Illustration: At a small animal-care center, a keeper guides a child through counting the residents of two neighboring enclosures. Three chickens stand clearly separated behind one low fence, and two rabbits sit apart behind the other.

JLPT N3counterLevel estimated by Bebop

羽わ

wa

counter for birds and rabbits

After numbers, the reading can change to ば or ぱ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 1羽わの鳥とりが空そらを飛とんでいた。

    A bird was flying in the sky.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 数すう羽わの鳥とりが空そらを飛とんでいた。

    Several birds were flying in the air.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 二に羽わのからすが空そらを飛とんでいます。

    Two crows are flying in the sky.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 羽

  • 羽feathers; counter for birds, rabbitsOnウKunは・わ・はね

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