羽
はね
feather; plume; down; wing
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun
feather; plume; down- wing
- blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)
- shuttlecock (in badminton)
- shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
All 8 meanings
- arrow feathers
Counter
counter for birds or rabbitsNoun
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
Example sentences
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We shot pheasants by the hundred.
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Feathers are peculiar to birds.
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The bird quivered its wings.
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Birds came flying by twos and threes.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
More examples (10)
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Several birds were flying in the air.
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There were hundreds of birds on the lake.
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Some of the birds didn't fly.
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Fine feathers make fine birds.
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Some birds alighted on the window sill.
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I caught sight of hundreds of birds.
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A couple of swallows are flying overhead.
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The ostrich has wings, but it cannot fly.
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The bird was covered with white feathers.
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The man shot three birds with a gun.