枝（えだ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: branch
Example sentences
- 鳥が木の枝にとまっている。 — A bird is perched on a branch of the tree.
- 強い風で木の枝が折れた。 — A strong wind broke the tree branch.
Idioms & proverbs containing “枝”
- 武士は食わねど高楊枝 (ぶしはくわねどたかようじ) — the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
- 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず (らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず) — fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
- 枝葉末節 (しようまっせつ) — unimportant details; inessentials
- 金枝玉葉 (きんしぎょくよう) — member of the Imperial family; royalty
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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