歌

• 読み: うた
• ローマ字: uta
• 漢字の分解: 歌 (ka/uta) — song, to sing
• 発音: /ɯ.ta/

意味

Song; singing; poem. Covers songs, the act of singing, and traditional Japanese poetry.

Covers both the concept of a song and the act of singing. The related verb is 歌う (utau, to sing). Can also refer to traditional Japanese poetry (和歌, waka). Karaoke culture makes this word especially relevant in Japan. Common expressions include 歌を歌う (to sing a song) and 歌手 (singer).

例文

1. この歌はとても有名です。
2. カラオケで日本の歌を歌いました。
3. 子どもたちが楽しそうに歌を歌っています。

使い方ガイド

場面: music, karaoke, culture

トーン: warm

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 歌 combines 哥 (singing, a doubled mouth radical indicating repeated vocal sounds) with 欠 (to open the mouth), depicting the act of singing.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal