Learn Japanese from song : Tegami by Angela aki (part 1)

We can learn some Japanese words and gammar from this song. Lets start ^^

拝啓この手紙読んでいるあなたは

どこで何をしているのだろう

Haikei kono tegami yondeiru anata wa

doko de nani wo shiteiru no darou

Dear you,who's reading this letter
Where are you and what are you doing now?

Glossary

Haikei : dear... (it's an opening when you write a letter)

Kono : this

Tegami : letter

Yomu : to read (in the sentence, it was changed to "yondeiru")

Anata : you

Doko : where

Nani : what

Suru : to do (in the sentence, it was changed into "shiteiru")

十五の僕には誰にも話せない

悩みの種があるのです

Juugo no boku ni wa darenimo hanasenai

nayami no tane ga aru no desu

For me who's 15 years old
There are seeds of worries I can't tell anyone 

Glossary

Juugo : 15

Boku : me

Darenimo : to anyone

Hanasu : to tell, to talk (in the sentence, it was changed into "hanasenai")

Nayami no tane : seeds of worries

Aru : to have, to be located

未来の自分に宛てて書く手紙なら

きっと素直に打ち明けられるだろう

Mirai no jibun ni atetekaku tegami nara

Kitto sunao ni uchiakerareru darou

If it's a letter addressed to my future self,
Surely I can confide truly to myself

Mirai : the future, the world to come

Jibun : my self, your self

Ateru : to adress

Kaku : to write

Tegami : letter

Kitto : most likely, surely

Sunao : honest, frank

Uchiakeru: to speak one’s mind, to be frank 

(in the sentence, it was changed to "uchiakerareru")

From these sentences you can learn some Japanese grammar like -teiru , darou/deshou, and many other grammars.

Notes : 

• Verbs are shown in plain form
• Darou in more informal than deshou

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