鳥

Proverb; Rare term

go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

Rare term

avian influenza; bird flu

Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Proverb; Rare term

no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child

Word usually written using kana alone

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Archaic

black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)

Word usually written using kana alone

Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)

Food, cooking

chicken, goose and pheasant

Archaic; Orig. meaning

cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail

Poetical term

many bird; various kinds of birds

Archaic

plover

Archaic

Japanese bush warbler; Japanese nightingale

calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)

White's thrush (Zoothera dauma)

crane (bird)

kingfisher

fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)

little grebe

migratory bird that arrives in autumn (unknown species; perhaps a wagtail)

stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession)

chicken