Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
taiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)
water stick; water scorpion
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
the whole day; all the day
to take; to catch; to capture
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
up in a tree; in the trees
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit
Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); eastern turtle dove; rufous turtledove
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)