白羽の矢を立てる

しらはのやをたてる

to select someone (out of many people)

矢羽

やばね やわ

arrow feathers

矢立

portable brush-and-ink case

白羽

しらは

white feather

羽白

はじろ

any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings)

毛羽立つ

けばだつ

to become fluffy

矢面に立つ

やおもてにたつ

to bear the full brunt of

矢飛白

やがすり

pattern resembling that of arrow feathers

矢立て

やたて やたてて

portable brush-and-ink case

羽白鴨

はじろがも

any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings)

黄立羽

きたては キタテハ

Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)

立羽蝶

たてはちょう タテハチョウ

nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)

金黒羽白

きんくろはじろ キンクロハジロ

tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

羽白海鳩

はじろうみばと ハジロウミバト

black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), tystie

瑠璃立羽

るりたては

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

赤立羽蝶

あかたてはちょう

red admiral (butterfly)

顔が立つ

かおがたつ

to save one's face, to maintain one's status

気が立つ

きがたつ

to be excited about, to get all worked up about

筆が立つ

ふでがたつ

good writer, wielding a facile pen