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.
休みの前などは少し羽目を外して飲むのだが、杜仲茶割りで飲むと二日酔いが全くない。
I usually cut loose a bit and drink plenty before a day off work but if my drinks are cut with tochu tea then I get absolutely no hangover.
「好色と倒錯の違いとは?」「好色なら羽を使うが、倒錯なら鶏をまるごと使う」
"What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."
鷲の羽は広げると1メーターにもなる。
An eagle's wings are more than one meter across.
鷲が一羽空高く飛んでいた。
An eagle was soaring high up in the air.
立派な羽が立派な鳥をつくる。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。
The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.
目が覚めてみると部屋に1羽の鳥がいた。
I awoke to find a bird in my room.
明日の午後7時に羽田に着きます。
I'll arrive at Haneda Airport tomorrow evening at 7.
尾羽打ち枯らした彼の姿を見るのは忍びないね。
It's really unbearable to see him looking so down-and-out.
彼女は昔羽振りが良かったに違いない。
She must have seen better days.
彼女は自分の立場を犠牲にしてまで彼をかばったため、職を失う羽目になった。
She went out on a limb defending him, and now she has lost her job.
彼女は機嫌が悪いというのも、いつも地下鉄に乗り遅れ仕事場まで歩く羽目になったからだ。
She is in a temper, because she missed her usual train in the subway and had to walk to work.
彼女は羽振りのよいときもあった。
She has known better days.
彼女の級友達は356羽の鶴を折り、千羽が彼女と一緒に埋葬された。
Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her.