し
枝
よう
葉

noun

  1. branches and leaves, foliage.

noun, takes genitive case の

Esp. しよう.
  1. unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
し
枝
よう
葉
 枝葉 しよう ✔
えだ
枝
は
葉
 枝葉 えだは ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bough, branch, twig
えだ　シ　え (5th, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
branch, support, sustain
シ　ささ.える　つか.える (5th, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)