童 謡(どうよう)

どうよう

noun

children's song, nursery rhyme

See also: 動揺(どうよう) (agitation), 同様(どうよう) (same, similar)

1. children's song, nursery rhyme

Songs written for or sung by children. Includes traditional nursery rhymes and modern children's songs.

童謡(どうよう)を歌(うた)おう。

Let's sing a children's song.

子供(こども)たちが童謡(どうよう)を歌(うた)っている。

The children are singing nursery rhymes.

童謡(どうよう)を聴(き)くと懐(なつ)かしくなる。

Listening to nursery rhymes makes me feel nostalgic.

「赤(あか)とんぼ」は有名(ゆうめい)な日本(にほん)の童謡(どうよう)だ。

"Aka Tombo" (Red Dragonfly) is a famous Japanese children's song.

母(はは)がよく童謡(どうよう)を歌(うた)って聞(き)かせてくれた。

My mother often sang nursery rhymes for me.

USAGE: 童謡(どうよう) specifically refers to songs for children. Japanese nursery rhymes often have seasonal themes and are associated with childhood memories.

FAMOUS JAPANESE CHILDREN'S SONGS:

赤(あか)とんぼ (Red Dragonfly)
春(はる)が来(き)た (Spring Has Come)
ふるさと (Hometown)
七(なな)つの子(こ) (Seven Children)
チューリップ (Tulip)
浜辺(はまべ)の歌(うた) (Song of the Seashore)

HOMOPHONE:

動揺(どうよう) (agitation, disturbance) - same reading, different meaning

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Added 2026.1.12 18:55 · Revised 2026.5.26 5:06

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