Word details
羽音
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 羽音.
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Entry
1
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); buzz (of bees, etc.)
Examples
その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。
All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
2
whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
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