尾羽

尾羽根

Reading

Kana: おばね

Romaji: obane

Definition

noun

1

tail feathers

Kanji

尾

Readings: ビ、 お

Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

羽

Readings: ウ、 は、 わ、 はね

Meanings: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

Example Sentence

尾羽(おは)打(う)ち枯(か)らした彼(かれ)の姿(すがた)を見(み)るのは忍(しの)びないね。

➥It's really unbearable to see him looking so down-and-out.