鳥

remote; out-of-the-way

Law

animals that can legally be hunted; game animals

Abbreviation

avian influenza; bird flu

Organization name

Tottori University

Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker

wildlife sanctuary; protection area for birds and wild animals

triangular three-pillar torii

scarecrow; bird rattle; clapper

torinoko paper; torinokogami; high-quality eggshell-colored Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Idiomatic expression; Godan verb

for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to)

Idiomatic expression; Usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように

(deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime

eggshell (colour)

Food, cooking

deep-fried chicken

pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 A.D.)

Proverb

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

cross-stitch

black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

turaco (any bird of family Musophagidae, esp. the Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix); touraco; loerie; lourie

great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus); northern hawk-cuckoo

northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)

the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku)

Idiomatic expression

great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight