| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 葉書 | はがき | postcard |
| 千葉 | ちば | Chiba Prefecture |
| 紅葉 | こうよう | leaves changing colors |
| 葉 | は | leaf |
| 言葉 | ことば | word, language |
| 言葉遣い | ことばづかい | speech, expression, wording |
| 丸葉萩 | まるばはぎ, マルバハギ | leafy lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya) |
| 双葉 | ふたば | bud, sprout |
| 合言葉 | あいことば | password, watchword |
| 広葉樹 | こうようじゅ | broadleaf tree |
| 朽ち葉 | くちば | decayed leaves |
| 朽葉 | くちば | decayed leaves |
| 松葉 | まつば | pine needle |
| 枝葉 | えだは, しよう | leaves and branches, side issues, foliage |
| 枯れ葉 | かれは | dead leaf, dry leaves |
| 根堀り葉堀り | ねほりはほり | thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through |
| 桐一葉 | きりひとは | falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall) |
| 楓葉 | ふうよう | maple leaf |
| 樺太柳葉魚 | からふとししゃも, からふとシシャモ | capelin, caplin (Mallotus villosus) |
| 腐葉土 | ふようど | humus, leaf mold, leaf mould |
| 若葉 | わかば, どんよう | new leaves, fresh verdure |
| 落ち葉 | おちば, らくよう | fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves |
| 落葉喬木 | らくようきょうぼく | deciduous tall tree |
| 葉桜 | はざくら | cherry tree in leaf |
| 蔦紅葉 | つたもみじ | maple, scarlet-tinged ivy |
| 誉め言葉 | ほめことば | words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
| 針葉樹 | しんようじゅ | conifer, needle-leaved tree |
| 青葉 | あおば | fresh leaves |