Illustration: On the engawa of a family home, a child holds a handmade paper pinwheel by its thin wooden stick and blows directly at the folded vanes. The central pin and alternating folded corners remain clearly visible as the toy begins to turn.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

風かざ車ぐるま

kazaguruma

pinwheel

A full-size windmill is usually called ふうしゃ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ね、風かぜが吹ふいているよ、風車かざぐるまを回まわそう。

    Hey, the wind’s blowing, let’s spin pinwheels.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 枠わくに取とり付つけられた軸じくの上うえに風車かざぐるまが付ついており、蝋燭ろうそくの熱ねつが空気くうきを暖あたためて起おこる上昇気流じょうしょうきりゅうを受うけて回転かいてんする仕掛しかけになっている。

    A pinwheel is attached to a shaft mounted on a frame. It spins in the rising air current produced when the candle warms the air.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 子こどもが赤あかい風車かざぐるまを手てに持もっている。

    A child is holding a red pinwheel.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 風車

  • 風wind; airOnフウ・フKunかぜ・かざ-
  • 車carOnシャKunくるま

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