鳥が数羽窓の敷居にとまった。

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鳥が数羽窓の敷居にとまった。

English Translation

Some birds alighted on the window sill.

Furigana

鳥(とり)が数(すう)羽(わ)窓(まど)の敷居(しきい)にとまった。

Romanji

Tori ga sū wa mado no shikii ni tomatta.

Words

鳥 (とり)

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

が (が)

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

羽 (わ、ば、ぱ)

counter for birds and rabbits

窓 (まど)

window

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

敷居 (しきい、しきみ、しき)

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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

止まる (とまる)

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on