► 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:
- 歌舞伎役者 ⇨ A Kabuki actor
- 日本の国歌は君が代だ ⇨ The Japanese national anthem is “kimigayo”
- 彼女の伸びやかな歌声 ⇨ Her smooth, unstrained, singing voice
- 哀愁に満ちた歌 ⇨ A song filled with sadness, melancholy
- 流行歌 ⇨ A hit song
- 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
- 彼の調子外れの歌 ⇨ His out-of-tune, out-of-rhythm, singing
- 彼女は本格派の歌手だ ⇨ She is a genuinely talented singer (not just pretty)
- 宝塚歌劇団は多くの日本の女の子達の憧れの的だ ⇨ The Takarazuka Revue is a dream for many Japanese girls
- 歌は練習すれば誰でもそれなりに上達する ⇨ Anybody can improve singing skills according to the amount of effort you put in
- 彼の歌は音程が外れている ⇨ His singing is out of tune
- 彼女の歌声は戦後の民衆の心に希望の光を灯した ⇨ Her singing voice lit a ray of hope for the people in the aftermath of the war
- 彼女の歌唱力は神懸かり的だ ⇨ Her singing skills are god-like
- 歌舞伎町は日本一の歓楽街だ ⇨ Kabuki-cho is the biggest nightspot of Japan
- 彼女は自作した曲以外は歌わない ⇨ She only sings the songs she wrote herself