風の便りに聞いた。
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English Translation
        A little bird told me.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kaze no tayori ni kiita.
    
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                風
            
            
                (かぜ)
            
        
        
            wind; breeze; draught; draft; manner; behaviour; behavior; cold; influenza
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                便り
            
            
                (たより)
            
        
        
            news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                聞く
            
            
                (きく)
            
        
        
            to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance