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小鳥が物音にはばたきして飛び去った。

Sentence Analyzer

小鳥 物音 はばたき して 飛び 去った

English Translation

The birds fluttered away at the noise.

Furigana

小鳥(ことり)物音(ものおと)にはばたきして()()った。

Romanji

Kotori ga monooto ni habataki shite tobi satta.

Words

小鳥 (ことり)
small bird; songbird; birdie; dickeybird; dickybird
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
物音 (ものおと)
sounds
()
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
羽撃く (はばたく)
to flap (wings)
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
飛ぶ (とぶ)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
去る (さる)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off; to divorce; ... completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る
Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce