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羽はばたく (habataku)

flap wings, flutter

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Meaning

羽ばたく (はばたく, habataku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “flap wings, flutter”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

鶴つるが空そらに向むけて羽はばたいていった

The cranes flapped toward the sky.

鳥とりが翼つばさをはばたかせた。

The bird flapped its wings.

何百羽とキジを撃った。

We shot pheasants by the hundred.

小鳥ことりが物音ものおとにはばたきして飛とび去った。

The birds fluttered away at the noise.

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