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えんじゃくいずくこうこくこころざしし
enjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashiwoshiran-ya
expression
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only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans(proverb)
See also:燕雀鴻鵠
expression
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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(yojijukugo)
noun
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Protectorate General to Pacify the North, Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE
See also:都護府
noun
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燕巣【えんず】
noun
1.
wild oat (Avena fatua), wild oats(usually kana)
2.
oat (Avena sativa), oats(esp. 燕麦)
Other readings:
からすむぎ《燕麦》
、からすむぎ《からす麦》
、からすむぎ《烏麦》
、カラスむぎ《カラス麦》
、カラスムギ
、エンバク
noun
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rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かきつばた《燕子花》
、かきつばた《燕子》[1]
、カキツバタ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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imitation that looks identical to the original, fake causing the original to lose value(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
2.
striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
noun
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sand martin (Riparia riparia)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ショウドウツバメ
noun
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brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola), brown-throated sand martin(usually kana)
Other readings:
タイワンショウドウツバメ
noun
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Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
つばくろえい《燕鱏》
、つばくろえい《燕えい》
、つばくろエイ《燕エイ》
、ツバクロエイ
noun
1.
longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish(usually kana)(only relevant for つばめうお and ツバメウオ)
2.
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つばくろうお《燕魚》
、ツバメウオ
noun
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threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメコノシロ
noun
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Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), eastern collared pratincole, large Indian pratincole, swallow-plover(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメチドリ
noun
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swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメトビ
noun
1.
swallow's nest
2.
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)(food term)
Other readings:
燕の巣【つばめのす】
noun
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common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ニシイワツバメ
noun
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collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola), common pratincole(usually kana)
Other readings:
ニシツバメチドリ
noun
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white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハリオアマツバメ
noun
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rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒエンソウ
noun
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house swift (Apus nipalensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメアマツバメ
noun
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European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメウミツバメ
noun
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small pratincole (Glareola lactea), little pratincole, small Indian pratincole(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメツバメチドリ
noun
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golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines), Boer's batfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
ミカヅキツバメウオ
noun
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tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ミドリツバメ
noun
1.
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)(usually kana)
2.
purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
Other readings:
ムラサキツバメ
noun
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diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)(usually kana)
Other readings:
モグリウミツバメ
noun
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common swift (Apus apus), European swift(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨーロッパアマツバメ
noun
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Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
リュウキュウツバメ