羽

Meaning

羽 centers on feathers and wings, the light structures that cover birds. The counter sense extends this to counting birds and rabbits, treating them as winged creatures.

• 羽わ
  N3

  counter for birds or rabbits

• 羽はね
  N3

  feather; plume; down

• 羽目はめ

  panel; wainscoting; wainscotting

• 羽毛うもう

  feather; plume; plumage; down

• 手羽てば

  chicken wing

• 羽織るはおる

  to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

• 羽ばたくはばたく
  N1

  to flap (wings)

• 羽織はおり
  N1

  haori (Japanese formal coat)

• 羽化うか

  emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings

• 揚羽あげは

  swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

• 羽衣はごろも

  angel's raiment; robe of feathers

• 羽太はた

  sea basses; groupers

• 切羽詰まるせっぱつまる

  to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament; to be packed to the hilt

• 白羽しらは

  white feather

• 出羽でわ

  Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

• 千羽鶴せんばづる

  (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

• 羽音はおと

  flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); buzz (of bees, etc.)

• 尾羽おは

  tail and feathers

• 尾羽おばね

  tail feathers

• 奥羽おうう

  Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

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