On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song 365日の紙飛行機 (paper plane for 365 days) by AKB48.
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- 人生は紙飛行機
- 願い乗せて飛んで行くよ
You can find them in the video. Go to 1:05.
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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
人生は紙飛行機
- 人生（じん・せい／ji n se i）means ‘life’.
- Life in this case is a life span, not a soul.
- A soul is 命（いのち／i no chi）.
- は is a topic marking particle and does not mean anything.
- 紙（かみ／ka mi）means ‘paper’.
- 飛行機（ひ・こう・き／hi ko o ki）means ‘plane’.
願い乗せて飛んで行くよ
- 願い（ねが・い／ne ga i）means ‘wish’ that is a noun.
- 乗せて（の・せて／no se te）is てForm and the meaning is ‘carry’.
- The Dictionary Form of 乗せて is 乗せる（の・せる／no se ru）.
- 飛んで（と・んで／to n de）is てForm and the meaning is ‘fly’ which is a verb.
- The Dictionary Form of 飛んで is 飛ぶ（と・ぶ／to bu）.
- 行く（い・く／i ku）means ‘go’.
- よ is added at the end of a sentence to show your friendliness.