枝(えだ)

えだ
noun
branch, bough, twig
1. branch, bough
A woody extension growing from the trunk of a tree.
枝(えだ)を切(き)る。
To cut branches.
鳥(とり)が枝(えだ)に止(と)まっている。
A bird is perched on a branch.
台風(たいふう)で大(おお)きな枝(えだ)が折(お)れて、道(みち)をふさいでいた。
A large branch broke off in the typhoon and was blocking the road.
2. twig
A small thin branch.
小枝(こえだ)を拾(ひろ)う。
To pick up twigs.
子(こ)どもたちが小枝(こえだ)で遊(あそ)んでいる。
The children are playing with twigs.
地面(じめん)に落(お)ちていた細(ほそ)い枝(えだ)を集(あつ)めて、たき火(び)をした。
I gathered thin twigs that had fallen on the ground and made a bonfire.

枝(えだ) means branch, bough, or twig - woody extensions growing from a tree trunk.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 枝豆(えだまめ): edamame (soybeans on the branch)
  • 小枝(こえだ): twig, small branch
  • 枝葉(えだは): branches and leaves; minor details
  • 枝分(えだわ)かれ: branching, diverging

EXPRESSIONS:

IDIOM:
枝葉末節(しようまっせつ): trivial details (lit. branches, leaves, and twigs)

RELATED:

  • 幹(みき): trunk
  • 根(ね): root

Related Words

Related: 幹(みき) (trunk)
Related: 根(ね) (root)
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Added 2026.1.9 21:09 · Revised 2026.4.5 16:46
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