Word
裏声 を 使って。uragoe o tsukatte.
Meaning
Use your falsetto.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of uragoe o tsukatte.
をo
direct object particle
使うtsukau
to use
裏声uragoe
falsetto; the head voice
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Questions & Answers about uragoe o tsukatte.
How do you read 裏声を使って?
It is read:
うらごえ を つかって
Without the teaching spaces, it would normally be written as:
裏声を使って
A natural pitch-accent explanation is not necessary at a basic level, but the key thing is to recognize:
- 裏声（うらごえ） = falsetto / head voice
- 使って（つかって） = te-form of 使う（つかう）, to use
What does 裏声 literally mean?
裏声 literally breaks down as:
- 裏（うら） = back, reverse, hidden side
- 声（こえ） = voice
So literally it is something like back voice or reverse voice, but in actual usage it means falsetto or head voice.
It is a fixed word, so you should learn 裏声 as one vocabulary item rather than trying to interpret it word-by-word every time.
Why is the particle を used here?