► 名詞
羽 [(2)はね] meaning: wing rank: 2
☆ 鳥の羽 ⇨ Wings of birds
► 接尾辞
羽 [は] meaning: bird rank: 3
☆ 数十羽のカラスが群れを成している (すうじゅっぱ) ⇨ There is a flock of several tens of crows (☛ Also used for rabbits. いちわ, にわ, さんば, よんは, ごわ, ろくわ/ろっぱ, ななわ/しちわ, はちわ/はっぱ, きゅうわ, じゅうわ/じゅっぱ)
More examples:
- 羽がふわふわと浮いている ⇨ A feather is floating in the air lightly
- 最初から全部やり直す羽目になった ⇨ It turned out we had to do everything all over again from the scratch
- 彼女はコートを羽織っていた ⇨ She was wearing a coat (over her shoulders)
- 鷲が羽をバタバタさせた ⇨ An eagle flapped the wings (with noise)
- 鳥が羽ばたいた ⇨ A bird flapped its wings (and flew off)
- 生地が毛羽立ってしまった ⇨ The fabric got fuzzy, pilled
- お婿さんは羽織袴を着ている ⇨ The groom is dressed in haori-hakama
- 雀が羽をパタパタさせた ⇨ A sparrow flapped the wings (with noise)
- 若い人達に世界に羽ばたいてもらいたい ⇨ I want young people to fly overseas, be successful on the world stage
- 放って置けば自然に解決した事に手を出して、問題を広げる羽目に陥った ⇨ We messed with the problem that was about to solve itself, and made it an even bigger problem
- たまに羽目を外すのは多めに見よう ⇨ We allow them to have raucous fun every once in a while
- 彼は鶏の羽をむしり取った ⇨ He plucked (feathers from) a chicken
- 羽毛布団 ⇨ A down comforter
- 鳥の翼と昆虫の羽は相似している ⇨ The wings of birds and insects are analogous