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03-06-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ByTheWay View Post
May I ask why うた instead of うたう. Is this the result of a grammatical change or is うた being used because it means song?
That's because うたがじょうずです already means "(someone) is good at singing" just as りょうりがじょうずです means "(someone) is good at cooking".

うた means both "a song" and "singing".

Last edited by MMM : 03-06-2010 at 03:20 PM. Reason: fixed "cooking"
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