水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。

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English Translation

A fowl flying up from water is careful not to make it turbid.

Furigana

水面(すいめん)から飛(と)び立(た)つ鳥(とり)は努(つと)めてあとを濁(にご)さぬようにする。

Romanji

Suimen kara tobitatsu tori wa tsutomete ato o nigosanu yō ni suru.

Words

水面 (すいめん、みなも)

water's surface

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

飛び立つ (とびたつ)

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

は (は)

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

努める (つとめる)

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

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.

濁す (にごす)

to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil; to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to