葉

Meaning

葉 centers on thin, flat, blade-like parts: a leaf on a plant, a flat fragment or piece, and by extension a counter for flat things. The meanings 'plane', 'lobe', 'needle', 'blade', and 'spear' all describe thin, flat, or pointed shapes that resemble a leaf.

• 言葉ことば
  N5

  language; dialect

• 葉は
  N4

  leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage

• 千葉ちば

  Chiba (city, prefecture)

• 青葉あおば

  fresh leaves

• 紅葉こうよう
  N3

  leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors

• 紅葉もみじ
  N3

  maple (tree)

• 葉っぱはっぱ
  N1

  leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

• 葉書はがき
  N5

  postcard

• 双葉ふたば

  seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; sprout

• 若葉わかば

  new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure

• 合言葉あいことば

  password; watchword

• 葉巻はまき

  cigar

• 木の葉このは
  N1

  leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

• 落ち葉おちば
  N1

  fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

• 枯葉かれは
  N1

  dead leaf; dry leaves

• 枝葉えだは

  branches and leaves; foliage

• 絵葉書えはがき
  N1

  picture postcard

• 広葉樹こうようじゅ

  broadleaf tree; broad-leaved tree

• 話し言葉はなしことば
  N1

  spoken language; colloquial expression

• 言葉遣いことばづかい
  N3

  speech; expression; wording; language

• 書き言葉かきことば
  N1

  written word; written language

• 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり
  N1

  inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

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