ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。

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English Translation

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.

Furigana

ひとの声(こえ)に似(に)た不気味(ぶきみ)な鳴(な)き声(ごえ)、漆黒(しっこく)の羽(はね)、死(し)肉(にく)を啄(ついば)む姿(すがた)などから、鴉(からす)は不幸(ふこう)に舞(ま)い降(お)りる不吉(ふきつ)な鳥(とり)として世界(せかい)に知(し)られています。

Romanji

Hito no koe ni nita bukimina nakigoe, shikkoku no hane, shi niku o tsuibamu sugata nado kara, karasu wa fukō ni mai oriru fukitsuna tori toshite sekai ni shirareteimasu.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

声 (こえ)

voice

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

似る (にる)

to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

不気味 (ぶきみ)

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

鳴き声 (なきごえ)

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine; meow

漆黒 (しっこく)

jet black

羽 (はね)

feather; plume; wing; blade (fan, propeller, etc.)

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

啄む (ついばむ)

to pick at; to peck at

姿 (すがた)

figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise; state; condition; picture; image; form (of a waka); dressed in ...; wearing ...

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

烏 (からす、カラス)

crow; raven

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

不幸 (ふこう)

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death

舞う (まう)

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

不吉 (ふきつ)

ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness

鳥 (とり)

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

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

世界 (せかい)

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern