塵じん芥かい

noun

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

General term for physical waste or discarded items. The reading じんかい is more formal/literary, while ちりあくた and ごみあくた are more colloquial.

• 塵じん芥かい収しゅう集しゅう車しゃが朝あさ早はやく来くる。

  The garbage truck comes early in the morning.

• 道みち端ばたにちりあくたが散ちらかっている。

  Trash is scattered along the roadside.

noun

worthless thing; trifle

Figurative use: something of no value, often used in a dismissive or self-deprecating way. More common in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれの意い見けんなど塵じん芥かいに過すぎない。

  His opinion is nothing more than worthless trash.