How to say "lyric" in Japanese

• 叙情詩じょじょうし
  nounCovers 'lyric' as a lyric poem or the genre of lyric poetry — verse expressing personal emotion. A kanji term, and a less common choice; typical context is literary criticism or writing about poetry.
  私は叙事詩じょじしよりも叙情詩じょじょうしの方ほうが好すきだ。↗

  I like lyric better than epic.
• リリック
  nounThe katakana loanword from English 'lyric', with the same poetry sense as 叙情詩: a lyric poem or lyric poetry. A less common choice; typical context is prose that borrows the English term directly.

There is little to choose between them in meaning: both render 'lyric' as a lyric poem or lyric poetry. 叙情詩 is the kanji compound, 「リリック」 the katakana loanword; both are less common choices.

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• 叙情詩じょじょうしlyric (poem)
• リリックlyric (poetry)