Noun
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
Usually written using kana alone
たくさんのツバメがまもなく南からやってくる。Many swallows will come soon from the south. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
see 若い燕
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燕雀えんじゃく
Nounsmall bird (like a swallow or sparrow) · small-minded person; person lacking in character
燕巣えんそう
Nounswift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
臙脂えんじ
Noundark-red pigment; rouge · dark red; deep red · cochineal
飛燕ひえん
Nounswallow in flight
海燕うみつばめ
Nounstorm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
雨燕あまつばめ
Nounswift (any bird of family Apodidae) · fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
岩燕いわつばめ
NounAsian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
杜若カキツバタ
Nounrabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
紫燕むらさきつばめ
Nounpowdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus) · purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
燕窩えんか
Nounswift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
穴燕あなつばめ
Nounswiftlet
燕子えんし
Nounswallow
燕児えんじ
Nounswallow chick
燕魚ツバメウオ
Nounlongfin batfish (Platax teira); teira batfish; round-faced batfish · flying fish
宴楽えんらく
Nounmerrymaking; partying
燕楽えんがく
NounAncient Chinese banquet music
燕鰶つばめこのしろ
Nounthreadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)
燕鱝つばくろえい
NounJapanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
燕鳶つばめとび
Nounswallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
緑燕みどりつばめ
Nountree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
後燕こうえん
NounLater Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
燕青拳えんせいけん
NounYangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
虎燕拳こえんけん
NounTiger Swallow Fist
えん麦えんばく
Nounoat (Avena sativa); oats
燕千鳥つばめちどり
NounOriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum); eastern collared pratincole; large Indian pratincole; swallow-plover
燕尾服えんびふく
Nountailcoat
腰赤燕こしあかつばめ
Nounred-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica) · striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
若い燕わかいつばめ
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounyoung lover of an older woman; boy toy
姫海燕ひめうみつばめ
NounEuropean storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
潜海燕もぐりうみつばめ
Noundiving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)
姫雨燕ひめあまつばめ
Nounhouse swift (Apus nipalensis)
西岩燕にしいわつばめ
Nouncommon house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
飛燕草ひえんそう
Nounrocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
燕尾鸛えんびこう
Nounmaguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
琉球燕りゅうきゅうつばめ
NounPacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
小洞燕しょうどうつばめ
Nounsand martin (Riparia riparia)
燕返しつばめがえし
Nounquickly reversed cut (sword technique) · swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal · swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)
太平燕タイピーエン
NounKumamoto-style vermicelli soup
燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)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
針尾雨燕はりおあまつばめ
Nounwhite-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
燕去り月つばめさりづき
Nouneighth lunar month
西燕千鳥にしつばめちどり
Nouncollared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole
姫燕千鳥ひめつばめちどり
Nounsmall pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole
魚目燕石ぎょもくえんせき
Nounimitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value
燕万年青ツバメオモト
Nounbead lily (Clintonia udensis)
ツバメの巣つばめのす
Nounswallow's nest · swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
三日月燕魚みかづきつばめうお
Noungolden spadefish (Platax boersii); Boer's batfish
燕然都護府えんぜんとごふ
NounProtectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
台湾小洞燕たいわんしょうどうつばめ
Nounbrown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola); brown-throated sand martin