４月に孵化した雛も５ヶ月になった。身体の大きさは親鳥とほぼ同じ、オス鳥のとさかが少し小さいぐらいか。

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４月に孵化した雛も５ヶ月になった。身体の大きさは親鳥とほぼ同じ、おす鳥のとさかが少し小さいぐらいか。

English Translation

The chicks hatched in April have also become 5 months old. Their bodies are about the same size as their parents, about the only difference is that the roosters have smaller crests than their father.

Furigana

４月(しがつ)に孵化(ふか)した雛(ひな)も５ヶ月(かげつ)になった。身体(しんたい)の大(おお)きさは親鳥(おやどり)とほぼ同(おな)じ、オス鳥(とり)のとさかが少(すこ)し小(ちい)さいぐらいか。

Romanji

Shigatsu ni fukashita hina mo go kagetsu ni natta. shintai no ōkisa wa oyadori to hobo onaji, osu tori no tosaka ga sukoshi chiisai gurai ka.

Words

四月 (しがつ)

April

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

孵化 (ふか)

incubation; hatching

雛 (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

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

は (は)

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

親鳥 (おやどり)

parent bird

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

略 (ほぼ)

almost; roughly; approximately

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

雄 (おす、オス)

male (animal)

鳥 (とり)

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

鶏冠 (とさか、けいかん、トサカ)

cockscomb; crest

が (が)

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

か (か)

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