Results, 薮
Kanji definition:
- 薮
ソウ・やぶ
thicket; bush; underbrush; grove
- Example words:
- 竹薮【たけやぶ】
- bamboo grove
- 八幡の薮知らず【やわたのやぶしらず】
- labyrinth; maze
- 薮をつついて蛇を出す【やぶをつついてへびをだす】
- to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
- 薮蛇【やぶへび】
- unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
- 薮蛇になる【やぶへびになる】
- to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth
Partial results:
- 薮入り【やぶいり】藪入・家父入
noun:
- holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism
- 藪をつついて蛇を出す【やぶをつついてへびをだす】薮をつついて蛇を出す・藪を突いて蛇を出す・薮を突いて蛇を出す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇
- やぶ蛇【やぶへび】薮蛇・藪蛇
noun:
- unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest - abbreviation ➜ 藪をつついて蛇を出す
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