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藪: thicket

thicket; bush
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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

Leaving the path and pushing through the thicket, I found a small shrine.

I asked something unnecessary and it backfired on me.

In the bamboo thicket on the hill behind the house, the sound of the wind echoes eerily at night.

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