Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) by Kyu Sakamoto

1963 hit that has nothing to do with it's title




Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Omoidasu haru no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Ue wo muite arukou
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
Omoidasu natsu no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni
Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Naki nagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Omoidasu aki no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni

Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Naki nagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Hitoribocchi no yoru
........................................

Looking up while walking
So the tears won't fall
Remebering those spring days
All alone at night

Looking up while walking
And counting the scattered stars
Remembering those summer days
All alone at night

Happiness lies above the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky
Looking up while walking
So the tears won't fall
Keep walking on while crying
It's a lonely night

Remembering those autumn days
It's a lonely night
Sadness is in the shadow of the stars
Sadness is in the shadow of the moon

Looking up while walking
So the tears won't fall
Keep walking on while crying
It's a lonely night
It's a lonely night

Japanese lyrics: "Simple and Clean". Blue Light Yokohama.

 ブルーライト・ヨコハマ

Machi no akari ga totemo kirei ne Yokohama buruu raito yokohama Anata to futari shiawase yo Itsumo no you ni ai no kotoba wo Yokohama buruu raito yokohama Watashi ni kudasai anata kara Aruitemo aruitemo kobune no you ni Watashi wa yurete yurete anata no ude no naka Ashioto dake ga tsuite kuru no yo Yokohama buruu raito yokohama Yasashii kuchizuke mou ichido Aruitemo aruitemo kobune no you ni Watashi wa yurete yurete anata no ude no naka Anata no suki na tabako no kaori Yokohama buruu raito yokohama Futari no sekai itsu mademo

The lights of the city are so pretty Yokohama, Blue Light Yokohama I'm happy with you Please let me hear Yokohama, Blue Light Yokohama Those words of love from you I walk and walk, swaying Like a small boat in your arms I hear your footsteps coming Yokohama, Blue Light Yokohama Give me one more tender kiss I walk and walk, swaying Like a small boat in your arms The scent of your favorite cigarettes Yokohama, Blue Light Yokohama This will always be our world

QR code for Japan Trip

Preparing my trip to Japan April 22 - May 4 2010, printing this on a T-shirt to wear. Do you think it may help to find a place to stay ;)?

More Types of Questions

How to ask questions continued...
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(1) kore wa hon desu ka - is this a book?
haii. korewa hon des / iie korewa hon dewa arimasen. - yes/no answers

(2) are wa nan desu ka? - what is that?
kore mo telebi desu ka - is this tv too? (usage of mo particle)

This lesson's first screen has a second page. If you not figured out how to open multi-page lessons yet: find a page number on the lesson's bottom control strip or click "full screen" tub of the top right of the lesson view above and click on the second page on the side bar that will appear on the right of your screen. Here are exercises on the second page:

(1)kore wa watashi no hon desu - this is my book.
sore wa eego no hon des - that is english book.
are wa borisu san hon des - that is boris's book over there.

(2)kore wa anata no hon desu ka - is this your book?
iie. korewa watashi no hon deva arimasen. - no, this book isn't mine
kore wa dareno cohhe desu ka - this coffe belongs to whom?
kore wa Ei san no cohhe des - this is Ei's coffee.
are wa nan desu ka - what is over there?
are wa choosho des - this is a dictionary.

(3)Taro kun wa nan sai desu ka - how old is Taro kun?
Taro kun wa roku sai des - Taro kun is 6 years old.
change nan sai to ikutsu for politeness

(4)Wato san wa eguris jin, amerika jin desu ka - is Wato san an English-men or America-men?

(5)sore wa nan no dzhachii desu ka? - What kind of the magazine is this?
sore wa kuruma no dzhachii des - this is a car magazine.

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(6) kono kasa wa dare no desu ka - this umbrella belongs to whom?
kono kasa wa dareno watashi no desu - this umbrella is mine

kore wa dare no kasa desu ka - to whom this umbrela belongs?
kore wa yamada san no kasa des - yamada san owns this umbrella

kono for usage with things!
kore for usage with humans!

(7)kore wa ichi desu ka shici desu ka - is this one or seven?
kore wa shici des - this is seven

(8)ano kata wa donata desu ka - who is that [respectful] person - more polite
ano hito wa dare desu ka - who is that person - less polite
ano kata wa shyacho desu - this [respectful] person is a president
ano hito wa boris san desu - this person is boris

(9)sore wa taonpo san no techo desu - that is taonpo-san's notebook
sore wa dare no techo desu ka - who's notebook is that?

This image helps if you want to learn words used in this lesson:

Japanese Sentence Videos

Here is a series of great videos on the Japanese word order, asking and answering questions. Have fun watching!


How to Say Where You are From in Japanese


How to Use Third Person Subjects in Japanese


How to Use "No" in Japanese


How to Use Practical Japanese Grammar


How to Use Japanese Interrogatives


How to Ask Questions in Conversational Japanese

More Sentences Types

Part 2 of the first grammar lesson. 3 more sentence types.

(5) Who is from where. Usage of "kara". Also, usage of "san" after names.
(6) When did you get to... Usage of "itsu". Also, usage of "ni" particle.
(7) How old are you? Usage of "ikutsu".

Sentence Word Order

Here is my first grammar lesson - basic sentences like "I am a Student", "You are a teacher"... This lesson introduces Japanese sentence word order and special particles. This is an extremely important lesson.

Word Order
English is a subject-verb-object language. Japanese is a subject-object-verb language. Generally the subject comes first, then the object and the verb comes at the end of the sentence.

"Wa" and "o" are particles. They are like English prepositions, but they always come after nouns. Particles are very important for proper Japanese sentence structure. I will introduce them gradually later.

Composing questions in Japanese is easy! The word order remains the same, and a sentence becomes a question by adding the particle "ka" at the end. Question mark is not used with "ka" particle.

(1) I am ____. He is _____.
(2) Negative sentence: I am not ______.
(3) Adding "ka" particle transforms (1) to a question.
Also usage of "no" particle: He is hospital(no) doctor = He is hospital's doctor.
(4) Answer for (3) is (1) type of sentence. "Hai"="Yes".