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Word of the Day: May 16, 2018

鳥とり

noun | とり

MEANING: bird

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

ペンギンは鳥とりですが、飛とべません。

Penguins are birds, but they can’t fly.

NOTES:

[as for penguins; bird; (they) are; but; can’t fly]

ペンギン penguin
は topic marker (pronounced わ)
鳥とり bird; です copula
が but; however
飛とべません can’t fly

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