啄む

Reading

Kana: ついばむ
Romaji: tsuibamu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5m
vt
1

to pick at; to peck at

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: タク、 ツク、 トク、 ついば.む、 つつ.く
Meanings: peck, pick up

Example Sentences

(とり)穀物(こくもつ)をついばんだ。
➥The birds pecked grains.
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ひとの(こえ)()不気味(ぶきみ)()(ごえ)漆黒(しっこく)(はね)()(にく)(ついば)姿(すがた)などから、(からす)不幸(ふこう)()()りる不吉(ふきつ)(とり)として世界(せかい)()られています。
➥A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
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