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空を飛んでいる鳥を撃つ事は難しい。

Sentence Analyzer

飛んでいる 撃つ 難しい

English Translation

It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.

Furigana

(そら)()んでいる(とり)()(こと)(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Sora o tondeiru tori o utsu koto wa muzukashii.

Words

(そら)
sky; the heavens
()
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.
飛ぶ (とぶ)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
(とり)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
撃つ (うつ)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ
Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect