noun
wastepaper; paper scraps
Refers to discarded, torn, or unwanted pieces of paper; often used in contexts like recycling or cleaning up.
机の上に紙くずが散らかっている。
Scraps of paper are scattered on the desk.
紙くずはリサイクルに出してください。
Please put wastepaper out for recycling.
Standard kanji spelling; 屑 is a 常用漢字 but may be written in kana for readability.
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; the kana くず avoids the less common kanji 屑.
ごみ is general trash/rubbish, while 紙くず specifically refers to paper waste or scraps.
Compound of 紙 (kami, 'paper') and 屑 (kuzu, 'waste, scraps').