鳥

nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

地鳥 only

locally raised chicken

legally protected bird

Company name

Kincho

chicken bones; chicken carcass

Word usually written using kana alone

grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)

Word usually written using kana alone

nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker

夜鷹 only

streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period)

夜鷹 only; Abbreviation

soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors

aviary

henhouse; chicken house

flowers and birds

雌鳥 only

female bird

Esp. 雌鶏

hen (female chicken)

bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)

overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

bird dealer; poulterer

ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse

brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

young bird; fledgling; chick

(young) chicken

shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird

nocturnal bird

Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); Asian crested ibis

sacred bird

Abbreviation

oolong (tea)

mother bird

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)

Astronomy

Cygnus (constellation); the Swan

woodpecker