Lesson Interlude 4-5: Yume wa

Japanese Lesson Interlude 4-5 （日本語レッソンインタールード４−５）~ 夢は (Yume wa)

For this lesson interlude, we will feature a poem that I have written for schoolwork. It is called 夢は (Yume wa), or A dream is. The poem will be written in original Japanese, then in romaji, and finally translated into English.

読みましょう。(Let's read.)

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夢は
人が自分で描いた世界
おしゃべり屋の鳥
星型の島
氷河の城
ありとあらゆる
現実にはない

夢は
希望の光
素敵な家に住めたい
火星に行きたい
将来、役立つ人になりたい
自分の願いである

夢は皆が持っている
不思議な魔法

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Yume wa
Hito ga jibun de egaita sekai
Oshaberiya no tori
Hoshigata no shima
Hyouga no shiro
Arito arayuru
Genjitsu ni wa nai

Yume wa
Kibou no hikari
Suteki na ie ni sumitai
Kasei ni ittemitai
Shourai, yakudatsu hito ni naritai
Jibun no negai de aru

Yume wa minna ga motte iru
Fushigi na mahou

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A dream is
a world a person drew
A chatty bird
A star-shaped island
A glacier castle
It does not exist
in reality

A dream is
a light of hope
I want to live in a beautiful house
I want to go to Mars
I want be a useful person when I grow up
A dream is your wish

A dream is a mysterious magic everyone has.

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単語 ~ Vocabulary

1. 夢 (yume) = dream

2. 世界 (sekai) = world

3. 星型 (hoshigata) = star-shaped

4. 氷河 (hyouga) = glacier

5. 現実 (genjitsu) = reality

6. 希望 (kibou) = hope

7. 火星 (kasei) = Mars (planet)

8. 役立つ (yakudatsu) = useful

9. 願い (negai) = wish

10. 皆 (minna) = everyone

11. ~持っている (~motte iru) = has
Note: This phrase is derived from the verb 持つ (motsu), which literally means "to hold".

12. 不思議 (fushigi) = mysterious, strange

13. 魔法 (mahou) = magic