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Nami Ohara teaches Japanese language and culture to students in St. John's, NL and also around the world via Skype Lessons. This blog is designed to provide Japanese lessons, notes on Japanese culture and lots of other fun Japanese related stuff to enhance the learning experience of Japanese language students everywhere.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Song of the Month for May: Tomato

I introduce the song of the month on my website, www.oharaconsulting.ca The song of the month is “Tomato.” It is a very cute song, isn’t it?




トマトって可愛い名前だね　Tomato tte kawaii namae dane
上から読んでもトマト　Uekara yondemo Tomato
下から読んでもトマト　Shitakara yondemo tomato

トマトってなかなかお洒落だね　Tomato tte nakanaka oshare dane
小さい時には青い服　Chiisaitoki niwa aoi-fuku
大きくなったら赤い服　Ookiku nattara akai-fuku

Nakanaka - very
Kawaii namae– cute name
Ue – the top
Kara - from
Yondemo – read
Shita – the bottom
Oshare - fashionableness
Chiisaitoki-When (a tomato) is small
Aoi fuku – blue clothes
Ookiitoki -When (a tomato) grow up
Akai fuku – red clothes
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2 comments:

  1. BobbyMay 6, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    I love it! I am going to sing it to the boys at bedtime tonight. They will love it too. So cute!

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  2. Nami OharaMay 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    Thanks! I hope that your boys to be a fun of this song.

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