紙屑

かみくず · kamikuzu · JLPT N2 · noun

wastepaper

🗑️ 紙 (kami) = paper + 屑 (kuzu) = scrap: paper scraps, so wastepaper

紙 means paper and 屑 means scrap or crumb. Together they name discarded paper scraps, which is wastepaper. The kuzu reading of 屑 also appears in other words for rubbish or debris.

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