きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。

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English Translation

Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.

Furigana

きつつきは、長(なが)く尖(とが)ったくちばしで、木(き)の幹(みき)をつついて、中(なか)にいる虫(むし)を食(た)べます。

Romanji

Kitsutsuki wa, nagaku togatta kuchibashi de, ki no miki o tsutsuite, naka ni iru mushi o tabemasu.

Words

啄木鳥 (きつつき、たくぼくちょう、けら、けらつつき、キツツキ)

woodpecker

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

尖る (とがる、とんがる)

to taper to a point; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy

嘴 (くちばし、はし)

beak; bill

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

幹 (みき、かん)

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

突く (つつく)

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on; to put up to

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

要る (いる)

to need; to want

虫 (むし)

insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on