羽根(はね)

はね
noun
feather, wing, blade
1. feather, plume
A light, flat growth from a bird's skin.
鳥(とり)の羽根(はね)が落(お)ちていた。
A bird's feather had fallen.
羽根(はね)布団(ぶとん)は軽(かる)くて暖(あたた)かい。
Down comforters are light and warm.
羽根(はね)布団(ぶとん) = down comforter
羽根(はね)つきはお正月(しょうがつ)の伝統的(でんとうてき)な遊(あそ)びだ。
Hanetsuki is a traditional New Year's game.
Hanetsuki is a Japanese badminton-like game using decorated feathered shuttlecocks
2. wing
The appendage used by birds and insects to fly.
鳥(とり)が羽根(はね)を広(ひろ)げた。
The bird spread its wings.
トンボの羽根(はね)は透明(とうめい)で美(うつく)しい。
Dragonfly wings are transparent and beautiful.
怪我(けが)をした鳥(とり)が片方(かたほう)の羽根(はね)を引(ひ)きずっていた。
An injured bird was dragging one wing.
3. blade, vane
A flat piece that rotates (like on a fan or propeller).
扇風機(せんぷうき)の羽根(はね)を掃除(そうじ)する。
To clean the fan blades.
プロペラの羽根(はね)が回(まわ)り始(はじ)めた。
The propeller blades began to spin.
換気扇(かんきせん)の羽根(はね)に油(あぶら)汚(よご)れがたまっていた。
Grease had built up on the ventilation fan blades.

Can refer to feathers, wings, or mechanical blades depending on context.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 羽根(はね)つき (Japanese New Year's badminton game)
  • 羽根(はね)布団(ぶとん) (down comforter)
  • 羽(はね)ペン (quill pen)

NOTE ON KANJI:

  • 羽(はね) (simpler form) and 羽根(はね) are largely interchangeable
  • 翼(つばさ) is used more poetically or for larger wings (aircraft, etc.)

COUNTER:

  • 一(いち)枚(まい) for flat feathers
  • 一本(いっぽん) for quill feathers

Related Words

Related: 翼(つばさ) (wing (poetic))
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Added 2026.1.12 21:24 · Revised 2026.5.27 7:10
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