とり
Meanings
Noun
1. bird
2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
small bird; little bird
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
Examples (128 in total)
I can't draw a bird.
It's a bird.
Is it a bird?
These are birds.
The birds are flying around.
I wish I could become a bird.
The bird is drinking water.
The bird is in the sky.
Is that a bird?
We saw a bird in the distance.
Do you hear the birds singing?
Birds have wings.
What a beautiful bird it is!
Birds were singing in the woods.
Let the bird fly away.
Birds lay eggs.
I dreamt I was a bird.
Feed the bird!
What is the name of that bird?
The bird soared above.
The bird was caught by the cat.
Crows are smart birds.
Some kinds of birds can't fly.
Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Birds sing early in the morning.
The eagle is the king of birds.
The birds flew away in all directions.
The bird spread its wings.
Birds have beaks.
Birds were singing in the sky.
The bird flapped its wings.
Birds are chirping.
Is the bird alive or dead?
I wish I were a bird.
Look at that flying bird.
I saw a beautiful bird.
Birds are flying above the trees.
The birds are flying near the people.
Not all birds can fly.
I am not a bird, but I'd like to be.
What do you call this bird?
She is keen on birds and flowers.
Birds have sharp eyes.
The birds went across the sea.
The birds were flying in a group.
The injured bird fell to the ground.
He lost sight of the bird.
Not every bird can sing.
White doves are pretty birds.
The early bird catches the worm.
The boy released a bird from the cage.
Most birds can see only by day.
Birds build nests of twigs.
That bird is probably a sparrow.
Many kinds of birds live in Japan.
I wonder why birds migrate.
The falcon is a very fast bird.
The Japanese enjoy the songs of birds and insects.
Are kiwis a fruit or a bird?
The bird went far away.
Roses are flowers, and pigeons are birds.
She wrote a book about birds.
In the first place, why do the birds migrate at all?
There are many birds in this forest.
He studied the way birds fly.
This bird can imitate the human voice.
In the fall, many birds head for the south.
There are many birds in this park.
The bird was covered with white feathers.
It must be morning, for the birds are singing.
What do you call this bird in English?
It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.
The boy captured the bird with a net.
Birds learn to fly by instinct.
The bird was half as large as an eagle.
Bob said to his friend: "The bird is dead."
This bird lives neither in Japan nor in China.
The bird dipped its head into the water.
A lot of people think that bats are birds.
What do you call that bird in French?
The hunter aimed at the bird, but missed.
I've never seen this sort of bird.
Are there birds with this kind of chirp in Australia too?
He tried to catch the bird but wasn't successful.
I'd rather be a bird than a fish.
He tried to catch the bird, but couldn't.
Men, dogs, fish, and birds are all animals.
The birds flew south in search of warmth.
I threw a stone at the bird.
No one has seen the bird fly.
Just imagine that we can fly like birds.
If I were to be reborn, I would like to be a bird.
It is in the nature of birds to fly and build nests.
As the lion is king of beasts, so is the eagle king of birds.
The beautiful bird is said to be in danger of dying out.
These birds migrate to North Africa in winter.
This bird is now on the verge of extinction.
The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
That bird is now in danger of dying out.
I saw a white bird on my way home.
The birds flew towards a high tower.
The forest is full of birds and animals of all kinds.
He likes to watch the birds fly above his head.
We can have dogs, cats, birds, and so on.
Please take care of my birds while I'm away.
The old man opened the car window and aimed his gun at the bird.
We saw the bird when we visited Okinawa.
The birds flew away in alarm when they saw the cat.
Darwin studied the animals and birds different from those he knew in England.
I saw a lot of birds flying toward the south.
If I were a bird, I would want to fly to your side.
This bird's large wings enable it to fly very fast.
He was wearing a gold necklace and a coat made of bird feathers.
Those birds build their nests in the summer and fly to the south in the winter.
Tom found an injured bird in the forest and nursed it back to health.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
In summer it eats birds' eggs, wasps' larvae, berries and honey.
Bats are not birds, they're mammals.
Minnesota's state bird is the mosquito.
The goldfinch is a very interesting bird.
The boy observed the birds all day.
I see a bird on the roof.
A gigantic bird came flying toward him.
The hen has laid an egg.
I saw a bird fly across the sky.
The man shot three birds with a gun.
The birds started singing today at exactly 4:09.
Birds make a nest in the springtime to raise their babies in.