失踪ヒヨコが…5カ月ぶりに“ニワトリ”になって帰還　飼い主は(2023年11月17日)

Missing chick... Returns to being a "chicken" for the first time in 5 months Owner is (2023/11/17)

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鹿児島県徳之島で撮影された生後4カ月の“ピヨ”。
4-month-old "Piyo" photographed in Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.
「全然帰ってくる気配がなくて」
“There is no sign of it coming back.”
6月に突如、失踪。
It suddenly disappeared in June.
ところが先月末、およそ5カ月ぶりに帰還。
However, late last month, it returned after about five months of absence.
近くのジャガイモ畑で発見されました。
It was found in a nearby potato field.
すっかりニワトリに。
Totally chicken.
「本当、感動というかよく生きていてくれたなと。丸々2回りぐらい大きくなっていた」
"I was really impressed that it was still alive. It has grown about two times."
5カ月で見違える姿に。なぜ飼い主はすぐにピヨだと分かったのでしょうか。
It looks completely different after 5 months. How did the owner immediately know it was Piyo?
「僕の住んでいる集落かいわいでニワトリ飼っているのが自分だけだった。感動の再会だったんですけどね。向こうはその後、鳥小屋で逃げて行きました」
“I am the only person who raises chickens in my village. It was a touching reunion. After that, the chicken ran away to the aviary."

鹿児島県徳之島で撮影された生後4カ月の“ピヨ”。

県

Territory (pre-taika: under the yamato court; heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); countryside

撮影

Photography (still or motion), photographing, filming, shooting, (video) recording

カ月

(number of) months

生後

Post-natal, since birth
「全然帰ってくる気配がなくて」

全然

Not at all (with neg. verb); wholly, entirely, completely

気配

Indication, sign, hint, presence, trend; quotation (esp. stock market)
6月に突如、失踪。

月

Monday

突如

Suddenly, all of a sudden

失踪

Absconding, disappearance
ところが先月末、およそ5カ月ぶりに帰還。

末

The end of; powder

先月

Last month

カ月

(number of) months

帰還

repatriation, return; (electrical) feedback
近くのジャガイモ畑で発見されました。

畑

Field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation; field (of specialization), sphere, area; womb, birth, birthplace

発見

Discovery, detection, finding

近く

Near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"), close to; shortly, soon
すっかりニワトリに。

すっかり

All, completely, thoroughly
「本当、感動というかよく生きていてくれたなと。丸々2回りぐらい大きくなっていた」

回り

Rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect, efficacy; by way of, via; round, turn; size; 12-year period, 12-year age difference

感動

Being deeply moved emotionally, excitement, passion, deep emotion, impression

本当

Truth, reality, actuality, fact; proper, right, correct, official; genuine, authentic, natural, veritable

生き

Living, being alive; freshness, liveliness, vitality; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); stet, leave as-is (proofreading); damned

大きく

In a big way, on a grand scale

丸々

Plump, rotund, chubby; entirely, completely, wholly
5カ月で見違える姿に。なぜ飼い主はすぐにピヨだと分かったのでしょうか。

姿

Figure, form, shape; appearance, dress, guise; state, condition, picture, image; form (of a waka); dressed in ..., wearing ..

カ月

(number of) months

飼い主

Shepherd, (pet) owner

見違える

To be beyond recognition, to be quite different
「僕の住んでいる集落かいわいでニワトリ飼っているのが自分だけだった。感動の再会だったんですけどね。向こうはその後、鳥小屋で逃げて行きました」

僕

I, me; you; manservant

行き

Bound for ..; going (to)

感動

Being deeply moved emotionally, excitement, passion, deep emotion, impression

再会

Another meeting, meeting again, reunion

自分

Myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; i, me; you

向こう

Opposite side, other side, opposite direction; over there, that way, far away, beyond; the other party, the other person; future (starting now)

集落

Village, community, settlement, town, colony (animals, etc.)

逃げ

Escape, getaway, evasion

その後

After that, afterwards, thereafter

鳥小屋

aviary; henhouse, chicken house