鳥

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Swan Lake (ballet)

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)

nocturnal bird

Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); Asian crested ibis

sacred bird

Abbreviation

oolong (tea)

Food, cooking

chicken, goose and pheasant

Archaic; Orig. meaning

cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail

mother bird

roc

flightless bird

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)

Astronomy

Cygnus (constellation); the Swan

Proverb

it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order

woodpecker

summer bird

pet bird

vermin; injurious bird

cornered bird

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

ex-Emperor Gotoba

helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

happily married couple

Word usually written using kana alone

grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling

starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)

bumpkin; gullible person

sixty-nine (sexual position)