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松葉
まつば
1. [n]
▶ pine needle
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2841776 松の葉【まつのは】 1. pine needle



History:
2. A 2025-11-20 03:06:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 中辞典
松の葉	14588
  Comments:
I agree that the newspaper counts probably came from terms like 松葉杖.
  Diff:
@@ -6,2 +5,0 @@
-<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf21</ke_pri>
@@ -11,2 +8,0 @@
-<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
-<re_pri>nf21</re_pri>
1. A* 2025-11-19 03:10:19  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
松葉	354461	  
松葉杖	129878	   <- minus crutches
松葉ガニ	52212	   <- minus snow crab
松葉がに	34625	   <- minus snow crab
松葉蟹	21670	   <- minus snow crab
松葉博雄	19431	   <- minus name
松葉かに	16317.     <- minus snow crab
Total: 80328 , and keep subtracting from here...
  Comments:
Recommend administratively dropping all frequency tags.

Discussing English translation of Moomin(children's book) with a Japanese person who brought up "Pine Needles" as an interesting English word she found there.  Out of the blue she said "松葉" in Japanese is not even such a common word, she wasn't sure her young daughter would recognize it in Japanese.


[news1] probably also elevated by names. Such as 
松葉貴大
https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202511030001211.html

A news search is not going to return pine needles...

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