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The bird's wing was broken.
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Vocabulary list

sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
tori
noun
  1. bird
  2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
tsubasa
noun
  1. wing
  2. Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for birds or bird wings
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
oreru

te-form

orete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
  2. to be folded
  3. to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
  4. to turn (a corner)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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