N21349/1725

屑くず

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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くず

Meanings

waste, scrap, garbage, dregs
scum, piece of trash, loser

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Example sentences

机つくえの上うえに紙かみ屑くずが散ちらかっている。

Scraps of paper are scattered on the desk.

彼かれは屑くずみたいな男おとこだと思おもわれている。

He is regarded as a piece of trash of a man.

工場こうじょうから出でる金属きんぞくの屑くずを再利用さいりようする方法ほうほうを考かんがえた。

We thought of a way to reuse the metal scraps that come out of the factory.

社会しゃかいの屑くずと呼よばれた人々ひとびとが、やがて英雄えいゆうになった。

The people who were called the dregs of society eventually became heroes.

パンの屑くずをテーブルの上うえに残のこしてはならないと、厳きびしく躾しつけられた。

I was strictly taught that I must not leave bread crumbs on the table.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)