雀
ジャク • ジャン • サク • シャク
すずめ
sparrow
Words
京雀
きょうすずめ
- gossipy Kyotoite n
十二雀
じゅうにから
- willow tit (Parus montanus) n
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 exp proverb
雀の千声鶴の一声
すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ
- the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane exp proverb
門前雀羅を張る
もんぜんじゃくらをはる
- to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate exp v5r id