ハトもダチョウも共に鳥だが、前者は飛べるし、後者は飛べない。

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はともダチョウも共に鳥だが、前者は飛べるし、後者は飛べない。

English Translation

The pigeon and the ostrich are both birds; the one can fly and the other cannot.

Furigana

ハトもダチョウも共(とも)に鳥(とり)だが、前者(ぜんしゃ)は飛(と)べるし、後者(こうしゃ)は飛(と)べない。

Romanji

Hato mo dachō mo tomoni tori da ga, zensha wa toberu shi, kōsha wa tobenai.

Words

鳩 (はと、ハト)

pigeon; dove

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

駝鳥 (だちょう、ダチョウ)

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

共に (ともに)

together; jointly; at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; both

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

前者 (ぜんしゃ)

the former