藪の中

やぶのなか

Also written 薮の中

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown (literally: in a grove) (from the title of a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)

Kanji

• 藪 thicket; bush; underbrush. Read as やぶ.
• 中 middle. Read as なか.

Example sentences

• 手の中の一羽の鳥は、藪の中の二羽の価値がある。
  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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