鳥は小鳥を育てるために、春に巣造りをする。

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English Translation

Birds make a nest in the springtime to raise their babies in.

Furigana

鳥(とり)は小鳥(ことり)を育(そだ)てるために、春(はる)に巣造(すづく)りをする。

Romanji

Tori wa kotori o sodateru tameni, haru ni suzukuri o suru.

Words

鳥 (とり)

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

は (は)

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

小鳥 (ことり)

small bird; songbird; birdie; dickeybird; dickybird

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.

育てる (そだてる)

to raise; to rear; to bring up; to train; to teach; to educate; to promote the growth of...; to nurture; to foster; to develop

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

春 (はる)

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to