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Astronomy

Corvus (constellation); the Crow; the Raven

black bamboo

Russia and Ukraine

Daurian jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)

soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward)

dried mullet roe

bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)

crow cawing on New Year's Day

Proverb

a child's emotions change easily; the bird that cried now laughs

Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)

Word usually written using kana alone

golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)

Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)

Idiomatic expression

something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night

rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)

Jocular, humorous term; Pun on そうは行かぬ

you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance

boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)

cuttlebone

squid ink

kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)

common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Idiomatic expression

true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

Proverb

even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)

common raven (Corvus corax)

Rare term; Japanese mythology

Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition

Chinese mythology

three-legged crow inhabiting the sun