Kasou Explained

Kasou
Type:single
Artist:L'Arc-en-Ciel
Album:Ray
Released:July 8, 1998
Genre:Alternative rock, gothic rock
Length:5:09
Label:Ki/oon Records
Producer:L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
Prev Title:Dive to Blue
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Snow Drop
Next Year:1998

is the twelfth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Honey" and "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" on July 8, 1998.[1] The song was used as the ending theme to TV Asahi's Shinsou Kyumei! Uwasa no Flie. The single debuted at number 4 on the Oricon chart.[2] It was re-released on August 30, 2006.[2] The single was also rerecorded by P'unk~en~ciel in 2012 as "花葬 平成十七年", in the album "P'unk is Not Dead".

Kanji meaning

花, pronounced "ka", means "flower". 葬, pronounced "sou", means "burial" or "funeral"
Together, the kanji means "burial flowers" [3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jame-world.com/us/artists-discography-11-l-arc-en-ciel.html JaME
  2. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14296/ranking/cd_single/p/1/ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング
  3. http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E8%8A%B1%E8%91%AC Meaning of Kanji