葦

common reed (Phragmites australis)

reed bed

reed screen

reed pipe; reed flute

reedy shore

Historical term

ashide; painting of a waterside using characters of a poem to represent reeds, rocks, birds, etc. (Heian period)

handwriting style inspired by ashide paintings

papyrus boat

blue shark (Prionace glauca)

freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius)

yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

falcated teal

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed

to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed

Japanese mythology

Japan

Rare term

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

crane (bird)

dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)

one reed

small boat

Rare term

one person

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

eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion

dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey

reed sliding door

withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey