ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。

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English Translation

A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.

Furigana

ハゲタカが突(つ)っつく死(し)んだ鹿(しか)とか、他(た)の動物(どうぶつ)の食(た)べ残(のこ)しとか、そういう腐(くさ)った肉(にく)を死(し)肉(にく)と書(か)きました。

Romanji

Hagetaka ga tsuttsuku shinda shika toka, ta no dōbutsu no tabe nokoshi toka, sōiu kusatta niku o shi niku to kakimashita.

Words

禿鷹 (はげたか、ハゲタカ)

vulture

が (が)

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

突っ突く (つっつく)

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on; to put up to

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

鹿 (しか、かせぎ、か、ろく、シカ)

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

そう言う (そういう、そうゆう)

such; like that; that sort of; very

腐る (くさる)

to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action; to lose a bet; to be drenched; to become sopping wet

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.

死 (し)

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

と (と)

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

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint