noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

expression / noun:

• flightless bird

noun / ~たる adjective:

• chirping of a small bird

noun:

• sacred bird

noun:

• migrating bird (that is just passing through en route to its final destination)

noun:

• bird net; bird netting

noun:

• bird's lungs - colloquialism

noun:

• bird net; bird netting ➜ 防鳥ネット

noun:

• young bird; juvenile; chick

noun:

• old bird

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

noun:

• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits) - obscure term ➜ 鶺鴒
• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ 時鳥

noun:

• flying bird

expression / noun:

• butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

expression:

• caged bird
• person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - obscure term ➜ 上溝桜

noun / expression:

• bird migration period

noun:

• bird dealer; poulterer

noun:

• high-angle shot; bird's-eye shot; overhead shot; crane shot

noun:

• waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

expression / adjective:

• dim-witted; airheaded; bird-brained; dim; dullard; blockheaded

expression / adjective:

• dim witted; bird-brained; dullard

expression:

• 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 - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず