枯(か)れ枝(えだ)

かれえだ
noun
dead branch; withered branch; dry twig
1. dead branch; withered branch; dry twig
A branch that has dried up and died on a tree, or one that has fallen from it. From 枯(か)れる (to wither) + 枝(えだ) (branch).
枯(か)れ枝(えだ)を拾(ひろ)う。
Pick up dead branches.
枯(か)れ枝(えだ)が風(かぜ)で折(お)れた。
A dead branch broke off in the wind.
庭(にわ)の枯(か)れ枝(えだ)を切(き)って束(たば)ねた。
I cut the dead branches in the garden and bundled them.

Compound of 枯(か)れる (to wither, to die of a plant) + 枝(えだ) (branch).

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 枯(か)れ葉(は): dead, fallen leaves
  • 枯(か)れ木(き): a dead tree
  • 小枝(こえだ): a twig (not necessarily dead)
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