【Let’s learn Japanese with songs】 BOHBO No.5 by サザンオールスターズ (Southern All Stars)

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On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song BOHBO No.5 by サザンオールスターズ (Southern All Stars).

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Official Music Video

The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.

  • 人は誰もがステージに立っている
  • 輝く星になれ
  • 一人一人の命にゃ意味がある
  • 生きてくわけがある

You can find them in the video. Go to 3:24.

せんせい
せんせい

Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.

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人は誰もがステージに立っている

Meaning: Everyone is standing on stage
  • 人(ひと/hi to)means ‘person’.
  • は (wa) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • 誰もが(だれ・もが/da re mo ga)means ‘everyone’.
類似語(るいじご)Synonym

The words below mean ‘everybody’.

  • 誰もが(だれ・もが/da re mo ga)
  • みんな (mi n na)
  • みなさん (mi na sa n)
  • みな (mi na)

Note

  • 誰もが is used as a subject of a sentence. It is a word for writing.
  • みんな is a casual word and often used in a daily conversation.
  • みなさん is more formal than みんな.
  • みな is more formal than みんな and みなさん.
  • ステージ (su te e ji) means ‘stage’.
  • に (ni) is a location marking particle which means ‘in/on/at’.
  • 立っている(た・っている/ta t te i ru)means ‘is/am/are standing’.

立っている(たっている)

  • 立っている consists of 立って + いる.
  • 立って is てForm of 立つ(た・つ/ta tsu)which means ‘to stand’.
  • てForm + いる is Plain Present Positive Progressive Form.
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輝く星になれ

Meaning: Become stars that shine
  • 輝く(かがや・く/ka ga ya ku)means ‘to shine’.
  • 星(ほし/ho shi)means ‘star’.

輝く星

  • 輝く is a relative clause which describes 星.
  • Therefore, 輝く星 means ‘stars that shine.’
できる子
できる子

A relative clause comes after a noun described in English, but it comes before a noun in Japanese.

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一人一人の命にゃ意味がある

Meaning: Everybody’s life is important
  • 一人一人(ひとりひとり/hi to ri hi to ri)means ‘every single person’.

一人(ひとり)

  • 一人 means ‘one person’.

にゃ (nya)

  • That is similar to ‘gonna’ in English.
  • People say にゃ if they speak fast or informally, when they are supposed to say には.
  • 意味(い・み/i mi)means ‘meaning’.
  • が (ga) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • ある (a ru) means ‘to exist’ or ‘there is’.
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生きてくわけがある

Meaning: There is a reason why you continue to live.
  • 生きてく(い・きてく/i ki te ku)means ‘to live’.

生きてく(い・きてく/i ki te ku)

  • 生きてく consists of 生きて + く.
  • 生きて is てForm of 生きる(い・きる/i ki ru)which means ‘to live’.
  • く is a shortened version of いく (i ku).
  • Verb てForm + いく means ‘to continue to Verb’.

  • わけ (wa ke) means ‘reason’.
  • が (ga) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • ある (a ru) means ‘to exist’ or ‘there is’.
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