tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter
murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus); roundbelly cowfish (Lactoria diaphana)
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
sparrows flocking on ripening rice fields
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
light brown (traditional Japanese color name)
Luzula capitata (species of woodrush); shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)
house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)
neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis); heavenly damselfish
hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth
blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific); blue-green chromis
russet sparrow (Passer rutilans); cinnamon sparrow
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)
least auklet (Aethia pusilla)
yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
dovekie (Alle alle); dovekey; little auk
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish
Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet
Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume); crested murrelet
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)