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tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

mahjong

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

willow tit (Parus montanus)

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Japanese tit (Parus minor)

russet sparrow (Passer rutilans)

least auklet (Aethia pusilla)

coal tit (Parus ater)

three-player mahjong

varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)

sparrow chick (kigo)

willow tit (Parus montanus)

black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus)

Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis)

gossipy Kyotoite

Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

waxwing (any bird of family Bombycillidae)

murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus)

house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

mahjong player

jankyū

the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools

alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

mahjong player

Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

match made in heaven

owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)

common broom (Cytisus scoparius)

mahjong parlour

meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)

light reddish brown

Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)

pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds)

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

dovekie (Alle alle)

mahjong parlour

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors

yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)

Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)

to be (practically) deserted

shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)

woodlark (Lullula arborea)

southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

shore lark (Eremophila alpestris)

alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

malachite

light brown (traditional Japanese color name)

green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)

strip mahjong

grass cricket

white peafowl (white variety of Indian peafowl)

flock of sparrows

sparrows flocking on ripening rice fields

jumping with joy

being thin and bony

mahjong parlour

mahjong table

mahjong table

leaping for joy

Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)

Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)

red avadavat (Amandava amandava)

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

drop in the bucket

yellow hawk moth

mahjong parlour

soaring skylark

Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima)

Japanese waxwing (species of passerine bird, Bombycilla japonica)

winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties)

marigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula)

brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)

mahjong parlour

blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis)

Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

skilled mahjong player

Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)

whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)

lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)

jump up for joy

Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)

neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)

yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)

hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae)

chrysocolla

mahjong gambling

freckle

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Asian hornet (Vespa velutina)

mahjong tile

Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)

northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

median wasp (Dolichovespula media)

fantail pigeon

stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)

European hornet (Vespa crabro)

sparrow net

Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)

only a hero can understand a hero

hummingbird (Trochilidae family)

peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

freckle

mahjong tile

Luzula capitata (species of woodrush)

small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)

Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea)

pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata)

Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)