torii; Shinto shrine archway
aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood; traditional bugaku hat
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)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
bird catcher; bird handler (oft. chicken); bird catching; bird handling (oft. chicken)
chicken skin (e.g. in cooking); bird skins
scarecrow; bird rattle; clapper
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
being very forgetful; having a bad memory
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
flying bird; soaring bird
shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird
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
chicken tempura (specialty of Oita prefecture)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
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)
avian influenza; bird flu
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
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
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
capable or not, we are all in the same boat; (lit.) bats are also birds
avian influenza; bird flu