N31441/1669
羽
nounnoun (generic)
Reading
はね
Meanings
- feather, plume, down
- wing
- blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)
- shuttlecock (in badminton)
- shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
- arrow feathers
- fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
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Example sentences
鳥の羽はとても軽い。
Bird feathers are very light.
風で羽が飛んでいった。
The feather was blown away by the wind.
この扇風機の羽が壊れてしまった。
The blade of this electric fan has broken.
子供の頃、母と羽根つきをして遊んだ記憶がある。
I have a memory of playing hanetsuki with my mother when I was a child.
その白鳥は美しい羽を広げて湖の上を優雅に飛んだ。
The swan spread its beautiful wings and flew gracefully over the lake.
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