鳥（とり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: bird
Example sentences
- 朝、鳥の声で目が覚めた。 — I woke up this morning to the sound of birds.
- 青い空を鳥が飛んでいる。 — A bird is flying across the blue sky.
Idioms & proverbs containing “鳥”
- 一石二鳥 (いっせきにちょう) — killing two birds with one stone
- 鳥なき里の蝙蝠 (とりなきさとのこうもり) — in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; a bat in a village without birds
- 蝙蝠も鳥のうち (こうもりもとりのうち) — capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds
- 立つ鳥跡を濁さず (たつとりあとをにごさず) — it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
- 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず (とぶとりあとをにごさず) — it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
- 雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ (めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ) — women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock; a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men; when the hen crows, the house falls to ruin
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “鳥” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)