派, は
Noun, used as a suffix
1. group, faction, clique, coterie
2. (political) faction, wing, camp
3. school (of thought, painting, etc.)
4. sect, denomination
私はネコ派です。
葉, は
leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
こちらには大きなハスの葉があります。
波, は
Counter
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
くだける波が泡を作った。
歯, 齒, は
1. tooth, teeth
2. tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.), cog
3. support (of a geta)
その赤ちゃんは歯が生えはじめている。
破, は
See 序破急
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
刃, は
1. edge (of a knife or sword), blade
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
私のナイフの刃は、とても鋭い。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
覇, は
See 覇を唱える
1. supremacy (over a nation), hegemony, domination, leadership
2. championship, victory
ハ
See いろは順
1. 3rd (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system)
Music term, used mainly in key names
2. C (note)
羽, 羽根, はね, は
1. feather, plume, down
2. wing
Only 羽根
3. blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)
Only はね, See シャトル・1
4. shuttlecock (in badminton)
See 羽子・はご, also written as 羽子
5. shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
立派な羽が立派な鳥をつくる。
翳, 刺羽, 指羽, さしは, さしば, えい, は
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
旅の恥はかき捨て, 旅の恥は掻き捨て, たびのはじはかきすて
Expression, Proverb
once over the borders one may do anything, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away