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啄
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seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
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to pick at; to peck at
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鳥が穀物をついばんだ。
The birds pecked grains.
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woodpecker
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きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
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Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker
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northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)
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once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity
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Buddhism
being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)
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olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)
