鳥は小枝で巣を作る。

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作る

English Translation

Birds build nests of twigs.

Furigana

(とり)(しょう)(えだ)()(つく)る。

Romanji

Tori wa shō eda de su o tsukuru.

Words

(とり)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(しょう)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
(えだ)
branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
nest; rookery; breeding place; hive; den; haunt; (spider's) web
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: シ、 えだ
Meanings: bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
Readings: ソウ、 す、 す.くう
Meanings: nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build