A thicket; a thick growth of bushes or scrub; a small grove.
毎晩、近所の藪でフクロウの声が聞こえる。
Every night I can hear an owl hooting in the nearby thicket.
山道で藪に足を取られて転んだ。
I tripped and fell after getting my foot caught in the bushes on the mountain path.
藪の中から小さな動物が飛び出してきた。
A small animal sprang out from the undergrowth.
(colloquial) A quack or incompetent doctor; used in compounds such as '藪医者'.
あの町医者は評判が悪く、皆『藪医者』だと言っている。
That local doctor has a bad reputation; everyone calls him a quack.
怪しい治療法には気を付けろ。藪に頼ると危ない。
Be careful of dubious treatments. Relying on quacks is dangerous.
古い診療所には藪と言えるような医者がいることがある。
Sometimes old clinics employ doctors who could be called quacks.