This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

ムクドリのヒナを親鳥に返せますか。

Sentence Analyzer

ムクドリ ひな 親鳥 返せます

English Translation

Can you return starling chicks to their parents?

Furigana

ムクドリのヒナを親鳥(おやどり)(かえ)せますか。

Romanji

Mukudori no hina o oyadori ni kaesemasu ka.

Words

椋鳥 (むくどり、ムクドリ)
grey starling (gray); white-cheeked starling (Sturnus cineraceus); starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
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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
(ひよこ、ひな、ひよっこ、ヒナ)
young bird; chick; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival; green; wet behind the ears; juvenile
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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.
親鳥 (おやどり)
parent bird
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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
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indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay