Kanji 羽 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

瓜羽虫

うりはむし

cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)

奥羽

おうう

Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa)

奥羽大学

おううだいがく

Ohu University

奥羽大学

おおうだいがく

Oou University

黄立羽

きたては

Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)

音羽屋

おとわや

Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)

夏羽

なつばね

summer plumage

夏羽織

なつばおり

summer haori (coat)

花衝羽根空木

はなつくばねうつぎ

glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)

灰羽連盟

はいばねれんめい

Haibane Renmei (2002 anime series)

絵羽

えば

figured haori (coat)

絵羽羽織

えばはおり

figured haori (coat)

絵羽織

えばおり

figured haori (coat)

絵羽模様

えばもよう

single pattern on the entirety of a garment

冠羽

かんう

bird's crest

換羽

かんう

molting (of birds)

換羽期

かんうき

molting season

灸羽田

やいとはた

malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)

金黒羽白

きんくろはじろ

tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

後鳥羽院

ごとばいん

ex-Emperor Gotoba

更紗羽太

さらさはた

humpback grouper (Chromileptes altivelis)

合羽

かっぱ

raincoat

黒揚羽

くろあげは

spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

腰羽目

こしばめ

waist-high wainscoting

差羽

さしば

grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)

三羽がらす

さんばがらす

trio

姉羽鶴

あねはづる

demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo)

歯釜

はがま

broad-brimmed cooking pot for rice

車葉衝羽根草

くるまばつくばねそう

Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)

手羽

てば

chicken wing

手羽元

てばもと

first segment of a chicken's wing

手羽先

てばさき

(tip section of) chicken wing

手羽肉

てばにく

chicken wing

手羽餃子

てばギョーザ

chicken wings filled with gyoza stuffing

出羽

いでわ

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

小羽鵜

こばねう

short-winged cormorant

小翼羽

しょうよくう

alula

衝羽根

つくばね

Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)

衝羽根樫

つくばねがし

Quercus sessilifolia (species of oak)

衝羽根空木

つくばねうつぎ

twin-flowering abelia (Abelia spathulata)

衝羽根草

つくばねそう

Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)

衝羽根朝顔

つくばねあさがお

petunia

飾り羽

かざりばね

plume

真羽太

まはた

sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus)

陣羽織

じんばおり

battle surcoat

青羽挵

あおばせせり

blue-winged skipper butterfly

赤い羽根

あかいはね

Akaihane (fund-raising organisation for welfare services)

赤羽太

あかはた

blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

赤立羽蝶

あかたてはちょう

red admiral (butterfly)

切刃

せっぱ

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword

蝉の羽月

せみのはづき

sixth lunar month

千羽鶴

せんばづる

(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

浅羽鳥

あさはどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

袖無し羽織

そでなしばおり

sleeveless haori

打割羽織

ぶっさきばおり

haori coat used by soldiers

大羽

おおば

large Japanese pilchard

大羽

おおばね

contour feather

鷹の羽鯛

たかのはだい

spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)

長崎揚羽

ながさきあげは

Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)

鳥羽・伏見の戦い

とばふしみのたたかい

Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)

追い羽根

おいばね

battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

爪羽鶏

つめばけい

hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

帝揚羽

みかどあげは

common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)

天の羽衣

あまのはごろも

angel's feathered robe

鴇羽色

ときはいろ

pale gentle pink

鳶合羽

とんびがっぱ

Inverness cape

二人羽織

ににんばおり

"Helping Hands" comedy performance

濡れ羽色

ぬればいろ

jet black

柏崎刈羽

かしさきかりわ

Kashiwazaki Kariwa

白羽の矢が立つ

しらはのやがたつ

to be selected (from among many people)

白羽の矢を立てる

しらはのやをたてる

to select someone (out of many people)

薄羽かげろう

うすばかげろう

ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)

鳩羽色

はとばいろ

blue-black (color, colour)

尾羽

おは

tail and feathers

尾羽

おばね

tail feathers

尾羽うち枯らす

おはうちからす

to be in a miserable state

姫薄羽白蝶

ひめうすばしろちょう

Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)

風切り羽

かざきりばね

flight feathers

並揚羽

なみあげは

citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

宝石羽太

ほうせきはた

brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)

豊羽鉱

とよはこう

toyohaite

本切羽

ほんせっぱ

functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned)

綿羽

めんう

plumule

毛羽

けば

hachures

毛羽だつ

けばだつ

to become fluffy

木端

こば

thin shingles

紋羽二重

もんはぶたえ

crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono)

紋付き羽織袴

もんつきはおりはかま

haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

紋付羽織

もんつきはおり

haori coat decorated with one's family crest

矢羽

やばね

arrow feathers

揚羽

あげは

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

揚羽擬

あげはもどき

mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

揚羽蝶

あげはちょう

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

落羽松

らくうしょう

bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

立羽蝶

たてはちょう

nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)

瑠璃羽太

るりはた

gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)

瑠璃立羽

るりたては

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

翳

えい

large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

薔薇羽太

ばらはた

yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti)

螻羽

けらば

edge of a gabled roof