千ち草ぐさ

noun

great variety of flowering plants; many kinds of flowers

Poetic or literary term for a profusion of blooming plants; often used in classical or descriptive contexts.

• 野の原はらには千ち草ぐさが咲さき乱みだれていた。

  A great variety of flowers bloomed in profusion across the field.

noun

light greenish-blue; pale turquoise

Abbreviation of 千草色; a traditional Japanese color name. Rare standalone use.

See also: 千草色

• 「千ち草ぐさ色いろ」の千ち草ぐさは、この淡あわい青あお緑みどりを指さす。

  The 千草 in 千草色 refers to this pale greenish-blue.

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

various; diverse

Only when written 千種

Used with the kanji 千種 to mean 'many kinds' or 'various'; often in compounds or literary descriptions.

• 千ち種ぐさの花はなが庭にわを彩いろどっていた。

  Various flowers adorned the garden.