bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
torii; Shinto shrine archway
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
being very forgetful; having a bad memory
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
flying bird; soaring bird
flat cap; cloth cap; newsboy cap; (hunting) cap
aviary; henhouse; chicken house
chicken bones; chicken carcass
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order
avian influenza; bird flu
catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi
aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood; traditional bugaku hat
bird catcher; bird handler (oft. chicken); bird catching; bird handling (oft. chicken)
first torii gate of a shrine
chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables
chicken skin (e.g. in cooking); bird skins
bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); eggshell (colour); red and white oval rice cakes
keeping a bird as a pet; aviculture; person who keeps a bird as a pet; aviculturist; bird breeder
scarecrow; bird rattle; clapper
eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy)
town originally built around a Shinto shrine
chicken tempura (specialty of Oita prefecture)
triangular three-pillar torii
for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to); (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime
avian influenza; bird flu
Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
red and white oval rice cakes
a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)
(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
highly pathogenic avian influenza (i.e. H5N1)
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
right-angled loop (used in plumbing); right-angled expansion pipe; torii-shaped piping
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order
capable or not, we are all in the same boat; (lit.) bats are also birds
cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori
song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
avian influenza; bird flu
bird fancier's lung; bird breeder's disease
cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae)
tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae); bird spider (Avicularia avicularia)
stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession)