Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a sparrow perches on the rim of a shallow plant saucer beside a wooden clothespin. Its round body, short beak, folded wings, and tiny gripping feet are clearly visible. It has just bathed, leaving its feathers puffed into a surprisingly large ball around its little body.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小こ鳥とり

kotori

small bird

Example sentences

  1. 小鳥ことり達たちは楽たのしそうに歌うたう。

    Little birds sing merrily.

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  2. ほら！あの木きに小鳥ことりがいる。

    Look! There’s a bird in that tree.

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  3. トムは小鳥ことりの世話せわをよくする。

    Tom takes good care of the birds.

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Kanji in 小鳥

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 鳥bird; chickenOnチョウKunとり

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