swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
quickly reversed cut (sword technique); swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
small bird (like a swallow or sparrow); small-minded person; person lacking in character
young lover of an older woman; boy toy
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus); purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
Ancient Chinese banquet music
only a hero can understand a hero; (lit.) swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
swift (any bird of family Apodidae); fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
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
quickly reversed cut (sword technique); swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
sand martin (Riparia riparia)
white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)
Yangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value
Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum); eastern collared pratincole; large Indian pratincole; swallow-plover
common swift (Apus apus); European swift
European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)
house swift (Apus nipalensis)
white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
longfin batfish (Platax teira); teira batfish; round-faced batfish; flying fish
golden spadefish (Platax boersii); Boer's batfish
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole
small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole
maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola); brown-throated sand martin
bead lily (Clintonia udensis)