鷲が一羽空高く飛んでいた。

鷲が一羽空高く飛んでいた。

An eagle was soaring high up in the air.

鷲(わし)が一(いち)羽(わ)空(そら)高(たか)く飛(と)んでいた。

Washi ga ichi wa sora takaku tondeita.

鷲 (わし、ワシ)

eagle (Accipitridae family)

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

羽 (わ、ば、ぱ)

counter for birds and rabbits

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

Readings: シュウ、ジュ

Meaning: eagle

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

Readings: ウ、は、わ、はね

Meanings: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits

Readings: クウ、そら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける、から、す.く、す.かす、むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Readings: コウ、たか.い、たか、 -だか、たか.まる、たか.める

Meanings: tall, high, expensive

Readings: ヒ、と.ぶ、と.ばす、 -と.ばす

Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter