藪
藪: thicket
thicket; bush
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Kunやぶ
藪 (やぶ) is a thicket of bamboo or brush. Idioms: 藪蛇 (stirring up trouble) and 藪医者 (quack doctor).
Key words
藪やぶthicket; bush
藪蛇やぶへびstirring up trouble for oneself
藪医者やぶいしゃquack doctor
竹藪たけやぶbamboo thicket
Example sentences
道を外れて藪をかき分けると、小さな祠があった。
Leaving the path and pushing through the thicket, I found a small shrine.
余計なことを聞いたら、藪蛇になってしまった。
I asked something unnecessary and it backfired on me.
裏山の竹藪では、夜になると風の音が不気味に響く。
In the bamboo thicket on the hill behind the house, the sound of the wind echoes eerily at night.