Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Why is it that people always want to sing in closed confined spaces? Since you’ve been visiting Japan, you have heard your friend singing in the shower (which echoes throughout your friend’s apartment) and now your friend is singing in the car in Japanese. There is utterly no escape from this form of Japanese torture! It would be one thing if your friend could sing well, but all your friend knows how to do is sing Japanese words in every key but the right one. This morning your friend is singing something in Japanese about hands…moving hands one way, then clapping, and then raising them. You decide to intervene and ask your friend in Japanese, “Can’t you decide what to do with your hands already?” Your friend responds in Japanese, “It’s a song I learned as a child. I love this song!” You reply in Japanese, “Well, here’s what your singing makes me want to do with my hands…” and you put your hands over your ears!
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16 Responses to “Japanese Songs #4 - Musunde Hiraite”
Sunday at 6:30 pm
Hi everyone,
How did you enjoy this installment of Japanese childrens’ songs? You may recognize the melody of this one!
Monday at 1:24 am
better start practicing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdOIe771994
Monday at 4:58 am
Naomi-sensei and Peter-sensei … [am i supposed to leave off the 1st “sensei”?] thank you very much for this cute walk down memory lane … and thank you for the history lesson! now i’m that much smarter.
@fakebeatrix ~ thank you for the video … was nice to view.
Monday at 9:39 am
fakebeatrix-san
Thank you for posting the link!!
garden gal-san
We’re glad you liked this lesson!
Monday at 4:05 pm
That was very sweet, thanks for the lesson!
Lately I thought I should start studying about the 常識 things that every Japanese knows just because they’ve always lived in Japan and that is pretty hard for a foreigner to know. This lesson was perfect for that, thanks again
Wednesday at 6:52 am
Naomi 先生 and Peter 先生,
I was extremely touched that you had a lesson on this song because I was coincidentally thinking of this song just last week. A long time ago — I think I was in either 1st or 2nd grade — we performed the dance to this song for our school May Day program here in Hawaii. I still have memories of our class practicing hard for many days. On the day of the performance we all wore happi coats. Although we were of several different ethnic backgrounds, we all felt “Japanese” that day.
Your lessons are always amazingly interesting and relevant. Thank you! You’ve brought back memories.
~Jason~
Wednesday at 10:11 am
Anca -san
We’re glad that you liked our lesson.
Jason-san
I’m always amazed how music brings one’s memory back.
Thursday at 1:44 am
OK kind of kawaii BUT it would be better if you had more modern songs
Mainly 70’s 80’s JP songs Onegaishimasu!!
Thursday at 6:46 am
KAWII I enjoyed that so much thankyou!!
Thursday at 10:14 am
Raymasaki-san
I wish we could do that, but we can’t. Because of the copy right.
Bee-san
We’re glad you enjoyed it.
Thursday at 3:33 pm
What a lovely song! The other night I was Skyping with my 18 month old grand-daughter who lives in Japan. I started singing this song to her and she immediately starting doing the hand actions! She then walked away and came back with her little book of songs and pressed the button that played her version of Musunde Hiraite!!! And my great big Australian son started singing along as well!! I hope you keep presenting these children’s songs. The repetition and simplicity of the songs makes them easy to learn, and to pick up the words being sung. I want to have a big repertoire when I see my grand-daughter in Japan in August this year!
Friday at 10:07 am
Tess-san
How cute!
Thank you so much for sharing such a nice story with us!!!
We hope your granddaughter likes the songs we’re going to introduce in the future lessons.
Monday at 1:41 am
My mother in law was Japanese and used to sing this song to my daughter. She passed away and I never knew what song it was until now. Thank you so much! There is another one she sang that sounded like “kira kira” something…. anyone know that one??
Monday at 10:50 am
LK-san
Could it be “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”?
The Japanese title is “Kira kira boshi.”
The lyric is…
Kira kira hikaru~
o-sora no hoshi yo~
mabataki shite wa~
nin’na o miteru~
kira kira hikaru~
o-sora no hoshi yo~
Friday at 11:44 am
Very nice songs.. It’s very useful to learn some useful phrases. Thank you very much for the songs.
^^
Thursday at 7:55 am
Here is the first Tune
Musunde Hiraite teoute musunde
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