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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

葦 (yoshi)

reed, bulrush

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Meaning

葦 (よし, yoshi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “reed, bulrush”.

Example sentences 3

河原かわらに葦あしが茂しげっている

Reeds grow thickly in the river bed.

人間にんげんは考かんがえる葦あしである。

Man is a thinking reed.

古事記では宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神、日本書紀では可美葦牙彦舅尊と表記する。

In the Kojiki it is written as Umashiashikabihikoji no Kami, and in the Nihon Shoki as Kamiashikibahikoji no Mikoto.

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