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Frequency: 2109

Meanings

thicket
bush
underbrush
grove

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ソウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
やぶ

Common Words

ヤブ
Noun
Freq #16104
1

やぶ only

thicket; bush; grove; scrub

Examples
をつついてヘビを出す。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
2

Abbreviation; Word usually written using kana alone

(medical) quack

薮蛇
藪蛇
ぶへび
Noun
Freq #40366
1

Abbreviation

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

Examples
やぶへびを出すな。
Let well enough alone.
薮の中
やぶのなか
Expression
Noun
Freq #41242
1

From the title of a short story by ryūnosuke akutagawa

being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; in a grove

竹薮
竹藪
けやぶ
Noun
Freq #42516
1

bamboo grove

やぶ医者
藪医者
ぶいしゃ
Noun
Freq #68605
1

inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack

やぶをつついてへびをだす
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #85609
1

to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

笹薮
ささやぶ
Noun
Freq #93039
1

thicket of bamboo grass

藪にらみ
藪睨み
薮睨み
薮にらみ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #99924
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

squint; cross-eyed

2

mistaken view

草藪
さやぶ
Noun
Freq #113533
1

thicket; bush; clump of bushes

やぶ蚊
薮蚊
藪蚊
ぶか
やぶっか
ヤブカ
豹脚蚊
Noun
Freq #117563
1

Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito

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