落おとし文ぶみ

noun

dropped letter; Japanese leaf-rolling weevil

Historically, a letter intentionally dropped on the road for someone to find; also a name for certain leaf-rolling weevils (family Attelabidae) whose leaf rolls resemble dropped letters.

• 昔むかしの恋こい文ぶみは、落おとし文ぶみのように道みちに落おちていることもあった。

  In the old days, love letters were sometimes dropped on the road like a 落し文.

• 落おとし文ぶみは葉はを巻まいて揺よう籃らんを作つくる昆こん虫ちゅうの俗ぞく称しょうだ。

  落し文 is a common name for insects that roll leaves to make cradles.