鶯

Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale

Abbreviation; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

greenish brown

Noun, used as a prefix

beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice

Formal or literary term

bush warbler singing even after spring has passed

bun filled with sweet green pea paste

greenish brown

Idiomatic expression

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)

Orig. meaning

warbler flying from a valley to a tree

finding success in life

passing the palace examination

black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

Pteria brevialata (species of wing oyster)

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

Lonicera gracilipes (species of honeysuckle)

olive green; greenish brown

nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)

Food, cooking

sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas

Food, cooking

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

young greens (of mizuna, Japanese mustard spinach, rape, etc.)

blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx)

Rare term

warbler being in a valley

Rare term

valley in which warblers live

Rare term

remaining obscure and unsuccessful