noun:

• fourth toe; ring toe; outer toe (bird) - Medicine, Anatomy term

noun:

• voice
• singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
• voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
• sound
• sense (of something's arrival); feeling - usu. as ～の声を聞く
• voice; voiced sound - Linguistics term

noun:

• grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling
• starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)
• bumpkin; gullible person
• sixty-nine (sexual position)

noun:

• sleeping in a ship
• sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird)
• restless sleep
• casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)

noun:

• grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
• nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
• streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period) ［夜鷹］
• soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors ［夜鷹］ - abbreviation ➜ 夜鷹蕎麦

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

noun / ~の noun:

• right-wing (politics) Antonym: 左翼

noun:

• extreme right-wing group ➜ 右翼団体
• right wing (bird, plane, etc.)
• right field; right flank; right wing - Sports term
• right fielder - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 右翼手
• high rank; high grade; A-student

noun / ~の noun:

• left-wing (politics) Antonym: 右翼

noun:

• left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank
• left field - Baseball term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia ➜ はらはら・ぼろぼろ
• gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
• falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• rare; uncommon; unusual ［レア・レアー］
• rare; lightly cooked ［レア・レアー］

noun:

• rhea (bird of family Rheidae)
• Rhea (Greek goddess)
• Rhea (moon of Saturn) ［レア］ - Astronomy term

~と adverb / noun:

• clap (sound of wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia ➜ ちょんちょん
• chop vigorously ➜ ちょん切る
• slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting) ➜ ちょんちょん
• the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers ➜ ちょんになる

noun:

• dot (esp. typographical) ➜ ちょんちょん

noun:

• swan (Cygnus spp.)
• white-feathered bird

noun:

• hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort ➜ 三角草【みすみそう】・州浜草【すはまそう】
• bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose

noun:

• copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) ［やまどり・ヤマドリ］
• mountain bird

noun:

• chicken skin (e.g. in cooking) - esp. とりかわ - obscure term
• bird skins - esp. ちょうひ

noun:

• something extremely light
• feather of a large bird - orig. meaning

noun:

• glance; look; glimpse
• complete view; bird's-eye view

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry; competition; antagonism; struggle for supremacy
• rising and falling (of a bird) ［けっこう］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

noun:

• powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)
• purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)

noun:

• black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
• estrildid (any bird of family Estrildidae); waxbill

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

noun:

• swallow's nest
• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) - Food term

noun:

• black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet

noun / ~と adverb:

• chuckle; stifled laughter; giggle - onomatopoeia
• cluck; coo (bird call) - onomatopoeia