Word Meaning 啄む
ついばむ
tsuibamu
啄む is read as ついばむ (tsuibamu) and means to pick at.
Meaning
English
- to pick at
- to peck at
Reading
Kana
ついばむ
Romaji
tsuibamu
Writing Variants
- 啄ばむ ついばむ tsuibamu
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
5鶏が庭で餌を啄む。
にわとりがにわでえさをついばむ。
Chickens peck at food in the yard.
彼女はサラダを啄むように食べた。
かのじょはさらだをついばむようにたべた。
She ate her salad like she was pecking at it.
鷲が獲物の肉を啄む。
わしがえもののにくをついばむ。
The eagle pecks at the flesh of its prey.
雀が窓辺の米を啄む。
すずめがまどべのこめをついばむ。
Sparrows peck at the rice on the windowsill.
ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。
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.