羽音 はおと Also written はねおと Meanings Noun flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); buzz (of bees, etc.) whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh Kanji 羽 feather. Read as は. 音 sound. Read as おと. Example sentences 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. 蚊が羽を上下にばたつかせると、ブーンという特有の羽音が立つ。When mosquitoes beat their wings up and down, they produce a distinctive buzzing sound. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists