Illustration: In a small Japanese residential garden, a sparrow perches on a low branch extending sideways from a plum tree. The branch's connection to the thicker trunk is plainly visible, and it divides into slender twigs bearing a few leaves.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

枝えだ

eda

branch, twig

Example sentences

猫ねこは枝えだの間まに隠かくれた。
The cat hid among the branches.
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鳥とりは枝えだに止とまった。
The birds settled on the branches.
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枝えだは雪ゆきの重おもみで曲まがった。
The bough bent under the weight of the snow.
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Kanji in 枝

枝bough; branchOnシKunえだ

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