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ハトダチョウ
とも
とり
ぜんしゃ
前者
べる
こうしゃ
後者
べない

The pigeon and the ostrich are both birds; the one can fly and the other cannot.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: はと
noun
pigeon; dove
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0
noun
ostrich (Struthio camelus)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ともに
1. together; jointly  (often written with kana only)
2. at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with  (often as ...とともに; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: とり
noun
1. bird
2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry  (see also: )
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noun
the former
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'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to fly; to soar  (esp. 飛ぶ)
2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop  (esp. 跳ぶ)
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the latter
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Kanji
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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old
ヒ   と to fly   とばす to let fly   
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ます a measure (of a drink)   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
second   おつ    
ice   
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
step
go
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