► 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:
- 彼女は流行歌を口ずさんだ ⇨ She was humming, casually singing, a hit song
- 日本の国歌は君が代だ ⇨ The Japanese national anthem is “kimigayo”
- 歌舞伎をかぶり付きで観た ⇨ I watched a Kabuki show on a front-row seat
- 世界中で人気の歌手 ⇨ A singer popular all over the world
- 戦後の人々の心に明かりを灯した歌 ⇨ The song that lit a light in people’s minds after the war
- 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
- 透明感のある歌声 ⇨ A clear singing voice
- 彼の歌は音程が外れている ⇨ His singing is out of tune
- 若い女の子達に人気の歌手 ⇨ A singer popular among young girls
- 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
- 歌っている途中に彼の声が裏返った ⇨ His voice cracked while he was singing
- 哀愁を帯びた歌声 ⇨ A singing voice tinged with melancholy
- 彼の調子外れの歌 ⇨ His out-of-tune, out-of-rhythm, singing
- 哀愁に満ちた歌 ⇨ A song filled with sadness, melancholy
- 私の世代の人間には御馴染みの歌 ⇨ A song familiar, well-known, to the people of my generation