tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
leaping for joy; exultation
red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
willow tit (Parus montanus)
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom
Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit
varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
white peafowl (white variety of Indian peafowl)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes
marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
only a hero can understand a hero; (lit.) swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter
soaring skylark; high-flying skylark
murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus); roundbelly cowfish (Lactoria diaphana)
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
Pavo (constellation); the Peacock
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)
sparrows flocking on ripening rice fields
house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)
freckle; ephelis; ephelides
tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis); heavenly damselfish
black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth
Japanese sea fig (Ficus superba var. japonica)
blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific); blue-green chromis
musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)
russet sparrow (Passer rutilans); cinnamon sparrow
soaring skylark; high-flying skylark
soaring skylark; high-flying skylark
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
peacock butterfly (Inachis io); European peacock
shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus); common peafowl; blue peafowl
jankyū; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
Luzula capitata (species of woodrush); shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
being thin and bony; bony body; bony old man; bony old woman
southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)
Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; (lit.) to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; (lit.) one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
willow tit (Parus montanus)
light brown (traditional Japanese color name)
water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
Japanese waxwing (species of passerine bird, Bombycilla japonica)
woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
dovekie (Alle alle); dovekey; little auk
meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); titlark
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet
yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
shore lark (Eremophila alpestris); horned lark
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)
Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)
Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
least auklet (Aethia pusilla)
Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume); crested murrelet
Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)
Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)
Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)
Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)