羽音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羽 音
は
Grade: 2 		おと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 羽(は) (ha, “feather, wing”) + 音(おと) (oto, “sound”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はおと [hàótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠o̞to̞]

Noun

羽(は)音(おと) • (haoto) 

  1. sound of flapping wings
    羽(は)音(おと)が大(おお)きい
    haoto ga ōkii
    flapping loudly
  2. the buzzing of insect wings
  3. the whistling of an arrow's fletching

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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