猟(りょう)犬(けん) ryoukenたち tachiは waキツネ kitsuneの no匂(にお)い() nioiの no跡(あと) atoを oたどった tadotta。 The hunting dogs followed the fox's scent. Literal Hunting-dogs [topic-は] fox [of-の] smell [of-の] trail [object-を] traced. 匂い ('smell, scent') + 跡 ('trace, trail'). The compound 匂いの跡 ('scent trail') functions as the object of たどる ('to follow, trace'). natureanimals
猟(りょう)犬(けん) ryoukenたち tachiは waキツネ kitsuneの no匂(にお)い() nioiの no跡(あと) atoを oたどった tadotta。 The hunting dogs followed the fox's scent. Literal Hunting-dogs [topic-は] fox [of-の] smell [of-の] trail [object-を] traced. 匂い ('smell, scent') + 跡 ('trace, trail'). The compound 匂いの跡 ('scent trail') functions as the object of たどる ('to follow, trace'). natureanimals