• 羽はね — feather / wing
• 羽毛うもう — feathers / down
• 羽はばたく — to flap wings
• 羽音はおと — sound of wings
• 一羽いちわ — one (bird or rabbit)
• 羽根はね — feather / shuttlecock

羽 visually represents a pair of wings. It’s used for birds, flight, and symbols of freedom or lightness. Also appears as a counter and in poetic or spiritual contexts.

鳥とりが羽はねを広ひろげて飛とびました。
The bird spread its wings and flew.

白しろい羽はねが風かぜに舞まっていました。
White feathers were dancing in the wind.

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