Wakey-Wakey

• By: NCT 127
• Album: Awaken

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. verb - to experience a dream
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to remain in one place or delay action until a particular time or event
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs used for seeing
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features
nobody /ˈnoʊbɒdi/ A2	noun - no person; not anyone
present /ˈpreznt/ A2	noun - the period of time now occurring adjective - being in a particular place
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song
phrase /freɪz/ B1	noun - a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance
glass /ɡlɑːs/ A2	noun - a hard, brittle, transparent amorphous solid
supernova /ˌsuːpərˈnoʊvə/ B2	noun - a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power
generation /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/ B1	noun - all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively

Grammar:

• You know what I'm talkin' about, baby

  ➔ Use of contraction 'I'm' as the short form of 'I am' (present continuous tense)

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• Wake up right now

  ➔ Imperative sentence using the base verb 'wake' to give a command

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• Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis or musical rhythm, no grammatical structure

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• We're breaking

  ➔ Present continuous tense with 'we're' (we are) indicating ongoing action

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• 新しく生まれ変われ myself

  ➔ Imperative form of 'reborn' (to be reborn) encouraging self-renewal

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• 運命を塗り替えていこう, no, no, no

  ➔ Imperative suggestion using 'いこう' ('let's go') to encourage action

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• 殻を破れよ 産声上げる僕らの時代

  ➔ Imperative form of '破れ' (to break) with 'よ' for emphasis, plus '産声上げる' (to give birth/announce start) in plain form

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