藪
やぶ
Also written ヤブ, 薮
Meanings
- Noun thicket; bush; grove; scrub
- (medical) quack See also: 藪医者 (やぶいしゃ).
Kanji
- 藪 thicket; bush; underbrush. Read as やぶ.
Example sentences
- やぶを突いて蛇をだすな。
Let sleeping dogs lie. - 彼は彼らに見られないようにやぶに隠れた。
He hid in the bushes so that they would not see him. - 藪をつついてヘビを出す。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake. - 僕の母さん、その医者は藪だと思ってるんだ。
My mom thinks the doctor is a quack.
Words containing 藪
- 藪から棒 (やぶからぼう) bolt from the blue
- 藪の中 (やぶのなか) being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony)
- 藪漕ぎ (やぶこぎ) hiking through dense vegetation
And 9 more.