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Zach

鳥は本能的に飛ぶことを覚える。

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本能的 飛ぶ こと 覚える

English Translation

Birds learn to fly by instinct.

Furigana

(とり)本能的(ほんのうてき)()ぶことを(おぼ)える。

Romanji

Tori wa honnōteki ni tobu koto o oboeru.

Words

(とり)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
本能的 (ほんのうてき)
instinctive; instinctual
()
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
飛ぶ (とぶ)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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.
覚える (おぼえる)
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: カク、 おぼ.える、 さ.ます、 さ.める、 さと.る
Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up