蝙

Word usually written using kana alone

bat (Chiroptera spp.)

Abbreviation

umbrella

Derogatory

opportunist; turncoat

swift moth (Hepialidae spp., esp. Endoclita excrescens)

Proverb

capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds

(Western-style) umbrella

vampire bat

fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.); flying fox; megabat

Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)

Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii); Iriomote horseshoe bat

vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.)

Parasenecio adenostyloides (species of daisy)

epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus spp.)

greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)

Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat

Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus); greater Indian fruit bat

Proverb

in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; a bat in a village without birds

Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus); Japanese house bat

vesper bat (Vespertilionidae spp., esp. the Asian particolored bat, Vespertilio sinensis); evening bat; common bat

brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus); common long-eared bat; brown big-eared bat

birdlike noctule (Nyctalus aviator)

Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)

Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai); bumblebee bat; Old World hog-nosed bat

big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus); eastern long-fingered bat; Japanese large-footed bat

fisherman bat (Noctilionidae spp.); bulldog bat

lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis); lesser roundleaf bat; lesser leaf-nosed bat