葉

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook

Quotation; From John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word

Idiomatic expression

match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; sika deer and maple leaves (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)

filler word; filler phrase

Anatomy

lower lobe (of lung); inferior lobe

to make a pun on a word

Botany

monocotyledon; monocot

deciduous shrub

scale leaf (forming part of a bulb)

Food, cooking

daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice

Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)

official (government) postcard; postal card

postcard

bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook

opposite leaves

Organization name

Chiba Lotte Marines (Japanese pro baseball team)

Word usually written using kana alone

lusterleaf holly (Ilex latifolia)

pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

end leaves; top leaves; last leaves

lobe of the liver

brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)

word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"

pruning excess leaves; leaf thinning