歌（うた）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: song
Example sentences
- 彼女は歌がとても上手だ。 — She's a really good singer.
- 好きな歌を大きな声で歌う。 — I sing my favorite song at the top of my voice.
Idioms & proverbs containing “歌”
- 雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ (めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ) — women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock; a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men; when the hen crows, the house falls to ruin
- 歌人は居ながらにして名所を知る (かじんはいながらにしてめいしょをしる) — poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
- 四面楚歌 (しめんそか) — being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
- 悲歌慷慨 (ひかこうがい) — indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
- 放歌高吟 (ほうかこうぎん) — loud singing
- 高歌放吟 (こうかほうぎん) — singing at the top of one's voice
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “歌” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)