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tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

mahjong; mah-jongg

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

leaping for joy; exultation

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia

willow tit (Parus montanus)

mahjong tile

freckles

mahjong table

jump up for joy

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

strip mahjong

hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet

small birds

Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)

sparrow chick (kigo)

Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet

malachite

owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money

common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom

Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit

varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)

light, reddish brown

canary; daffodil yellow

common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom

hummingbird (Trochilidae family)

white peafowl (white variety of Indian peafowl)

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

mahjong tile

grass cricket

flock of sparrows

sparrow net

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

gossipy Kyotoite

pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

only a hero can understand a hero; (lit.) swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

skilled mahjong player

marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

coal tit (Parus ater)

Pavo (constellation); the Peacock

murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus); roundbelly cowfish (Lactoria diaphana)

soaring skylark; high-flying skylark

mahjong player

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate

Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)

Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

freckle; ephelis; ephelides

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)

house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

sparrows flocking on ripening rice fields

cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)

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

Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis); heavenly damselfish

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)

hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth

Japanese sea fig (Ficus superba var. japonica)

blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific); blue-green chromis

musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)

peacock butterfly (Inachis io); European peacock

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

soaring skylark; high-flying skylark

soaring skylark; high-flying skylark

russet sparrow (Passer rutilans); cinnamon sparrow

northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)

green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus); common peafowl; blue peafowl

jankyū; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong

yellow hawk moth

Luzula capitata (species of woodrush); shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)

being thin and bony; bony body; bony old man; bony old woman

southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

chrysocolla

to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; (lit.) to set a sparrow net in front of the gate

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

willow tit (Parus montanus)

light brown (traditional Japanese color name)

water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

Japanese waxwing (species of passerine bird, Bombycilla japonica)

woodlark (Lullula arborea)

Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus)

Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis)

fantail pigeon

alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

dovekie (Alle alle); dovekey; little auk

meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); titlark

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)

whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)

yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)

Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet

yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)

European hornet (Vespa crabro)

lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)

median wasp (Dolichovespula media)

shore lark (Eremophila alpestris); horned lark

Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)

Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)

Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)

golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)

least auklet (Aethia pusilla)

Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume); crested murrelet

Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)

Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)

Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)

Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)