On this page, you can learn Japanese words you can use in a daily conversation with the song この街 (this town) by 森高千里 (Chisato Moritaka).
Official Music Video
The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.
- でもこの街が好きよ
- 育った街だから
You can find them in the video. Go to 1:20.
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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.
でもこの街が好きよ
- でも (de mo) means ‘but’.
- この (ko no) means ‘this’.
- 街（まち／ma chi）means ‘town’.
- が (ga) is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
- 好き（す・き／su ki）means ‘like’ or ‘love’.
- よ (yo) is a sentence ending particle.
育った街だから
- 育った（そだった／so da t ta）is originally 育つ（そだつ／so da tsu）which means ‘grow up’.
- 育った is Plain Past Positive Form, so the meaning is ‘grew up’.
できる子
A relative clause comes after a noun described in English, but it comes before a noun in Japanese.
- 街（まち／ma chi）means ‘town’.
- だから (da ka ra) means ‘because’.
Official Music Video (original)
This music video was published in 1990s. She was around mid 20s.