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JLPT N5 · Noun

鳥 (tori)

鳥 (とり, tori) is a Japanese noun meaning “bird”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とり
Romaji
tori
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. bird · noun
  2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry · noun · esp. 鶏

Example sentences

彼は森の中を歩いた。頭上では鳥が楽しくさえずっていた。
He walked in the forest, with birds singing cheerfully above his head.
Tatoeba #103739
鳥は料理人がほどよく焼いた。
The fowls were well roasted by the cook.
Tatoeba #125770

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 鳥

鳥
bird, chickenチョウ・とり · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鳥.

小鳥ことりsmall bird鳥居とりいtorii (Shinto shrine archway)渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird

Source: JMdict entry 1430250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.