Top # Lists; something all bloggers resort to eventually. Might as well be sooner rather than later for me.
This is top 10 list (in no particular order) of the most frequent words in Japanese songs. Granted this list could apply to any language, at least now when you listen to an anime opening or some Vocaloid song, you'll be able to identify such words. I list words, and avoid prepositions, possessives, and indication of person (I, me, him, her, etc).
1) Love: 愛, 好き, 恋, 想い/ 思い(Ai, Suki, Koi, Omoi)
This may not be in order but it's obviously what comes to mind first. Who didn't see this coming? The Japanese sure have a lot of ways of saying love (Although Suki is usually associated more with like than love and Omoi usually means feelings, they all mean the same thing in the end.
2) God: 神様 (Kami-sama)
Usually just 神 (Kami) without the 様(sama). Japan is more lax about the usage of "God", whereas most western songs only indicate God if there are allusions to religion (Christianity, etc).
3) World: 世界 (Sekai)
Lots of mention about the world, usually comes with the next one too.
4) Everything: すべて(Subete)
They sure like to put emphasis on everything; like it isn't already implied.
5) Light: 光 (Hikari)
Singing about light is usually dominant over darkness, though it's common to juxtapose them together.
6) Wind: 風 (Kaze)
The most talked about "element"; probably because of all the easy similes. Also note the name of this blog (Which is of course named after the song of the same name).
7) Always: 何時も (Itsumo)
Usually paired with #1, but then again, most love songs are like that, regardless of language.
8) Dream: 夢 (Yume)
Because reality sucks.
9) Time: 時, 時間 (Toki, Jikan)
Glad this isn't in order; this would have been way up there.
10) Katakana: 片仮名
Not the actual word Katakana itself; this just encompasses any usage of foreign words (Because Engrish is awesome).
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