tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia
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
Zehneria japonica (species of wild gourd)
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
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
stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)
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)
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
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis); blue-green chromis
russet sparrow (Passer rutilans); cinnamon sparrow
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina); Asian predatory wasp
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
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)
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
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea)