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燕つばめ
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin
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燕楽えんがく
Ancient Chinese banquet music
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燕窩えんか
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
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燕鱝つばくろえい
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
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燕鳶つばめとび
swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
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燕雀えんじゃく
small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)
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燕魚ツバメウオ
longfin batfish (Platax teira), Tiera batfish
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燕鰶つばめこのしろ
threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)
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緑燕みどりつばめ
tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
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海燕うみつばめ
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
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飛燕ひえん
swallow in flight
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雨燕あまつばめ
swift (any bird of family Apodidae)
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岩燕いわつばめ
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
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後燕こうえん
Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
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紫燕むらさきつばめ
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)
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穴燕あなつばめ
swiftlet
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燕尾服えんびふく
tailcoat
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燕青拳えんせいけん
Yangqingquan, Yangqing Fist
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燕尾鸛えんびこう
maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
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燕千鳥つばめちどり
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), eastern collared pratincole, large Indian pratincole, swallow-plover
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燕返しつばめがえし
quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
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姫海燕ひめうみつばめ
European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
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虎燕拳こえんけん
Tiger Swallow Fist
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腰赤燕こしあかつばめ
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
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若い燕わかいつばめ
young lover of an older woman, boy toy
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潜海燕もぐりうみつばめ
diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)
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姫雨燕ひめあまつばめ
house swift (Apus nipalensis)
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西岩燕にしいわつばめ
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
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飛燕草ひえんそう
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
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琉球燕りゅうきゅうつばめ
Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
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小洞燕しょうどうつばめ
sand martin (Riparia riparia)
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太平燕タイピーエン
Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup
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燕去り月つばめさりづき
eighth lunar month
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燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix), only a hero can understand a hero
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魚目燕石ぎょもくえんせき
imitation that looks identical to the original, fake causing the original to lose value
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西燕千鳥にしつばめちどり
collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola), common pratincole
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姫燕千鳥ひめつばめちどり
small pratincole (Glareola lactea), little pratincole, small Indian pratincole
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針尾雨燕はりおあまつばめ
white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
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燕然都護府えんぜんとごふ
Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
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三日月燕魚みかづきつばめうお
golden spadefish (Platax boersii), Boer's batfish
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台湾小洞燕たいわんしょうどうつばめ
brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola), brown-throated sand martin
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ヨーロッパ雨燕ヨーロッパあまつばめ
common swift (Apus apus), European swift
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アフリカ腰白雨燕アフリカこしじろあまつばめ
white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)
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燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやえんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや
only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
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燕子えんし
swallow
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燕児えんじ
swallow chick
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燕巣えんそう
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup), edible bird's nest