屑
rubbish, junk, trash, waste, scraps
Readings
On'yomi
- セツ
Kun'yomi
- くず
- いさぎよ.い
Meaning
屑 centers on worthless leftover material: rubbish, junk, trash, waste, or scraps. It describes things that are broken, discarded, or of no value.
Most common words using 屑
20 of 42- 屑くずN2
waste; scrap; garbage; dregs
- 星屑ほしくず
(countless) stars in the night sky
- 藻屑もくず
scraps of seaweed
- 大鋸屑おがくず
sawdust
- ゴミ屑ゴミくず
trash; garbage; junk
- パン屑パンくず
breadcrumbs
- パン屑リストパンくずリスト
topic path; breadcrumbs list; breadcrumbs trail
- 中国藻屑蟹ちゅうごくもくずがに
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
- 切れ屑きれくず
cloth scraps
- 屑入れ屑出しくずいれくずだし
garbage in, garbage out
- 屑屋くずや
ragman; junkman; garbage man
- 屑拾いくずひろい
ragpicking; ragpicker
- 屑物くずもの
trash; junk; garbage
- 屑穴子くずあなご
duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)
- 屑籠くずかご
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
- 屑糸くずいと
waste thread
- 屑繭くずまゆ
waste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon; damaged cocoon
- 岩屑がんせつ
detritus; debris
- 海の藻屑うみのもくず
watery grave
- 海の藻屑となるうみのもくずとなる
to be drowned at sea
Study
Etymology
屑 combines 尸 (a body or dwelling) with 肖, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of small or fragmentary things. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Inside a dwelling 尸, small fragments 肖 pile up as worthless scraps and rubbish.
Reading mnemonic
For セツ, imagine a set of broken junk: set -> セツ, and all those scraps are worthless.