朝早くに、鳥が歌う。

morning

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

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

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

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

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem