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The chickens were scratching for food on the ground.
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Vocabulary list

hiyoko
noun
  1. young bird; chick; fledgling
  2. greenhorn; fledgeling; novice; rookie
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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esa
noun
  1. (animal) feed; fodder; pet food
  2. bait; lure; enticement
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wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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sagasu

te-form

sagashite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek (esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost)
  2. to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around
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jimen
noun, no adjective
  1. ground; earth's surface
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wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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tsutsuku

te-form

tsutsuite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
  2. to peck at (one's food); to pick at
  3. to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
  4. to egg on; to put up to
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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