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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

羽ばたき

Pronunciation / Transliteration: habataki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flap/flæp/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"鳥の羽ばたきの音が聞こえた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quick, light movement or motion, often involving a flexible object.

    "The bird made a flap of its wings before taking off."
As verb
  1. 1

    To move or cause to move with a quick, light motion.

    "She flapped her arms to mimic a bird."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English flappen, an imitative word of Germanic origin (compare with Middle Dutch vlappen and German dial. labblat in sense of loose hanging things). It evolved to describe the movement or structure of something broad, flat, and loose that is hinged or attached by only one side.

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