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Kanji in this term
うた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
 
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Etymology

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Such videos are generally humbly titled "I tried to sing (song)".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ta̠t̚te̞ mʲita̠]

Noun

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(うた)ってみた (utatte mita

  1. utattemita, a class of music where (うた)() (utaite, amateur singers) cover songs
    • 2021 December 30, 渡辺彰浩, quoting まふまふ, “『紅白歌合戦』リハーサル最終日に水森かおり、坂本冬美、まふまふ、YOASOBIが登場 司会陣&CPから注目ポイントも”, in リアルサウンド [Real Sound]‎[1]:
      (ぼく)(うた)ってみた”から(はじ)まった人間(にんげん)なので。故郷(こきょう)であるインターネットの(ひと)たちに、『紅白(こうはく)』に()させてもらえるくらい(みと)めてもらえるようになったと(つた)えたい」
      “Boku wa “utattemita” kara hajimatta ningen nanode. kokyō de aru Intānetto no hito-tachi ni,“Kōhaku” ni desasete moraeru kurai mitomete moraeru yō ni natta to tsutaetai”
      "I'm a person who started out from utattemita after all. I want to let the people "back home" on the Internet know that I've become recognized enough that they had me appear in the Kōhaku."

Usage notes

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Hypernyms

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Descendants

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  • Mandarin: 唱見唱见, 歌見歌见 (calque)

See also

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Verb

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(うた)ってみた (utatte mita

  1. past of 歌ってみる (utatte miru, to try to sing): tried to sing