屑
屑: scraps
scraps; trash
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セツ
Kunくず・いさぎよい
Almost always くず, at the end of compounds (紙屑, 木屑, 星屑). Also an insult: 人間の屑 'scum'.
Key words
屑くずscraps; waste
紙屑かみくずwastepaper
屑籠くずかごwastebasket
星屑ほしくずstardust
木屑きくずwood chips
Example sentences
床に落ちた消しゴムの屑を、手で払った。
I brushed away the eraser crumbs that had fallen on the floor.
夜空に星屑がこぼれるように光っていた。
Stardust glittered in the night sky as if spilled across it.
机の横の屑籠に、いらない書類を捨てた。
I threw the unneeded documents into the wastebasket beside the desk.