藪

Meaning

藪 centers on dense, tangled plant growth: a thicket, bush, or underbrush. Grove is a natural extension, referring to a small, dense cluster of trees or shrubs.

• 藪やぶ

  thicket; bush; grove; scrub

• 八幡の藪知らずやわたのやぶしらず

  Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

• 笹藪ささやぶ

  thicket of bamboo grass

• 藪から棒やぶからぼう

  bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise

• 藪から棒にやぶからぼうに

  out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

• 藪にらみやぶにらみ

  squint; cross-eyed

• 藪の中やぶのなか

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

• 藪をつついて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだす

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

• 藪ワラビーやぶワラビー

  pademelon; paddymelon

• 藪内流やぶのうちりゅう

  Yabunouchi school of tea ceremony

• 藪医やぶい

  (medical) quack

• 藪巻やぶまき

  woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

• 藪枯らしやぶがらし

  bushkiller (species of herbaceous plant, Cayratia japonica)

• 藪柑子やぶこうじ

  spearflower (Ardisia japonica)

• 藪椿やぶつばき

  wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia

• 藪沢そうたく

  wetland with abundant vegetation

• 藪漕ぎやぶこぎ

  hiking through dense vegetation; pushing one's way through a thicket; bushwhacking

• 藪犬やぶいぬ

  bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

• 藪知らずやぶしらず

  labyrinth; maze

• 藪肉桂やぶにっけい

  Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)

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