木の葉

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Japanese

 木の葉 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

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kun'yomi
Kanji in this term

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kun'yomi

Etymology

(ko, ki, tree) +‎ (no, possessive/attributive particle) +‎ (ha, leaf)

Pronunciation

Noun

()() or ()() (ko no ha or ki no ha

  1. a leaf of a tree, especially one that falls in autumn
    • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 20:
      ()()(くう)(ちゅう)にとまってる……。
      Ko no ha ga kūchū ni tomatte…….
      That leaf is freezing in mid-air….