旗・幡・旌|はたhata[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounflag
   彼かれは旗はたを上下じょうげに動うごかした。↗

   He moved the flags up and down.
2. noun, Buddhismpataka (banner)
3. nounbanner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

• SynonymフラッグNeutralLoanword for a flag; as 「フラグ」 it also refers to foreshadowing that sets up a plot development in anime or drama. In everyday speech, 「旗」 is the normal word.
• Synonym旗幟きしWrittenWritten, formal word for flags and banners; it also stands for one's public stance or position, as in 「旗幟を鮮明にする」.
• Related垂れ幕たれまくNeutralA long horizontal banner hung down from above, used for publicity; a 「旗」 is typically flown on a pole.
• Related吹き流しふきながしNeutralEither a decoration of long cloth strips on a round frame, flown above carp streamers, or the tube-shaped windsock at airfields; both differ in shape from a 「旗」.

Use 「旗」 for a flag flown on a pole. To declare one's stance, say 「旗幟を鮮明にする」; a hanging publicity banner is a 「垂れ幕」. 「フラッグ」 is the loanword, but everyday speech keeps to 「旗」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 遠方えんぽうにある意図いとを伝つたえたり、集団しゅうだんなどを識別しきべつできるよう、色分いろわけしたり模様もようなどを書かいた布ぬの。
2. 語義ごぎ1の布ぬのに書かかれる、特定とくていの集団しゅうだん等とうを表象ひょうしょうするための意匠いしょう。