薮
薮

thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

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やぶ

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Common Words

藪薮やぶヤブNounFreq #16104
1

やぶ only

thicket; bush; grove; scrub

Examples
藪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

やぶ蛇薮蛇藪蛇やぶへびNounFreq #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.
藪の中薮の中やぶのなかNounExpressionFreq #41242
1

From the title of a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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

竹やぶ竹薮竹藪たけやぶNounFreq #42516
1

bamboo grove

ヤブ医者やぶ医者《藪医者》やぶいしゃNounFreq #68605
1

inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack

藪をつついて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだすExpressionGodan verbFreq #85609
1

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

笹藪笹薮ささやぶNounFreq #93039
1

thicket of bamboo grass

やぶにらみ藪にらみ藪睨み薮睨み薮にらみNounUsually kanaFreq #99924
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

squint; cross-eyed

2

mistaken view

草薮草藪くさやぶNounFreq #113533
1

thicket; bush; clump of bushes

ヤブ蚊やぶ蚊薮蚊藪蚊やぶかやぶっかヤブカ豹脚蚊NounFreq #117563
1

Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito

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