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歌(うた)う

うたうutau

CommonVerb

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. Godan verb with u endingtransitive verbintransitive verb

    to sing

    鳥(とり)は歌(うた)います。

    • Birds sing.

    Words:鳥(とり)は歌(うた)う

  2. Godan verb with u endingtransitive verb

    to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

    Note: esp. 歌(うた)う, 詠(うた)う

Example sentences 538

鳥(とり)は歌(うた)います。

  • Birds sing.

Words:鳥(とり)は歌(うた)う

僕(ぼく)は歌(うた)い続(つづ)けた。

  • I carried on singing.
  • I continued singing.
Other translations (4)
  • I kept singing.
  • I kept on singing.

彼(かれ)は歌(うた)い始(はじ)めた。

  • He started singing.
  • He started to sing.
Other translations (4)
  • He began to sing.
  • He began singing.

鳥(とり)が歌(うた)っている。

  • The birds are singing.

Words:鳥(とり)が歌(うた)う

彼(かれ)は歌(うた)いつづけた。

  • He kept singing.
  • He kept on singing.
Other translations (3)
  • He continued singing.

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