Illustration: On a branch just outside a Japanese home's open veranda, a small white-eye lifts its head with its beak open in song. Its throat is extended and its feet grip the branch firmly, making the calling posture clear. A second white-eye sits nearby with its beak closed, listening.

さえずる

saezuru

to chirp, to sing

Example sentences

空そらで鳥とりがさえずっていた。
Birds were singing in the sky.
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鳥とりが木々きぎの中なかでさえずっている。
The birds are singing in the trees.
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鳥とりがさえずった。
The birds sang.
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