Illustration: Above a Japanese wetland bordered by harvested rice fields, a long formation of geese arrives from beyond the distant mountains. Several birds continue in an organized line high overhead while the leaders lower their feet and spread their wings to land among a gathering flock.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

渡わたり鳥どり

wataridori

migratory bird

Example sentences

  1. この池いけには、毎年冬まいとしふゆになるとたくさんの渡わたり鳥どりがやってきます。

    Many migratory birds come to this pond every year in winter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 干拓地かんたくちや宇治川河川敷うじがわかせんしきは渡わたり鳥どりの飛来地ひらいちとなっている。

    The reclaimed land and dry riverbed of the Uji-gawa River have become a landing zone for migratory birds.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ここミシガンでは5月がつになるとまるで渡わたり鳥どりの様ように移動遊園地いどうゆうえんちがやってきます。

    Here in Michigan, traveling carnivals arrive in May, just like migratory birds.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 渡鳥

  • 渡transit; fordOnトKunわたる・わたす
  • 鳥bird; chickenOnチョウKunとり

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