On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song 勉強の歌 (Study Song) by 森高千里 (Chisato Moritaka).
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- でも英語だけでもまじめにしておけば
- 今頃私はかっこいい国際人
You can find them in the video. Go to 1:07.
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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
でも英語だけでもまじめにしておけば
- でも (de mo) means ‘but’.
- 英語(えい・ご/e i go)means ‘English’
- だけでも (da ke de mo) means ‘only’ or ‘at least’.
- まじめに (ma ji me ni) means ‘seriously’ or ‘hard’.
- しておけ (shi te o ke) is originally しておく (shi te o ku) which means ‘do and finish’.
- ば (ba) means ‘if’.
今頃私はかっこいい国際人
- 今頃(いま・ごろ/i ma go ro)means ‘around now’ or ‘by now’.
- 私(わたし/wa ta shi)means ‘I’.
- は (wa) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
- かっこいい (ka k ko i i) means ‘cool’.
- 国際人(こく・さい・じん/ko ku sa i ji n)means ‘global citizen’.
Official Music Video (original)
This music video was published in 1990s. She was around mid 20s.