薮: thicket

thicket; bush

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Readings

ソウ

Kun

やぶ

Variant of 藪. Learn やぶ and the idiom 薮蛇 (やぶへび): causing trouble for yourself by poking around.

薮やぶthicket; bush

竹薮たけやぶbamboo grove

薮蚊やぶかstriped mosquito

薮蛇やぶへびstirring up trouble for oneself

道に迷みちにまよって、深ふかい薮やぶの中なかに入はいってしまった。

I lost my way and ended up in a deep thicket.

夏なつの公園こうえんは、薮蚊やぶかが多おおくて困こまる。

The park in summer has so many mosquitoes that it's a nuisance.

余計よけいなことを聞きくと、薮蛇やぶへびになるよ。

If you ask unnecessary questions, you'll only stir up trouble for yourself.