closed."