【Let’s learn Japanese with songs】 いのちの歌 (Song of life) by 村松崇継 (Takatsugu Muramatsu)

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On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song いのちの歌 (Song of life) by 村松崇継 (Takatsugu Muramatsu).

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Official Music Video

The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.

  • 生まれてきたこと
  • 育ててもらえたこと
  • 出会ったこと
  • 笑ったこと
  • そのすべてにありがとう
  • この命にありがとう

You can find them in the video. Go to 3:44.

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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生まれてきたこと

Meaning: that I was born to come to this world
  • 生まれてきた(う・まれてきた/u ma re te ki ta)means ‘was born to come (to this world)’.

生まれてきた(う・まれてきた)

  • 生まれてきた consists of 生まれて + きた.
  • 生まれて is てForm of 生まれる(う・まれる/u ma re ru)which means ‘to be born’.
  • きた is Plain Past Positive Form of くる (ku ru) which means ‘to come’.
  • Verb てForm + くる means ‘Verb then come’ or ‘Verb to come’.
  • こと (ko to) is ‘that’ of that clause.
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育ててもらえたこと

Meaning: that I was able to be raised kindly (by people around me)
  • 育てて(そだ・てて/so da te te)is てForm of 育てる(そだ・てる/so da te ru)which means ‘to raise’.
  • 育ててもらえた means ‘I was able to be raised kindly (by people around me)’.

てForm + もらう

  • This is a sentence pattern to show your appreciation.
  • てForm + もらう means ‘(something has) done kindly by somebody’
  • もらう (mo ra u) means ‘to receive’, but the meaning is almost gone in here.

もらえた

  • こと (ko to) is ‘that’ of that clause.
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出会ったこと

Meaning: that I met
  • 出会った(であ・った/de a t ta)is Plain Past Positive Form of 出会う(で・あ・う/de a u)which means ‘to meet’.
類似語(るいじご)Synonym

The words below mean ‘to meet’.

  • 会う(あ・う/a u)
  • 出会う(で・あ・う/de a u)

Note

  • 会う is a common word for ‘to meet’.
  • 出会う is used to see or meet somebody or something by accident or without notice.
  • こと (ko to) is ‘that’ of that clause.
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笑ったこと

Meaning: that I laughed
  • 笑った(わら・った/wa ra t ta)is Plain Past Positive Form of 笑う(わら・う/wa ra u)which means ‘to laugh’.
  • こと (ko to) is ‘that’ of that clause.
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そのすべてにありがとう

Meaning: Thank you for everything
  • その (so no) means ‘the’.
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Don’t worry about その to translate in this case.

  • すべて (su be te) means ‘all’.
  • Noun + に + ありがとう (a ri ga to o) means ‘thank you for Noun’.
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この命にありがとう

Meaning: Thank you for this life.
  • この (ko no) means ‘this’.
  • 命(いのち/i no chi)means ‘life’ or ‘soul’.
  • Noun + に + ありがとう (a ri ga to o) means ‘thank you for Noun’.
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