羽は子ご板いた

noun

battledore; hagoita paddle

A rectangular wooden paddle used in the traditional Japanese game hanetsuki, similar to badminton but without a net. Often decoratively painted and given as a New Year's gift.

• お正しょう月がつに羽は子ご板いたで羽は根ねつきをして遊あそんだ。

  We played hanetsuki with hagoita paddles during the New Year.

• この羽は子ご板いたは美うつくしい押おし絵えで飾かざられている。

  This hagoita is decorated with beautiful raised cloth pictures.