燕

oat (Avena sativa); oats

young lover of an older woman; boy toy

merrymaking; partying

swallow's nest

Food, cooking

swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

Word usually written using kana alone

powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)

purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)

Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)

storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)

rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)

Word usually written using kana alone

swift (any bird of family Apodidae)

fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)

red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)

striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)

sand martin (Riparia riparia)

tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)

Martial arts

Tiger Swallow Fist

swiftlet

collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole

small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole

European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)

house swift (Apus nipalensis)

common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)

imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value

Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

Food, cooking

Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup