► 名詞
歌 [(2)うた] meaning: poem rank: 1
☆ 有名な和泉式部の歌 ⇨ The famous poem of Izumi Shikibu (a female poet in 10th century) (☛ Japanese classical poems are usually written as 歌)
歌 [(2)うた] meaning: song rank: 1
☆ 子供達が歌を歌っている ⇨ Kids are singing a song (☛ A singing song only. Japanese traditional songs are often written as 唄)
More examples:
- 元気の出る歌 ⇨ A song that pumps you up
- その歌の歌詞が思い出せない ⇨ I can’t remember the lyrics of the song
- 彼女の滑らかな歌声 ⇨ Her smooth singing voice
- 歌舞伎をかぶり付きで観た ⇨ I watched a Kabuki show on a front-row seat
- 歌唱力の全く無いアイドル ⇨ An idol with zero singing ability
- 彼女は華奢なのにすごく力強い歌声をしている ⇨ She’s petite but has a very powerful singing voice
- 彼女の歌声には惚れ惚れする ⇨ I’m enchanted by her singing voice
- 試合前の国歌斉唱 ⇨ A national anthem singing before a game
- 彼はその歌劇の振り付けをした ⇨ He did the choreography of that musical
- 子供達が学芸会で歌を歌った ⇨ Kids sang songs at the school art festival
- 彼女の素晴らしい歌声に私は思わず聞き入ってしまった ⇨ I couldn’t help but listening to her wonderful singing voice
- 彼女が紅白歌合戦の大トリを務めた ⇨ She was the final singer in the New Year’s Eve singing contest
- 彼女は本格派の歌手だ ⇨ She is a genuinely talented singer (not just pretty)
- 哀愁を帯びた歌声 ⇨ A singing voice tinged with melancholy
- 彼女の喉を絞り上げるような歌声は耳障りだ ⇨ Her straining singing voice is annoying