羽ばたく – Vocabulary details

羽はばたく

Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)

1. to flap (wings)

すると、どこからか鳥とりの羽はばたく音おとがした。Then, the sound of a bird flapping its wings came from somewhere.

2. to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

あなたはもっと大おおきな世せ界かいで羽はばたける！You can spread your wings in a bigger world!

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

鳥とりが羽はばたく音おとが聞きこえた。

I heard the sound of a bird flapping its wings.

あなたはもっと大おおきな世せ界かいで羽はばたける！

You can spread your wings in a bigger world!

ゆっくりと羽はばたき、ゆっくりと空そらに上あがってゆく。

Flapping slowly, it rises slowly into the sky.

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