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啄

啄 (peck, pick up)

  • JLPT N1
  • Beyond Jōyō
  • #2463 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
タク
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ついば.むつつ.く

Example sentences 3

ひとの声こえに似にた不気味ぶきみな鳴き声なきごえ、漆黒しっこくの羽はね、死し肉にくを啄ついばむ姿すがたなどから、鴉からすは不幸ふこうに舞まい降おりる不吉ふきつな鳥とりとして世界せかいに知しられています。

A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.

啄木鳥は、冬に向けてドングリを集めています。

The woodpecker is gathering acorns for the winter.

「何の音かしら?」「啄木鳥のようだね」

"What's that sound?" "It sounds like a woodpecker."

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