In this mini lesson you will learn a famous Japanese children’s song about small birds.
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This short song is sometimes sung by mothers for babies and small children. It’s even sung for the baby in a pregnant mom’s belly, lightly drumming on the belly in pace with the final bird’s beeps. You can also exchange the word for mother, 母さん, and father, 父さん, for the baby’s name. Look at a video of the Kotori song at YouTube. If it has disappeared, this page has the melody though. You can see the translation of the song by holding the mouse over the grayed out hidden text. |
Lyrics
- 小鳥 はとっても 歌 が 好き
kotori wa tottemo uta ga suki
The small bird likes singing very much [Lit: regarding small bird(s), very much like song(s)] - 母さん 呼ぶ の も 歌 で 呼ぶ
kaasan yobu no mo uta de yobu
It even calls on its mom through a song. [Lit: mom calling even through (a) song calling] - ピピピピピ チチチチチ ピチクリピイ
pipipipipi chichichichichi pichikuripi
[sounds of] pi pi pi pi pi chichichichichi pichikuripi - 小鳥 は とっても 歌 が 好き
kotori wa tottemo uta ga suki
The small bird likes singing very much. - 父さん 呼ぶ の も 歌 で 呼ぶ
tousan yobu no mo uta de yobu
It even calls on its dad through a song.
- ピピピピピ チチチチチ ピチクリピイ
pipipipipi chichichichichi pichikuripi
[sounds of] pi pi pi pi pi chichichichichi pichikuripi
Glossary
| 小鳥 | ことり | kotori | small bird |
| 歌 | うた | uta | song |
| とっても | tottemo | very much | |
| 好き | すき | suki | like |
| 母さん | かあさん | kaasan | mom |
| 呼ぶ | よぶ | yobu | call |
| 父さん | とうさん | tousan | dad |
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9:34 pm on March 6th, 2012
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6:11 am on January 27th, 2011
This is very good for beginners. Love it
11:39 am on August 30th, 2010
@Nally, thanks for providing a new link.
10:32 am on July 10th, 2010
My nieces and Nephews love singing it with me! :p
12:49 pm on November 7th, 2009
yes if ur planing on needing more audio learnig
utada hikaru is the best i love her song ”utada hikaru distance m-flo remix”(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sii0CyUDB_U)her music is slow an easy to comperhined theres also a slower version of this song (original) too. if u plan on listing to her i hope it helps on tha go or when your board an need music!
10:59 am on November 7th, 2009
建議加入語音跟讀功能喲
7:13 pm on May 13th, 2009
After searching for a few minutes, I found the song.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6hiH0efYRc
7:43 pm on March 3rd, 2009
kawaii aww
4:21 pm on February 23rd, 2009
kawaii no uta!
arigatou gozaimashita!
8:05 pm on February 15th, 2009
Watashi wa uta ga suki, demo,
when I wanted to watch it again sometime later, it has been removed…
4:16 am on February 12th, 2009
hi.. couple days ago I just heard a song from utada hikaru ぼくはくま: I’m a Bear, and I think it is also a good song to learn japanese, because it has simple lyrics..
9:37 pm on February 7th, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNiOMOz2464
the kid singing it is so cute. ^_^
3:02 pm on January 10th, 2009
I really appreciate this, great way to learn!Please put up more songs like this!
Thank You
8:39 pm on January 5th, 2009
But perhaps I am being swayed too much by the picture, in which there is only one bird, and no tori no kaasan or tori no tousan in sight.
8:37 pm on January 5th, 2009
Are you sure that kaasan and tousan refer to the bird’s mother and father? I would have thought they referred to the mother and father of the baby being sung to.
6:47 pm on January 5th, 2009
very good way to follow and study the intonations in Japanese !
Guys, please provide links and transcripts for other songs like that !
Thanks !