葉

wood chip; splinter

Noun, used as a prefix

worthless thing; worthless person

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

pine needle

picture postcard

conifer; needle-leaved tree

figure of speech

Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit

Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)

maple (tree)

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

red leaves (of autumn); autumn colors; leaves changing color

layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors

venison

Poetical term

word

Archaic

waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)

Word usually written using kana alone

mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

three-leaved; trefoil

verbal abuse

humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch

Linguistics

pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature

preface; introduction

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

number of words

vocality

to say too much; to go too far

Abbreviation

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

Archaic

thousands of leaves

Archaic

thousands of years; all ages; eternity

two flat things

blades of grass

tongue twister

hinoki leaf

Word usually written using kana alone

hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)

Word usually written using kana alone

small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)

under the sod; one's grave; the other world

Anatomy

frontal lobe