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A bird is known by its song, and a man by his words.
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Vocabulary list

tori
noun
  1. bird
  2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
uta
noun
  1. song (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs)
  2. classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka)
  3. modern poetry
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kotoba
noun
  1. language; dialect
  2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark
  3. speech; (manner of) speaking
  4. learning to speak; language acquisition
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
kubetsu
noun, suru verb
  1. distinction; differentiation; classification
saru
saru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to leave; to go away
  2. to pass; to elapse
  3. to be distant
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to send away; to drive off; to divorce
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to (do) completely (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb)
pre-noun adjectival
  1. last ... (e.g. "last April")

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