No. 2,308 in Japanese
うさぎ
Rabbit.
In a sentence
うさぎは草を食べています。
The rabbit is eating grass.
Here, 'うさぎ' refers to a specific animal, the rabbit, as the subject of the sentence.
公園でうさぎを見ました。
I saw a rabbit in the park.
In this sentence, 'うさぎ' is the direct object, denoting a rabbit that was seen in the park.
うさぎは非常に耳が長い動物です。
The rabbit is an animal with very long ears.
In this example, 'うさぎ' refers to the rabbit in a general sense, describing a characteristic of rabbits as a species.
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