鳥が虫を交替で食べました。

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鳥が虫を交替で食べました。

English Translation

The birds ate the bugs taking turns.

Furigana

鳥(とり)が虫(むし)を交替(こうたい)で食(た)べました。

Romanji

Tori ga mushi o kōtai de tabemashita.

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

虫 (むし)

insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm

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.

交代 (こうたい)

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

で (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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on