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雑木

ざつぼく

assorted small trees; miscellaneous trees of no commercial value

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Examples

  1. 裏山には雑木が生えている。

    うらやまにはざつぼくがはえている。

    Assorted small trees grow on the hill behind the house.

  2. 秋の雑木林は色とりどりだ。

    あきのぞうきばやしはいろとりどりだ。

    The mixed woodland is full of color in autumn.

  3. 庭の雑木を切って、薪にした。

    にわのざつぼくをきって、まきにした。

    We cut down the scrub trees in the garden and used them for firewood.

  4. 手入れをやめると、畑はたちまち雑木に覆われてしまう。

    ていれをやめると、はたけはたちまちざつぼくにおおわれてしまう。

    Stop tending it and the field is quickly overrun by scrub trees.

Common patterns

雑木林
mixed woodland (read ぞうきばやし)
雑木が茂る
scrub trees grow thick
雑木を伐採する
to fell scrub trees

Memory tip

雑 'miscellaneous' marks these as trees nobody planted for timber. Watch the reading: the word alone is ざつぼく, but the very common compound 雑木林 is read ぞうきばやし.

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