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屑籠

屑かご

Reading

Kana: くずかご
Romaji: kuzukago
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

waste basket; wastepaper basket

Kanji

屑
Readings: セツ、 くず、 いさぎよ.い
Meanings: rubbish, junk, trash, waste, scraps
籠
Readings: ロウ、 ル、 かご、 こ.める、 こも.る、 こ.む
Meanings: basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Example Sentences

その手紙(てがみ)はくずかご行(い)きになった。
➥The letter was consigned to the wastepaper basket.
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警棒(けいぼう)で空(そら)をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢(たいせい)をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分(じぶん)に向(む)かって突進(とっしん)してくる金網(かなあみ)づくりのクズカゴを見(み)た。
➥The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.
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