Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale

Abbreviation; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

greenish brown

Noun, used as a prefix

beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice

Rare term

warbler being in a valley

Rare term

valley in which warblers live

Rare term

remaining obscure and unsuccessful

olive green; greenish brown

Formal or literary term

bush warbler singing even after spring has passed

bun filled with sweet green pea paste

greenish brown

nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)

Food, cooking

sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas

Idiomatic expression

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)