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うた

song

uta

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,317

Meanings

  1. 1
    song; singingn
  2. 2
    classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)n
  3. 3
    modern poetryn

JMdict 1193180

In a sentence

うたsongうたおう歌おうlet's sing

Let's sing a song

How it works

(object) marks うた (song) as the thing being acted on. The verb then shifts into the volitional form 歌おううたおう (let's sing) — the casual “let's…” that invites someone to do it together. No polite です (is) or ます (polite) here, so it sounds like a friendly suggestion among friends.

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