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屑: scraps

scraps; trash
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Readings

On
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

I brushed away the eraser crumbs that had fallen on the floor.

Stardust glittered in the night sky as if spilled across it.

I threw the unneeded documents into the wastebasket beside the desk.

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