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鳥
tori
Description
「鳥」は空を飛ぶ動物のことです。
"鳥" refers to animals that fly in the sky.
すずめやからす、にわとりなども鳥です。食べる肉の意味で使うこともあります。
Sparrows, crows, and chickens are also 鳥. It can also be used to mean meat for eating.
Meanings
鳥tori
a bird
空を鳥が飛んでいます。
A bird is flying in the sky.
鳥tori
poultry, chicken meat
今日の晩ご飯は鳥です。
Tonight's dinner is bird (poultry).
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Notes
- Etymology
single kanji 鳥 meaning 'bird'; the reading tori is native Japanese (kun'yomi).
- Nuance
鳥 can mean chicken as food, but 鶏 (niwatori) specifies the live chicken.
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