Moto 羽: Feathers; Counter For Birds, RabbitsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ウ
- Kun'yomi
- は、わ、はね
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 234 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ウ)
- 羽毛うもうfeathers; plumage
- 羽化うかemergence (of insects); eclosion
- 冠羽かんうbird's crest
- 奥羽おううŌu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
- 小翼羽しょうよくうalula; bastard wing
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 羽わcounter for birds, rabbits, etc.
- 羽根はねfeather; plume
- 羽目はめpanel; wainscoting
- 白羽しらはwhite feather
- 切り羽きりはface (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
- 羽ばたくはばたくto flap (wings)
- 羽子板はごいたbattledore (early form of badminton racket)
- 羽振りはぶりinfluence; power
- 羽織はおりhaori (Japanese formal coat)
- 羽衣はごろもangel's raiment; robe of feathers
- お羽車おはぐるまportable shrine used to transport a sacred object
- からすの濡れ羽色からすのぬればいろglossy black (hair); color of a crow with wet feathers
- アポロ薄羽白蝶アポロうすばしろちょうparnassian butterfly
- ガラパゴス小羽鵜ガラパゴスこばねうflightless cormorant; Galapagos cormorant
- 一羽いちわone (bird)
- 三羽がらすさんばがらすtrio; triumvirate
- 三羽烏さんばがらすtrio; triumvirate
- 二人羽織ににんばおり"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
- 出羽でわDewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
- 刺羽さしはlarge fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
- 千羽鶴せんばづる(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
- 夏羽なつばねsummer plumage; nuptial plumage
- 夏羽織なつばおりsummer haori (coat)
- 大羽おおばねcontour feather; quill feather
- 天の羽衣あまのはごろもangel's feathered robe
- 姉羽鶴あねはづるdemoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo); Numidian crane
- 姫薄羽白蝶ひめうすばしろちょうParnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
- 宝石羽太ほうせきはたbrown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)
- 小羽鵜こばねうshort-winged cormorant
- 尾羽おはtail and feathers
- 尾羽うち枯らすおはうちからすto be in a miserable state; to be down and out
- 尾羽打ち枯らすおはうちからすto be in a miserable state; to be down and out
- 尾羽根おばねtail feathers
- 御羽車おはぐるまportable shrine used to transport a sacred object
- 手羽てばchicken wing
- 手羽元てばもとfirst segment of a chicken's wing; drumette
- 手羽先てばさき(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
- 手羽肉てばにくchicken wing
Other readings
- 切羽詰まるせっぱつまるto be at one's wits' end; to be cornered
- 三羽ガラスさんばがらすtrio; triumvirate
- 並揚羽なみあげはcitrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
- 切羽きりはface (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
- 切羽つまるせっぱつまるto be at one's wits' end; to be cornered
- 合羽カッパraincoat
- 合羽刷りかっぱずりpochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
- 合羽摺りかっぱずりpochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
- 合羽版かっぱばんpochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
- 差羽さしばgrey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus); gray-faced buzzard
- 帝揚羽みかどあげはcommon jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
- 後鳥羽院ごとばいんex-Emperor Gotoba
- 手羽餃子てばギョーザchicken wings filled with gyoza stuffing
- 打割羽織ぶっさきばおりhaori coat used by soldiers
- 打裂き羽織ぶっさきばおりhaori coat used by soldiers
- 打裂羽織ぶっさきばおりhaori coat used by soldiers
- 指羽さしはlarge fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
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