Illustration: In the small courtyard of a Japanese house, a child crouches beside a pile of fallen leaves while an adult pauses with a bamboo broom. The child gently pinches one curled leaf, and its brittle edge breaks into small fragments above their open palm.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

枯かれ葉は

kareha

dead leaf, dry leaves

Example sentences

  1. １枚まいの枯かれ葉はが地面じめんに落おちた。

    A dead leaf fell to the ground.

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  2. 風かぜが枯かれ葉はを巻まき上あげる。

    The wind blows up dead leaves.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれに枯かれ葉はを取とり除のぞくように言いってください。

    Please tell him to get rid of the dead leaves.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 枯葉

  • 枯wither; dieOnコKunかれる・からす
  • 葉leaf; planeOnヨウKunは

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