童どう謡よう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

children's song; nursery rhyme

Refers to songs composed for children, often with educational or playful themes. Can include traditional warabe-uta as well as modern compositions.

この童どう謡ようは、私わたしが子こ供どもの頃ころによく歌うたったものです。
This children's song is one I often sang when I was little.
保ほ育いく園えんでは、毎まい日にちのように童どう謡ようを歌うたっています。
At the nursery school, they sing children's songs almost every day.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を歌うたうto sing a children's song
子こ供どもたちは童どう謡ようを歌うたいながら遊あそんだ。
The children played while singing a nursery rhyme.
〈物もの〉を作つくるto compose a children's song
その作さっ曲きょく家かは多おおくの童どう謡ようを作つくった。
That composer wrote many children's songs.
〈物もの〉が流ながれるfor a children's song to play (e.g. on the radio)
公こう園えんから懐なつかしい童どう謡ようが流ながれてきた。
A nostalgic nursery rhyme drifted over from the park.

Kanji

童juvenile, child
謡song, sing, ballad

Related words

わらべ歌うた
わらべうた refers specifically to traditional children's songs passed down orally, while 童謡 covers both traditional and modern composed songs for children.
唱しょう歌か
唱歌 are songs composed for school music education with a formal or patriotic tone, while 童謡 is the broader everyday term for children's songs.
民みん謡ようN2
民謡 are traditional songs of the common people passed down regionally, whereas 童謡 are children's songs or nursery rhymes often written for education.

Don't confuse with

民みん謡ようN2
童謡 means a children's song while 民謡 means a folk song sung by adults about local life and traditions, though both end in the kanji 謡.
動どう揺ようN1
童謡 (どうよう) means a children's song and is pronounced identically to 動揺 but is unrelated in meaning.
童どう心しん
童謡 shares the kanji 童 with 童心 but means a children's song, not a state of mind.
子こ守もり歌うた
子守歌 is specifically a song sung to lull a child to sleep, while 童謡 is a broader term for children's songs meant for singing or play, not necessarily for sleep.

Counted with

首しゅ
童謡 is counted with 首, the counter used for songs and poems.

Word family

童どう謡よう殺さつ人じん
nursery rhyme murder

Etymology

Composed of 童 (child) and 謡 (song, chant). The term became common in the early 20th century to describe newly composed songs for children, distinct from traditional warabe-uta.