Dashboard Review Lessons

Learn

Kana Immersion Decks

Look up

Dictionary Grammar Themes Mining

Prove it

Games Exam Badges

Home Review Dictionary Lessons

v0.58What's newStudy levelSend feedbackReviewFriendsSettingsNotifications

© 2026 Nihongo CircleChangelog Genki companion Credits Terms Privacy Security

歌う (うたう) — to sing | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

歌う

うたう

N5

godan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to sing
2to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem
3to express in the form of a poem
4to recite (a poem)

Example sentence

カラオケで歌を歌いました。

カラオケでうたをうたいました。

I sang songs at karaoke.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

歌Song, Sing14 strokes

Full entry on Jisho