童謡

どうよう · douyou · JLPT N3 · noun

song

🧒🎶 童謡 = child + chant: the songs sung by children

童 (dō) means child, as in 童話 (dōwa, fairy tale). 謡 (yō) means a sung chant, the same kanji as in 謡曲 (yōkyoku, Noh chanting). A child's chant is a nursery rhyme.

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