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羽根

はね

feather; shuttlecock; blade (of a fan or propeller)

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Examples

  1. 羽根つきはお正月の遊びです。

    はねつきはおしょうがつのあそびです。

    Hanetsuki, a shuttlecock game, is played at New Year.

  2. 扇風機の羽根を掃除した。

    せんぷうきのはねをそうじした。

    I cleaned the blades of the electric fan.

  3. 赤い羽根の募金に協力した。

    あかいはねのぼきんにきょうりょくした。

    I donated to the Red Feather charity drive.

Common patterns

羽根つき
hanetsuki (New Year shuttlecock game)
赤い羽根
the Red Feather (community chest) campaign
扇風機の羽根
fan blades

Memory tip

羽 on its own is a bird's wings or plumage; 羽根 is one detached feather, and by extension the feather-shaped things that spin — fan blades, propellers, a badminton shuttlecock.

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