葉
Let’s learn Japanese kanji 葉!
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葉 - は leaf, leaves
紅葉 - こうよう、もみじ colourful autumn foliage
葉陰に - はかけに in the shadow of the leaves
葉書 - はがき a postcard
『万葉集』- まんようしゅう Manyōshū, Ten Thousand Leaves - famous collection of early Japanese waka 和歌 poetry, composed during the Nara period 奈良時代 (710-794). It is the oldest poetry anthology, and is considered to be one of the finest.
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諺
Japanese proverb 諺：
一葉落ちて天下の秋を知る - いちようおちててんかのあきをしる A robin is a harbinger of spring.
(lit. One leaf falls, and you know that autumn is in the land.)