草

Meaning

草 centers on low-growing green plants: grass, weeds, and herbs. The extended senses of pasture, writing, and drafting come from the idea of something rough or unpolished, like a field of wild grass or a preliminary sketch.

• 草くさ
  N4

  grass; weed; herb; thatch

• 煙草タバコ
  N5

  tobacco; cigarette; cigar

• 草原そうげん
  N1

  grassy field; grassland; meadow

• 仕草しぐさ
  N1

  gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism

• 草食そうしょく
  N1

  herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous

• 雑草ざっそう
  N1

  weed

• ほうれん草ほうれんそう
  N1

  spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

• 草案そうあん

  draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)

• 草木くさき
  N1

  plants; vegetation

• 除草じょそう

  weeding

• 草刈りくさかり

  mowing; mower

• 牧草ぼくそう

  pasture; grass

• 草の根くさのね

  roots of grass; places hidden from sight

• 草花くさばな
  N1

  flower; flowering plant

• 草履ぞうり
  N2

  zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

• 草稿そうこう

  notes; draft; manuscript

• 草分けくさわけ

  pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler

• 道草みちくさ
  N1

  loitering on the way

• 起草きそう

  drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up

• 草書そうしょ

  highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style

• 芝草しばくさ

  lawn; sod; turf

• 草臥れるくたびれる
  N3

  to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary

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